"Perhaps I should slow down?"
The thoughts drifting through Dark's mind grew increasingly jumbled, and he could not help pressing a hand to his forehead and rubbing hard.
He had never noticed it before, but there were actually so, so many things he could envy.
In fact, even an ordinary person casually walking down the street could become an object of his envy.
Though he was the son of a duke and had achieved many enviable accomplishments, hidden behind those identities and achievements were experiences more perilous than anyone else's.
In that regard, he truly stood at the bottom.
Once he noticed that, it became difficult not to envy others.
After a while, Dark got up and practiced [Meditation Art], emptying his mind through it and allowing his turbulent emotions to return to their starting point.
He decided that, for the next ten days, he would not touch [Envy]. After ten draws, he had obtained a total of eighty-five points of [Envy]. However, in order to study [Envy], he had refined [Envy II] and [Envy III], consuming three and ten points of [Envy] respectively.
Two more points of [Envy] had been consumed on test samples during that period.
He had currently spent a total of fifteen points of [Envy], leaving seventy points in reserve.
Afterward, he still needed to refine at least one [Envy IV] and [Envy V], which was expected to consume 130 points of [Envy]. Thus, he still had a shortfall of at least sixty points of [Envy].
If his condition was suitable, he would be able to gather all the [Envy] he needed next month.
However, his research into the [Envy] magic pattern had not gone as smoothly as he had imagined.
That was because, in the past, he had truly possessed very little envy.
Although his