Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1019: Section 654: Love from the Past (Part 1)_3

Chapter 1019: Section 654: Love from the Past (Part 1)_3

The Academy has finally completed its renovations, and more children have arrived. Although I have lost many children before, the arrival of their siblings brings me some comfort.

Chusheng has completed the ritual to achieve Transcendence. His father invited me to witness the ceremony, and this allowed me to observe the inherent dangers of the ascension process up close... So this is how it is: in this world, humans have grown accustomed to making sacrifices in order to resist Chaos and the different kinds.

I want to do something for these children. I cannot complete the ritual for Transcendence and am considered unworthy, but perhaps I can use scientific knowledge to help these children, calculating the training methods most suitable for each of them.

Everyone has a method that is most suitable for them.

I should have a talk with Chusheng.

This diary fills Malin with deep respect. This Sage must have accomplished something extraordinary, and it is precisely because of this that history books note that over the past century, due to the dissemination of knowledge, the growth rate of high-level Sequence advancement among humans has increased by at least thirty percent.

That is indeed a terrifying fact.

With such thoughts in mind, Malin turned to another diary entry.

I did it. It’s incredible.

I, Raphael the Sage, enabled Chusheng to ascend another rung on the ladder of the Mage Sequence within just half a year. This is truly remarkable, as this child has limited aptitude. When the members of the Mage Tower came to oversee his ascension, they initially determined that Chusheng had almost no chance of surpassing Sequence Five. According to their evaluation, it would take at least three years for him to safely use the potion needed for a single ascension.

But now, he has accomplished this with only half a year of effort, and he even completed the process from Mage Apprentice to a One-Ring Mage without consuming any Magic Potion. According to the Mage Tower’s records in this region, such speed exists only in the annals of those called prodigies.

Chusheng is overjoyed, for he has taken another step on the path toward the summit, doing so at a speed he had never dared to dream of. This progress has made the once-discouraged young man brim with joy and anticipation for his future.

His family is equally thrilled because their child, who had been sentenced to a punishment of futility, achieved an ascension entirely on his own within half a year. Even if he ultimately cannot surmount the wall of Sequence Five, the fact that a Five-Ring Mage could reasonably ascend fully within ten years is already a speed reserved for geniuses.

Even my lord is delighted, for his third son has just completed his path of ascension. Though he is a Knight, word of Raphael the Sage’s boundless abilities has spread across this region of the East.

I cannot let the children down. Now, I must return to my work. In the upcoming period, I fear I will have no time to write more in this diary.

I am determined to help everyone in this world who wishes to survive, freeing them from their current suffering.

May the Lord of Justice have mercy.

The diary ends here, followed by many blank pages. But for some reason, Malin’s alien father never used this diary again.

No matter the reason, Malin at least understands something about his father. Though he was an alien, he remained steadfast in his love for civilization.

How intriguing.

Malin carefully stows away the diary, then silently makes a vow.

I will do the same, Father. I will help everyone in this world who wishes to survive. You did so because of your noble soul.

As for me... my reason is simple: I remain, above all, a human from Earth.

I am saving others, and in doing so, I am saving myself.

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