Chapter 126: ''Youth''

"What am I going to do?" The hospital room was covered with the usual disinfectant smell. Orange sunbeams poured in through the window, illuminating the room with an orange hue. A woman was lying on the bed at the edge of the room. Despite the confusion around the woman's eyes, she had successfully managed to preserve the beauty of her youth.

However, this beautiful woman's expression was now contorted with regret, remorse, and sadness.

She tilted her head to the side, her wry gaze turned to her side. She looked at the plain one-piece white dress on the table next to her.

Finally, someone congratulated her on her birthday and even bought her a present. But not only had she fired that person, she had treated him just as she had treated her husband.

However, she can't help it. After remembering that day, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the face of her husband hanging over Blake's face even in her memories. It stuck to his face like a leech, and it wouldn't come off.

She wanted to apologize to Blake, but she couldn't. With Enji's face hanging on him… she couldn't.

She'd be lying if she said she wasn't afraid of Enji. Enji was the cause of the boils and traumas in Rei's heart, but also the source of anger that made her lose control.

Rei wanted to apologize to Blake, but she couldn't do it alone. She had left the hospital several times to go to Blake's house. But each time she came back, guilt, fear, and anger took over every time she thought she was approaching Blake.

If Fuyumi or anyone else was with her, she could have made it. But when she tried to call Fuyumi yesterday, she hadn't answered her calls. She tried to call her mother-in-law, but the result was the same.

"Blake…" She unconsciously glanced over at her. Like last time, she didn't think he would appear next to her when she called him. It was a gesture she made to ease her tense mind.

"Yes?" However, contrary to her thoughts, the masculine voice answered her. Along with the voice, she saw Blake's handsome face. He sat lazily in the chair, watching her.

Blake was sitting next to her with a bunch of flowers in his hand. He was wearing black trousers, two buttons on his shirt unbuttoned, revealing his stiff muscles. Combined with his handsome face, it was a sight most girls would want to see.

He was sitting casually in the seat next to her, looking at her with one arm resting on the arm of the chair and his hand on his chin. It was an image that most girls would like to see, regardless of setting or condition.

However, Rei couldn't see that right now, Blake's face slowly fluttering in her eyes. Her handsome face was replaced by another; the face of a red-haired man with a stern face, frowning brow, and emotionless eyes.

The face of a man she never wanted to see again in her life.

"B-B-Blake… w-why… are you here?" The words came out in bits and pieces as her voice trembled. Her lungs started breathing fast like a motor from the rising panic, if she could see herself, she would notice that her pupils were twitching right now.

"Calm down, Rei-san. I don't quite understand what's going on, but… look, I stepped back." Blake grabbed the chair with both hands and slid a few steps to the side. Rei's trembling pupils settled, and her breathing became more regular.

She swallowed loudly, her Adam's apple moving down her throat. Her trembling hands slackened, while her motor-like lungs calmed.

"B-b-Blake, why are you here…" Rei was looking out the window instead of looking at Blake as she spoke. Her grip on the bedspread tightened, and the cover crumpled.

Blake watched the woman's movements and demeanor. After a quick thought process, he grasped the situation.

Probably the gift he gave her must have reminded her of unwanted memories. The way she looked at him was the same as the way she looked at Endeavor. The reason why she didn't look at him was… it was pretty hard to guess. Anything could happen.

"I came to visit you. Can't I?" Blake leaned forward with a mocking smile. As if noticing his movement, Rei slid to the side on her hips and leaned against the bed.

Blake watched her movements calmly. He straightened his posture and leaned back in his chair with a small smile.

"S-Sure, you can come. I-I was surprised that you just appeared next to me for a moment…" Rei sighed as the hated face drifted away from her and sat back down. Still, she did her best not to look at Blake, all she saw were his legs and part of his shirt.

''Sorry. Some bad habits." Blake handed the flowers to her as an apology. Rei trembled slightly, closed her eyes, and tried to pick up the flowers with a gentle smile. However, Blake did not let go of her hand.

Rei's eyebrows twitched, but her smiling expression remained intact. She used gentle force to take the flower from Blake's hand, but Blake did not let go of the flower.

Rei didn't open her eyes, she just kept smiling. She opened her mouth and intended to say something to Blake, but Blake's words stopped her movements.

''Why do not you look at me?''

She swallowed what she was about to say. She slowly let go of the bouquet, put her hands on her legs, and remained silent. She had acted unexpectedly for a woman her age. She was like a kid caught red-handed.

"Why aren't you looking at me?" Blake leaned forward slightly, resting his legs on his elbows, and tilting his head to the side, tried to meet Rei's eyes, but Rei turned her head and refused to meet his eyes.

"Rei, answer me. Why do not you look at me? Did I do something to piss you off? Or did it make you angry that I gave you such a gift?"

Rei started waving her hand frantically. She didn't want Blake to misunderstand herself. Her gesture was very sweet and pleasing. If he hadn't reminded her of her bad memories, she would have been in a very happy mood and would probably remember that day for a long time.

However, that damned face was stuck to his face. That's why she was in a bad relationship with Blake, who had nothing to do with it. [EN: A brief explanation.

[I know Rei's character is completely different from the anime. Despite everything in the anime, she was willing to forgive her husband for the situation and reunite with him.

But to me, this is complete nonsense. Enji fully realized the life of this woman. I'm not just talking about physical and mental abuse, what he did to his children, the way he pushed her mind to the breaking point, and many other things we don't know yet... I think after such a relationship, Rei should not have forgiven Enji no matter what and held a great grudge against him.

But for the sake of the story, all this has been ignored. In my story, Endeavor and Rei will never be together.]

"I don't have a problem with you and what you did was cute. It's just… It's just…" She couldn't find the courage to continue.

"Rei, look at me, please."

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''Rei...''

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''Look at me...''

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"Hahh... Okay, you don't have to look at me. Just tell me why you're not looking at me." Blake sighed, ran a hand through his hair, and asked. If he continued this, things could only get worse.

"Err… I… I… I can't." Rei tried to make up an excuse, but after a few seconds, she decided to tell the truth.

"Why?" Blake tilted his head towards Rei, trying to look into his face, but Rei avoided him by turning her head towards the window.

"I... I can't look at "him". "Rei spoke through her teeth. Enji's face, even Enji's name, was enough to anger and frighten her.

"Him?" Blake frowned at that word. The word "him" explained everything. Blake quickly realized that Rei had somehow made him look like Endeavor, or that he saw it in his face.

Rei suffered from Fregoli Syndrome. At least her was in its infancy.

This disease, known as Fregoli syndrome, was called when a person's face could see everyone around him, even his closest ones, even his children's faces.

It was a terrible syndrome. It was creepy to see the face of an enemy or someone he hated, or someone he feared, on the face of everyone around him.

Rei was now showing the initial symptoms of this syndrome. Blake's action had caused her borderline mental health to crack and this syndrome to emerge.

And if Blake didn't intervene quickly, Rei would be on a path of no return. The modern age in Blake's homeworld had no solution to Fregoli syndrome. He didn't think MHA world would happen.

He could have asked Scathach for help, but he wanted to do it alone. In this way, he could also put his intentions into action.

"Looks like you won't be looking at me." Rei's shoulders trembled, and she lowered her stance. Her head was bowed since the beginning of the conversation.

Blake looked at the woman, leaning his body forward. The front of his shirt fell, revealing his well-built body. His hair flowed smoothly before his eyes.

He grabbed Rei's chin with two fingers. The woman struggled to escape, but Blake forcibly turned her head and watched her face, gently powering his fingers.

Her closed eyes were constantly trembling. She turned her head, trying to escape Blake's grip. She gripped the duvet, her grip tightening with her struggles. As if she were walking into despair, her thoughts were trembling and it was getting harder for her to think straight.

She began to breathe like an asthma patient having a seizure. Although her eyes were closed, she could see a stern, frowning face staring at her. Fregoli Syndrome was getting worse.

Blake stared at the woman for a moment. She gave her fingers a little more strength and kept Rei's head still.

'Rei...' Rei's ear twitched, eyebrows knitted. The face she saw in the dark environment disintegrated, and she felt the urge to open her eyes. But what happened the next moment caused her movements to stop.

She felt warmth on her lips. It was a warmth she hadn't felt in a long time. It was the warmth that her heart and the wounded girl inside had longed for. She opened her eyes involuntarily, even though she knew what to expect.

However, she didn't get what she expected. She could see nothing but Blake's flirtatious and handsome face. Blake licked his lips with pleasure and looked at her.

"Do you see "me" now?" His voice was full of dedication and passion. Passion? When was the last time she was passionately called out? She couldn't remember, she had never been called in such a tone before.

"Looks like you are. How nice." Blake loosened his fingers from their grip on her chin. He stroked her cheek with his thumb.

A dazed Rei touched her cheek. As if she wanted to look at something, she removed her hand from her cheek and looked at her fingers. The kindness in Blake's touch was unlike her husband's.

Her husband, Enji, would touch her as if holding a piece of meat. To him, Rei was nothing more than a piece of meat to help him reproduce and achieve his ultimate goal. He didn't need to show emotion, to behave with care.

But Blake's attitude was completely different. It was like night and day. It showed her that she was still valuable. It showed that even she, who had been beaten, crushed, slapped, impregnated, over and over, was valuable.

The little girl in Rei's heart was dazedly staring at the warm emotions flooding into her heart. She took a few and brought them close to her face. Her face suddenly lit up, she grinned to show her missing teeth, and she wrapped her arms around warm emotions. [EN: For those who don't understand, this girl is the "Youth" in Rei's heart]

She never thought she could reach these feelings. She now had them too. It was warm, she could feel the devotion inside it as she hugged it. She wasn't worthless feelings in a piece of meat. She could be worth it, too. The more she felt, the more she liked it, she wanted more and didn't want to let go.

Rei's face was red long ago. Blake's handsome face was more stunned than it should have been. Looking at him made her heart race faster. Some feel that she had forgotten long ago resurfaced.

She calmly grabbed the blanket and buried her head in it. She turned around and stopped looking at Blake. She was running away this time too, but not out of fear

Blake chuckled lightly. He stood up, leaned over her ear, and whispered.

"I'll be back tomorrow, and the next day and the next day. Until you forget about him… Fuu…" Blake sighed heavily after his passionate words. Rei's ear twitched violently, the redness splashing into her ears for Blake to see.

However, she did not reject or approve of it. She continued to hide her head in the blanket.

Blake chuckled again. His giggles filled the entire room. He turned his back and left. But the spring air he left behind hung in the air.

Blake got home and started spending time with the girls. The day passed quickly. He prepared dinner for the girls in the morning and said goodbye to the girls by going on a date with Fuyumi. After dropping her off at primary school in the afternoon, he toured around and arrived home. Seeing that Teka still hadn't woken up, he shake his head with a wry smile and went on with the day.

When night fell, the girls invited Eri once again. Blake thought he was going to sleep in the living room again, but this time he wasn't alone. Nemuri was coming downstairs with him.

Blake smiled, laying down in the chair. Nemuri lay on his chest and lay her head on his chest, then fell asleep.

Blake closed his eyes, waiting for Scathach to pick him up, but before Scathach could pick him up, he had a startling dream.

A girl with scars was staring at him. She was wearing a one-piece white outfit with her hands folded behind her back. Her cuteness stood out in her one-piece white outfit. This was the case even with the scars on her.

The girl was seriously injured. Her hair was plucked, and there were bruises and squish on her face and exposed flesh. In her ear-to-ear smile, several teeth could be seen missing. Still, the smile she wore as she stared at him was priceless.

"Thank you for giving Rei these feelings. I hope you can give her more of these feelings in my absence. As you can see, she is very injured." The girl continued to stare at Blake from head to toe. She looked at him like a girl staring at her childhood hero and platonic celebrity crush. Between her words, she pointed to himself.

Blake silently watched her. The girl stared at him for a while, then nodded in satisfaction and turned around.

''Why are you going?''

The girl stopped her steps. Blake saw her shoulders tremble slightly. She quickly snapped out of her mood and turned around. She tried her best to hide her twitchy expression but was unsuccessful.

"Rei can't have me anymore. I was the last gleam of youth in her, and with you, I no longer needed to exist. Now I will go and give my place to Rei."

Blake watched her expression for a while. Girls' expression was constantly fluctuating. He spoke after the silence.

''Are you sure? I have loads of these, and you can have them if you want." Blake pointed at the shapeless orbs neatly placed at the edge of the field. Unlike the broken black orbs that had been thrown at the edge of the field, these amorphous orbs were neatly placed.

The girl trembled at his words. She looked at him and the orbs. She raised her hands as if trying to prove her words with her expression and movements.

"R-Really? Can I have them? Don't I have to go?" Her voice was shaking, as were her body, hands, and expression. Could she continue to exist? Could she feel any more of these feelings?

''Of course. You can take as much as you want. I have a lot of them." As if to prove Blake's words, a lot of shapeless and colorless orbs shot out from where his heart was. After floating in the air, they came in front of the girl. The girl quickly grabbed hold of them so they wouldn't be harmed, but she couldn't take anymore because of the constant flow of orbs.

''D-Don't! They're so precious if you waste them like that…" The girl scolded Blake with an angry expression. But there was no harshness in her voice. She couldn't bear to scold Blake. She was bouncing, constantly catching more orbs.

They say the more of something, the more worthless it is. However, this did not apply to the girl. Each orb was very precious to her, and that would not change no matter how much. Still, it was a huge waste to have such precious feelings randomly thrown at her.

However, Blake continued to throw emotions without listening to her words. The girl kept catching all the orbs and holding them in her arms. After a while, she couldn't stand the load and fell to the ground. Orbs fell on top of her and smothered her.

Blake came over to the girl. He bent his legs, set aside the globes covering the girl's face, and spoke.

''It's not a waste. You can have as many of them as you want. And you can stay there if you want. I will never let you fade or perish." Those were the last words he said before he disappeared. She could still remember Blake's warm smile long after he was gone, just like his words.

The girl looked at where Blake had disappeared, then the tons of emotions he gave her. Her expression crumpled. She screamed with joy and hugged the orbs.

**

"It's amazing to see Spirit born of emotion on this side of the Border." Scathach placed her index finger on Blake's neck.

"Soul born of emotion?"

"Yes, it is similar to the serpent born of your killing intent."

"Oh, so that was its source." Blake nodded in understanding. He was aware of the snake from the very beginning. Thanks to the Lightning Field, he was most aware of the changes in his own body, and he knew about the serpent born from Rumi's harm.

"We'll talk about that later. Today is the big day. Are you ready, Habun-deshi?" Scathach asked, sitting cross-legged on the floor, looking at Blake.

"Yes, shisho. "Blake closed his eyes and focused all his focus on the speed power channel.

"Okay, you can start. I will forcibly interfere with the channel in case of any mishap." Her blood-red eyes lightly lit up and he looked straight at the speed power channels.

Blake slowly diverted the velocity power conduit into his skull. His speed was really slow, even the snail would move faster than Blake, and after a few hours, he had reached the skull.

They weren't this slow every day, but due to the incident the other day, they decided to be especially careful when they crossed the strait and proceed slowly but surely.

Blake cleared all unnecessary thoughts from his head and shifted his focus to the speed power channel.

The velocity power channel entered his skull with a slow passing time. Blake's body trembled slightly from the increased load on his skull. Fortunately, after the incident the other day, his body got used to the load, so nothing happened but a slight tremor.

After a few hours, the speed power channel was in the front of the brain. Blake took a deep breath and connected the channel to his brain.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

His eyes opened against his will. The pupils and iris had completely disappeared, leaving a layer of pure white lightning. His eyebrows were furrowed as if he was thinking about something, even though his eyes weren't looking at a particular area.

Lightning struck, and the empty white space was covered with pure white lightning. Lightning swept across the entire area, with Blake's body in the center. It would come out of Blake's body, travel across the floor, whip the air, and return to Blake's body.

The blank white space trembled, every lightning arc that came out of Blake's body continued to spread several meters and return to Blake's body.

Svoshhh!!!

The lightning bolts that entered his body began to move through his veins. The red, and blue veins turned pure white. Blake's body was lit from within with the brilliance of pure lightning, revealing the image of his bones, veins, and viscera.

Lightning through the glowing veins first headed for the heart. After they lit up like a burning ember in the heart, they headed for Blake's head and entered his brain.

Zmmm!!!! Crackle!!!

Blake's hair has become completely straight. His white hair was completely covered in white, with a white eye layer and white lightning. Even the color of the clean white environment could not compete with the whiteness that had surrounded Blake.

Scathach gently pushed the lightning bolts toward her with her fingers, preventing them from descending into her body. One corner of her lip curled up as she stared at her student in the middle of the lightning storm. She tilted her head to the side, her hair tousled. Several lightning arcs passed through the grains of hair.

"Umu…that's pretty cool." Scathach gave a slight nod of appreciation. The graceful, pure white lightning that surrounded Blake, and the clean white setting in its own right, though it couldn't compete with him, was a beautiful sight.

The lightning bolts in Blake's body slowly began to fade. The layer of white lightning disappeared from his eyes, giving way to a pair of coal-black eyes. The hue of his eyes had darkened a little, and his insides had gained an extra shine. His starry eyes showed that he had great intelligence with a single glance.

CRACK! KABOOM!!

Lightning flashed one last time, beginning with Blake's body, and the sound spread across the entirely white space. Lightning spread, bringing a massive shockwave behind it, but it wasn't enough to move Scathach an inch.

"How are you feeling, Hanbun-deshi?" Scathach asked Blake as the lightning dispersed with a wave of her hand. The white lightning disappeared as if it had never existed, the chaos that had prevailed a few seconds ago was nowhere to be seen.

"My brain is… empty. All my memories are there, and I can take that much, and much more. Also, my speed of thinking has improved a lot. Also…" His head seemed to be completely opened, accessing all memories in his brain, including childhood memories.

Mathematical theories, which had been difficult for him before, were so easy. Only after a few trials and errors in his head could he find the truth on his own. And that would modestly happen in a matter of milliseconds.

His brain had gone through so many changes, and a few seconds wasn't enough to tell.

"So you've been through that, huh… Here you go." Scathach threw one of the reports that came her way every day as queen to Blake.

"What is this?" Blake got up from the floor and asked after taking the paper.

"You didn't rule a country before and in your previous life, did you? Let's see how you do at processing information you don't know." At Scathach's words, Blake lowered his head and began to read the contents of the paper.

The information was matched with the information in his head as it entered his head. It was blended with knowledge from Japanese history and other histories, and it took several thousand trials and error tests to find the best result.

"Being tolerant is not a choice. You have to step on their head. Although they demanded land from you, they had already taken the land before the claim. Opposing this authoritarianism and acting equally and tolerantly is the same as giving the green light to other small states. They're going to gain confidence and slowly begin to gnaw at your land." Blake paused for a few seconds before telling Scathach the best method.

"It's true, but they have excuses. They said they took the land after a war." Scathach's lips curved upwards, supporting her waist with her hand.

"True, but this land is YOURS. Permission must be obtained for each piece of land to occupy, and these people could hold their land by planting a flag before occupying it and occupying it after obtaining your permission. Instead, they asked for your permission after the assimilation of the lands into their state. Therefore, oppressing and intimidating will be a good lesson for those who will do so in the future."

''Completely true. No mistakes." Scathach's smile widened at Blake's words. She clapped her hands and praised him. Her genius disciple had become an even greater genius with her help. With his brain activity, Blake had already surpassed Chu Chulainn and Ferdiad and had become perhaps the best student she had ever had in her life.

Scathach aligns one hand over her heart. She was filled with anticipation as she contemplated the day when Blake would shatter this heart and save her from the suffering of eternal life. Finally… she would be free, finally, be able to enjoy a peaceful sleep.

But what was this reluctance she felt?

Her beautiful red eyes were aligned with Blake's. Looking at the genius, unlimited potential youth in front of her made her think of something better than death. She wanted to know Blake's limits, intrigued by the desire to follow him as far as she could go and finally die in peace.

"His limit…" The thought of learning the limit of her genius disciple planted a seed in Scathach's heart, and that seed would grow for something greater in the future.