Capítulo 23: Sorry, brother

-Fine, fine! Why are all the females' crowns so temperamental? I'll never be able to know why. However, can you do us a favor? Since you can answer me back now, that means you also have the innate ability to use Star Energy. Would you mind letting Carol feel Star Energy? I believe you also have all of Carol's memories inside yourself, so you should know that she will truly need them in the future.-

Lian didn't know if crowns could really have genders, but he decided to not comment on that.

Carol's crown agreed with Lugg. [You finally said something intelligent.] Carol's crown then paid attention to Lian, saying, 'Lian, right? I'll try to move a little of Star Energy through her body. Tell her to try to feel Star Energy when I give you my signal.'

Lian nodded and waited for that.

After a while, Carol's crown said. [Alright, go ahead. I'm moving Star Energy through her body.]

Lian then looked at Carol and asked, "Carol, perhaps your anger is a result of the Star Energy energy passing through your body. That's the only different thing we've found in this world so far. Why don't you give it a try and try to feel it now?"

Carol was taken aback for a moment. Nevertheless, she nodded. Carol didn't know exactly what she was looking for, but she still concentrated on her body's feelings to see if there was anything there. "Ah!"

It was then that she finally caught that very faint but definitely different energy passing through her body. She didn't know whether it was Star Energy or not, but she was sure it wasn't there before. Obviously, she completely focused on that strange thing, trying to understand it.

"I see... so that's how it is..."

At some point, Carol wasn't only feeling the Star Energy passing through her body. Instead, it was as if her world had changed completely, as she could also feel the Star Energy in the surroundings. She quickly tried to do the same thing as Lian before, extending her hand forward. Following that, she concentrated on the Star Energy that she now could feel.

Sure enough, Lian, Tuly, and the others who knew Star Energy were able to tell that Carol had succeeded in gathering Star Energy. "You did it!"

"Eh?!" Carol was taken aback for a moment. However, she clearly got excited right after. "This is so... what's the word Lian mentioned before...? Oh, right! It feels so magical! I can control Star Energy as I see fit. However, it's just a tiny bit. I can feel much more Star Energy around me, but I can't gather it."

Tuly sighed after that. "Are all the people from your world like this? Even though she took more time than Lian to understand how to use Star Energy, she's still heads and tails ahead of any of the geniuses I know. Only Lian and that City Lord's son can match this learning speed."

Carol couldn't help but ask, "Tuly, can I take a look at the manual again? Perhaps I can control fire, just like Lian did. Maybe I can control any element as well!"

Meanwhile, Lian, Lugg, and Carol's crown were talking.

'Lugg, does that mean when a crown awakens, its user will be able to use Star Energy?'

Lugg, of course, passed the message ahead to Carol's crown, making the bridge between them so they could all talk together.

[I'm not sure as I have just awakened. However, since I awakened, I would definitely start using Star Energy through Carol's body so that she could understand how to use it. Even if it didn't happen now, I don't think she would have taken too long to notice Star Energy.]

Lugg agreed with Carol's crown, saying, -She's right. As long as the crown wishes it, its host will most likely notice the presence of Star Energy. As for whether they need to awaken or not, that's easy to find out. I just need to try to talk with Tuly's crown or any of his group's crowns for the matter. They can control Star Energy, after all.-

Carol's crown and Lian agreed with Lugg. 'Alright, give it a try, you two.'

Since Carol's crown could also use the same method of communication now, they both tried to call the attention of the crowns of Tuly's group.

However, they were met with complete silence. They even explained what was needed to start a communication, but they got no answer. Worse than that, both Lugg and Carol's crown felt like Tuly and the others' crowns were definitely not awake. -We can't explain it correctly, but we can feel when there isn't sentience active inside their crowns.-

Carol's crown agreed with his statement. [Yes. That's because we both now know the difference between a crown with sentience and one without it. We can feel it from their crowns' energies.]

Lian narrowed his eyes as Carol continued to play with Star Energy. 'Carol's crown awakened because of Lugg's terrible personality. Perhaps what you need to do is stir strong emotions into them to the point that they will have to awaken to fight back.'

-Who the hell has a terrible personality?!-

[You!]

'You!'

Lian and Carol's crown answered at the same time.

-H-Hmph! This is called confidence! If you can't understand that, then that's your problem.-

Lian completely ignored Lugg's words as he asked. 'Can you two try to awaken Tuly's crown, for example? I don't know. Try to say something that it would definitely hate. Or maybe something that it would love to talk about.'

Lugg and Carol's crown were confused, though. -Can you ask Tuly what kind of topic he hates the most? Since his crown is supposed to have all his memories, then it might hate the same things.-

Lian found it awkward to ask such a thing, but he felt it was worth a shot. "While Carol plays with her Star Energy, can Tuly answer me something?"

Tuly nodded, saying, "As long as it is something I can answer, sure."

"What kind of topic do you hate or love the most?" Lian asked.

Tuly immediately got up from his chair and sat on another one further away from Lian. "Sorry, brother. But I don't play on that team."

Lian's mouth twitched in response. "Fuck you! I don't play there either!"