I Can Copy Curses

"It's good!"

Orion didn't know who the hell was impersonating him, but he wasn't complaining. At least with this ruse, nobody would suspect Orion Darkwood was actually in the Limitless Void, and everyone's attention would be drawn to the Martial Domain—for better or worse.

'This is just what I wanted.'

He waited quietly in line for his turn.

***

Somewhere in Dollas Academy, Luna slammed her hand against the wall, causing it to crack. "Damn! He's in the Martial Domain?!" she yelled in frustration.

"Is this information incorrect?" she asked Rosaline, who was seated in a chair, reading articles about Orion Darkwood.

"His information has never been wrong before, so I know for sure that Orion Darkwood is in Dollas Academy with us," Rosaline replied slowly. "And this Orion in the Martial Domain could only be someone impersonating him to commit crimes."

She added with narrowed eyes, "People only draw inspiration from the best and the worst, and it was only a matter of time before someone used his name and face to commit crimes."

"So, what should we do?" Luna asked.

"We'll do what we came here to do," Rosaline said lightly. "You search for Orion Darkwood, and I'll wait for Kane to arrive."

Luna nodded. Lately, searching for Orion had become an obsession for her. She couldn't sleep peacefully at night because of the recurring nightmares—nightmares of Orion killing her over and over again. It had become such a big issue that she'd finally decided to find Orion and kill him. Only then would she feel relief; otherwise, she would forever be haunted by those scenes.

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Orion sat in the library, reading a book about the history of the Limitless Void.

The library was a spiraling staircase leading upward, with benches and tables beside the stairs where one could sit and read. Books were kept everywhere in sight, and there were numerous magical runes or notifications floating in the air, showing the titles of books. If one concentrated on a title, the corresponding book would appear before them—an easy and efficient way of storing books.

The book Orion was reading mentioned that the Limitless Void was a single, vast plane—an infinite plane where people lived. Because of its boundless nature, the Limitless Void had no planets.

'That's very unique,' he thought as he continued reading, learning more about humans and other races.

'I now understand why humans from the Limitless Void look down on those from the three domains.'

The Limitless Void was a higher-level plane than the three domains and had existed since time immemorial. Even the systems humans used had existed in the Limitless Void, whereas in the three domains, the system had only become available to all humans around a thousand years ago.

It also mentioned that human beings in the Limitless Void were called Prime Humans, while humans born in the three domains were considered secondary beings.

Prime Humans were those whose ancestors were born from nothingness itself, beings born out of nothing. They were granted a system upon birth, with no mana limitations on their bodies, meaning they could max out all their stats with each rank upgrade.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, the bloodline of Prime Humans began to dilute over generations, until the current generation in the Limitless Void, where there was practically no difference between Prime Humans and secondary humans.

'They are so strong... but the dilution of their bloodline is suspicious,' Orion thought. 'Dilution would only happen if Prime Humans mated with secondary humans, but why would they do that?'

Orion frowned and continued reading, and as he did, his doubts began to clear.

'I see. So, Prime Humans can't reproduce if they mate with each other. Talk about a downside to such a strong bloodline.' He smiled wryly. He thought that God had given them every advantage in the world, but with a flaw even more glaring than those advantages.

'Also, according to this book, there were no other races besides humans when Prime Humans used to live in the Limitless Void.'

Orion was amazed by the history of Prime Humans. He hadn't expected that humans were the first race in the entire universe and that all other races came after them.

'That also explains why humans are still going strong, even when facing three other races that want to eradicate them,' he thought.

'But where did the other races come from?' Orion became curious and continued reading, but he didn't find anything. The book only covered the history of the Limitless Void and Prime Humans.

Orion closed the book, and after five seconds, it disappeared. He began searching for books related to other races in the air around the stairs and everywhere.

But after a minute of looking, he didn't find any. 'Are there no books about other races here?' he thought, climbing the stairs again and searching. Even at the top of the library, he found no information on other races.

'Am I missing something?' Orion wondered, perplexed. He couldn't believe the academy library wouldn't have any information on other races.

"You can't find certain books if you're not eligible for them."

Just then, a voice sounded from behind him.

Orion turned around and saw a man in his early twenties, wearing glasses. His hair was messy, his eyes were baggy, and his face showed exhaustion.

Seeing him, Orion wondered if this guy hadn't slept in weeks.

"How can one become eligible?" he asked politely.

The man with the baggy eyes and glasses replied, "This library is set up so that at each rank, one can only see the names of books registered at that rank. This means if you're at Bronze rank, you'll only find books assigned to that rank."

Orion nodded in understanding. "Thanks for the information," he said, quickly adding, "I'm Ray Wiser, by the way."

The man with baggy eyes nodded lightly. "I know who you are—Ray Wiser, from the Human Federation Realm, probably the strongest in the assessment, or maybe not. I'm not sure. You hide a lot of strength," he said, as if he knew everything about Orion.

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