Chapter 71 - Luck, Fate, Karma or Destiny?
Rygar ran through the forests toward Voltand, his body moving with agility, without losing strength or endurance—a reflection of his physical growth over the past years. His thoughts, however, were elsewhere.
The mating season was approaching again. Almost three years had passed since he left the Great Forest, eleven years since he was reborn into this world, and now, he was beginning to feel the effects of this particular event more intensely.
His mind was divided between different perspectives: on one hand, he still considered himself too young to enter a relationship. In his past life, eleven years old was an age where boys still played, with no concern for romance. On the other hand, in this world, ten years was already seen as a perfectly acceptable age for such things, which still felt extremely strange to him.
And then there was Ghislaine. If he were to seek someone, it would probably be her. Strong, mature, experienced... she had almost everything that attracted him. He also couldn't ignore the Doldia tribe's tradition: challenging a potential mate to a fight and conquering them through strength.
But Ghislaine was an extremely strong warrior, and even though he had developed his own combat style by combining martial arts and magic, confident in his speed and tactics, his chances of winning a direct confrontation against her—even with magic—were, at most, 70 to 80%.
He wouldn't give her that chance.
Imagine if he lost? Where would he even hide his face?
After thinking through all possible scenarios, he decided to hold back. For now, the best strategy was to restrain his impulses and continue training—at least until he resolved his problem with Touki. That matter was his top priority.
Rygar shifted his attention from his inner conflicts to another thought that had come to him during his encounter with Hitogami. The 'Divine Attack' spells from the healing category... The purpose of those spells was to strike embodied entities, such as spirits and ghosts. But what if, in truth, they were a method of attack that directly affected the soul?
If that were the case, then a possibility existed.
Perhaps he could attack Hitogami in his dreams.