It was now two days after Eugene had left the Vatican.

Although Pope Aeuryus and Cardinal Beshara had begged him to stay in the Vatican, Eugene had no intention or desire to do so.

As such, Eugene had reserved a room in a luxury inn near the Plaza of the Sun.

In this season, with Anise’s birthday drawing nearer, no matter how much money one had or how high one or their family’s status was, finding a vacant room for was difficult. However, if the Holy See were to personally request a room, it was only natural that the owner of the accommodations would be willing to offer it up to them.

Eugene had locked himself up in his luxurious lodgings for the past two days. In any case, he didn’t have anything that required him to go out, nor did he want to do so. Mer secretly wished to tour the city, but as soon as they entered their quarters, she saw Eugene sitting down in the middle of the living room as if it was the most natural thing for him to do, so she gave up her faint expectations.

For the past two days, Eugene operated the Lionheart clan’s White Flame Formula and watched as the number of Stars increased to six. With each circulation of the White Flame Formula, the six Stars slowly revolved around his heart.

When there were only five Stars, they hadn’t exhibited any signs of rotation around the Core. So had the operating methods of the White Flame Formula changed just because of the addition of one more Core? That was what Eugene had suspected at first, but as a result of having watched the rotation around his Core for the past few days, Eugene had come up with a few more guesses.

‘Could it be that it changed by itself to better suit me?’

Although the idea seemed absurd, Eugene couldn’t think of any other reason apart from that. Currently, Eugene’s six Stars were spinning as if he had released the Ring Flame Formula, even though he hadn’t started operating the Ring Flame Formula. That said, it didn’t mean that Eugene wouldn’t be able to use the Ring Flame Formula if it came down to it.

The moment Eugene focussed on it, the slow rotation of his Cores became quicker and more violent. The Ring Flame Formula that was instantaneously activated when this happened generated a much higher output of mana that couldn’t be compared to when he only had five Stars. The Lightning-Flames were also perfectly melted into this torrent of mana, and even though they hadn’t been easy to handle when he only had five Stars, the...