Scene – As soon as Precious grabs the Chansura sword, it instantly shatters and falls to the ground. Seeing this, the old man, Shai, and Lior are completely shocked — the old man even steps back in fear.

Lior: Wh–what the… P–Precious, you’ve had this much power all along?! (shocked, speechless)
Precious: Yup.
Shai: Q–question! Then why didn’t you join the fight during the Black Demon vs. Shin Kingdom War?! (trembling in fear)
Precious: Just didn’t feel like it.
Lior & Shai: Huh?! Just didn’t feel like it?!
Lior (thinking): That’s your reason?!

Precious: Anyway, old man — I won the bet.
Old Man: Yes.
Precious: Then I’m taking these swords with me.
Kail (Precious’s mana spirit): What are you going to do with already broken swords?
Precious (to Kail): Just wait and see — you’ll get the answer soon.
Kail: Okay.

Old Man: Hmm, well… since they’re broken now, they’re useless to me. Maybe they’ll serve some purpose for you. By the way, when you finally forge the perfect sword for yourself, I’d love to see it — the one that truly suits you.
Precious: Sure.

Scene – Lior and Shai are still speechless.
Precious: So, shall we go?
Lior & Shai: Hmm. (nodding)

Scene – The three leave the shop.
Lior: I don’t even have words anymore.

Scene – They walk along the road toward home.
Shai: You’ve been hiding that much power all this time?! But why?!
Precious: Because… I wanted a normal life for a while.
Lior: Yeah, now it’s clear — even during our school PVP match, you didn’t use your true strength.
Precious: Exactly. If I had, neither you nor anyone else there would still be alive.
Lior: (trembles)

Scene – As the three walk, a shadowy figure follows them in the background.
Precious: Hm. (sharp eyes, light smile) Well, you guys head home — I’ll come later.
Lior & Shai: Y–yeah… (still in disbelief)

Scene – Precious leaves and walks to an open restaurant. He sits at a table. (Note: Precious now always wears the mask given to him by Kin whenever he’s outside. This won’t be repeated later — remember it.)

Scene – The person following him appears, confused as to why Precious is sitting there. After waiting a bit, the person also enters and sits opposite Precious.
Precious: I was waiting for you, old man.
Scene – The old man sits in front of him.
Old Man: How did you know I was following you? I completely erased my presence.
Precious: Well… it doesn’t really matter.

Scene – Precious opens a portal and sends his swords through it.
Old Man: !
Precious: So first, who are you?
Old Man: Same question — who are you, really?
Precious: Huh? I’m just some random human’s kid.
Old Man: I can’t believe that. Someone who can break swords that strong can’t be the child of a normal couple.
Precious: Believe what you want. Now tell me — who are you, and why are you following me? (calm tone)

Siny: My name is Siny Oswal. (The old man suddenly glows in golden dust and transforms — revealing herself to be a female beast with brown ears and yellow eyes.) I’m the Queen of the Beast Kingdom, ruler of the Land of Ashram.
Precious: A beastman, huh? Then why was a queen following me? No — better question — why were you pretending to be an old man in that shop?
Siny: I’ve been following you for a while — ever since you easily defeated the Black Gang during their second attack on Bees Village.
Precious: But why me?
Siny: Come on — a child who defeated 30 members of the Black Gang as easily as breathing… that’s not something small. But that wasn’t my reason. I was tracking the beast that was with that gang — the one you defeated.
Precious: I see… but why were you following that beast?
Siny: If you remember, when you killed it, a bracelet came out of its mouth.
Precious: You mean this? (shows his hand)
Precious: The Emotion Control Bracelet, right?
Siny: Yes. I’ve been tracking it for quite some time.
Kail: I checked it — it has a unique skill called Rewand. That skill lets its user move close to death and reincarnate in the past — basically, time travel through death.
Precious (to Kail): I see. That kind of skill doesn’t exist without reason — there must be a big one behind it.
Kail: Yup. And who knows how many times it’s already traveled back in time.
Precious (smirking, sharp eyes): Hmm… now the game is getting interesting. (calm yet serious and dangerous tone)