“Juan!”

When Juan opened his eyes, he saw Anya looking down on him with tears in her eyes.

Juan was just about to ask if anything had happened during the time he was gone, but Anya hugged him first. Juan looked around, almost as if he was asking for an explanation. At the same time, Opert was looking at him with a concerned look on his face.

They were in a bedroom, and not the room where the ritual for the transfer of spirit was performed. It seemed that a long time had passed after the ritual for the transfer of spirit was finished.

“How long was I asleep for?” Juan asked.

“You were unconscious for two days after the last time you transferred your spirit. Near the end of the ritual, your hair suddenly turned white, so I contemplated whether I should wake you up by force or not. But I have heard that it was dangerous to forcefully stop the transfer of spirit…”

Juan looked at the condition of his hair. His hair was white near its ends, while all his remaining hair had turned gray due to the depletion of mana and suffering from a spiritual shock. However, he wasn’t too worried; he knew he would recover soon with the mana left in his body.

“Well done. I didn’t think it would be this successful… The Saintess seemed to be in a dangerous situation, so I took care of it—although I will have to wait and see what happens. I’ve also visited the Imperial Palace.”

Opert looked utterly surprised to hear that Juan had gone to the Imperial...