How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 254

283. Premonition (2)

Senillaina explained the process to me again.

“An entrance opens with my permission. Passing through it will drop you into the Spirit Realm.”

“And passing through it with just your body is a trial to gain a stronger spirit art, right?”

“Yes.”

The trial I requested.

It was to enter and exit the entrance to the Spirit Realm.

Just hearing it might not seem like a big deal.

“It’s dangerous, isn’t it?”

“Very dangerous.”

Senillaina earnestly warned.

“Human sensory organs have no meaning there.”

“I know. I just need to be careful not to be swept away and find the exit using only my resistance.”

Without strong spirit power, one would be immediately caught in the energy of the Spirit Realm and scattered, soul and all.

For example, when Senillaina uses the transfer items she gave to the guild branch leaders.

That too is a means of shortening the distance by passing through the Spirit Realm, but that is only possible because it is protected by Senillaina’s spirit power.

But this case is different. It’s jumping in with bare hands without any protective equipment.

It’s equivalent to wandering around in outer space without a spacesuit.

“I have read… no, heard of cases where ordinary people go insane if they come into contact with the Spirit Realm with their bare bodies even a little.”

Ordinary people without resistance would go crazy just by being exposed to the energy.

Certainly, according to the described setting, there are cases where young babies fall into the Spirit Realm.

Well, there’s no end to the story about that, so let’s skip it for now.

“You really came up with such a training method.”

A training method to amplify the limit by accepting more powerful spirit power by passing through the Spirit Realm full of spirit power.

I wondered how she came up with such a crazy thing.

“Don’t misunderstand. Humans devised that method.”

“……We humans cause a lot of trouble.”

Well, they must have devised this method because they wanted to gain power even at the risk of danger.

Recklessness without knowing one’s place is also a characteristic of humans.

‘Of course, I’m confident I can do it.’

I also cherish my life, and I don’t want to do anything that might throw it away if possible.

Seriously consider and try it.

My spirit power level has already reached a considerably high level for a human.

It’s just that my individual spirit is still immature, making it difficult to achieve the higher stages of spirit art.

‘After all, trials are stimulation…….’

It’s a primer for achieving achievements that suit me.

My goal is to go beyond the advanced level of spirit art to the highest level… no, to complete even beyond that.

‘Using points to achieve it isn’t bad, but it’s more constructive to achieve this manually as much as possible.’

If I can, it’s not bad to put in the effort with my body directly.

“At least with my amount of spirit power, I might feel a little motion sickness in the Spirit Realm, but nothing should go wrong.”

More than anything, I plan to escape by force if I think something is wrong.

I always have a safety net.

“Then I won’t stop you.”

“Well, if you can’t stand to see it, you can just take me out?”

“Trials must be fair.”

She will provide the trial but will not intervene.

Well, that’s enough.

Favoritism may sound sweet, but it’s not always good when you think about the aftermath.

“Then I’ll go and put some effort in.”

I waved my hand lightly and stood in front of the entrance to the Spirit Realm once again.

‘I said it confidently, but I’m a little scared…….’

Even if you bluff, you can’t help your pounding heart.

After taking a deep breath, I reached out my arm again.

I put my hand in, not just a finger.

My hand is sucked into the space where only rainbow-colored waves are and disappears.

‘It’s quite something.’

However, the density of spirit power felt is not ordinary.

No, is that all? I even feel pressure.

‘Let’s do it.’

Let’s just do it first.

I forced the corners of my mouth up as if to instill confidence and stepped into it.

And my vision was swept away by the light and turned completely white.

* * *

The trial is simple.

All you have to do is not get lost in the Spirit Realm you entered and walk straight to the exit.

Normally, if you fall into the Spirit Realm, you will become addicted to its energy and go crazy, but if you are a spiritist with resistance, you can rather accept it as your own power and increase your vessel in a short period of time.

It is a process of continuously absorbing a large amount of spirit power while walking and expanding my own framework.

But…….

‘They say the simplest things are actually the most difficult.’

Why is this act of just walking so infamous that it’s even called a trial?

Experiencing it firsthand is refreshing.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a world full of rainbows.

‘……I can’t distinguish objects.’

The Spirit Realm is not such a brilliantly rainbow-colored world.

The optic nerve is temporarily out of order due to excessive spirit power, causing a delusion.

In other words, the sense of sight became useless first.

Next is the sense of smell.

Even though there is no smell, it feels like the inside of my nose is freezing.

In order, the sense of touch, and other various senses also do not work properly.

‘Is this what it’s like even if you’re confident you have resistance?’

I’m glad that I’m at least aware of the act of taking a step.

Usually, you wouldn’t even be aware of your own movements and would be doomed to wander here forever.

However, even if I take a step, there is no sensation of stepping on the ground.

For now, I kept walking, not forgetting the act of moving my legs.

The fundamental element of this trial is to move forward.

It’s over the moment you forget that.

‘Walking…… and walking again, anyway, I mustn’t stop walking.’

I doubted whether I was walking properly, but I mustn’t fall into that feeling.

I forced myself to believe that I was moving forward.

‘But if it just ends with a slight loss of senses, it wouldn’t be a trial…….’

As I was prepared, the next phenomenon occurred as expected.

Hallucinations appear.

Even though the eyeballs shouldn’t be functioning properly due to excessive spirit power, things start to appear.

It’s an illusion.

‘……What?’

However, the reason I was momentarily robbed of my thoughts by the hallucination was because what I saw was completely unexpected.

In my left eye, I see the figure of a brown-haired boy with a reddish tinge.

The figure of me, ‘Eilon,’ now.

I see a scene of him helping with farm work with someone who seems to be his parents when he was young.

It’s not my memory.

Clearly, this is ‘Eilon’s’ memory.

‘…….’

And in my right eye, I see an uncle who I should call familiar… who I’ve seen somewhere.

‘Is this me in the real Earth…….’

Me, filling time with meaningless overtime at work, going home, and sleeping.

Is it showing me the memories of the body and the memories of the mind intertwined?

It seems that the density of spirit power here was much higher than I thought.

It’s invading my mind.

‘Don’t mind it…….’

It’s a trap.

It’s just part of the process of the body receiving a higher density of spirit power.

You mustn’t be deceived.

I ignore it and move on.

I forcibly let go of the memories of the two lives entangled in my head and moved on.

‘Eilon’ was mourning sadly after holding their funerals, perhaps because his parents had passed away.

And on the other hand, my boss snatched the results of the project I was in charge of and ran away, and I was blamed by the president for the mess he made.

Are both of them bitter memories of the past?

……It’s natural that bad memories are highlighted more than good memories, but is it really necessary to show them simultaneously?

‘More than that, was this trial this terrible…….’

Originally, it would only show minor hallucinations and make it impossible to find the way.

Is there an individual difference, or is there another reason?

‘Don’t be deceived.’

Anyway, it’s a frustrating memory of the past.

The body’s memory is not mine, and I can just ignore my actual memory.

However, there was a memory that even I couldn’t ignore that suddenly caught my eye.

It was on the side of ‘Eilon’s’ memory.

The time was probably around when he was conscripted for the subjugation war.

Well, ‘Eilon’ was wearing armor, and there were soldiers wearing similar armor around him.

More than anything, I can’t forget it.

I can’t mistake it because it’s the armor I wore the day I fell into this body.

Then is it before I possessed him?

That day, ‘Eilon’ seemed to be standing night watch, wandering around the tents where the soldiers were sleeping.

‘What, what’s going on?’

However, the strange thing is that the memory I saw now is not left in my head at all.

I didn’t have such a memory?

I’ve tried to recall it several times, but it’s a memory I’ve never seen before.

Could it be that it was forgotten while I was possessing him?

The problem is the sight that past ‘Eilon’ saw.

[It’s a pity. A boy who doesn’t bear any fate.]

At that time, ‘Eilon’ was encountering a suspicious being.

I can’t tell what it is.

It was a person who covered his whole body with black bandages.

Of course, ‘Eilon’ at that time was wary of him as if he was afraid and screamed as if he was terrified.

But no one notices the situation.

No one comes.

[It’s useless. They won’t recognize me…… They can’t interfere with me…….]

The suspicious being said that and approached ‘Eilon’.

‘Eilon’ naturally threw away his weapon and screamed and ran away.

However, he realized that he, who should have run far away, had jumped into the suspicious being as if he was crashing into him.

[It’s useless, boy. You can’t resist with your existence influence.]

The suspicious being said that and pierced the terrified boy who couldn’t even speak.

He had no choice but to die like that.

Before his body fell on the dirty dirt floor.

The monster carefully received the corpse.

[I won’t say words of forgiveness, empty your shallow existence. I will invite a stranger into that void. It is a sacrifice for that.]

The monster who muttered incomprehensible words finally said this.

[Let the invited stranger shake all these schedules, and with his influence, the world will escape from variables…….]

And the memory is cut off.

‘Eilon’s’ body died completely once, so I can’t know more than that.

But…….

‘……What the hell is that?’

I’m embarrassed.

Clearly, it was before I possessed ‘Eilon’.

‘Eilon’ was already dead before I possessed him?

No…… that can’t be.

‘Clearly, when I opened my eyes, I was in the middle of fighting a troll?’

At that time, it was broad daylight, not night.

I guess there is a difference in time of a few days.

‘Is it really ‘Eilon’s’ memory…… or is it a hallucination shown by spirit power.’

It’s hard to make a decision.

As I was about to worry, I realized one important problem at that time.

‘Ah…….’

I was so distracted by the memory that I forgot to maintain the feeling of walking.

The concentration was cut off.

‘I made a mistake…….’

Because the senses are out of sync, I start to drift away with the spirit power.

I tried to grab the senses late, but was it too late?

Still, I couldn’t give up, so I was struggling to get a sense of it.

Something grabbed my hand and pulled me.

“This way!”

Something said and kept pulling me.

“Go this way! Eilon!”

Is it Undine?

If you think about it, it’s the Spirit Realm.

It wouldn’t be strange if there was a spirit I contracted with somewhere.

Thank you, Undine! Thanks to you, I was able to avoid the worst situation.

Undine seemed to nod as if my impressions were conveyed to her.

I can’t see it, but I can roughly guess what it looks like.

Thanks to Undine, I was able to get back on track and kept walking… and finally reached the exit.

Finally, I saw a white light in the space where I could only see rainbows.

It’s the exit.

It’s over now.

I sighed in relief and jumped towards it.

And…….

“……Wait? I haven’t heard of this?”

This time, I was thrown alone on a pure white space.

Are you kidding me?

Hello? Spirit King?

I think there’s a bug?