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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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Lina recoiled, stepping back hesitantly from Kerry, who had removed his pants.
Her face was flushed, and her startled eyes couldn’t tear themselves away from Kerry’s lower half.
“This is all to protect Natasha!! Don’t stop me, Lina!”
“Eek! You can do whatever you want, just… just don’t turn this way!”
Lina averted her gaze with wide eyes.
Kerry wasn’t ashamed of taking off his pants. Everything was for Natasha!
Then Undine, peering into his underwear, said, “Hmm. I don’t know much about human genitalia, but… this feels somehow impressive.”
“U-Undine. It’s rude to stare so openly at Kerry.”
“I’m a spirit anyway.”
“I don’t care if you look or not!”
“Kerry, you’re a bit too confident!”
Was he? But what could he do when he was overflowing with confidence?
Victoria, seemingly amused by the situation, teased, “Hmph. It’s the size that looks like it’s made a few women cry.”
“Our son-in-law is quite impressive. Indeed.”
“!”
Lina, seemingly not immune to sexual innuendo, blushed crimson.
Moreover, Victoria was truly shameless.
She even seemed to be enjoying this situation.
“Kerry, if you’re ready, please enter the tank where Natasha is.”
Kerry nodded.
He had wondered if Lina would run away to another room, but unexpectedly, she remained with the others, watching him.
She clearly felt a sense of responsibility as the party leader.
“Should I enter here?”
“Yes, Kerry.”
Kerry entered the tank as Undine instructed.
The tank was deep and wide, easily large enough to hold two people comfortably.
The water inside was neither cold nor hot, but just the right temperature. Kerry opened his eyes underwater.
He saw Natasha, clad only in her underwear, still unconscious with her eyes closed.
I’ll definitely save you, Natasha.
“[Kerry],” Undine’s voice reached him, even underwater.
“[You can breathe. Even though you’re underwater, you’ll be able to breathe.]”
It was true. He could breathe.
“[Now, there’s only one thing you need to do. Fill this tank with your mana. Then I’ll take care of the rest.]”
Kerry nodded, unable to speak underwater.
It was incredibly strange. How could he breathe underwater? Was it Undine’s power?
His eyes weren’t stinging even though they were open underwater. It was rather comfortable.
He could see the others watching him from outside the tank: Lina, Victoria, and the old woman.
Although he couldn’t hear them, they were smiling leisurely and waving, showing their complete trust in him. He had to do this right.
Kerry began to circulate his mana.
She said to fill the tank with mana.
Thanks to the elixir, Kerry possessed ten years’ worth of mana, though he hadn’t fully absorbed it yet.
Let’s do this. Lina wouldn’t tell me to do something impossible.
There had to be a reason why the regressor believed in him.
Kerry began to release his mana.
The mana accumulated in his heart poured out from his entire body, filling the tank.
The water in the tank rippled and stirred slightly.
“[Indeed. It’s hard to believe this is the output of a mage who hasn’t even reached the 2nd Circle yet. I understand why the Hero told me to trust you.]”
Was this a success?
He just had to keep this up, right?
“[But it’s not enough. This much… this much isn’t enough to fill the tank with mana.]”
Even this wasn’t enough? He was trying his best.
Kerry exerted himself again, pouring out his mana. He gritted his teeth and pushed, but Undine shook her head.
“[As expected, the output of a mage who hasn’t reached that level yet… is insufficient. Of course, for a 1st Circle mage, it’s an amazing output, but… we still need at least the output of a 2nd Circle mage.]”
2nd Circle. Kerry hadn’t studied magic, so he didn’t know what a 2nd Circle mage was like.
But he understood what Undine meant.
My mana output is lacking. To fill the tank with mana, I need to be able to output more mana at once.
He had to fill the tank with mana faster than it dissipated.
But this was his limit.
His body overflowed with mana from the elixir, but he couldn’t release it all at once.
Mana output… I need to increase the output!
“[It seems this is too much. Let’s give up and come out.]”
Be quiet. I need to concentrate.
How could he increase his mana output?
How could he control the mana pooled in his heart more freely?
An idea struck Kerry.
Add rotational force to the mana.
If he could continuously rotate and accelerate the mana, his output would increase.
Kerry’s idea was what people on the continent called the path to the 2nd Circle, though he was unaware of this.
His talent simply allowed him to intuitively grasp the correct answer.
Kerry created a ring in his heart and accelerated his mana along it.
Only then did the state of the tank begin to change.
The tank began to shimmer with a blue light as the mana filled it.
“[Kerry…!]”
Undine watched Kerry, eyes closed, releasing mana.
From Undine’s perspective, Kerry was doing something absurd.
Is he trying to create a mana ring here and now?
A ‘Circle’ was called a ‘Circle’ because it was a wall that couldn’t be easily overcome.
Kerry was trying to overcome that wall in an instant, purely with talent.
“[Just… just keep doing that, Kerry!]”
Just keep doing this?
Kerry was puzzled.
He had simply created a ring of mana in his heart and added rotational force. That was all, yet she said it was enough.
He felt like he could do better.
He could feel his mana output increasing, but it still felt inefficient.
I can do better. I can increase the output more efficiently than this.
Kerry transformed the ring within his body once more.
Into the shape of an infinity symbol (∞).
This shape was difficult to control, but in terms of pure output, it was superior to a simple ring.
“[!]”
The moment Kerry formed the infinity ring in his heart, the tank filled with a brilliant blue light, so bright it was dazzling.
Lina and the others outside saw it too.
Lina couldn’t take her eyes off Kerry, bathed in the dazzling blue light within the tank.
“…Amazing. Kerry’s talent is beyond imagination.”
“Hmph. The man I chose, of course he’s this amazing.”
Lina had thought Kerry’s talent might allow him to break through to the next Circle.
But her expectations were for a standard mana ring.
The form of the mana surging within the tank now was that of an infinity symbol.
This meant only one thing.
Did Kerry create the same type of Circle as the White Witch?
What made the White Witch, the great mage of 100 years ago, so special was the shape of her Circle.
An infinity ring Circle that other mages couldn’t replicate, even if they knew the form.
Lina had never seen another mage create this Circle, not even in her previous life.
“[Kerry. That’s enough. Leave the rest to me. I’ll connect your mind to Natasha’s. Find Natasha and wake her up.]”
Kerry opened his eyes. He nodded to Undine underwater.
The tank shimmered with blue mana. Amazing. Did he do this?
As long as it worked, that was all that mattered.
Kerry wasn’t even aware of how extraordinary what he had just done was.
Then, his consciousness began to drift away.
He could have resisted, but he didn’t.
He instinctively knew this was Undine’s power.
His vision went black. Suddenly, he was alone in a dark void.
The blue tank, Undine, Lina, and the others were nowhere to be seen. Everything had vanished.
“What? Where am I all of a sudden? Undine? Did it work?”
Now that the water was gone, he could speak easily. But there was no reply from Undine.
“Lina? Victoria? Grandma? Is anyone there?”
Kerry recalled Undine’s words.
She had told him to find Natasha and wake her up. So, he just had to find Natasha here?
But there was nothing here.
He decided to shout.
“Natasha! Are you there? If you can hear me, answer me!”
“…”
There was no response. Not even an echo.
What was he supposed to do here?
“Natasha!”
“…”
“Natasha! Do you remember our agreement? You have to answer when I call!”
“…”
Still no response. Was Natasha not here?
But Undine had specifically told him to find Natasha.
He would try one more time.
“If you don’t answer, I won’t give you any penis! I’m serious! I’m not joking!”
The moment Kerry shouted those words, he heard a whimper in the distance.
“Whimper!”
It was a whimper, as if she was saying she couldn’t stand that being taken away.
He turned towards the sound and saw Natasha running towards him.
“Whimper! Whimper!”
Natasha threw herself at Kerry, hugging him tightly and rubbing her cheek against his face.
The obedience training had not been in vain. It was a good thing he’d trained her! He had to keep working hard at it.
“Natasha. You were here. Since you answered, I’ll give you penis. Don’t worry.”
“Heehee!”
Relieved, Natasha smiled.
Then she licked Kerry’s face with her tongue.
It was nice to see Natasha again after so long.
“Now, let’s go back. Wake up, Natasha. No matter how painful it is… the others will worry if you stay here. You have to avenge your tribe!”
Kerry spoke to Natasha, but she just stared blankly at him.
“Natasha? Do you not know how to wake up?”
“?”
“You really don’t know… what do I do? I don’t know either.”
Undine had just told him to find Natasha and wake her up.
Wasn’t it supposed to be solved once he found her?
Then,
“Heehee!”
“Natasha?”
Natasha grabbed Kerry’s hand and started pulling him, as if urging him to follow her.
“Are you saying we should go this way?”
“Heehee!”
Kerry decided to trust Natasha.
He held her hand and walked. He walked and walked through the dark void.
Then, he saw a white light emanating from the distance. Whatever it was, it looked like an exit.
“Good job, Natasha.”
“Heehee!”
Natasha glanced at Kerry’s penis as if asking for a reward.
“Not now. I’ll give it to you later, okay?”
“Whimper…”
She was pestering him for sex at every opportunity. She had definitely been corrupted by Victoria.
Kerry soothed the whining Natasha and walked into the light.
The dark void disappeared, and a new space emerged.
Where was this? A mountain?
Seeing Natasha looking around with a look of recognition, he had a rough idea.
“Natasha… is this your homeland?”
Tents seemingly made of woven leather were set up on a green field.
Natasha stared at them silently.
Feeling a pang of sympathy, Kerry stroked her hair.
Natasha looked up at him and licked his face reassuringly.
Lick
“Heehee. That tickles, Natasha.”
Then, Natasha grabbed his hand again and led him somewhere, as if she wanted to show him something.
Kerry followed her. Occasionally, people who appeared to be members of Natasha’s tribe passed by.
But they seemed unable to see Kerry and Natasha.
Kerry couldn’t even touch the trees or grass. He was being treated like a ghost.
After walking for a while, Natasha stopped.
And there, stood another Natasha.
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