Pausing, Vera then continued in surprise, "That said, if it's inside you and absorbs your Reiki within, why doesn't it just drain you dry persistently? Why are the hand seals needed? It even taught it to you—it's like it needs your consent or something, and it's strange."Charlie mused to himself. "Yes, it just feels unnecessary, thinking about it that way."Vera then remembered and exclaimed excitedly, "Wait, do you remember that the aurora assumed the shape of the Buddhist swastika first, before the giant hands?""Of course," Charlie nodded, chuckling. "I also remember saying that it would look like the other swastika from above."Vera nodded repeatedly. "In that case, it means the entity follows the tenets of Buddhism, like how monks who were given alms,can only accept it if it was given willingly. Even if they see food placed right in front of them, they'd starve to death without taking it unless it was explicitly given to them. "That's a rule that governs the entity in your

Moments later, Ruby and Penny opened their eyes too, tears of emotion flowing down their cheeks.They all clearly felt the tremendous leap in efficiency. This cultivation rate was far superior to the long periods they previously took to obtain a single mini–Cultivating Pill from Fleur. In the past, they were fortunate to receive even one mini–Cultivating Pill every year or two. But with the 36 hand seals, they could gain the same amount of Reiki within a month or two.Seeing the trio's undisguised joy, Vera knew that Charlie's experiment had been effective and was happy for him, too.She was surprised learning that the overall efficiency of the 36 hand seals had more than doubled, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Incredible! That said, I just observed that the speed at which all three of you perform the hand seals, and it seems that if one can improve the precision of each gesture while speeding up, the efficiency of your respective cultivations will improve even further."That remi

Since then, the aurora hadn't appeared every night consistently.Charlie had been waiting in the attic for a week, but only saw it twice, even spending four Cultivating Pills in total to get an additional thirty-two hand seals from the mystery phenomenon.Sixty-four hand seals allowed double the increase in Reiki growth.With six pills left, Charlie would like to see more auroras, but the warm current from the North Atlantic caused temperatures in northern Norway to rise rapidly.As the snow started to melt, Helena told Charlie that the arrival of the North Atlantic Current meant the end of the long winter, as well as the end of auroras in the northern hemisphere. To see it again, they would have to return during the next winter.However, without the auroras, staying in Norway was also pointless.Charlie was just thinking that if the mystique that was attached to him really taught him the Vairocana hand seals, the sixty-four he learned was just the tip of the iceberg.His curios

Abdicating was no issue for Helena, but her royal household would be completely removed from power.After all, there was no successor at all, so it meant either the complete dissolution of the Royal House of Norway, or they somehow borrowed a king from other constitutional monarchies.That was common before the second world war, as most European royals were distant relatives. If one lineage was fading, they just had to send a distant relative over as successor.But as foreign relations cooled and even national ideologies were irreconcilable, there was always prejudice even amongst the general populace—having a successor born in another country was just unthinkable.The thought reminded Helena of what her grandmother kept telling her… That her priority wasn't even marrying Charlie, but to have a child.Sighing inwardly, she had to agree with her grandmother at that point—they needed an heir, no matter what happened.Seeing that she was silent and thoughtful, Vera sneaked up to ask

As Charlie's group got off, many others did the same.Most of the people using the road were headed to airports and had arrived a couple of hours early, if not under an hour.They hence got off and started running—they had to reach the airport in an hour or miss their flight if they waited in their cars.Hence, hundreds were slowly dragging their luggage despite the congested roads. Charlie could even see that many of them appeared unbothered as they did so, keeping their heads down as if it was just part of life.And when Charlie himself arrived at the end of the road, he saw hundreds of people of different skin colors and ages, ranging from teenagers to the elderly, sitting in the middle of the road in hoodies, holding up placards and flags that read 'Stop Global Warming'. Their leaders were shouting directly at the traffic passionately through megaphones.Amusingly, one of them was Oskian and she was yelling the most excitedly.As Charlie listened, he heard her shout, "You are