The flames licked the letter, making a hissing sound.
The 'telepathic conversation' continued.
Allen leaned back in his chair, completely relaxed, propping his chin on his hand and watching the letter burn with a smile.
'The childhood score is now at a perfect 100. Does that mean I can now, on a system task level, enter the teenage tutoring period? Or do I have to follow the original storyline and wait until next summer when Rudeus goes to Roa to officially enter?'
[According to the original plot, it would be next summer. However, you have already achieved the childhood clearance achievement and can indeed choose to enter the teenage period early.]
[As I said before, this is your own transmigration journey.]
'Choose to enter early? How? Will the score be reset?'
[Same as when you entered Sylphie's favorability task. The way to enter early is to come into contact with the original plot characters from the tutoring period. The moment you start interacting with them.]
The smoke trembled slightly, and the words paused for a moment, as if in great pleasure.
[That will be the moment you—Allen—enter the tutoring period early.]
[As for the score, of course, it will be reset. Please do your best, Host. You must work hard this time too, to reach the passing line of 60 points.]
'Is there a perfect score reward this time too?'
[Of course.]
'What is it?'
[Same as the childhood period. After passing, please first strive to achieve a score of 60. Only then will you be qualified to know. And having gone through the childhood period completely, you should now understand the underlying logic of how to increase your score.]
Allen looked at the system panel and murmured.
'The step that led to the perfect score was the moment I resolved to save Zenith and Paul.'
'All the ripples created by the butterfly's flapping wings are traces of my existence.'
'The more turbulent the ripples, the deeper the 'imprint' I leave in everyone's eyes.'
'The more turbulent the ripples...'
'The more it proves I am alive.'
'The butterfly effect should not be deliberately avoided because of some 'future vision,' and my own feelings should not be deliberately avoided because of the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.'
'To do what I want to do, to see the people I want to see, to live 'freely' like a person.'
'This is 'Allen's' jobless 'reincarnation.'
[Hehe... How long have you been bottling up these words? You clearly know everything, but you just don't do it.]
The flame was about to burn Allen's fingers. He subconsciously shook the letter, and the burning paper broke and fell.
But the flame was not extinguished.
The flame fell in his gray pupils. Allen didn't respond to the system's teasing, just recited word by word in his mind.
'Follow my heart, and let my actions follow my thoughts.'
Under his gaze, the flame that had just slipped from his fingers seemed to be smoothly cut in half in mid-air.
Then it fell onto the desk.
Allen watched the fire on the desk, a smile on his lips.
The flame illuminated his face.
'I see, I cut. It's not just about vision; mentality is more important. The Sword God Style really relies on epiphanies.'
[Oh?]
'...The moment I burned the letter, my heart told me.'
'The Silent Sword.'
'I have already reached the pinnacle.'
[Hmm... that sounds pretty cool.]
'It's alright, thanks for the compliment.'
[The desk is on fire.]
'Yeah, thanks... what?!'
Allen's eyes widened as he looked at the flames gradually rising from the desk. He shot up from his seat!
The chair behind him fell to the floor with a "thud."
Mr. Cool Guy was in a complete mess, frantically "slap, slap, slap, slap" slapping out the fire on the desk.
Well.
This must be what "reaching the pinnacle" is.
From next door came Zenith's concerned and confused voice.
"Allen? Is something wrong?"
"No! Nothing!!!"
'Nothing my ass!!!'
Allen looked at the two charred pits on the desk, his mouth opening and closing like a goldfish.
This idiotic behavior wasn't because he had a low IQ. By now, he had been awake for nearly 40 hours. In his Water God Style perception, his brain was constantly screaming.
You damn well get some rest!!
But Allen was on a high from saying "to hell with future vision" and enjoying burning the letter. His emotions were all over the place. How could he feel sleepy?
But his brain was definitely not as sharp as usual.
[It's understandable to fail at showing off. I suggest you don't add drama for yourself.]
Allen just stared at the two small charred pits on the desk, speechless.
'I'll apologize properly tomorrow.'
'Hmm... I'm sure Zenith and the others will forgive me.'
'But I need to think of an excuse.'
'The only fortunate thing is that the fire on the desk didn't reach the Roxy figurine on the side.'
Thinking of this, he moved his gaze to the figurine, but once he looked, he couldn't look away.
On the desk, 'Roxy' held her staff high, casting a spell with a stern expression.
Well, it was pretty cool.
But he couldn't feel the "reality" of Roxy's face in his mind.
This figurine's expression was too serious.
In Allen's memory, the real Roxy was not like this.
Rudeus was too much of a craftsman. A figurine of this high quality seemed more like something to be sold. A 'Roxy' with a flustered expression or scratching her face would actually be more suitable for him to keep, right?
Just like the wooden doll he had carved.
Allen blinked, staring at the 'Roxy' on the desk.
'Follow my heart, and let my actions follow my thoughts. This is undoubtedly the right path, right?'
[Yes. What's wrong?]
Allen looked at the 'Roxy' in his hand, a smile spreading across his face.
'System.'
'Activate location search. Target...'
'Roxy!'
It might have been his imagination, but the system panel seemed to freeze for a moment, as if it hadn't expected Allen to suddenly make such a request.
In the next moment, the system's smoke flickered in the air, extremely fast and joyful.
As if it were celebrating something.
Wisps of smoke converged in front of him into a huge world map, floating before him.
It was the world map from the novel.
Allen's eyes moved, and without even needing to search deliberately, he saw a solid black dot of smoke in the "Shiron Kingdom" on the southeast side of the Central Continent, expanding and contracting like a heart in the center of the kingdom, sending out ripples like water.
As he focused his vision on it, the map continuously zoomed in, until he could even see the rough outlines of the palace buildings.
So this is what "accurate to a hundred-meter radius" means?
Allen propped his chin on his hand and watched the smoke rise and fall in the center of the Shiron Kingdom, smiling a little helplessly.
Although he still couldn't see Roxy, seeing her location on the map was some consolation.
Anyway, the location search ability wasn't needed right now, so a one-week cooldown was fine.
It was a pity... Although he was following his heart, he couldn't just recklessly go and find Roxy.
After all, the Mushoku Tensei event tasks were still there. He could be erased if he didn't get 60 points. Following his heart meant doing what he wanted, not doing what he wanted to die.
But it was still so annoying. Why did these systems always threaten to erase people?
Before he transmigrated, he always found it funny when he read novels with such idiotic rules. But when it happened to him, it certainly wasn't funny anymore.
This must be what transmigration is.
As Allen's mind wandered, his gaze suddenly froze.
Below the smoke-condensed map, lines of text were floating up and down.
[Do you wish to invest 'Gaze'? Duration, 10 seconds.]
Allen stared, suddenly feeling his throat go dry.
'System.'
[Speak.]
'What does 'Gaze' mean?'
[Location search ability: The panel-based manifestation of the Clairvoyant Demon Eye.]
[So what do you think 'Gaze' means?]
[Allen.]
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