"I can't see it at all..."
At night, Astesia sat on the observatory platform and began her daily required lesson—observing the stars.
Though the night sky was clear and the stars shone brightly, Astesia felt especially conflicted.
The girl had not forgotten what Bai Ye had told her. After all, it concerned her and her sister's future.
"An experiment accident causes Oripathy, and I'll be infected too... I can't see a future like that at all. The starlight... is so dim."
Astesia tightly clenched her hands and sat despondently on the observatory floor. For the first time, she felt unfamiliar with and distrustful of the skill she had mastered.
"Could it have just been a joke... Or maybe he wasn't telling the truth..."
Bai Ye's figure surfaced in her mind, and Astesia fell into deep thought...
Under the same starry sky, Bai Ye sat quietly beside a campfire, watching the endlessly dancing flames with a slightly absent look.
Well, Bai Ye was not actually spacing out. He was simply thinking about some issues involving Originium Arts and shooting.
At first, Texas and Bai Ye had taken turns keeping watch. But later, Bai Ye discovered that as his attributes improved, the amount of sleep he needed each day was decreasing. So he simply took over the entire night watch—he could sleep in the vehicle anyway.
Usually, Bai Ye would make himself a cup of instant coffee, then read Blacksteel International's shooting theory textbook by firelight.
Oh, and speaking of which, the theory textbook was called From Beginner to Mastery.
The difficulty range of Originium Arts was vast. Simple Arts could be learned even by ordinary people after brief study, while advanced techniques required study and time together before they could be firmly mastered.
As for expert-level Arts, they required long-term experience