I Can Copy Curses

In short, he didn't want to take the risk of failing here.

He took a deep breath and began to use attraction, thereby attracting all the particles that had been floating behind his back.

Soon, these particles, which were already a mass of clouds, began to compress together.

Orion used attraction at the centre of the mass of clouds, and because of it, these particles get attracted towards the centre without any problem.

However, Orion did face the issue of these unstable particles.

As these particles began to compress together, he heard some popping sounds from his back, indicating that the reaction of these unstable particles began to take place now that they were much closer to themselves.

Seeing that, he quickly used repulsion all around the mass of blobs and began to suppress it from the outside while the attraction did the job from the inside.

Together, these two forces controlled the unstable particles and the blob finally began to take the shape of the sphere due to the relentless compression of these two forces.

Five minutes passed just like that and the blob finally took the shape of a sphere but it was quite big—almost the size of a football—and a stable core had the size of a fist.

So, Orion spent some more time compressing the sphere and an hour later, he succeeded in achieving the first stage of the Three Divine Ways—the Divine Core stage.

A glaring black sphere was floating behind Orion's, and he could feel his strength had increased quite a bit.

He felt that if the curse transformation was an ability that increased his control over the curses, then the Divine Core stage was a realm where all his physical abilities were boosted.

Most importantly, unlike other humans, his body was already perfected. He had upgraded, with all his stats having maxed out points. This perfection made the increase in his physical abilities and the boost in strength when he used the Divine Core stage far greater than any other human.

"Hehe, with this, I don't need to fear any gold-ranking individuals out there."

Orion chuckled, feeling the strength coursing through his body.

"Last time when I was in the soul temple, it was hard for me to move the energy in the abyss because I didn't have any specific method to extract those energies but this time I didn't face any difficulties."

He muttered to himself and thought that it might be because of the presence of the technique, which he didn't possess at that time.

'I guess being born into a rich and powerful family indeed gives one a head start.'

Orion thought and deactivated the Three Divine Ways, causing the black sphere behind his back to scatter into black particles and be absorbed inside his body.

'It's time I increased my stat points.'

Opening the door, he walked outside of his room.

However, the moment he came outside, he saw Butler Rio standing before him.

"Young Master, Master agreed to your demands but only on one condition."

Butler Rio directly stated why he was here the moment he saw Orion.

Orion was delighted to hear that his father agreed on this but the condition made him frown.

"What is the condition?" He asked. If the condition were to be something he didn't want to do or something he wasn't capable of, then it would be a problem for him.

"Master wants you to win tomorrow's assessment."

"That's it?" Orion asked, dumbfounded.

"That's it."

Butler Rio nodded.

"Hahaha, Butler Rio, you might as well prepare the three extra copies of the technique because in tomorrow's assessment I am going to win for sure." Orion laughed.

He was worried for a moment, wondering what the condition could be, but he never imagined it would be something this simple.

Butler Rio didn't know what to make of Orion's confidence. As he looked at Orion's smiling face, he wondered if Orion truly had the strength to back up his claims or if he was still just like his former self.

"Young Master, I will take my leave."

In the end, he bowed to him and headed towards the king's chamber.

Titi!—

However, at that moment, a ringing sound was heard, prompting Orion to raise his hand closer to his face.

'An important news has arrived.'

He saw a green glow on the bracelet he wore in his right hand.

This bracelet was different from the typical space bracelets and was called a universal bracelet.

The bracelets had numerous functions, and one of the most useful was the news feature. With these bracelets, any important piece of information throughout the Magus Kingdom was within reach.

This particular bracelet belonged to Orion and it had been with him for five years. But he had left it behind before starting his test, and it had remained in his room all this time. Today, while getting ready to go to the city with his sister, he found the bracelet in his wardrobe.

'Let's see what's in the news.'

Orion thought, tapping the bracelet with his finger.

A holographic page appeared before his eyes as he did that.

« Sword Sage's student has finally been chosen!!! »

Orion's heart rate increased as he saw the title of the news and there was even a picture of the girl who won the lottery along with Sword Sage in the title.

He quickly proceeded to read the details mentioned below.

« Just moments ago, the 2nd rank in the elite ranking—Elyn Ravenclaw, the sole daughter of the Ravenclaw family of the seven Magi families—played the Lottery of Fortune and Misfortune and ultimately won it. The lottery had been spread throughout the Magus Kingdom for decades and finally we have our winner. »

« Sword Sage himself came and accepted Elyn as his student. »

« Elyn Ravenclaw has done the unthinkable. The odds of winning the lottery were almost negligible; otherwise, someone might have won it already but she came and won on her first try. »

« Because of this, all the people around the world started calling her the Divine Fairy—the one who embodies the greatest luck on her body. »

Orion silently clenched his fists as he read all of that. He felt deeply conflicted. It was as if something destined to be his had been snatched away at the last possible moment.

It was his dream to become a student of the sword sage. After recovering his memories, he felt a glimmer of hope that he could finally achieve this seemingly impossible goal.

But fate—or, some might argue, luck—had peculiar ways of reminding you that sometimes dreams were destined to remain just that: dreams. Never to be fulfilled, no matter how fervently one hoped or planned.

The Sword Sage represented everything he aspired to be—strength, wisdom, honour—but now all that remained were echoes of a shattered dream, fragments of a vision that once burned bright but now lay scattered like broken glass on the floor of his soul.