If you absorb your ancestor, you will become a calamity.

I froze upon hearing those words.

Calamity. That dreadful, irritating word. Why, of all times, was I hearing it now? I turned my head with widened eyes, looking towards Shin Noya. Was this the answer I was looking for? I stared at the elder, silently asking him for an explanation.

His expression made me realize—

Shin Noya was looking at me with a thin, dark gaze.

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Thump.

‘Ha.’

My heart pounded wildly, as if in sync with the chaos in my body. Struggling to suppress the pounding sensation, I turned to face the so-called ancestor before me and spoke.

“…So, you’re saying that if I absorb you, I’ll become a calamity?”

“Correct.”

“Is that even possible? How the hell…?”

“You must already know that it’s possible.”

“……”

I froze at his words.

“You must have realized it the moment you heard it. That it’s possible. You should have, at least. Don’t you think so?”

“……”

I had no response. Despite my desire to argue, his words were too accurate. The moment I heard it, I vaguely understood. No, perhaps I had even been certain.

‘It must have been the moment my vessel shattered.’

The moment my vessel collapsed and my inner world began to tremble.

The moment I met this self-proclaimed ancestor.

And—

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