“Co now, lady Hinotori.”
He directed towards a crystal-clear orb that sat on a pedestal in the centre of the room.
[Item na: Mana Appraisal Orb]
[Item Rank: High Rare]
[Item Description: An orb made out of appraisal crystal. With it, one’s magic power can be asured into nurical values]
Effect #1 – Changes colour based on mana density
Effect #2 – Records magic power as a number]
[Value: 20 gold coins | 5 store points]
‘A mana appraisal orb?’
‘That’s what he ant by testing our magical output?’
‘T-this should be a breeze then.’
‘I thought he was going to make fight so monster or sothing. Phew.’
“Please put your hand on the orb.”
He gently requested of .
‘Hmm, if she’s the sa as Vermillion, then this should shatter.’
I honestly had no idea who this Vermillion person was and I had the urge to ask, but I would push that to later. I put my hand on the orb, but nothing happened.
‘Am… I supposed to do sothing?’
‘Oh, I see.’
‘Dumbass.’
‘Shut it!’
Just as I tried again, nothing happened.
“Oh… I forgot to give you the test permit.”
The old man spoke up, saving from embarrassing myself any further. He threw a scroll my way and I caught it.
[Item na: Magic Test Permit]
[Item rank: Low epic]
[Item description: A scroll that allows the wielder to use their magic to any limits within the Atlantis dos.]
[Value: 100 gold coins | 5 store points]
‘This is the magic card she was talking about? Well, I see its effects aren’t useless. Still, isn’t it a pain to just be walking around with this?’
I started to channel my mana into the orb. It glowed a little bit, changing colour from red to orange to yellow to green. Following the rainbow colours till it turned dark purple, much like my feathers. I didn’t stop pouring mana into it till it turned pitch black and the orb looked like a case containing ink.
“EH!?”
I heard cries from both the princess and the grand court mage. His na was Magik by the way. Yeah, couldn’t be less obvious than that.
‘S-Such mana density!’
The old man scread in his head.
‘Mana density?’
‘Um… so how dense is black?’
‘Eh? Almost? Then what’s the purest?’
‘Eh? How does it turn from black to white?’
‘Is that so?’
Golden numbers printed out on the orb in a dazzling light.
“W-What’s the number?”
He asked as he ca in closer.
“50?”
‘That’s disappointing. Vermillion had the sa mana density, but her magic power was also over a hundred. With this number and mana density, she at best has the sa power as an advanced mage here. That’s a far cry from Vermillion. I guess you can’t have two of the sa monsters roaming about.’
He was having a whole-ass monologue about how disappointing I was compared to soone I had never even heard off before! How rude could one be?
‘Agent, do you know of this Vermillion person?’
‘Oh, co on! You can’t tell you didn’t know of any prominent Vermillion back in the day.’
‘Eh? For real? That’s weird. Maybe the one he’s talking about lives underwater?’
‘Krione? I-Isn’t that the na of the world?’
‘Eh? Wait… are there are other continents?’
‘So, the other continents are destroyed?’
‘I see. Oh well. Wait! But… if you weren’t aware of what was happening in Atlantis even though it wasn’t destroyed, doesn’t that an you wouldn’t know if the other continents are safe?’
‘Uh… I don’t even want to think about that. Let’s get back on track.’
“You’re on the level of a Senior Court Mage. Let get your magic card for you.”
He swam back to his desk that was overflowing the scrolls and all sorts of crystals with different purposes.
“Impressive. A senior court mage is one of the strongest mages in Atlantis. It takes years for people to reach that level. You must have had years of practice.”
‘Y-Years? Uh… that’s none of your business.’
I shut her down. It would be way more condescending if she knew I was younger than her. A smile was etched onto her face as she looked at , her imagination probably going wild. Though, it was still strange that I couldn’t hear her thoughts.
‘Agent?’
‘What do you an possibly? If it was wouldn’t it show up on her status screen?’
‘Gaah, the agent is starting to prove useless again. But, psst Tori. We need to talk about sothing.’
‘Eh? What?’
‘Um… this is a bit awkward to say…’
Akira inford of his suspicions. I suddenly beca suspicious after hearing him. Out of nowhere, I began questioning everything I had done up to this point.
‘Um… wow. Ok. Uh… huh. L-Let’s talk about that later.’
I decided to postpone that discussion to another day.
“Here you go.”
The old man ca back holding a scroll in hand which he then gave to .
“This is your magic card. As long as you’re in Atlantis, this will allow you to use your magic.”
‘Is that so… ok.’
I swallowed the scroll instantly.
“EH!?”
[You have consud the Magic Permit]
[As long as you are within the dos of Atlantis, you will be capable of using your mana and magic up to the Interdiate level]
Just as the agent said, it worked. Well, that was it for the day. Both the princess and Magik were staring at like I had done sothing weird.
‘S-She reminds of Vermillion too much. That thing ate the Test card I gave her and almost destroyed the city.’
This Vermillion person sounded like a wild card. Then again, I couldn’t say I wasn’t tempted to eat the test card he gave . Maybe I should have done that instead of waiting for this card.
‘I guess we’re done here, princess?’
“I guess so. Let’s go get Susu and that friend of yours.”
We left the old man to his business. He was saddened that we had to leave… well that I had to leave, but didn’t show it on his face. Still a bit surprised that I made it out of there without him realising that I could read his mind and all his embarrassing thoughts. He really was the doting grandfather type. Probably one of Elriek’s father’s uncles.
The princess led us towards the prisoner cells where Sunalla and Yokino were both chained up. I honestly forgot about those two after Yokino didn’t respond to my ssage, but now I knew she was just intentionally not giving feedback. She was embarrassed by the fact that she got imprisoned and hadn’t been able to escape after more than a day there.
Sunalla on the other hand was under so intense depression. The princess tried to cheer her up and eventually succeeded in getting Sunalla to act as if she wasn’t going through any pain. According to Yokino, Sunalla’s father had been confird dead and ever since, she hadn’t even spoken a word. Both of them already possessed magic cards so they were able to use to magic, but the anti-magic cuffs that were used on them was what kept them down there.
I had several questions as to how Yokino had one, but she said she had been down here before. Although 3 months with her growth rate before eting , felt sort of impossible, I had to hand it to her. She had been to a lot of places.
After getting them out, the princess then directed us to the palace courtyard.
‘Um, where are we going now?’
I asked her, failing to see why we hadn’t headed back to her room to discuss the information I gave her the previous day in order to strike a deal.
Brazenly, she answered with her arms spread wide apart.
“Oh? Didn’t I tell you? We’re going on a walk through the city.”
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