Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 1857: Sylphy

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(Sylphy’s POV)

It has been over a year since I departed from everyone else, and I would be lying if I said things have been normal. From finding a new Hero to having my Dungeon attacked by the God of Dungeons and then losing two friends in that war—a lot happened. There hasn’t been a day I haven’t missed my family, my mother, my brother, my friends, and of course, Aquarina.

After the incident with the Dungeon, I gained a lot of power, but I also lost friends. It pushed me into a depression that, although I hid from the rest, lasted for several months before I was able to move on from the pain and grief.

Bark and Curse… I might not have known them as well as I wished, but they were still my friends. Seeing them die made me realize how fragile things can be, and how just because I think things will work out in the end, it doesn’t mean they will.

I was delusional, filled with a childish sentiment. Because I was given power and a great family in this world, I truly believed deep down that nothing bad could ever happen to me or those I loved.

But I was wrong. So wrong…

That thought made me bitter without realizing it. I ended up scaring my friends, making them worry. Even Ruby, someone new to our group, became concerned. It all ended with me breaking into tears, realizing that no matter how hard I worked to become strong enough so nobody else would suffer, I still had to trust everyone else and believe it would work.

My mentality before wasn’t exactly wrong either. Trusting others is what has helped society advance to this point. And even though I felt like I was pretty naïve back then, there are many things I cannot change about myself—especially my own personality and who I am…

After the Dungeon Invasion, nothing too remarkable happened aside from us recruiting Ruby. I immersed myself in my studies of Alchemy with Master Felicia and my friends. Every day we made a little progress, completing tasks and training.

We sparred together, helped my Dungeon World continue to flourish, and made sure the same mistakes wouldn’t happen again. I also cultivated like never before—continuously, without stopping. The feeling of everything fading away in my hands was still there.

How Bark and Curse died… I couldn’t let that happen again. I had been too lazy, taking things for granted, even though I had the power, the potential to become more… and this time, I didn’t hesitate. I pushed myself to my limits, cultivating every day and every night. I invited my friends, and with their help, things became easier.

My father told me I was pushing myself too hard, so he stopped me for a while. He told me to take things easy, that I didn’t have to blame myself for their deaths. And he wasn’t wrong. We spent time together, sparring and cultivating. I did a lot of thinking with him. I learned more about his life and his past, and about the difficulties he faced.

He even told me about his battle against the Demon King, and the trauma he has been living with all this time… Back then, I had never considered any of these things—how some people had lost even more than I did, and still continued moving forward, knowing they had to, for everyone they lost.

I understood a little better what I was aiming for, what I needed… While always thinking about my family, my friends, and the love of my life, I continued improving. Every day I thought about her too—her blue eyes, her clear brown skin, her long silvery-white hair. I wanted to see her. My Aquarina.

And that love drove me forward. I realized that she too was fighting out there, improving herself every day, learning, meeting new people, perhaps even making new friends… and it made me happy. It filled me with motivation.

It made me wonder how much she would change, and how much stronger she would become… but above all, my desire to see her again, my love for her, and the love I had for everyone…

It just… did something to me.

Through the realization of my own weaknesses, my own flaws, and my desire to improve and overcome them.

And after failing to do so, coming to the further realization that I couldn’t just reject who I was and attempt to replace myself with a new version…

Once I had that talk with my father about what it truly meant to be a Hero…

That next morning, something within me awakened.

After training so intensively, after cultivating without end and barely seeing any proper results…

It was after I came to the realization of who I was that I was able to step further.

Into a Realm unknown to all Mortals.

A Realm that only they coveted above the skies, never revealing their secrets to the rest, afraid that one day they would be opposed.

A bright light—something beyond a Divinity Spark, something beyond a Fragment of a Divine Soul.

Through the combination of all the pieces I had gathered, merging them, and truly making them part of myself…

I was able to move even further beyond.

Thanks to Curse. Thanks to Bark…

Thanks to everyone else—my mother and my father, my brother and my friends.

Aquarina…

I felt like I was floating in the middle of the skies, my body becoming as light as a feather.

Yes, that moment.

It was when I achieved a True Divinity of my own.

I always had the power. I always had the potential!

What I needed… what I truly needed was…

Enlightenment. The realization of my own self, and then the desire to improve—not for selfish desires, but to help all those I love.

Because without them, what would I even be?!

It is thanks to them that I’ve come this far, after all.

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