Knock, knock, knock...
There was a knock outside Caroso's room.
As if she were in her own room, Teresa walked to the door and opened it. "Who is it?"
Celica stood outside the door.
When she saw Teresa, she froze for a moment. "Your Highness Teresa, why are you in Caroso's room so late at night?"
A dream had lasted a long time for Caroso and the others, but less than ten minutes had passed outside.
So after Teresa checked the time, she realized Caroso had not grown stronger overnight—he had grown stronger in ten minutes...
That was why even someone like Messiah had been surprised that Caroso could break through on his own. Under those rules, Caroso had actually broken through to the fifth rank. It was like someone suddenly eating a week's worth of food in a day and digesting it all at once. Not bursting to death was already a miracle.
At first, Messiah had wanted to use the Time Law to help Caroso digest that power, but she had not expected his constitution to be so unimaginably strong. His tolerance for strength and magic power in particular had already given him the foundation to become a god.
On top of that, Caroso had come into contact with the source of the power borrowed by the Lord of Eternal Life, making it even easier for him to absorb it.
In the end, Messiah had not needed to intervene. Caroso had made it through on his own.
"I wanted to discuss what happened earlier with him, but this brat went straight to the fifth rank." Teresa twisted her neck, producing a series of crisp cracks. "What brings you here so late, Lady Celica?"
Even Teresa could not be too presumptuous before a cardinal.
"Nothing much. Some matters weren't