Thank You

"This… had not happened before. At least not without the flames or any suffering."

In the darkness, Isaac floated naked. Isaac had complete control of his body in the darkness, but he did not have any mana or weapons he treasured.

Knowing the drill of prophetic dreams, Isaac moved at unimaginable speeds. He was faster there than when he was outside. He's cursed by so many people and contracted so many with Devils that he spent enough time in similar places that he had already acclimated.

It was not his first expedition. Flying deeper into the darkness, or so believed, Isaac saw a glowing purple light in the distance, "That's the heart."

He flew to the heart and felt the change in the atmosphere of the dark world. The closer he approached, the more the ball of purple light became from an undefined item to a ball of feathers. The lightning flickered as Isaac came to touch the feathers, the ball opened up, and Isaac was devoured by the lightning!

"Shit!" Isaac cursed as he got sprung up from the bed, 'That thing's… alive.'

He already concluded that it had something to do with the Wings. But even when he used the Avatar of the Storm in the past, no such thing happened, 'Is my level allowing me access to different parts of the Ego?'

[Isaac Lv. 193]

'I want to know more, but… in cases with Prophetic Dreams, I can only wait until the Wings do something.' Such prophetic dreams were not exactly bad. They show the progression of power or a contract, 'If the Ego is becoming stronger, that means it will soon show itself when the time comes. But still… that Ego somehow managed to tamper with my body-ack! This is not a good time to be so arrogant.'

Isaac winced in pain as he felt his body scrunching from the pain. But, he found that he was already bandaged up and reeked of medicines, 'Is this the room I stayed in Yulia's manor?'

Isaac questioned as he slowly got up. He groaned in pain as he got up and walked to the window and confirmed that he was indeed back in Yulia's manor. It was the same room he stayed in, but all around him were scorched marks that were not there before, 'Did I get attacked while I was sleeping?'

"You are already awake?" By the door, Yulia's voice sounded out as she entered, carrying a water basin and clean towel, "I am thankful that you finally regained consciousness, but it is time to change your bandage; please, sit back down."

Yulia spoke with the same confidence she always had, ignoring the elephant in the room… that was Isaac's elephant dangling between his legs. Isaac instinctively crossed his legs, but Yulia just continued looking at him with the same expression.

"...do you mind?"

"No, I don't. I saw it while I was wrapping you in a bandage earlier today, so I have gotten used to it."

"I guess an enlightening experience can't give you common sense." they may begin to smile more or abandon their vices, but common sense was hard to come by, 'Wing said she's bright, but she lacked a touch of common sense. A touch my ass.'

Isaac complained, but from what little he knew about Yulia, she wouldn't care about such simple things. Isaac followed her and sat on the stool by the bed.

She got close to his back and started taking off the bandage, and behind the bandages were dozens of scars, some of which were still fresh. Isaac had Advance-Regeneration, but the deep wounds he received formed into scars.

"Ngn!"

"Sorry, I'll be careful."

"Thanks, hahaha." Isaac laughed as he looked out the moon framed by the window, "How long have I been out?"

"A week."

Yulia recounted what happened after Isaac poured his remaining energy into Yulia. She carried him down the mountain and into Town. The Healing Temple looked after them. That's where the story should end, but Yulia added something Isaac did not expect.

"I discharged lightning?" he questioned.

"That's right. When your stamina regained some semblance of stabilty by the third day, you started discharging purple lightning. The lightning wasn't weak either, so they had a hard time looking after you. I took it upon myself to nurse you back to health, and it has been a week since then. Only yesterday did you stop your lightning." Yulia explained.

'Discharging lightning and that dream. Something is happening to my body, and I don't even know what.' Isaac thought to himself.

His body was changing, but he did not think it was terrible. It was said that a body that was in heightened combat wouldn't calm down so quickly. Even when they were resting, they would instinctively put up a barrier the moment they could.'

Isaac drew out so much lightning that he must have tried to release them without him knowing. It was a new thing, but he at least managed to reason it out.

Yulia continued for ten more minutes until she finally wiped Isaac clean of dirt and blood. She spent another fifteen minutes changing the bandage on his upper body, but when Yulia asked why, he said, "Just because."

Yulia just chose to change the sheets on the bed.

"I will have Grandpa Oliver bring you a change of clothes. I'll have him prepare food that's easy to digest."

She finished that as well, and after taking the basin and old bandage with her outside, Yulia stopped her steps as she was about to exit, "...Isaac."

"Yes?"

"...I'm sorry for dragging you into all of this. You even almost lost your life because of my weakness. I-"

"I don't mind." Isaac cut her off, "You don't have to apologize for anything."

"But."

"I am a person who seeks fight after fight, hoping to get a thrill out of it and see if I improved, even if just a little bit. I risk my life all the time, so it's nothing new. If anything, you gave meaning to my fights meaning." Isaac laughed, "But if you still insist, why not just say thank you instead of apologizing?"

"Then… thank you."

Isaac flashed her a bright, broad smile, "Don't mention it."

"That's all." Yulia left the room, her face buried in the bed sheet, and whispered to herself, "Did he say I give his life meaning?"

Yulia's ears reddened, 'Am I still under a curse?'

Yulia asked herself, feeling her heartbeat increase.