Chapter 29 - I wanna sleep
"Auran, does that mean you’ve finished with the preparations and the setup of the plan?" Henry asked. Although he spoke calmly, his voice faltered slightly.
"Not quite yet, but I’ve gathered all the information I need. Next comes the time for planning and proceeding," Auran replied.
At his words, Marian and Nimuk’s facial expressions instantly changed.
"You got us excited for no reason," Marian said, clearly disappointed.
Afterward, the three continued with their work for the day. When it ended and Auran and Henry finally returned to their room, Auran sat on his bed and closed his eyes.
Seeing that, Henry quietly went to sleep without bothering him. But even until he actually fell asleep, he stayed alert, aware that Auran was deep in thought and likely planning something.
"I hope this works," Auran thought as he focused inward, slipping into the imaginary space where the unknown mana—emanating from the necklace holding the twin circles together—resided.
The persistent problem that he kept thinking was gradually pushed aside, and as a result, the strong mana sensation erupting from the two circles began to weaken, reducing the amount of unknown mana holding them.
However, this caused the two circles to tremble slightly, sending a sharp but small pain into his head. More than that, the flow of time around the circles accelerated again, spilling a few drops of temporal energy outward.