A Step Forward for the Universe
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n annoying ringing sound reminiscent of his old alarm woke Jake up from his nap. With a start, he sat up, only to groan in pain. His body still hurt like hell. He wondered what was going on as the alarm kept blaring in his head until he finally found the cause.
"Villy… are you cosplaying as an alarm clock?"
"I was going more for a phone alarm with the most annoying option selected, actually," the god answered.
Jake was about to ask why the god was doing that, but he instantly realized the reason, and Villy also gladly reminded him.
"Let us just ignore the fact that you effectively just demoted your own Patron—a Primordial—to a damn alarm to remind you of your own damn scheduled system events," Villy said in a half-joking, half-scolding way. "Not that
