According to the Arcane Technique "Satiety Food," Shard had to choose a consumable substance to start eating that night, and he needed to complete four als before midnight.
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The range of food options was wide, but it had to et the basic condition of being able to satiate hunger with normal consumption. That ant things like the northwest wind wouldn't work since one couldn't possibly eat enough air to feel full. However, theoretically, if it were a handful of dust, as long as Shard dared to eat it, it would et the goal of the arcane technique.
But Shard wanted to choose sothing "user-friendly" and readily available, so he eventually chose water. Among the three simple spells he mastered, there was one to conjure water directly.
"I hope I don't die of stomach distension," he said.
So, he began boiling water over and over in the kettle, frequently shooing away a cat squatting by the sink that wanted to drink from the faucet, worried about his bodily issues.
He placed study materials including fetal animals' stomachs, fetal hair, and bezoar into the kettle, soaked them thoroughly, and then, while stirring, recited the spell words and started drinking the water repeatedly.
When the amount of water surpassed a certain limit, drinking itself beca a very painful process. Shard was not clear what the so-called "state of satiety" actually was, so he could only drink as much as possible.
Eventually, even the confused cat thought that Shard might encounter trouble if he continued drinking, so it stood on the dining table, using its tiny paws to stop him from touching the water glass. When Shard tried to push the cat away, Mia slapped his chest with her paw.
The small orange cat's strength wasn't great, but it still caused Shard to almost spit out a mouthful of water, so he thought he must be in a state of satiety by then.
"Oh, I'm even at risk of water intoxication," he thought.
When he finally finished the fourth drink, it was already eleven o'clock at night. Shard, leaning on the dining table, had never felt such aversion to water, but he still mustered his spirits for the last step.
He took a clean, tall glass from the cabinet, carefully poured a little clear water into the bottom of it, then cut his finger with a fruit knife and let the blood drip into the water.
After letting it sit for a mont, he called out the Ring of Fate from the steam mist, letting the gloss of the "Gluttony" rune align with the water glass. The blood diffused in the water imdiately radiated a strange glow, and Shard promptly lifted the glass and downed it in one gulp.
Then, with a great sense of nausea, he rushed into the washroom, taking a good while before coming out wiping his mouth with a towel.
"ow~"
Mia sat on the dining table, looking at him worriedly. Shard managed a weak smile at the cat, then sat down again. He poured a small amount of clear water into the glass again, pointed at the glass, and as a silver gleam flickered, the water surface also showed the gleam that represented the power of the Spirit Rune.
Although he had vomited quite a bit just now, Shard wasn't in the mood to drink water at the mont. So, he poured this silver-glowing water over the cut on his finger, and imdiately, the wound on his finger visibly healed at a visible rate, with an effect much better than "Cyndia's Silvermoon Blessing," completely acting as a decent healing ability.
What she said was indeed right, the Spirit Rune acquired by devouring the Divinity of an Evil God truly had an extraordinary power.
She laughed softly in his ear.
"It's a pity 'Satiety Food' can only heal physical injuries. With two types of healing abilities, the only thing I worry about now is suffering ntal damage during the day," he thought.
Shard pondered this, then saw Mia lowering her head and licking the silver-glowing water that had dripped onto the dining table.
The orange cat suddenly raised its head to look at Shard, its fluffy cheeks lifting upward, its amber eyes eting the detective's gaze at the sa ti, its whiskers trembling from the movent. Its big eyes were extrely beautiful.
Suddenly—
Belch~
Mia Cat suddenly burped, attempting to cover her mouth with her right front paw, but still couldn't suppress the burps. Mia then fell into a state of being angry with herself, sprawled over the dining table and rolling about, exposing her soft white belly.
"It really is a case where just eating a bit reaches the state of 'Satiety'... Isn't it supposed to be useful only for oneself?"
Shard suddenly realized this and then understood that his special Desecration, "Gluttony
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