Chapter 266
next day.
An ambiguous time, not knowing whether to call it dawn or morning.
I was sitting alone in one corner of the room, performing mana circulation.
‘also. The circle has hardened to the point where it can’t be compared to before.’
After Master entered and left my body.
My circle has grown beyond compare to before.
what should i say about this
Should I say that it feels like hardware that was unable to function properly due to poor software is now fully functional?
It’s okay to say it with my own mouth, but I feel pathetic about myself until now.
How could you have been rotting such a treasure like that?
This is enough to apologize to the Infinity Circle.
I’m sorry I haven’t been able to write anything like that until now.
“Whoa.”
Mana that spins in the Infinity Circle much faster than before.
I blew that mana out of my body and condensed it into a single shape.
Möbius strip symbolizes infinity.
A pattern symbolizing the ring of awakening was formed above my head, radiating soft light.
The first step in learning the Ring of Awakening was the activation of the pattern.
‘This is the first step.’
Next, the size of the pattern was reduced by reducing the release of mana.
The pattern shrunk to half the size of half my fingernails.
This completes the second stage of learning Ring of Awakening, ‘Shrinking’.
‘Clear the second stage.’
Steps 3 and 4 are left now.
only expansion and division.
After I took a deep breath again. The reduced mana emission was raised to the maximum.
‘It’s like opening all the faucets all at once… … .’
Mana runs out in an instant.
Seeing how fast the mana discharge was, my body instantly became empty.
The sudden outflow of mana made my head spin.
It seems that he released too much mana.
Next time, I think I’ll have to leave 3% more mana and release it.
I repeated the reflection point and controlled the released mana.
A vast amount of mana was gathered into the Mobius pattern following my will.
And soon it becomes one with the Moebius pattern.
Whoaaaaagh!
just inflated
The Möbius pattern, which was half the size of a fingernail, grew at once, to a size that covered about half of the room.
‘With this, the 3rd stage is also cleared.’
Expansion is also cleared with this.
All that’s left now is step 4.
only division
Before I made my last attempt, I took another deep breath.
Concentrate your mind and regain control of the mana you spewed out.
Split the pattern in two as it is.
‘The feeling of cutting clay in half and putting it back together.’
Like an amoeba splitting, a pattern that gradually splits in half.
Cold sweat ran down his forehead like rain.
Division is on a different level from making a pattern bigger and then smaller.
It is a considerable challenge to divide what is originally one into two, but a bigger challenge is to perfectly handle the two divided patterns.
You don’t even do this in stages, you have to do it simultaneously.
This is really unbelievably difficult.
I’ve said everything because even now, when the Circle has fully matured thanks to Master’s grace, I’ve never been able to properly succeed.
‘… … little bit more. a little bit… … a little bit… … !’
Desperately controlling mana, he focused on splitting the pattern.
While reading the pattern that was trying to get out of my control as much as possible.
While suppressing the pounding head as much as possible.
He devoted all his energy to controlling mana.
There really isn’t much left now.
‘1mm. Just 1mm is all it takes!’
You just need to go further than that.
but.
“Big!”
Clink!
Unfortunately, I couldn’t advance that 1mm.
To be precise, I made progress, but should I say that I failed to control the rest because I was too impatient?
I was so impatient with the fact that it was the last step.
‘If I had been a little calmer, I would have succeeded.’
it’s a shame.
I’m sincerely sorry.
Real success was right around the corner.
I soothed my regret by grabbing my head, which was pounding from the aftereffects of the pattern being destroyed.
Still, I went a step further than yesterday.
Let’s be content with this today.
What if you succeed tomorrow?
Thanks to Master, I must have achieved rapid growth unintentionally.
There is no need to be in a hurry.
“Whoa.”
I focused on alleviating the aftereffects through mind control.
* * *
lunch that day.
After resolving all the aftereffects caused by Moebius’s sentence control failure.
I headed straight to Binosugar.
‘What will happen.’
Today I intend to tell Stella everything.
How will Stella react?
I’m honestly worried.
Wouldn’t it be a feeling of betrayal?
Like, ‘You’ve been fooling me so far.’ I wonder if he’s staring at me with lifelike eyes.
If it were me, it would be like that.
I think I was deceived, and I must have been trembling with a sense of betrayal.
‘Whoa. It’s my karma, but… … .’
It is an unchanging fact that I deceived everyone in Binosuga, even if it was to achieve my goal.
Being resentful of Stella is more than my job.
Therefore, it is my responsibility and duty to accept Stella’s anger.
After humbly accepting and accepting all anger.
Let’s try to reconcile somehow.
I was so determined.
‘let’s go.’
Mind clearing is over.
I went straight to the guest room where Stella was waiting.
And just trying to knock.
Do do do do do-!
I heard someone rushing towards me from inside the room.
And before I could knock, the door was wide open.
Through the door, Stella appeared with an urgent expression.
And before he could even see my face, he shouted:
“Lu, Luan-sama!?”
“… … !”
My eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the name Ruan.
What the hell is this situation?
Could it be that Sein-nim has spoken to Stella beforehand?
No, it can’t be.
He is not like that.
As long as you told me to talk, you won’t even open your mouth until I speak.
It was absolutely not what Sein-nim said.
‘So what?’
Why did Stella say such a thing?
Why did he suddenly jump out and say the word Ruan?
I couldn’t understand this situation at all.
I don’t understand, so I don’t know what to say.
I came to reveal the truth, but I can’t say no.
Suddenly, ‘yes. That’s right.’
I was forced to remain silent.
“… … .”
“… … .”
He checked my face and seemed to realize that it wasn’t Ruan.
Stella opened her mouth in a puzzled expression. I can tell just by looking at her expression and body language. Stella is in a very confused state right now.
“I-I’m sorry. I’m mistaken… … .”
Stella, who was in chaos, bowed her head to me as if she had finished organizing her thoughts.
It seems that he thinks that he is mistaken.
“no. It is nothing to apologize for.”
I’m not mistaken, and I’m the one who should apologize in the first place.
It’s not Stella’s job to apologize.
Using every gesture, I urged Stella to raise her head.
But Stella seemed unwilling to raise her head.
He just stared blankly at the ground with his head down.
“That, Miss Stella?”
While calling Stella’s name again.
Stella lowered her head and murmured softly.
“… … no. It’s not. It’s definitely right.”
Then he slowly raised his head and stared straight into my face.
“For sure… … That’s right.”
As if just looking at my face wasn’t enough, he reached out and touched my face.
eyes, nose, cheeks, and even lips.
“Obviously someone else. why… … ?”
Confused expression.
It was the face of a pitiful lamb suffering from a sense of alienation.
“no. that’s right. This mana belongs to Luan-sama.”
But that’s for a while.
As if he had come to his own conclusion, he looked straight into my eyes with a determined expression.
He holds my cheeks with both hands and fixes his face as if telling him to look straight into his eyes.
“Are you Luan-sama?”
“… … .”
I was silent.
It was a moment to affirm, but I couldn’t read the situation, so I couldn’t speak.
“If you don’t deny it, that means you’re right.”
Silence is positive.
As if Stella was convinced that I was Luan, she smiled brightly.
And just like that.
“Luan-sama!”
hugged me
“You are alive! yes. I thought so. sure. It’s none other than Luan-sama. There’s no way you’ll die just like that.”
Then, with his face buried in my shoulder, he cried out like he was crying.
“I knew everything. all… … know everything… … .”
The shoulder blades are slowly getting wet. Stella’s tears were soaking my clothes.
Stella’s back trembled.
He gently brushed the back of Stella, who was crying out of sorrow in the world.
How did you know that I was Luan Palatia?
Are you not angry?
I had a lot of questions, but I didn’t dare to say them.
I’m not smart enough to say such a thing in this situation.
“… … sorry.”
I patted Stella’s back as kindly as I could and sincerely apologized.
Did my apology burst all the sorrow, worry, and sadness of the past?
“Aaaaaang!”
Stella started to cry loudly as it was.
The tears that flowed down my shoulders turned into shackles called guilt and seemed to tighten my heart.
* * *
After that, I headed to Sein-sama’s room.
“Come in.”
As if he had sensed my presence, as soon as I stood in front of the room, I was told to come in before I even knocked.
I opened the door and entered the room.
“okay. Did the talk end well?”
“… … yes. Well done.”
After that, I told everything including the reason and purpose of my activities as Luan Palatia.
The goal of telling Stella everything was safely achieved.
“I can hear the loud wailing from here.”
Sein-nim blurted out his words meaningfully with a smirk on his face.
It’s an expression of anticipation of what I’ll say.
“… … yes. That, I am a sinner.”
As if the fact that I had deceived myself was irrelevant.
Stella, who was sincerely happy for my return.
Seeing Stella like that made my heart ache even more.
How could you deceive such a good boy and hurt him?
A feeling of guilt weighed down my entire body.
“Because he doesn’t look like me, he’s a pure and kind child in the world.”
As if thinking of Stella, Sein-nim gave a small smile.
It was my mother’s smile.
“I will give you a final warning. Try hurting that child one more time. then… … .”
then.
There is no need to say what will come after that.
“yes. I will keep it in my heart.”
I smiled bitterly and nodded.
Seeing me like that, Sein-nim smiled.
“so. What is Stella doing now?”
“I fell asleep.”
“Did you sleep soundly?”
“yes. I am sleeping without knowing the world.”
“… … okay. That’s it.”
Sein-nim let out a small sigh with an expression of relief.
Judging from that reaction and words, it seems that Stella hasn’t had a good night’s sleep.
That’s why you’re so relieved that you’re asleep.
“Then you can move on to the main topic comfortably.”
At that moment, Sein-sama’s mood changed completely.
From the atmosphere of a mother who cares about and loves her daughter, to the atmosphere of a prosecutor with enemies in front.
The warmth disappeared like snow melting, and only the coldness like the Siberian north wind filled the surroundings.
“okay. Now tell me where What is the true meaning of what you said. Binosugar’s swordsmanship. And all swordsmanship… … .”
It looked like it was about to devour me right now.
“What does it mean to be half-defeated?”
Sein-nim’s murderous life was like a rope, constricting my whole body
