“Almost.” Ansel nodded, “To ascend to the throne, one needs to thoroughly combine the soul and body that have undergone extraordinary tempering. In essence, this means allowing the soul to assist the body in breaking through the mundane limits, to accommodate a more powerful soul with a more powerful vessel, complementing each other.” “So, while the body is important in this process, it is not the key. The key lies in the soul’s shaping, ascension, and transformation of the inner self.”

Seraphina touched her forehead, muttering thoughtfully, “No wonder I always feel like there’s something strange living in my head, so that’s how it is.”

“Can you feel it very clearly?” “I didn’t before, but it’s becoming more and more obvious now.” Seraphina candidly said, “It will excitedly bark like a dog, sometimes it will get angry or unhappy… but for some reason, it hasn’t appeared much these past two days.”

“…”

Ansel’s eyes narrowed slightly for a moment, but Seraphina, who was still thinking about the strange thing in her head, naturally didn’t notice.

“Ansel, Ansel, so what should I do! The… transformation of the soul and all.” Seraphina excitedly tugged at Ansel’s clothes, “I really want to become a third stage now!”

“Generally, this requires the expenditure of a vast amount of transcendental materials to construct a ceremony. When the ascendant feels the moment of ascension approaching, the ceremony aids in allowing the sublimating soul to break through the physical boundaries, reuniting the two.” fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

With a natural expression, Hydral laughed and pinched Seraphina’s cheek, “But you, Seraphina, are different. You possess an unparalleled physical talent and an inherently powerful soul. You are a unique spirit holder among millions. ”

“As long as you touch the extraordinary, the growth of the soul is natural, so you just need to wait for that moment, wait for that feeling to come.”

“…Feeling.” Seraphina chewed on Ansel’s words, her eyes suddenly brightening. That feeling… she had experienced it before!

When she followed Ansel to give a speech in the central square of Red Frost City, walking through the corridor formed by two rows of soldiers, feeling the cheers of the crowd, Seraphina felt her power burning and boiling, her soul cheering and roaring! That kind of… the absolute self that is destined to achieve the highest, that must stand at the highest point; the arrogant ambition to clear all enemies, not allowing any existence to be above oneself. It was born to dominate the earth, conquer the sky and the sea, forever chasing power, forever chasing strength, on that endless road, achieving unparalleled greatness!

Thinking of this, Seraphina’s heart began to boil.

In addition to the combat methods that Ansel gave me, to scrutinize, to think… it won’t be long before I can blow up that snake!

“How is it?” Ansel looked at the excited Seraphina, “Do you feel it?” “Well… it’s hard to say, but I don’t think it’s difficult at all!” Seraphina, who didn’t feel anything, still confidently said, “I’ve experienced that feeling before, and it’s no problem to do it again! Why not practice more with you, Ansel, maybe I can master more skills.”

Hydral tilted his head, his eyes wandering on Seraphina, and said with profound meaning, “Master some more… skills?” The girl who had made rapid progress in her “skills” recently was taken aback, then stomped her foot in embarrassment, “No-not that! I mean fighting!”

“But… but…” She looked away and said in a floating tone, “Ansel, if you want me to learn something else, I won’t… I won’t refuse to learn. As long as it’s not too, not too strange.” Because of her sister’s inducement, Seraphina, who chose to stop before the last barrier, was tiptoeing, her body swaying, and she occasionally stole glances at Ansel. On the one hand, it seemed that she was afraid that Ansel would not be satisfied, and on the other hand… it seemed that she was not satisfied sometimes.

Of course, Seraphina’s little thoughts could not be hidden from Ansel. The noble young lord who had been living a somewhat decadent life recently smiled and did not intend to stop her from thinking wildly.

“Speaking of which, these two rewards, don’t you plan to use them?” Ansel asked. The reward Ansel gave to Seraphina was not complicated, very simple but also very precious — that is, Ansel would agree to some of Seraphina’s small requests. Although they were small requests, they were already very precious to Seraphina.

“…Hmm? Oh! This, this —” Seraphina coughed lightly, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, revealing a playful and ambiguous smile. “I want to save up the rewards and use them all at once… as for when to use them, don’t ask, Ansel, you’ll know when the time comes.” She laughed and hugged Ansel’s shoulder, “Okay, let’s stop today’s exercise here, I haven’t rested with Ansel for a long time, you don’t work today, accompany me, okay?” The girl who rested her head on Ansel’s shoulder blinked her eyes, stood on tiptoe and kissed Ansel’s cheek.

Ansel was silent for a moment, then also smiled and agreed, “Okay, actually there’s nothing important to do these two days. I’ll spend the day with Seraphina today!” “Great! Then I’ll call Marli… uh, forget it, she’ll definitely tell me seriously that she’s too busy.” Thinking of her sister who still loved her but had changed, Seraphina couldn’t help but sigh, “If it wasn’t for the fact that she seemed to be very happy being busy, I would have caught her and made her rest.”

“Ansel, Ansel, what has Marli been busy with lately?” Seraphina, who was talking about relaxing, couldn’t help but ask about serious matters when she mentioned her sister. “Her… I’ve handed over all the affairs of the city to her, and let her not report anything to me. What she’s busy with, only Marli herself knows.”

“It sounds amazing…” Seraphina imagined her sister’s majestic appearance in front of the nobles, and said with a face full of admiration, “I’m so envious of Marli, she’s so smart!”

“…Seraphina.” Ansel stroked the girl’s head, “Don’t say in front of Marli that you are very envious of her.” “Eh? Why?” Seraphina asked stupidly, “But Marli is indeed smarter than me, and not only smarter than me, but also smarter than most people in the world.” “You’ll know in the future.” “Knowing is knowing… why do you use this tone of talking to children.” Seraphina bit Ansel’s throat unhappily, blushed and hummed, “I, I am also an adult who can make you comfortable, Ansel!”

The battle-hardened Hydral couldn’t help but laugh, “Then you are still far from being an adult, dear Seraphina.” “Ansel!!”

In such a cheerful atmosphere, Seraphina and Ansel spent a fulfilling and happy day. The girl’s confidence in her own abilities and talents was picked up by Ansel, and under Ansel’s guidance, she steadily expanded her combat skills, becoming more accustomed to thinking calmly in battle, correctly confronting the enemy, rather than the crazy fighting based on beast-like intuition as before.

Seraphina firmly believed that she could easily achieve the throne, that she could respond to Hydral’s expectations, and complete her transformation in this ascension, becoming a strong person whose fame could echo throughout the empire.

In this confidence, time passed day by day, and Seraphina’s response to Ansel’s test became more and more handy. In this more than a month, she perfectly passed Ansel’s four tests. But Seraphina’s confidence did not grow with her success, but became more and more withered, weak, and even a little… panicked.

Because at the juncture of the awakening of the Blazing Ice Viper—

The road to the throne has not been opened for her.

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