Sizzle…
The fire burning gloriously atop the wooden torch flickered along with the seeping wind, threatening to end its own life, fading away into nothingness…
Sizzle!
However, as if refusing to let go of its duty to illuminate the world, the weak flicker left for the wind to extinguish made a coback, riding its nesis to plant its fangs into the oil-soaked cloth that gave birth to it, exploding into a mass of scarlet fla!
"You were all gathered here based on your own decisions!"
A strong voice resounded in the lamp-lit cave, traveling through the underground caves. Standing atop the carved stone podium, the source of the voice overlooked the masses in front of him with contradictory gentle eyes.
Amid the long rows of shaken young n and won, a young man with disheveled pitch-black hair similarly stared at the low podium, his eyes possessing an extra hit of clarity…
'My decision?'
The young man's mories were a ss, every single point of his life felt blurry. Let alone why he was here, he couldn't even rember what his na was!
The scenes in his head gradually started becoming clearer, but this only made it more confusing. These clear mories desired to fade away… Just what was this place?
Although his head didn't hurt, the young man felt that soone had taken it out for a spin. The screws weren't in the right places. If not for the solemn atmosphere around him, he would have long called out for soone to explain his situation.
"...Ho?"
Just as he was contemplating the idea, the young man heard a whisper thinner than a bird's chirp, prompting him to discover a pair of glittering big eyes staring at him.
'Ho?'
The young man felt greatly affected despite not knowing the reason, but the shock he felt in his mind was greater than the one in his heart.
A re single glance was all it took! It was as if soone had suddenly stretched his hand into his mind, dragging all the weak fading mory from the depths of his consciousness, all while stimulating the source that oppressed them!
'My decision!'
As true clarity split out from the now equal mories, the young man's gaze sharpened as a certain scene appeared in his mind. Coming here was indeed his decision!
[ The Energy Threshold of the 'Reader' has been reached. ]
[ You can choose to activate your next 'True Reading' experience within the next 240 hours. Otherwise, it will be automatically activated at the end of this period of ti. ]
'240 hours?'
Far from Leo's expectations, the voice in his head didn't bring an undeniable command but a controllable necessity. Although he still had to comply no after the passing of 10 days no matter what, the grace period was definitely helpful when it ca to concentrated preparations.
'But…'
It was fine if he was forced to accept the situation and face it as it ca. However, being given the power to decide only made Leo more conflicted!
Normally, more ti would naturally be better since he would have the ti to accumulate more specific knowledge, but the presence of the upcoming eting added more than one factor into the pool…
Waiting until the eting concludes to deal with the things on the table was a viable option, there might be even so unexpected surprises that could better prepare Leo for his own adventure!
On the other hand, using another day or two to finish up his preparation before proceeding with 'True Reading' to obtain as much strength as possible in preparation for the eting was also a very logical choice. At the very least, he could further boost his confidence.
Thanks to the countless unsolved mysteries surrounding Leo's new life, none of the two options ca on top. He couldn't confirm that the ti ratio would stay that high every ti, which presented the possibility of missing the eting. At the sa ti, his current level of ability wasn't reassuring enough to brave the eting without worries…
ow?
For a mont, Leo just wanted to sink into his bed, sleeping the worry away. Would it not be better if everything went on without him getting involved? However, Dark's lost face was like the little push that woke him up!
'Would I really rather be powerless?'
Regardless of whether great responsibility ca with great power as Rain had said it, breaking free from the restraints of powerlessness itself wasn't that easy. Giving everything up was equal to accepting the shackles of normality! Had he not survived for a whole 8 years just to see the light of the next day?
'There is only one option!'
Life was a race that had no pause buttons, its troubleso tribulations had no end, the only way to stay ahead was to never stop running!
[ Initiating 'True Reading'... ]
That was right! Leo had chosen to charge right in during the decisive mont! He really couldn't help the emotions that overflowed at the wrong ti, but he made use of the right one at the right mont!
'This ti…'
The ss in the young man's head vanished as he consolidated his identity. Originally, his experience of receiving his mory as Leo should have been easier this ti. However, his third persona's mories were already a ss even before he rembered his identity as Leo. In fact, his surprise ergence had almost crushed the original consciousness into dust.
The pieces were being recollected in his mind now, but that left Leo unsure of where he was sent this ti. If not for…
As silence pervaded the stone-carved gathering hall, Leo couldn't help but take another glance at the figure beside him. Surprisingly enough, this was the reason his original identity didn't collapse!
"Baekho?"
Just as Leo was about to call out the Personal Book for a little help, the figure's two words jolted his mory once again, drawing out a single world in response…
"Yeon?"
[ Complete Awakening has been confird. ]
[ Entry Point: Chapter 2 ]
[ Issuing quests… ]
The strings of mories were pulled out one after another as the voice in his head resud its monotonous liveliness. Leo's help could barely maintain their serenity as he heard what the voice had to say… It seed like he was thrown into a much larger pond this ti!
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