Chapter 17

Yuna sat under the shade and look at Austin who work ever more desperately then he used to be.

Ever since he came back from the Moonlit orchid expedition…..

Too bad the technique available to learn at the school is too much of a low level. The will to learn is there, but the materials to learn was not there. Most of the technique he learns is even his own make up move that he hone after numerous battle he has with the beast in the forest.

Well, she would like to help such desperate him but Yuna didn't know fat shit about swordsmanship. Although she read many novels about sword master, she focused more on the character and their growth, not on what they learn.

She was not interested in it and has more interest on sci-fi, metaphysics and supernatural things.

However....

.....If there is one thing she is interested about swords, it will be the sword control technique that can let an immortal fly on a sword as well as the ten thousand sword scroll where the sword can be split into thousands.

But...she didn't know how it is done even with how much interested she may be!

All hope is not lost though, there is one thing that can realize some of that control technique.

It was mention in the novel and Yuna who is interested in such control technique pay particular attention to it. Just that…. That method will not be available until half a year later.

The passage on the novel read

• It was a pity, if he chooses the other one, he will be able to learn a formidable sword technique but the one he chooses is also not without its merits, everything has its own destiny….

At that time, Yuna who was about to get excited that the main character was going to learn her favourite sword technique of splitting his sword into ten thousand was doused with cold water.

Yuna has cursed destiny at that time and could not even sleep through the night, tossing and turning with a stuffy heart.

That was also the reason why the novel was shuffled in her average favourite list.

This time, Yuna swear on her name to make up for that time regret. She cannot learn it but she can let others learn it and she be able to finally witness the sword splitting with her own two eyes!

….

Yuna open the door to her house.

Her grandfather who was near the chimney turns his head and almost dropped the fire wood, Grandpa Orion quietly pick up the wood and with a force calm expression greets Yuna.

"Our Yuna is back!"

"…yeah"

Yuna lips twitch. Don't think that she don't know that her grandfather almost mistake her as a ghost!

Ignoring her grandfather, Yuna greedily inhale the fragrance that burst from the kitchen.

"What's today dinner?"

Yuna asked, salivating.

"Roasted turkey, go wash up, I'll prepare dinner"

Grandpa Orion stood up and head towards the kitchen.

"Okay~"

At the dinner table, Yuna took a tentative bite of the meat. Although she know that she will very likely vomit blood later, she still have to give a false façade of eating to not worry her grandfather....and she also really want to taste the meat!

As for explaining her situation, Yuna subconsciously don't want anyone to know of her matter. She don't know why, just call it intuition or something. There is never a case like her, at least not to her research, she don't want to worry her grandfather who is just an ordinary person.

"Grandpa, is there any major events that will happen half a year later?"

"There will be a 100th year anniversary, a centenary in a half a year later, there should be many vendors and merchants who will come to Huin town to benefits from the Huin Town celebration of its 100th years of establishment" Granpa Orion answered.

"I see…" so that's the half a year later, Yuna does not exactly know why that vendor will come half a year later, now she know.

Putting the roasted turkey under the table, Yuna burn the food into ashes in a matter of second. It was her way of getting rid of the food without her grandfather noticing. She don't want to waste food but it was the only way she can come up with to avoid the prying eyes of her grandfather.

Yuna spent the next few months in relaxation. She has also work on her wind ability and even forges an idea on how to use her wind ability for attacking which is compression of air.

Compressing the air such that it will explode. Man her smart brain, she a genius!

Her first experiment is on a rat. She compresses air in the brain of the rat and its head explode, it was so violent and bloody that it directly give Yuna a nightmare.

Even if she is a wuss, Yuna still diligently explode the head of rats.

Scared as she might be, Yuna like the feeling of having the life of something at her mercy and that left her scared.

'Unless it was someone who I dearly cherish who is in danger, I will refrain to not used this on others'

Yuna solemnly make a promise with herself. She didn't want to take pleasure in power. The thing she is afraid the most is losing her sense of self after gaining power.

Thankfully, as of now, even though she has a good feeling for Austin, the only person she dearly cherished is only her grandfather.

Her heart polarizingly big but also extremely small..

Except for her grandfather, she is not willing to throw away her humanity and bottom line for anyone. She can live with the sin of committing bloody murder for her grandfather safety but she is not willing to be a sinful bloody murderer for other.

She can look out for other safety and even, maybe, let herself be harmed for others who she has a good feeling for but she is not willing to sacrifice her morality for them.

The reason she is willing to let herself be harmed is only because she want to have a peace of mind. If others get harmed before her eyes while she can do something to save them, she will constantly be plagued with nightmare. She didn't care if others will suffer from nightmare because she gets harmed saving them. Her peace of mind is what most important. She is that selfish.

Her mental safety is what most important to her. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠∵⁠ ⁠)⁠┌

At that time, she decide to let herself die by consuming the dimension stone only because they are all going to die anyway with the potential dimension stone explosion.

For her peace of mind and to protect her grandfather, she'll rather be dead and others suffer constantly from guilt and bad dreams. They are going to be safe, who cares about their mentality? She will yeet towards heaven or hell already anyway.

Yuna always know that deep down, she is a heartless scum but she is perfectly fine living with such heartlessness and selfishness.

Nothing to deny, she is after all a human being and is inherently flawed.

She is who she is and her ego is huge so much so that even though she knows where she is flawed, she didn't want to change it. She vehemently goes by This is who I am ᕙ⁠(⁠⇀_↼")⁠ᕗ

Maybe because Yuna is strongly stimulated by her late night monologue, the dimension stone that was embedded on her chest glows a faint purple light and she started to hear a voice in her sleep.

[...Please…..someone...anyone…God…light…..]

The voice was fragmented and broken.

Yuna who was deep asleep faintly heard the pleading voice of a young child, she want to ignore it but the voice was so desperate that she could not find herself to ignore lest she will be ridden with guilt.

"…Its okay, I'm here….I'm here…"

Yuna subconsciously answered after awakened with the voice and the stone as if satisfied with her response shine brighter and she disappears from her spot.