Se-Hoon’s eyes widened in shock. 0

I’ve already… conquered the Tower of Heroes once?0

It couldn’t be. He was absolutely certain that never—even before he regressed—had he reached the top of the Tower of Heroes. But then, why was Li Kenxie saying such a thing?3

Then again… it’s not like there weren’t any suspicious signs…0

On top of the fact that he could use the powers that only the Perfect Ones should be able to wield, Aria had even once thought he’d also conquered the Tower like her. Thinking back, he’d already been suspecting that he had also gained something that only a Perfect One could possess.0

However, despite even that, Se-Hoon wasn’t shaken—that alone couldn’t suffice as proof that he was a Perfect One.0

Aria already proved that conquering the Tower of Heroes and becoming a Perfect One are two different things.0

To reach the summit was merely to observe the full extent of the “world.” To achieve the status of a Perfect One, one had to take one step further and inscribe their synesthetic mindscape into the new world revealed to them—which, at that point, was the Golden Ring itself.0

In the eyes of some, it was just a single step’s difference. However, like the time gap between someone who stops right before the finish line and someone who actually crosses it, the gulf between the two was anything but “just.”0

If I really did become a Perfect One…0

If he had taken that step, did that mean he had already etched...0