"Brandon!"
Belle's muffled voice rang from the other side of the room.
And as for Brandon…
"Haa… H-haa…"
Waking up around 5:00 AM, he picked up on his curse affinity progress.
Drip. Drip.
He was drenched in sweat while the floor was splattered with dry blood droplets
But…
"Haaa… Yes…"
He had finally made significant progress.
Materializing from his fingertip, the thread continued to extend further
One centimeter…
Ten centimeters…
Two meters…
Until the thread coiled around like a snake.
He had successfully manipulated a single thread.
It took him a total of three hours.
But after getting used to the pain and the way mana works with the [Curse] affinity, the bleeding had stopped.
For one finger that is.
And for the other finger…
Drip. Drip…!
One centimeter.
"..."
He was used to the pain by now.
No more grunting.