'Should I do it?'
Being faced with this situation, Leo genuinely wasn't sure how to act. Unlike anything else he had experienced since coming to this world, perfectly calculated and based on confidence and understanding, this was a completely unknown path that opened up to him.
The original plan was simple and without holes, but now Leo had to make a choice. He had to decide whether to abandon the Sword Seed or not.
'Or do I give up?'
The Holy Sword School's target wasn't as simple as breaking the limits of the 9th grade, they wanted to overthrow the rules of Sword Breath itself. The mutant that they desired to create was one that no longer required a sword, because… he himself would be the sword!
If everything went according to the head researcher's plan, then Arthur would have been forced to consume both the pearl and the seed and break that limit, becoming the monster that the final boss would use to distract the whole Empire from his grand scheme!