Scale Two and Refusal

"Why do you say that?"

Dago fell silent for a moment before asking.

"Because the final step to becoming a Formal Wizard is to sink your Mental Space down to the Second Scale of the Spirit World, the depth where the Silver Sea, the collective of humanity's subconscious emotions, exists."

"That is also why, if you fail to open a Mental Space before the age of eighteen, you will never be able to do so again. The unconscious mental energy produced by your soul will be captured and absorbed by the Silver Sea."

"The Second Scale of the Spirit World has no laws of reality—time, distance, causality, and so on. It is filled with pure energy and the emotional projections of all intelligent life."

"The beautiful side of humanity, such as the seven virtues—chastity, diligence, generosity, humility, gentleness, temperance, tolerance, and all other noble qualities—nourishes the Silver Sea."

"But powerful emotions such as fear, Wrath, hatred, and Greed can corrupt the Silver Sea, making it ever more chaotic and violent."

"After your Mental Space sinks into the Silver Sea of the Second Scale of the Spirit World and completes the Soul Sublimation of a Half-Step Formal Wizard, you will become a Formal Wizard."

"During the descent, you will suffer attacks from the Seven Sin Demons within the Silver Sea, whose purpose is slaughter and the corruption of life. Once they corrupt you, you will become an incarnation of the Seven Sin Demons in reality."

"At the same time, the likelihood and frequency of attacks by the demons of Scale Two are related to the size of your Mental Space. The larger it is, the more easily it attracts invasions and attacks from the Seven Sin Demons."

"That is why the Wizard Alliance strictly forbids wandering wizards from undergoing Soul Sublimation,