Chapter 333: Bubbling Up

Chapter 333: Bubbling Up



Sylas was a normal straight man. When he saw women that he thought were beautiful, it wasn't as though he was blind to it, nor was he asexual.

The difference between him and others was that he was also able to easily displace himself from that state of mind. What was below his waist didn't dictate his actions.

He had always known how beautiful Cassarae was. She was so beautiful that the boys of their high school were willing to wade through the hellish fires of that abusive mouth of hers just for a chance. Of course, too many failed. It wasn't easy to feign confidence in front of a mouth like that.

Still, Sylas couldn't help but wonder when she had become beautiful to him.

Cassarae's favorite choice of clothes growing up was a pair of loose pants with as many pockets as the design would fit and a shirt that was just as loose.

He really didn't look at her like a woman for much of his life, and it was quite easy to do considering the way she talked. But he did like her. In fact, he had liked her before he really saw her as beautiful in any way... her beauty, in a way, made him feel uncomfortable.

Sylas was suddenly stunned out of his thoughts. No matter how deep of a meditation he was in, the thought was too stunning. He broke out into a bit of a cold sweat.

Touching his forehead, he found that it was quite hot, but when he looked down, he realized that it wasn't because he was scared or fearful, but because he was literally in heat.

Sylas frowned.

Every time he made a large breakthrough in Madness, it was always as a result of self- reflection. In fact, it was self-reflection about his own weaknesses that had saved his life back in the volcano.

One could argue that that vulnerability was far worse than this one, but the thought he had just had... felt far too ridiculous.

He was a man. Why wouldn't he like a beautiful woman?

Sylas stared at the bars he was locked behind, and several memories that he seemed to have suppressed began to come up. His thoughts became a bit muddled, and flashes of that figure wrapped in red ribbon bubbled up in his mind.

It seemed the difficulty of surpassing the feat of gaining the system's acknowledgment was exceptionally high. He doubted anyone else would have gathered more than a handful of tickets.

'There's a day and a half left... I guess we'll just have to wait and see if I'll be pulling my rewards from within a cell or not.'

[Title Unlocked]

[Title: Shake of the Die (F+)]

[The Odds shift ever against you, but you're more than willing to play them]

[Title Devours BOSS Slayer]

[+0%-5% boost in ALL stats randomly when facing ten or more enemies five or more Levels

strong]

[Progress to Upgrade]

[2/3 - Ten on One Melee Fight Completed]

It also looked like he just had one more melee fight before his Title was upgraded. He hadn't experienced many benefits from it at all, but maybe it wouldn't be long before it was something far more shocking.

It seemed, though, that the only fight it counted was the one he used his Arctic King Emperor Domain in. He had a few guesses as to why that was.

Sylas sighed. It seemed that there wasn't anything else to waste his time on.

This was truly the best environment he could ask for to meditate on Madness. If he didn't take advantage of it because of apprehension, it would be the most foolish thing he could do.

Once again, he slipped into a deep meditation and images of a body he couldn't forget even if he tried began to bubble up from the depths of his mind.