The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 138- Extremely Selfish

Chapter 138: Chapter 138- Extremely Selfish

While Sol sat cross-legged on the library’s dusty floor, he placed his hands together in his lap and formed a circle with his thumbs.

His shirt was still removed, showing his chest moved up and down while he breathed steadily.

The Legacy Rune on the back of his right hand was faintly flashing. Meanwhile, on his back, an outline of it was beginning to appear; overlapping with the Seven Runic Paths of Samsara Formation.

Sol’s hair blocked a portion of the Formation, but the process could still be seen clearly.

The blue lines of the Legacy Rune formed a circle in the center of the black heptagon Samsara Formation.

The numerous runic patterns that were in the center of the Samsara Formation shifted to accommodate the Legacy Rune.

The overlapping process was slow but it was extremely smooth.

At the ten-minute mark, a miniature version of the Samsara Formation started to appear on Sol’s left hand.

This was no longer his Master’s Seven Runic Paths of Samsara Formation, nor was it Su Moon’s Heavenly Canopy Grand Formation.

This was Sol’s Heavenly Samsara Formation.

As the creation of this new Formation was reaching its peak, the Heavenly Canopy Grand Formation around the Palace began to react to the changes.

The Formation appeared on the ground and the walls of the library in a multitude of small complex blue runes.

Abdu was watching this happen silently while he sat at a specific table, but when he heard the sound of a child laughing he suddenly felt gutted.

Right after the child’s laughter echoed out, blue illusory images of a boy and a cat suddenly appeared walking into the library.

The boy’s intricate robes looked like they were fit for royalty.

His appearance and demeanor were quite striking as well.

He looked around fifteen or sixteen. He had long black hair with soft but define features.

His smile seemed infectious, but a simple glance at him would tell you that this child was extraordinary.

The youth’s laughter was perhaps a result of the cat walking next to him.

It was Abdu, and thus the youth could be deduced to be Su Jin.

Abdu watched in silence as the boy chased after his illusory version. He seemed happy, but Abdu knew now this was Su Jin acting for his sake.

He was suffering in silence. Fed up with being trapped in here, but at the same time terrified of going outside.

It was a contrasting feeling that was eating away at his mental health.

Slowly the illusory scenes faded to be replaced by an older Su Jin. He was laughing, but compared to his laughter before, it felt different; almost forced.

As if knowing the progression of these illusory scenes, Abdu wanted to look away, but he couldn’t. It was torture to watch them but he really couldn’t.

The illusory scenes faded away one by one and each time Su Jin grew older and older.

This was the only change in these images except for the fact that Su Jin was no longer laughing. He would give forced smiles here and there, but after a while, he stopped smiling altogether.

Another change was the frequency Abdu was by his side when he entered the library.

Slowly Abdu stopped accompanying Su Jin to the library.

Abdu looked to his left. Su Jin’s illusory image was right next to him reading a book.

Suddenly, Abdu’s past self came into the library for the first time in a long while. He leaped onto the table and sat exactly where the current Abdu was, causing their figures to overlap.

Su Jin turned to look at Abdu before he smiled and said something.

There was no sound as he spoke, but Abdu knew what he said. He remembered this memory very vividly, and what he responded.

"Don’t worry, I’ll still find time to come to our daily library visits."

Abdu was heard muttering under his breath.

Su Jin’s smile grew wider, and this was unlike the others, it truly seemed like he was genuinely smiling for the first time.

"It’s okay Little Nian, I know you’re busy with the duties Father once had. So don’t feel bad for not being able to visit me."

Su Jin then raise his hand and pat the illusory Abdu’s head, but because of the real Abdu’s position, it seemed as if Su Jin was petting him instead.

Abdu closed his eyes, his heart feeling a flurry of emotions.

Soon, Su Jin stopped and the illusory version of Abdu lept off the table and walked out of the library.

Abdu looked at his past self and scolded.

"You idiot, look back."

Abdu watched his past self leave the library without ever looking back. If he had looked back, he would have seen the tears running down Su Jin’s cheeks.

Abdu turned to look at Su Jin wiping his tears before going back to reading his book.

Time passed in the illusory scenes and Su Jin was seen alone reading in the library in each scene. Abdu never returned after that visit.

He would occasionally see Su Jin in the Palace but it was always brief.

In the last scene, Abdu watched Su Jin close the book he was reading and got up to leave the library.

The book remained there on the desk even after the illusory scenes faded away.

Abdu sighed.

That was it, those were some of the memories that were stored in the Heavenly Canopy Formation. These illusory scenes of Su Jin were likely shown everywhere in the Palace during this time. But now they were gone, forever.

Abdu felt a mix of emotions.

In truth, he didn’t go through with his plan because Sol’s words convinced him not to.

They did play a small part, but it was due to the fact that he was scared, almost terrified even, of the possibility of losing Sol.

Sol reminded Abdu of Su Jin greatly. Their personalities were the same, their laughter was the same, and even how he was treated by them was exactly the same.

The possibility of Abdu’s plan succeeding was close to zero. What if he had gone through with his original plan and it failed?

Not only would he have lost Su Jin, but he would have lost the one person who was so much like him.

Abdu didn’t want to risk it, so he chose to let go of Su Jin.

It was extremely selfish of him to make this decision after what he did to Su Jin, but Abdu hoped that he would forgive him.

The blue runes covering the library’s ground and walls soon faded away. Sol had successfully absorbed the Legacy Rune and merged it with the Samara Formation.

Sol opened his eyes and turned to look at Abdu.

Even though he was focused on merging the two Formations, those memories were something he saw as he absorbed the Legacy Rune.