Sword God in a World of Magic

As soon as the Keeper asked that question, Shang was thrown into a problematic situation again.

Yes, he was supposed to trust them and tell them truthfully about his powers, but he couldn't possibly tell them the real truth right now.

Obviously, Shang decided to go with Addition and Subtraction first since that represented the concept of Entropy better. Additionally, the contrast between Addition and Subtraction made it more fitting for a dual wield style. Twilight and Temperature didn't fit very well.

Lastly, comprehending Temperature would have been extremely difficult since Shang would be focusing on two Elements that weren't related to his Affinity.

Addition was related to Shang's supposed Twilight Affinity since it included light.

Subtraction was related to Shang's supposed Twilight Affinity since it included darkness.

But Temperature?

Fire and Ice?

How was that related to Light and Darkness?

So, Shang couldn't possibly be honest.

"Because I want to keep it as a joker," Shang said.

The Keeper furrowed her brows. "Explain."

"I have four States, and my goal is to reduce them to one."

At that point, Shang's mind had to come up with a possible explanation he might have used to explain why he had four States.

This wasn't easy at all, and it put Shang's mind under a lot of pressure.

He was walking a tightrope right now, and if he lost balance, he might die.

He couldn't lie, but he also couldn't be completely honest.

to be perfectly in the

you probably already know," Shang said slowly, "I noticed that the way others reached the True

Keeper's expression didn't

somehow create more Paths since perfecting one Path wasn't enough for me. Because of that, I decided to use

it tried to come up with a believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember while also trying to appear honest and natural in his

I knew that fusing them would be the

parts of my Affinities. After that, I would be left with two things, each with parts of

Affinity for either of the two components, I would be

I chose Addition and

was doing his absolute best, but he still hesitated and stuttered slightly in a couple of

just too much he had to pay attention

kept looking at Shang,

of silence

atmosphere was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

can't

are you talking about?" Shang

not,"

and the reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is that

but I refuse to believe that there is someone

didn't make this up. You

but that simply isn't true,"

snorted. "Are you telling

that's the only explanation," Shang

raised an

tell you with absolute certainty that I do

said what I

lie! Nobody can have four Affinities at once. It's not even clear

you that I do not

Keeper remained silent as she looked at