Chapter 40: Listen Harder
[After taking you away, Lilith — while surprised at your transformation — helped heal you, and Selena questioned you about what had happened.]
[You didn’t reply immediately. Instead, you took your time gathering your thoughts before you told them everything honestly, and both of them calmed down slightly, attributing the earlier situation to bad luck.]
[You didn’t say anything further after that and simply returned home with Lilith.]
[There, once you entered your room, your calm facade vanished. And with a furious expression, you started breaking everything around you.]
[Only when almost nothing remained intact did you begin to calm down slightly — and finally stop.]
[Afterward, you moved to your desk and took out a hidden notebook.]
[Opening it, you stopped on one of the front pages, where two words were written in red: Listen harder.]
[You stared at those words for a long time before flipping to the last few pages, where a single word stood out — strength.]
[You remained like that for hours, eyes locked on that word, thoughts churning inside your head, before finally shoving everything aside and beginning your training in Blood Scripture.]
[The next day arrived. But you didn’t go to the university. Instead, you stayed inside your room and continued training.]
[You kept training like that until nightfall, when Lilith, clearly walking on edge, quietly came to your room. She mentioned how you hadn’t left the room all day, hadn’t gone to class, hadn’t even eaten — and with concern in her voice, she asked if you were okay.]
[At that, you simply smiled... and stated that you were dropping out of university.]