Date: Unspecified
Ti: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Morningstar University Campus, Garden of Beginning, Ti Vestige, Morningstar University 2nd Campus
"You’re a monster. What’s your secret?" Lucine groaned, letting out a long sigh as she shook her head in disbelief. In her long life, she had t countless geniuses, but none quite like . From the look on her face, she seed on the verge of weighing death during the treatnt as a viable option.
"I have too many secrets," I replied calmly. "Which one are you curious about? And before you choose, think carefully. Are you sure you can bear the weight of knowing even one of them?"
I wasn’t boasting. Every one of my secrets was far too dangerous to reveal—my transmigration, my primordial origin card, my little charm Dredre... the list went on, and not a single one was sothing Lucine could safely hear or accept. The consequences of any of them coming to light were far too heavy for soone to manage. And for a person who couldn’t make decisions without relying on her Future Finding ti rule aning, it was better she stayed unaware.
"As if you’d ever tell your secrets. Hmph." Lucine snorted, clearly unconvinced. After spending enough ti with , she knew one thing well—I would sooner take my secrets to the grave than share them with anyone.
"Opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn’t take it. So don’t co crying later, saying I’m never willing to tell you anything. It’s simply that you’re not strong enough to hear them," I said, shaking my head, wondering why I even considered sharing one of my secrets with Lucine.
Sowhere along the line, she had unknowingly found my weakness. She shared everything with —every worry, every vulnerable truth—trusting in ways I never expected. Sohow, that slipped past my defenses. For a mont, the cautious part of couldn’t help but doubt whether she truly couldn’t use her Future Finding ti rule aning on . Because her strange, almost foolish honesty had made lower my guard around her.
She was the third person to ever manage that, after Susan and Anna. And what surprised even more was that I hadn’t known Lucine for long at all. That was why I couldn’t help but wonder—was Lucine really unable to read my future, or was she using her ti rule aning after all?
No, it was just Lucine—her kindness, to be exact. She never had hidden motives or sches directed at from the mont we first t. Yes, she wanted to join Morningstar University, but only because she genuinely believed it suited . If she had felt otherwise, she would never have tried to push into it, no matter how talented I was.
It was her warm nature, the gentle presence she had cultivated over her long life, that made feel at ease around her. She was the kind of elder / ntor everyone deserved—soone whose very existence made you feel cared for, valued, and safe. Sotis she could be a little silly, but that was part of what made her so endearing.
"So, what’s next?" Lucine asked, brushing off my earlier comnt. She clearly didn’t believe . The one ti I was actually willing to answer her, she didn’t push for it. I guess it just wasn’t ant to be.
"You’ll bury yourself in the fourth stone pot. It will not only protect you from the turbulent raw ti rule power in the chamber, but the clay in it will provide you with the required nutrition lasting you for the entire procedure using the raw ti rule power. I’ve also carved an array into it that will let you share your blood essence with the three Viltronian Vine bodies. And once they reach devil rank, the array will help you transfer your divinity into them—"
Before I could finish explaining the next stage of her treatnt, Lucine had already moved closer to the fourth pot. She examined the inscriptions carefully, tracing the array with her eyes until she suddenly interjected, "I understand. But are you sure these clay pots can protect and the Viltronian vine’s root bodies in them from the raw ti-rule power swirling around the chamber?"
"Yes. I can guarantee it completely," I said with confidence. After all, the Hive Spirit had run millions of simulations on this procedure, and in every single one, the pots held up perfectly and perford exactly as needed.
"Alright, I understand now. From inside the pot, I need to feed the three vine bodies, monitor the growth of their root bodies, and refine them with my ti-rule anings while comprehending their developnt as they evolve into devils. That way, when I transfer my divinity into them and leave my old body for my incarnation, the process will be much smoother," Lucine recited as she floated over the pot and settled into it.
She prepared to sink herself into the clay using only her intent, not even bothering to ask how long the process would take or whether she would remain conscious through it. It wasn’t haste—she simply didn’t want to know. Those details would only make her hesitate, and she’d already decided to go through with this. For her, it was better not to hear anything that might shake her resolve.
"All the best," I said as Lucine sank into the pot. She called back, "See you on the other side."
I left the ti-expansion chamber and sealed the door behind . Then I keyed in the configuration for the chamber’s ti-expansion array and fed in the raw ti-rule power drawn from the temporal river the ti vestige was currently sailing through. Once the ti expansion array was powered and everything was set, I activated the chamber.
Based on my calculations, it would take only an hour outside for the Viltronian Vines inside the chamber to reach the devil rank completing the several billions of years growth, and then less than a fraction of a second for Lucine to transfer her divinity into her new bodies and acclimate to them. aning, Lucine should step out of the chamber in an hour.
Such incredible speed was possible only because of the overwhelming abundance of raw ti-rule power at our disposal. If not for the ti-rule vestige at our disposal, none of this would have been possible. Seeing what it could accomplish, my desire to make an artificial ti vestige of my own grew into an itch in the back of my head.
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