NOVEL NEXT Volume 8 Chapter 55: Decision
Volume 8 Chapter 55: Decision
"Hah, I'm almost done," Keith looked at the giant building he had built. With him building it every day, the pergola was finished. However, there was a downhearted expression as he stared. He couldn't deny it at all; he was building it to try to get his mind off it. Yet, it was not working now.
The thought of Carolyn going out with another person was still going through his mind.
I keep forgetting that she's a woman. Rather than a sister, this child was also a woman as well. That was something that Keith couldn't help but keep refusing. He had kept it in the back of his mind.
And what right did he have about getting in her way? This was her choice, and he couldn't do anything about it. He lost all right when he said that.
"Hah," Another deep sigh came out. As he looked up in the sky,
"Hoo!" The owl landed on his shoulder and nudged his face.
"I'm fine, Girl. Sorry about everything," The others probably worried about him. He slapped himself in the face. I need to chill out. While he was lost in thought.
Grrrrrrr.
"How long have I been working?" Keith chuckled. The last time he had something in his stomach was breakfast. Diana was the one who made it while he worked. The rest of his time was focused on the pergola.
"Maybe I should try that." Keith then picked out the silver moonlight persimmon. He had it inside his storage for quite some time now. It was safe to eat, but he saved it for an occasion.
Keith took a big bite out of the persimmon. Hmm? It's the same flavor. Not much changed, flavor-wise. However, that was what made it so odd. It was a variant. As he wondered,
"Ari-Woah! Why are you glowing?!" Looking at the owl, he saw a light-blue aura around her.
"What are all these particles?" Keith saw numerous blue particles floating around him. But as he looked down at his hand,
"X-ray?!" He could see through his hand. Actually, it wasn't an accurate X-ray; he saw some veins. What's going on?
"...Is this mana?" Keith wondered. He remembered the blue glow he had as he gathered mana into his body. Does this allow me to see mana?
Does this fruit allow me to gather mana much easier? It felt like the particles were getting close to him. Closing his eyes, he gathered the mana in his hand. As he continued to do this, the mana gathered.
"Incredible," But,
"I feel like I could compact it more."
Keith continued to focus on the parts of his body. It was condensing and condensing into a thick blue vein! That was when he fired it,
"There's more!" Keith could feel his power increasing. While the man was lost in thought about this, he realized something. Some of my veins aren't being used. Looking at his veins, some didn't get mana. It was odd.
Let's concentrate and force the mana there. As he did so, sweat started to form on his forehead. Come on! He continued to force the mana into this section; that was when it changed.
"Hah, just one bite caused me to be like this?" Keith couldn't help but be surprised. What does it do?
"Aria, stand away from me."
"Hoo!" The owl moved away. That was when Keith started to chant. As he did, the lightning from his hand, which was usually yellow, was transforming. A dark, surging, bluish purple instead replaced it. Before he could cast,
Boom! Keith was sent flying backward!
"Holy," Keith gasped. That lightning was incredible! Even though it exploded before him, he realized it! It was much more powerful than any other time he used it! But as he thought about it, he slowly took a nap.
"Congratulations!" The divine beings quickly shouted as they circled around him. That only caused Keith to be even more confused than ever before!
"Eh? Can someone explain to me what's going on?!" Keith blinked.
"You can now obtain a blessing from Magus!"
"I can?!"
"Mmhmm, Magus said that once you hit a certain level in your magic, you get his blessing!"
"Wait," Keith thought about it before he questioned, "From the fruit?"
"Mmhmm. That fruit assists with opening your mana veins. By doing so, you can use more mana during the fight. However, the more interesting thing about it is how you can see locked mana veins."
"Locked mana veins?"
"Mmhmm, everyone has locked mana veins, veins that they can't use unless they force it open," Magus explained.
"I see."
"Besides that, Kreye, I want to ask you something." Despite the divine being's joyous expressions, Keith had something he needed to ask them.
"It's about the Philosopher Kingdom?" Kreye understood what the man wanted.
"...The saintess of the Philosopher Kingdom. What kind of magic did she use?"
"That magic is part of void magic. It's called celestial magic. The wielder can use the stars."
"Is this a special type of magic?"
"Mmhmm, it's only magic that can be used if you have the bloodline."
"...Wait a minute." A bloodline magic? If that was the case, "Does that mean-"
"Yes, she's the descendant of the saintess of the Philosopher Kingdom," Kreye summoned an image of a maiden cladded in white armor. She had beautiful silver hair as she raised a sword in the air.
"Carolyn?"
"No, that was the saintess. She was also the one who obtained Kreye's blessing." Rhea explained.
"I had faith she would use that power for good." Kreye had a hint of pride as he declared.
"How does a descendant of the saintess from the Philosopher Kingdom get into the Solis Kingdom?"
"This was hundreds of years ago. Of course, the bloodline would be spread out."
"Then let me ask you this, that weapon the philosopher Kingdom has, did the saint actually use it to destroy a nation?" That was what Alfia had said. The saintess was the one who used the weapon to destroy the neighboring kingdom.
“…” The divine beings looked at one another before Kreye sighed,
"No, she didn't. Well, she never planned to use it like so."
"Originally, the land the saintess resided in was swarmed by a group of monsters."
"And she defeated them," That was what was written in the book. But Kreye shook his head, "It's half-right, half-wrong; she used the weapon to destroy them."
"Eh?"
"The weapon had three shots to it. One was the monsters, and the other was to destroy a neighboring kingdom. And the last one wasn't used."
"….How does that weapon work?" If it could destroy an entire kingdom, that magic had to be enormous. So what was the cost of using it?
"To protect her people, she was willing to sacrifice her life."
‘….” Keith froze, "…Please tell me you're joking."
"No, we're not joking." The divine beings shook their heads, "To use a weapon like that to defeat all those monsters, she had used her own life force to do so." There was always a cost to using such high-level magic.
"And then those groupies behind decided to use it to invade the neighboring nation." Greed and wealth soon consumed them as they wanted everything around.
"…" Keith took a deep breath as he placed his head, "Please help me!"
"Eh?"
"Help me save Carolyn!"
"…Keith, can I ask you a question?"
"Do you really want to help someone you have rejected? And she also said that she hated you as well." Ares tilted his head, "If it was me, I wouldn't help the person. It would only be shameful for both of you."
"..." Keith froze when he heard that. He's right. He had no say in this matter. And yet,
"Keith!" Carolyn's smile flashed in her mind.
Keith took a deep breath.
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