It isn’t fun.

It was a simple process. Merlin had carried out more complex image-making and magic system setups on a regular basis.

It isn’t fun, so it’s not possible.

Merlin imagined the final product. He had done something like this countless times before, as evident in his recreation of an entirely new nucleus for his internal Gold Core. If he could accomplish this monstrous feat, fixing Miho’s genuine qi issue was child’s play.

It isn’t fun, so it’s not possible. You’ll definitely fail.

“Shut up! Shut up!”

While screaming, Merlin reconfigured Miho’s spiritual power.

And he failed.

“Ugh… ah…!”

“H-huh?”

As he sensed Miho’s genuine qi levels dropping dramatically, Merlin quickly circulated his internal qi. However, it didn’t work. Nothing was operating as he intended, and his mind became blank and devoid of thought.

“… Idiot.”

At some point, a young boy with black hair appeared behind Miho, frowning. At that moment, Merlin realized something.

The young boy was Merlin- no, Yongno. It was Yongno when he was young.

“Eh… what did I say? I told you it wouldn’t work.”

“W-wait a minute. I… I… I….”

“Idiot. If you continue doing stupid things, you’ll just carry additional guilt. In turn, that’ll make me feel even more uncomfortable.”

Miho extended her arms and wrapped them around Merlin’s neck. There was no strength behind this action whatsoever; she was already heading toward her eventual death.

Miho pulled herself close to Merlin. When their noses almost...