"Study diligently, feel with your heart, heed your inner call, and guide your own reality!"
A month passed swiftly. Samuel guided Sakura daily to awaken her Personal Reality.
Her exceptional talent absorbed Scientific Magecraft flawlessly, completing her accumulation in just a month. She was now one step from awakening her Personal Reality—a step that required no force, only natural progression.
Buzz!
Invisible ripples spread from Sakura, erratic cracks of illusory data slicing the surroundings. Severed matter turned virtual, merging into the rifts.
This was a space between existence and nonexistence—illusory yet real by its very illusion.
Sakura's petite form floated, her black eyes now purple, emotions faded, gazing coldly at Samuel.
With a wave of her hand…
A crack appeared at Samuel's abdomen, his body's matter turning illusory, splitting his torso.
Crimson light flared, the crack dissolved, and Samuel's body stood unscathed, as if nothing had happened.
The "Leumas" unfurled radiant wings, erasing the illusory rift. Everything reset, except for Sakura, still floating before him.
Her illusory wings spread, body translucent, distorting the surroundings like a dream's mirage.
"Hm… using my Scientific Magecraft as a vessel for Its will, temporarily controlling Sakura's body?"
This wasn't merely an attribute. In human terms, it was "Imaginary Numbers" itself—an Angel of Imaginary Numbers.
Built on Samuel's boundless Scientific Magecraft, it was akin to a divine descent in Sakura's body.
Its combat power rivaled God's Right Seat—near the level of an "Angel."
"Whoops, trouble, huh? Knew your stuff was too overpowered!"
Roman appeared beside Samuel, rubbing his temples.
"Relax, isn't this a good thing?"
"Hmph… yeah! Go for it, Samuel!"
With Roman's grin and playful words, the "Leumas" vanished.
Transcending time and space, it reached Sakura's side.
Her purple-tinted hair fluttered, Imaginary Number rifts slashing at the "Leumas."
"Using my creation, tweaked, to fight me?"
Samuel chuckled, the rifts vanishing. The "Leumas" embraced Sakura.
The "Imaginary Angel" was rooted in Samuel's Scientific Magecraft. In using it, It was also used by it.
Samuel had seen through Its essence, understood It completely. For an "Angel"-class foe, having their essence grasped by a peer guaranteed disadvantage.
Crimson light blazed as the "Leumas" vanished from this phase, crossing an unknown barrier into a world of endless illusory data.
Imaginary Number Space!
"Foolish! No… you lack wisdom, acting on instinct alone. Let me make you a gift for my dear Sakura's awakening!"
Crimson light shone. Calculate! Calculate! Calculate!
Boom!
A colossal clash echoed in the space, It struggling, resisting!
It was this space's consciousness—without intellect, only instinct. Descending into Sakura, resisting, struggling—all instinct.
But it was over. Its foolish instincts let Samuel fully grasp It. Escape was impossible, like a beast trapped by a seasoned hunter's meticulous snare.
Without external aid, It could never break free.
External aid? What force could counter Samuel, conveniently pass this illusory phase, and choose to fight him rather than take a share?
"AAAAAAAAH—"
A massive sonic wave rippled through the phase, manifesting physically in this illusory world.
"What the fuck?!"
Samuel instinctively blurted a crude phrase from his less-refined days.
The "Imaginary Phase" twisted, its non-existent existence becoming a sea, waves surging with the sonic blast.
A gargantuan figure rose from the illusory ocean.
Immense! Infinitely vast!
Its size belittled "covering the sky." Its body was a world, with absolute mass to shatter or burst reality. Only this illusory Imaginary World could contain It.
The figure resembled a human female, crowned with massive, bighorn-like horns symbolizing dominion over the earth. Its face was exquisitely carved, as if by the heavens.
Pale blue and white hair, like seawater, flowed like legendary "earth veins" linking the worlds.
Its eyes mirrored billions of stars, an ocean of constellations.
Deep blue garments covered hands, feet, and vital points, nothing more. Its heart's region was vast, drawing all into its depths. Its infinite mass could crush worlds, held only by this illusory realm.
"I must have It!"
Unprecedented desire surged in Samuel's mind—true greed, not his usual theatrics.
"AAAAAAAAAAH—"
It opened its "cherry-like" mouth, vast enough to swallow a continent.
Terrifying sonic waves shook the phase again, illusory water capable of erasing planets battering their forms. Samuel, fully comprehending "Imaginary Numbers," stood firm.
It was mere "matter," blocking all. But at such magnitude, matter became a "concept" itself.
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