Chapter 2547: Spiraling Lucine
Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Morningstar University Campus, Garden of Beginning, Time Vestige, Morningstar University 2nd Campus
After finishing the modifications, I recalled my calamity clones back into me. Lucine had stopped whining by then, but she immediately began circling the chamber, examining every alteration I had made. With each adjustment she came across, she couldnât help gasping, exclaiming, or sighing in disbelief. It was obvious she was impressedâthough she would rather die than admit it out loud.
"Wyatt, when and where did you learn our universityâs Time Expansion Array formation?" Lucine finally asked, her face turning serious. "As far as I know, no one outside the core members of Morningstar University even knows this array exists."
She wasnât accusing meâshe was assuming the worst: that Morningstar Universityâs precious formation had already been leaked to the rest of the five regions without their knowledge, and that I was one of the lucky thieves benefitting from that breach.
"I understood it after a glance. Itâs not that hard," I replied, not bothering to sugarcoat anything. Lucine would believe whatever explanation she built in her own head anywayâand sheâd settle on the idea that her universityâs secrets had been stolen long before believing I simply figured it out on the spot.
"Why donât you just say you created the Time Expansion Array formation?" Lucine snapped, exactly as I expected.
I truly didnât understand this woman. Just minutes ago she was crying and begging for her life, and now she had the nerve to glare at me over an array formation. I couldnât help feeling a bit sorry for herâshe hadnât shown this much backbone when she thought I was planning to kill under the guise of treating her, yet the moment she imagined someone stealing her universityâs property, she immediately threw her gloves on and came at me.
Clearly, to her, Morningstar University was worth more than her life.
"I know what youâre thinking. But trust me, thatâs not the case. Your universityâs precious array hasnât been leaked," I said, trying to stop her imagination from spiraling into catastrophe. "I really did figure it out at a glance. I might not look like it, but I donât brag about my talentâI just tell the truth. If others feel like Iâm exaggerating or lying, itâs not my problem but theirs."
Thanks to my Primordial Soul Pupils that were capable of seeing through the mysteries of an origin source, understanding a simple time expansion array formation was not only normal but nothing in comparison.
"..."
Lucine didnât reply. She only glared at me, eyes narrowed, scrutinizing me as if she could peel back my soul and check the truth herself. After a long moment, she asked, "Can you swear that in the presence of the Worldâs Will?"
"Donât push your luck," I warned her. "Just refine each body of the Triunion Four-Petal Viltronian Vines with one of your time rule meanings. If youâre unsure about anything, check the file I sent to your Grimoire. Hurry!"
I instructed her on what she needed to do to officially begin the treatment process. Lucine stared at me for a long moment before finally summoning her grimoire and scrolling through the file I had shared with her.
"Whatâs this âV.â in the mutated vineâs name?" she asked. In the file, the entry clearly read Triunion Four-Petal V. Vine.
"Donât stress over minor details. Just get on with it," I replied, not bothering to explain. The truth of the Viltronian lineage was something only Jaya and I shared.
Besides, I had a strong suspicion that the Card Apprentices had already wiped out the Viltronians who had entered this world through the dungeons, all because the race was notoriously aggressive and violent. Based on my speculations their disappearance was no mysteryâmerely an expected outcome. They had been blessed with bodies anyone would envy, yet cursed with barely any intelligence to actually use or develop those nearly indestructible physiques.
"I thought I was only getting one new body," Lucine said, stunned by what I had managed to accomplish with nothing more than a mortal Four-Petal Vine. She couldnât fathom how I had done it. Had I gotten this knowledge from somewhere? Had someone taught me? She simply couldnât wrap her mind around itâjust like she couldnât accept that I understood the Time Expansion Array with a single glance.
"Arenât you happy youâre getting three bodies for the price of one incarnation and one real body?" I asked. Once again, I choose to avoid answering her.
"Why canât you just stop with the questions and do as I say? Especially when you already know Iâm not going to answer?" I snapped when I saw Lucine gearing up to ask yet another question.
"So what if you donât want to answer? If I want to ask, Iâll ask. If you donât want to respond, then donât. Why are you shouting?" Lucine shot back, her tone rising to match mine.
Her sudden pushback made me stop and stare at her. I decided to ignore her outburst believing the closer she grew to confronting the idea of dying during the treatment, the more volatile her personality became. Instead of arguing, I shifted my focus to finding a way to ease her mind. Answering her questions would help, but she would nitpick every tiny detail of my processâweâd be stuck here the entire day. I needed something stronger, something that would truly reassure her she wouldnât die.
Maybe I should stay with her inside the Time Expansion Chamber throughout the entire process, guiding her moment by moment.
But that would be pure mental torture for me. Time expansion array uses time rule power to expanded time, depending on time rule power supplied one hour out here could be several billion years in time expansion chamber. She would have to spend several billion years inside the chamber to grow the Triunion Four-Petal Viltronian Vine to devil rank. For her, enclosed within the stone pot, it would pass like one long, hazy dream.
For me, it would be an eternity of suffering. And on top of that, with raw time rule power flooding the chamber, I wouldnât be able to comprehend anything except space and time rules. I might be reclusive, but not to the extent of surviving billions of years doing nothing but comprehending those two rules.
With my mutant ego gemâs synchronization rate, I might even reach godhood in both in that period of timeâbut the price would be far too steep. I wouldnât come out as the same person who walked in.
This wasnât going to work.
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