The very next day, the Heavenly Demon really did show up.
The Heavenly Demon, who ca to the house, either watched So-O train or uttered strange phrases claiming they were part of the Heavenly Demon Technique's formula.
At first, the Heavenly Demon even tried to teach so of the formulas and asked to interpret them, but when I simply spoke what ca to mind, the expression on its face was as if it had never seen such a foolish human before.
Honestly, it was shocking.
No, but I truly didn’t understand it!
What’s even funnier is that So-O started to understand.
Why is studying literature turning into physical education? I can’t comprehend it. Isn't there so fatal flaw in the laws of physics here?
Well, I guess energy or magic was always like that.
I suppose it’s just how it is.
"Why can’t I use it?"
After thinking for a mont, I grumbled, and the Heavenly Demon, sitting beside , turned its head and looked at with a slightly confused expression.
"You're not lying, are you?"
"I don’t lie."
The Heavenly Demon looked at skeptically for a mont before realizing sothing on its own.
"Well, with that head of yours..."
It was saying that I was too foolish to use it.
"Unjae used his upper dantian to summon . So, shouldn't I be able to use it too?"
The Heavenly Demon sat in a strange posture after hearing my words.
That’s when the faded man’s mory shines. The word "lotus position" suddenly glimrs. It’s unnecessary, but I suppose that’s how mories work.
There isn’t a separate personality, just a mass of mories that connect like a spiderweb, forming consciousness.
It’s easy to understand if you compare it to the universe.
Planets are trivial information. The sun is the central mory. A star cluster is one event, and the galaxy is one episode.
If it’s the Galactic Lord, it’s the school years. If it’s the galaxy cluster, it’s childhood. The giant gravitational bodies form the self-aware mories, and the entire universe includes almost all forgotten mories.
The gravity that stretches across the universe is my consciousness.
The phenona that interact beco consciousness itself, and erge. So, there is no separate consciousness. Even a small region’s gravity is ultimately a part of the great gravity, right?
But it’s that.
If the solar system is the faded man’s mories, the stars that filled the sky at that ti would be mories from when the world was a cold sea. The Androda galaxy would be the mory of the first world.
Most mories are indistinguishable because they’re filled with pain, despair, and cold, but from the proportions in my head, it makes sense.
mories glowing?
Yes, that’s it. That.
When you lie under the covers in bed, suddenly your brain decides today to enjoy classic mories and then plays your black history.
Anyway, it seems like classic mories have been surfacing a lot lately, but it must be because there’s a lot in reality that triggers them.
I think this as I watch the Heavenly Demon, who is sitting with half-open eyes.
"What are you doing?"
So-O, who had stopped exercising, ca around to , avoiding the Heavenly Demon. From the way she’s shaking, it seems like I’m releasing so energy she can feel.
"Don’t know. Suddenly, it’s like this. Aren’t you going to exercise?"
I pointed to the yard, implying she should go and continue without worrying about it, but So-O shook her head.
"If the energy is disturbed like this, it could hurt or lead to a seizure."
Seizures. Is it when the energy flowing through the body gets tangled? I don’t understand, but since that’s what the people in this world say, I nod and look at the Heavenly Demon.
So-O clings tightly to my waist.
The pressure is starting to hurt the body. If I keep this up, I might end up injuring myself.
I need to reprimand her imdiately.
I flicked So-O’s forehead with my finger.
"Don’t squeeze so hard. It hurts."
"Ah! Oh, sorry!"
She suddenly used formal speech? Since when could she do that?
So-O, flustered, waved her hands around as if forgetting what to do with them.
"Control your strength. Got it?"
When I told her how to do it, she carefully ca closer and grabbed the hem of my clothes. I wonder what’s making her so cautious.
At first, she awkwardly held on, but after watching the Heavenly Demon for a while, she tightened her grip like before.
But at least she’s controlling her strength. That’s good enough.
After a short while, the Heavenly Demon stood up.
With a dazed expression, it lifted its hand. A purple orb appeared on its palm, spinning and forming a ring.
Then, when it clenched its fist, the orb turned into a thin line.
Holding that line, the Heavenly Demon walked to a spot behind the mansion. Curious, I followed, and it stood on a cliff, swinging the line toward a rock pillar rising on the other side.
At first, nothing seed to happen, but the stone pillar slowly began to slide sideways.
Boom!
Half of the stone pillar collapsed.
The remaining pillar was diagonally cut in the middle, its surface as smooth as glass.
The Heavenly Demon repeatedly clenched and opened its hand.
Then, it looked at .
"How much of your power did I take?"
Power?
I didn’t understand the Heavenly Demon’s question.
No, surely, like Unjae, the Heavenly Demon also used power received from the upper dantian. While I can’t directly feel the power, I can sense it indirectly since I know the body twists under the influence of energy.
So, I know that a considerable amount of power must have flowed.
I also know that power is .
But…
"I don’t know. I don’t feel it."
There’s no feeling of it being drawn out. A faint sense of fear erges on my face.
"I drew more energy than I’ve ever accumulated in my life. And yet, you don’t feel it? At all?"
Even if it’s energy accumulated over a lifeti, it couldn’t have been that much, right? Otherwise, the recovery amount and total would increase as skill improves?
Even so, it doesn’t seem like it would be that much.
"If it continues like this, I might collapse at any mont. I can’t feel anything at all."
The Heavenly Demon stared at with a serious expression, scrutinizing whether my words were true or false. But I’m telling the truth.
I’m connected to it, but I really can’t feel anything.
"I hope it’s just that you can’t feel it. I hope it’s so small that you can’t recognize it."
The Heavenly Demon spoke and paused for a mont, then looked directly at and slowly began to speak again.
"I too will follow the three great Heavenly Demons."
Is it suggesting resistance like Unjae did?
But it said it would resist, but honestly, from my perspective, it seed like all of them were too old and their minds had beco muddled.
So I thought it might leave a sentence that scares , but then again, I only have one answer.
"Do as you wish. I don’t force anyone."
Even without coercion, as long as they live according to their desires, I believe they’ll give warmth.
"In monts like this, you really do seem like a deity."
"Really? So, do you think you’ve figured out? I saw you staring at my wrist and examining the inside."
I rembered the ti when the reporter tried to examine and hastily ran away, so I said it.
Then, the Heavenly Demon showed interest.
"Are you going to let examine you?"
I calmly extended my arm.
Then, the Heavenly Demon pointed toward the house. Does that an we’re doing it inside? I followed the Heavenly Demon, heading toward the house a little way from the cliff.
Leaving So-O, who was staring blankly at the broken pillar.
She’ll co to her senses and follow us, I’m sure.
We sat on the eaves where we had been watching So-O earlier.
The Heavenly Demon turned around, took off my outer clothes, and placed a hand on the spot where my heart is.
From the Heavenly Demon’s gaze, I can see Choseol’s back.
Her skin is pure white. Of course, Choseol is a descendant of Unjae, so this is expected.
Again, even from the Heavenly Demon’s gaze, the energy doesn’t seem to be there.
But traces are visible.
Just as you can infer from the sand or dirt being moved when the water flows in a river, I can sense sothing pushing into my back.
But it stopped imdiately.
Really, it stopped imdiately.
And then, the Heavenly Demon trembled. It doesn’t seem like there’s a problem with her body, but her back is sweaty, and she looks like she’s seen sothing unbelievable.
"Heavenly Demon?"
The Heavenly Demon slowly withdrew her hand from my back and looked down at her palm as if she couldn’t hear . From her gaze, there doesn’t seem to be anything particularly strange.
Why is she doing this?
I turned around.
The Heavenly Demon’s face is pale.
"It’s cold."
With that, she curled her whole body up as if she couldn’t do anything because of the cold. And even though the surroundings feel warm, she shivers uncontrollably.
Her body is warm with sweat, but she feels cold.
Hmm.
She knows this well.
Ugh.
I grabbed the Heavenly Demon. It’s not really cold, but if I can offer a warm image at tis like this, it should help a little.
It probably won’t keep getting colder like I do.
I took her and brought her into the kitchen, setting her in front of the fire.
Since she’s sweating so much, I took off so of her clothes, fetched water from the jar, and poured it into a bowl.
Even so, she’s still trembling, so I called for So-O.
"So-O! Can you co to the kitchen for a minute?"
"Huh? Yeah! I’ll co!"
I don’t know what she’s looking at on the pillar, but I brought her over and pointed at the Heavenly Demon.
"Oh, she’s naked!"
I only took off her top. What’s she calling naked? Her chest is quite big, but as a woman, why would she be so surprised?
Maybe it’s because her skin color is different.
No, now is not the ti to be thinking about this.
"Go hug her. Quickly."
"Huh? Ugh... Okay."
So-O, who looked at and the Heavenly Demon with a puzzled expression, walked over and hugged the Heavenly Demon. Her face is bright red. She must be embarrassed.
The Heavenly Demon will calm down with so human warmth.
The warmth in the light should still be there, so it’s probably not really cold.
After so ti passed, the Heavenly Demon relaxed her body.
Even then, she reached out and held So-O, not letting go for a long while.
After so ti, the Heavenly Demon stood up and looked at .
"Within an endless void, there is a space where nothing exists, and the absence itself disappears. There is no harmony within it. No other exists for harmony. There is no chaos within it. There is no potential for chaos at all. What are you? Have you ever truly been human?"
Is she still out of her mind? Her speech is all over the place. I offered the Heavenly Demon a bowl of water.
"First, drink the water."
Water is the best for bringing soone back to their senses.
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