Chapter 35: Location Superposition

    It was night time, with silence reigning on the streets.

    Hardly anyone lingered outside in the cold, and only a few shops remained open.

    Eryndor led his group towards the red area at a steady jogging pace.

    While jogging he inched closer to Paulina and took out a piece of paper on which he had drawn the runes of his Sovereign''s Cloak.

    They were the ones which had been activated when the Cloak defended against misfortune.

    Paulina took a good look at what Eryndor had passed her.

    Drakarion and Valentina, drawn towards what was going on, also surrounded Paulina and took a look at the paper.

    Unfortunately neither of the two recognised any of it as they shook their heads after a moment.

    Paulina hesitated a bit before passing the paper back to Eryndor and saying.

    "It might be runes of misfortune."

    It was indeed misfortune which my Cloak defended against. Good to have certainty.

    Eryndor didn''t have the slightest bit of knowledge in what runes were, he only saw various designs on his Cloak and termed them as runes.

    It seemed that there was another thing he would have to gobble up knowledge about.

    As they were jogging uniformly, Paulina made a gesture of making an announcement, attracting their attention, before speaking.

    "I''ve stepped into the Mana Novice realm."

    Everyone glanced at her in surprise, before they began congratulating her. In such times of difficulties every extra boost in power was welcome no matter how small it was.

    Eryndor asked her, curiosity etched across his face.

    "Weren''t you waiting for a spell model of the Academy?"

    Paulina gazed at him in surprise, not expecting him to remember that. It was just said in passing after all. She explained in an excited tone.

    "Intent can bridge the gap between comprehension of science and making something a reality.

    "The commander didn''t need to know how the principles behind the spell model worked, just his absolutely monstrous intent for a single purpose made it a reality. His intent bridged the gap for his lack of comprehension.

    "Of course, anyone who wants to learn this spell model must know the principles behind its working to use it if their intent is inefficient."

    She went into thought as if to phrase her words and resumed speaking.

    "I won''t go into the details but I modified the spell such that now, ''the state of my existence'' is connected to the ''state of my mana'' and a few more tweaks.

    "I hope you guys know about the electron. It is a quantum particle that exhibits location superposition.

    "In simple terms, this means it doesn''t have a single, definite location but exists as a probability cloud at possible locations.

    "When observed or measured, this superposition collapses, and the electron is found in one specific place.

    "I made the spell model such that my mana will exhibit that property of the electron, and since ''my state of existence'' is connected to the ''state of my mana'', I''ll exhibit the same property regardless if the human body can do it or not."

    Paulina looked around, but found that only Eryndor was barely following through. Drakarion and Valentina both had dazed looks on their faces.

    "Chuck it, I''ll just show it."

    As soon as she said that, an extremely exquisite and complicated spell model in a circular shape appeared above her hand as she infused mana into it.

    It glowed blue in the darkness of night before Eryndor and the other two found multiple Paulinas at several places.

    All of them talked at once.

    "I exist in multiple places at the same time. Nothing can affect me since I haven''t yet collapsed into one place in reality.

    "Of course, my mana isn''t strong enough to stay unaffected by stronger energies exuded by higher realms. I can still be affected if a stronger mana or any other energy interferes with my spell, but within the same realm?"

    "I—"

    Mid-sentence, every Paulina vanished, or you could say, collapsed into the one jogging alongside them, who continued the sentence.

    "Am the sole observer of my existence."