The morning sunlight stread through the curtains, bathing the hotel room in a soft glow. I sat cross-legged on the hotel's bed, focusing on the mana flow in my right arm.
It stings, but I needed to get used to this small pain.
And I shouldn't use Moonlight's One Flash for at least a month or so. If I used it again, I could actually rupture this mana channel of mine.
As for the sli girl...
She was sprawled across the couch, her translucent form shimring slightly in the light.
She looked oddly peaceful as if she hadn't spent the whole day clinging to
like her life depended on it.
"Master..."
The sli girl suddenly turned towards
and muttered in a soft tone.
"Yeah?"
"Na..."
Ah, right.
Until now I've been calling her sli girl.
"Can't you simply choose it yourself?"
I asked as if started forming a ball made of mana and started increasing its concentration. This could help
improve my mana control because I needed to keep it at a certain concentration so the mana ball wouldn't explode.
"It has to be Master giving
one."
"Ah... sure."
As soon as I said those words, she perked up instantly, her jelly-like form bouncing slightly as she stared at
with wide, expectant eyes.
Stella... nah.
Kiara... it doesn't seem to fit her.
Ah, I know.
"How about Lumi?"
I suggested after a few monts. It felt fitting, given her glowing, semi-transparent form.
"Lumi..."
She repeated slowly, then broke into a delighted smile.
"Lumi!"
"Glad you like it..."
I leaned against the headboard.
The mana ball in my hand flickered slightly, and I steadied it again.
Training was pretty much all I had to do for now.
That, and wait.
And not to ntion that I have a useless system. I an, if you're going to give
a system, at least make it useful instead of just showing a status window.
For that, I can use the academy's evaluation stone to asure my power.
[Ding...!]
Huh?
What was that?
A faint, translucent blue window suddenly appeared in front of , its edges glowing softly.
[Compatibility Calibration has reached 100%.]
[The special feature... "Book Reading" has been activated.]
"Book Reading...?"
I muttered, my eyebrows furrowed.
And before I could make sense of it—
—SWOOSH!
The blue system window faded into nothingness as my surroundings changed in a flash.
"Ah—!"
My vision blurred, and when it cleared, I was no longer in the hotel room.
I stood right in the middle of a dense forest, with tall trees stretching up high, which seed not to allow enough sunlight to break through.
Their twisted roots sprawled across the dirty ground, making it hard to move without stumbling.
A faint mist hung in the air, growing thicker the farther it stretched, and I could hear the distant sound of rushing water.
"This...?"
"Where am I?"
The ground was a ss of broken branches and scorched patches of earth. The sll of burned wood was strong, mixed with sothing sharp and tallic.
Blood.
It was definitely blood...
Clang!
The clash of tal jolted , snapping
out of my thoughts.
My eyes darted around and then I saw them—shadows slipping between the trees, with their red eyes glowing like flas in the ominous mist.
A low growl rumbled sowhere ahead, followed by the grating sound of claws dragging across the ground.
I imdiately gripped my sword tightly, I didn't even rember how it was in my hand, but I made sure to prepare myself for anything.
The air felt heavy like sothing dangerous was watching over .
Sothing big.
Until...
They stepped into the open.
One by one, demon beasts erged from the shadows.
I couldn't exactly see their "faces
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