The Life I Refuse to Waste

Zeldryn looked back at the female servant in front of him.

"Alright, you can go."

The servant, who had been clutching her clothes this whole time, immediately looked a little relieved. For some reason, she almost seemed happy after hearing those words.

"Y-Yes, Lord."

She quickly lowered her head, then turned around and left. Her steps, which had felt restrained this whole time, immediately became faster once she got farther away from Zeldryn.

"..."

Zeldryn watched her for a moment.

He had gotten the answers he wanted.

The rumor about Gerald, the reason the servants were afraid of him, and a small idea of what Kera had actually meant earlier.

There didn't seem to be anything else he needed to ask.

Zeldryn turned around and started walking back toward his room.

TAP

TAP

TAP

He passed through several hallways until the door to his room finally came into view.

It was still open.

Zeldryn only now remembered that he hadn't closed it when he left earlier.

"..."

He walked straight inside and pulled the door shut behind him.

CLICK

The door closed.

'So what should I do now...'

Zeldryn walked farther into the room while thinking about what he could do next.

'Hmm... now that I think about it, it's already been two days.'

He went quiet for a moment.

'It hasn't even been that long...'

'But it feels like it's been forever, shit.'

Thinking about it again, way too much had happened since he arrived in this world.

Waking up in someone else's body.

The mess with Henry and Aeglo.

Hera.

Kera.

Gerald.

Not to mention mana and everything about the Giorry family that he still didn't understand.

"..."

Zeldryn walked toward the bed.

But after only a few steps...

GRRRR

A strange sound suddenly came from his stomach.

Zeldryn stopped and looked down at it.

"..."

'Tch, now that I think about it, I haven't eaten since this morning.'

The food Hera had brought earlier was gone too.

Most likely, one of the servants had taken it away while cleaning his room.

'Hmm... whatever.'

'It's already noon anyway. Hera will probably bring me food later.'

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Zeldryn raised his head again.

He actually already had a rough idea of the daily routine he wanted to follow.

And since the morning had already slipped by...

'It's time to practice mana.'

Zeldryn immediately changed direction. Instead of heading toward the bed, he walked over to the table and chair at the side of the room, pulled the chair out slightly, then sat down.

"..."

The Gerald situation still lingered in his mind.

The servants' rumor.

Kera.

And whatever that four-eyed bastard was actually planning.

But...

'There's no point thinking about it over and over right now.'

At least for now, he had gotten the answers he was looking for.

Zeldryn shifted his focus.

His gaze slowly moved toward the air around him.

Golden mana particles once again filled his vision.

"..."

This time, his focus was on continuing what he hadn't managed to finish last night.

The experiment that had been cut short because his body got too exhausted.

Zeldryn picked two mana particles that were fairly close to him, then tried moving them.

They moved.

To the left.

Then to the right.

Zeldryn moved them slightly upward, then back to the side.

"..."

The corner of his lips lifted slightly.

'Shit... even after seeing this several times, moving mana particles still feels insanely cool.'

He played around with the two particles for a little longer.

But then...

His body suddenly started feeling strange again.

That familiar feeling of thirst and emptiness appeared inside him.

"..."

Zeldryn immediately stopped moving the two particles.

'Huh... I'm already out of mana just from moving two particles.'

But a few seconds later...

He remembered what happened last night.

'No...'

'I was already almost out of mana last night.'

'Then while I was absorbing more, I suddenly got exhausted.'

Zeldryn understood.

His mana hadn't actually been fully restored since last night.

He closed his eyes, calmed his breathing for a moment, then opened the gate of his Mana Hole.

Slowly...

The golden mana particles around his body began to move, entering his Mana Hole one by one.

The empty feeling inside him slowly started to disappear.

"..."

'Ah...'

Zeldryn's body relaxed slightly.

'Damn... this feels so good.'

The sensation was still the same.

Hard to explain.

It felt like something inside his body had been thirsty all this time and was finally getting exactly what it needed.

Zeldryn continued absorbing mana for a while until that feeling of fullness finally began to spread through his Mana Hole.

'That's enough.'

He immediately closed the gate and stopped absorbing mana.

A few seconds later, Zeldryn opened his eyes again.

"..."

The golden particles once again appeared all around him.

This time, he didn't immediately try controlling two at once.

Zeldryn took control of one particle first, moved it around for a moment, then added another particle to his control.

Two.

He moved them to the right, then left, then upward.

"..."

Their movement felt much freer now.

'Hmm... much better.'

Zeldryn stared at the two particles.

'Alright, let's try what I did yesterday.'

He slowly moved the two particles closer together until only a tiny gap remained between them.

After that...

Zeldryn once again imagined a knife cutting through the outer layer of one particle.

No knife actually appeared.

But slowly...

The outside of the particle began to split apart, as though something invisible was cutting through it.

Zeldryn kept his focus steady, making sure the smaller particle inside wasn't split along with it.

Little by little...

The outer layer finally separated.

"..."

'It worked.'

Zeldryn immediately tried the same thing on the other particle.

While keeping both particles under control, he once again imagined the same knife cutting through its outer layer.

Slowly...

The surface of the second particle began to split.

The smaller particle inside remained intact.

A short while later, its outer layer separated as well.

"..."

Now two smaller particles remained under his control, while the four pieces of their outer layers floated around them.

Zeldryn stared at all of them for a moment.

'This is where I got stuck yesterday.'

'Now I just need to melt the outer parts together.'

He moved the two smaller particles closer first, then shifted his focus toward the four outer pieces he had cut away.

The four pieces slowly moved toward each other until they gathered in one place.

"..."

Zeldryn began imagining all of them melting into one.

Not just sticking together.

Actually melting.

Fifteen seconds passed.

Nothing changed.

The four pieces remained exactly where they were.

"..."

Zeldryn gritted his teeth.

'Tch... why won't they melt.'

'Maybe I don't understand melting well enough.'

He tried again.

This time, Zeldryn tried making the image in his head clearer.

The four pieces melting.

Their shapes slowly disappearing.

Blending into each other.

Then becoming one new piece.

"..."

Fifty seconds passed.

Still nothing changed.

Zeldryn kept all of them under his control while trying to hold that image firmly in his mind.

Time kept passing.

Almost thirty seconds later, sweat began covering his forehead.

"..."

But the four pieces were still exactly the same.

Zeldryn gritted his teeth again.

'Shit... why is this still not working.'

'I've already imagined all of them melting, but they still won't melt.'

His eyes remained locked on the four pieces of mana.

'What kind of concept am I actually supposed to imagine.'

While his mind was still searching for an answer...

That thirsty feeling began appearing inside his Mana Hole again.

It wasn't empty yet.

But he could already feel it.

"..."

Zeldryn's brows furrowed.

'Tch... my mana runs out way too fast. It's only been a few minutes.'

Zeldryn kept staring at the four pieces of mana floating in front of him.

But before he could try again...

KNOCK

KNOCK

KNOCK

A sudden knock came from his door.

Zeldryn's gaze immediately shifted toward it.

A few moments later, a woman's voice came from the other side.

"Sorry to disturb you, Lord. It's me, Hera."

"..."

"I brought your lunch."

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