"I hope I can receive your instruction in magic!"
"Even though I already have Roswaal and Beatrice."
"But I believe that anyone chosen by the Star Council must be extraordinary."
"I'm sure it'll bring me gains I never expected!"
At this point, Natsuki Subaru paused briefly. The excitement on his face gradually faded as he straightened his attitude.
Then he took another deep breath and continued, "Besides that, there's actually one more thing giving me a serious headache. I'd like to ask His Majesty Zeref to take a look at it."
"Tell me," Zeref said with a slight nod.
Aizen, Joseph, and Perona, who were seated there as well, looked at him.
"It's about a special ability inside me. I call it 'Unseen Providence.'"
Natsuki Subaru frowned. It seemed that merely thinking of it made his body instinctively feel unwell.
"It's the Authority I gained after killing the Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult, 'Sloth,' Petelgeuse, that day."
"It's a kind of invisible shadow hand."
"But every time I try to use it, my body suffers unimaginable pain."
"It's like my soul is being torn apart by force."
"And right now, I can barely control a single invisible arm. The distance it can stretch is short, and its destructive power is pitifully small."
Natsuki Subaru gritted his teeth as that mad figure surfaced in his mind. "But I remember it very clearly."
"Petelgeuse, who once possessed this power, could not only control over a dozen hands at the same time, but their range and power were also enormous!"
"Compared to him, my current 'Unseen Providence' is pathetically weak."
After saying that, he lowered his head and looked at his hands, where calluses had begun to form from gripping a sword too much, and gave a bitter laugh.
"To be honest,