"Javier, are you alright?"
Ciel reaches out to me in worry, and I immediately raise my hand to tell her I am fine.
That felt very dangerous.
I shouldn't try anything like that ever again.
'What kind of pain was that? It felt like something was ripping me apart." I break out in cold sweat, recognizing a very dreadful feeling enveloping me.
'I feel like I was close to death.'
But why?
Ciel said this is a power natural to those who possess Rank 2 Status.
Could it be that my Existence is currently not strong enough to handle that version of Tracing?
Maybe I need a higher Interference Power.
Or…
… Maybe this has to do with the fact that my Tracing itself is incomplete due to its nature as a Fragmented Conception.
If the former two are the issues, then this matter will be resolved eventually.
With sufficient Apotheoses, I will be able to use the Tracing to reach destinations that I haven't yet arrived in within the Layer of Existence in my control.
