White Clover - Black Ridges

Surya was sitting under a waterfall n.a.k.e.d while his clothes were drying at the shore.

This waterfall was surprisingly hidden in the forest perfectly and had no beasts around.

Sitting under the pouring water, Surya was trying to calm down his thoughts and as he did so, he used his soul pressure towards his own mind.

He was experimenting with his Soul magic and when he saw the beast trying to clutch their heads while under his soul pressure, he thought that maybe he can use some kind of Mind arts or Mind attacks with it.

And since then, he was trying to see what his Soul pressure actually does.

'My mind has become a lot clearer. It's like my mind is being tampered by my soul. I can remember a lot of things I thought I had forgotten.

How very interesting.'

Surya also found that not only his thinking power, memory, and perception has increased but he can also keep calm in the face of danger.

'I should keep doing this. Even if I don't get other benefits, a calm mind in the face of an apocalypse is already an ability.'

'Let's try something'

Surya was constantly missing his previous world and so he decided to try using his Soul pressure to suppress those thoughts and hence, he started to use his Soul pressure on his mind again but this time he went all out.

Many memories started to shuffle through his mind when suddenly one of them came into focus

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Surya has just climbed the wooden ladder to Ragini's balcony and entered the room.

As he did though, he saw that Ragini was painting something. But what made Surya surprised was the fact that Ragini was painting him.

He was a little overwhelmed while watching her paint his face with love in her eyes. He felt something in his heart that he ignored for the time being and just prepared to surprise her as it was already 11:59 pm.

He slowly and without any sound moved towards Ragini who was in her own world while paining his face and as soon as the clock ticked 12:00, he took out a pearl necklace from his suit's inside pocket and placed it on her neck while whispering "Happy Birthday Ragini" in her ear.

Ragini suddenly felt something on her neck while the voice she craves the most to listen just whispered Happy birthday to her.

Surya's breath on her neck made her entire being shiver and she didn't know what just happened.

"Surya….This….You...he…."

With trembling hands, she reached for her neck and touched the pearl necklace which was now adorned there beautifully and as she confirmed that it was really there, she immediately got up and twirled around, only to come face to face with her fiancee.

Surya had a little smile on his face while Ragini had tears. She didn't know what to do. It was the first time someone did such a thing for her and coming it from the person she sees her future with made her breathless.

With trembling hands, she immediately hugged Surya who started to pat and draw soothing circles on her back to calm her down.

"I Love you Surya…"

I Love you….That was the first time she had said that but Surya didn't say it back. No, did he love her? He was trying to fall in love with her as their future was decided but could he fall in love with her? In this internal confrontation, he just whispered

"I know" in her ears.

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"I should have confessed...at that time, I should have told her the three words she was dying to hear…" thought Surya as he opened his eyes which were now a little red.

'This can't go on. Every time I think of her, My hate for this world keeps on growing.'

After calming down a little, Surya decided. Now that his mind was totally calm after the baptism with his soul magic, he decided what he should do.

He immediately got up from the boulder which was placed just under the waterfall and jumped towards the other side of the lake where his clothes were drying.

Surya used some stones and wood to light a fire, which was easier said than done as it took him around forty-five minutes to do it. He created a small bonfire and placed his clothes close to it so that they can dry faster.

It was around 4:00 am in the morning and Surya just used his soul pressure to make two rabbits faint.

He quickly picked up the rabbits and came back to his bonfire. Using a sharp stone, he tried to skin them, but well he failed.

Being from the Royal Family, Surya never entered the kitchen, his every craving was fulfilled instantly by his servents but now, he had to fend for himself.

Surya very horribly skinned and removed the fur of rabbits after which he started to cook them. Not knowing how much he had to wait, he cooked them till the animal fat was starting to drip from the poor creatures.

'Let's see how it is.'

As soon as Surya took the bite, an intense urge to throw up overtook his mind.

If this kind of food was served to him in his previous world, he would have killed the chef but now, he knew that he needed to eat and since he had no other choice he gritted his teeth and just swallowed the rabbit meat.

He was a little worried about getting food poisoning but he brushed it off because he knew that his antibodies were very strong along with his metabolism and he even had some resistance to poisons after his grimoire used the beast's soul to pacify the beast's poison.

After eating or rather swallowing the food, Surya dressed up in his clothes which had dried by now and started to move towards a dungeon.

'Although the dungeon is a bit dangerous, but I should get the Demon-Dweller Sword first anyway. According to the grimoire earlier, after getting that sword, something will change.'

Surya started to go towards the dungeon from his memory of manga and grimoire's tug. His grimoire was like a sensor and he would immediately know if he was on the wrong track or the right.

All the way Surya was very vigilant and cautious of any beast the came in his sight. The entire mountain ridge was infested with beasts. Surya even had to fight some of the level one beasts but this time, he was extremely calm and disposed of them quickly.

On his way, he killed around Six Level 1 beasts and even a Level 2 beast. It was his good luck that he found a Level 2 snake just hanging from a distant tree and after calculating the distance, the weight and the momentum that he could generate, he threw his Demon-Destroyer sword at its head.

The poor Level 2 snake was sleeping and before it could know anything, his head was smashed and his soul was captured by Surya.

It took Surya around 2 days to reach the dungeon and using the memory of the manga he directly went towards the dungeon treasury while avoiding all the traps.

Since Surya came here way before the time he was intended to, he didn't have to fight anyone and as soon as he reached the treasury, the Demon-Dweller sword came flying towards him.

Surya, instead of catching the sword, summoned his grimoire in which the Demon-Dweller sword vanished.

Not only the demon dweller sword, but all the gold, c.h.e.s.ts, and the scroll of the wind spirit Sylph which was supposed to go to Yuno was s.u.c.k.e.d by his grimoire and then it started to glow with all sorts of light.

As soon as the treasury became empty, the dungeon started to collapse but suddenly everything stopped. Looking at the scene, Surya remembered the last time the time had stopped after he got his grimoire and now, it had happened again, but this time, it seemed like his grimoire was getting an upgrade.

The White Five leaf clover was blinking with red and golden light and soon, the Five-Leaf clover at the cover became a Four Leaf clover.

Many kinds of information started to storm Surya's mind and it seemed like even Surya was becoming more powerful.

Surya's height started to grow, his muscles started to flex and most importantly, his soul power started to expand. His features became sharp, his ears became a little pointy, even his hair became a little long with a tint of silver and after he had grown over 10 cm, he opened his eyes which were eerily green.

By now the grimoire had also started calm down and slowly and slowly it started to open up.

'Incredible….Not only has this Grimoire Combined all the three Demon-Slayer, Demon-Dweller and Demon-Destroyer swords, it has also added their respective abilities without any loss.'

As Surya thought this, A black katana came out of his grimoire.

The entire Katana was just this...Black. It had no crossguard and even the hilt was nothing fancy but just by looking at it, one would feel like that they were staring at the abyss.

This anti-magic sword was extremely sharp and infinitely durable, along with the properties of magic nullification, magic absorption and the power to branch out black tendrils which can absorb enchantments and magic alike.

Taking the sword in his own hands, Surya felt amazing. He truly felt like he can achieve anything with this sword.

"I Shall call you Eminence" Said Surya with pride in his eyes and as instructed by the grimoire after its upgrade, he slid his thumb over the edge of the blade, completing some sort of blood contract, similar to the one he did with his grimoire earlier and again, with absolute dignity, he declared

"I, Surya RajPurohit, of the Noble blood, accept you as my Spiritual weapon"

An inexplicable feeling arose in Surya's heart as he declared this. He felt the bond of his sword with him and when he tried to reach out, he found that the sword was also in a deep slumber

As the grimoire upgraded, it told Surya that when it becomes a three-leaf clover, Surya can talk to it but even the grimoire didn't know when the sword, which he named 'Eminence' would be able to talk with him.

'So not only do I have a grimoire and a weapon which are soul bonded with me, but I have also absorbed Sylph and her magic.'

Surya could feel the wind magic in his blood as he absorbed the wind spirit, and he could also feel a tattoo of wings being etched on his back.

Absorbing the spirit brought many advantages to Surya as he could feel that in the future when he had enough magic power, he could bring those wings to life and since the spirits are essentially fairies, Surya also gained a certain level of charisma and soul force.

'My Soul force has increased, I have gained Wind magic from a pure elemental spirit, I have gained a Spiritual sword which can upgrade with me and My grimoire has somehow emptied this dungeon treasury.'

Surya then tried to access the Gold, treasures and the spell scrolls which were engulfed by his grimoire but no matter how much he tried, he could not get it to work.

'Will think about this later. Now let's just get out of here and practice. I also have to find some new clothes as these clothes have become tight and are for peasants anyway. The entrance exam is near.' thought Surya as he finally started to walk out of the dungeon and soon as he stepped out, the time which was stopped till now suddenly resumed and with it came the destruction of the dungeon.