"I don't understand. Why did you have to do any of this?" Max muttered, his grip tightening around Aurelius's throat. But from the prince's perspective, it no longer felt like Max was speaking to him. It felt like he was talking to something inside himself.
Suddenly, a system screen appeared before Max, but this time it was not the usual black screen with golden letters etched into its surface. It was pure white, with black letters swirling across it like smoke.
[Danger detected!]
[User's mental state unstable...]
[The rage in user's heart is boiling...]
[Calculating solution...]
[Offering user a new skill to chain their anger...]
[Would you like to accept a soul entrapment skill?]
[Y/N]
Max lifted his eyes to the screen. For a long moment, he did not react at all. His fully black eyes stared at the words, empty and silent, as if his mind was buried somewhere too deep to reach.
"Yes," a low, eerie answer left his lips.
