Chapter 252 (1/2)

Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Resolve

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“Daed? No, that’s not…” my voice trailed off as I felt the internal condition of ht When I tried to spreadby this point, I was only le

I tried once ather a—no blanket of warmth like before when mana once rushed inside me and coalesced inmy heavy body up onto my feet

I threw a jab, my punch painfully slow even as I channeled h the necessary parts of is sighed

Ignoring him, I pivoted and kicked forward I stumbled and fell, unable to even keep balance

Pushi+ng ain It was a bit easier this time, but it still felt like my time as a toddler in this world My brain kne to move, but ain, each ti than the last

Finally, as my face hit the smooth floor, my arms unable to even react in tiround

I roared in frustration, sla with me!”

All of that hard work Years upon years of training and refiningto control all of the eleone

I poundedmore than a dull throb despite how hard the floor shook I let out another screa at my throat, desperate to be let out

Whether I had caly, I didn’t know, but I foundat the iridescent stone—the pocket dimension where Sylvie resided

She had sacrificed her life for me and was reduced back to this state Because of all of the stupid choices I made, she was the one that paid the price

If I can’t get things together for myself, I need to do it for her At the very least, I owe her that

I got up and silentlyht the cold water toa hard look at htly older and sharper-faced Arthur looked back at old eyes My hair reminded me of bleached sand as it flowed just past my shoulder in waves Even the texture of uilt

Ripping a thin strip of cloth fro in my last battle, I tied the back ofto Regis

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The floating black ball of fire with horns cocked a brow—or at least, that’s what it looked like—before saying, “You realize you’re asking advice fro at hietowardas there is only one way out of this rooh the door?” I confire an “Are you trying to get yourself killed?”

“What do you istered in my brain “And how do you knoho Goldilocks is?”

“I’s you knohether froht now,” he answered “So really, if you’re annoyed at my wonderful personality, you’re really just annoyed at yourself”

“I don’t re this sardonic or derisive,” I retorted

“Well…to be a stud of a beast, Uto,” the floating black fire explained

That’s when it clicked Regis had reminded me of Uto While his horns were shaped more like Sylvie’s, out of the three, Uto’s nature was the is—just a lot more toned down by Sylvia, Sylvie, and my mix of personalities

“Anyway,” he droned, “You’re not in a state where you should be going through any sort of door haphazardly, especially if this entire place was meant to keep people out”

“Yeah, I know,” I cut in “My core is pretty messed up and , but it’s not like we can just stay here”

“Disregarding your injured core for a moment, do you remember when I said that Sylvie used some pretty heavy aether voodoo on you to keep your body fro itself?”

I noddedthat came out of all of this—aside frois explained “Your body, while not being cois explained

My eyes widened and I i down at my arms and the rest of , the features ofpaler, it didn’t feel any different from my body—actually, it felt worse thanhts “I’, but you nearly died during this ‘metamorphosis’ It’ll take some time and a lot of effort to temper your body”

“How do I temper this new body of mine, and what happens after I’m able to?” I asked

“Beats the hell out of eable but I’ encyclopedia”

“So you just want et better?” I snapped “What about you? You’re supposed to be a powerful weapon tailored foraround and talking the only thing you kno to do?”

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“Oh screw you!” Regis cut in, staring daggers atbut helpful after you practically killed yourself”

“I wouldn’t have had to go so far if you had couess it wouldn’t have mattered if you did come out then It’s not like you could’ve been any help!”

“Boo-friggin-hoo!” Regis ht now is because of me!”

“What?” I asked, confused

“Do you knohy I have four very different personalities swirling inside me, one of which wantsback to when the acclorite had absorbed ot even more annoyed “Yes! Because you stole most of the er!”

“If it hadn’t been for is snarled “Instead, I get the pleasure of having oh-so-pleasurable psychopathic tendencies every so often!”