When the unconscious Arcana woke up, it was already the next morning.
After waking up, Arcana curled up and leaned quietly in Mother Starshine’s arms.
Arcana first instinctively stretched her petite body like a kitten.
This movement also made Mother Starshine notice her daughter’s awakening, and she reached out her hand to press against her daughter’s forehead, feeling the temperature.
“The fever is gone, that’s great.”
“Cana-baby, how does your body feel?
Is there anywhere uncomfortable?”
Her mother’s concern made Arcana feel strange, “No, Mom.”
Fever?
Did she have a fever after passing out last night?
“By the way, after the contract last night, did I pass out?
What happened afterward?”
She gently patted her daughter’s head, “Get out of bed first, Cana-baby.”
“The situation is a bit complicated; I’ll tell you slowly once you’ve gotten up.”
Arcana became increasingly curious.
What exactly happened after she passed out from the contract with the Emperor last night?
She got up and changed into a loose, princess-style nightgown for home wear.
She washed up, brushed her teeth, and washed her face.
Her mother also used a very special essential oil to help care for her hair, saying it prevents split ends and dryness while also having maintenance effects.
Afterward, they had breakfast.
Breakfast was relatively simple: steamed buns, corn porridge, and a plate of pickled radishes.
Furthermore, the meat filling inside the buns was made from Gem Dragon meat.
It seemed that for a long time to come, most of the meat she ate would only be Gem Dragon meat.
However, the texture and taste of this meat weren’t bad; she probably wouldn’t get tired of it even if she ate it every day.
After finishing the meal, her mother finally told her about the events following last night.
After she completed the contract with that golden star, she had passed out under the impact of the powerful blessing power given by the golden star.
And after passing out, her body temperature rose in a suspected fever, which had caused her mother a great deal of worry.
As for the blessing, its manifestation was burning golden flames.
After the blessing power faded into her body, Starshine checked and confirmed that there were no changes in her daughter’s physical fitness or strength.
Therefore, it could be judged that the strengthening direction of that golden flame should be the mind or the soul.
The fever might have been a rejection reaction produced when the alien power strengthened the mind or soul; fortunately, it wasn’t very serious.
Next, Starshine taught her daughter a special Mental Magic.
This Mental Magic could be used to introspect one’s own spiritual sea of consciousness.
Every witch’s spiritual consciousness is like an ocean.
Through Mental Magic introspection, one could observe the spiritual sea of consciousness, thereby confirming whether the golden flame had strengthened her mental power.
This Mental Magic was very simple and didn’t require a magic circle.
Arcana succeeded on her first try and saw her own spiritual sea of consciousness.
It was just a very ordinary small lake; there was no gold, and there were no flames.
This proved that the strengthening direction brought by the golden flame was the soul.
This gave Starshine a bit of a headache; the only Soul Magic she had learned was a detection magic to check if impurities had mixed into one’s own soul.
She knew nothing about other Soul Magics.
Luna was the same; their family didn’t have any witches who were good at Soul Magic.
But just as Starshine was having a headache, a cluster of golden flames suddenly emerged from Arcana’s hand.
Starshine was stunned, while Arcana began to play with it as if she had found a new toy.
The cluster of flames in her hand began to take various shapes under her control, turning into a rope which she used to play cat’s cradle in her hands.
It turned into a yo-yo, and she even performed a few tricks with it.
It turned into a small handgun, capable of firing bullets burning with golden flames.
It even turned into a Chainsword, which began to roar and vibrate at a single thought.
Starshine watched with a blank expression as the cluster of golden flames was played into countless patterns in her daughter’s hands.
She shook her head vigorously, “Cana-baby, you…”
“The blessing!”
Arcana blinked and said, “The Emperor’s blessing.
The Emperor left me the methods to use the flames.”
“These are flames with a special attack bonus against souls, especially against Heretics, xenos, and Chaos.”
Starshine was dazed, “What do you mean by Heretics, xenos, and Chaos?”
“The Enemies of Mankind.”
Arcana nodded and affirmed, “Mm, the Emperor said that as long as they are Enemies of Mankind, they can be categorized into these three types.”
And next, her daughter’s words were once again shocking.
“By the way, Mom, I can contract a second star now!”
“The Emperor said so.”
Starshine subconsciously swallowed, “Cana-baby, you call that golden star…
the Emperor?”
“Mm, that’s how it refers to itself.”
Starshine’s heart was thumping.
Why did she feel that her daughter had contracted an extraordinary star?
The Emperor…
a title like that, could it be the stars formed collectively by all the deceased Witch Empresss of the Witch Empire throughout history?
The magical characteristic of [Imperial Authority] also manifests externally as gold.
If that were truly the case, then it could explain why this golden star possessed such powerful strength.
A star formed from the aggregation of the wills and souls of all past Witch Empresss would possess extremely terrifying and powerful strength, with its golden radiance under the [Imperial Authority] characteristic shining across the galaxy.
As for xenos, Heretics, and Chaos, they probably referred to all the enemies the Witch Empire had always faced.
After all, in the vast Milky Way Galaxy, only the Witch Empire consisted of humans; all others were near-humanoid lifeforms, or simply non-humanoid, non-carbon-based lifeforms.
She hadn’t expected that her daughter would actually sign a contract with a star of such an astounding origin.
Starshine felt waves of worry in her heart, not knowing whether this was ultimately a good thing or a bad thing.
“Mom?
Mom?”
Arcana’s calls brought Starshine back from her anxieties.
Starshine met her daughter’s concerned gaze with a smile and stroked her daughter’s fair and tender cheek, “Mom is fine, I was just thinking about some things.”
“But are you sure you can really contract a second star already?”
“Mm!”
Arcana nodded firmly, “The Emperor said it’s okay.
It has no hostility toward that pink star and said I can contract it if I want to.”
“Is it still maintaining contact with you and communicating with you right now?”
Starshine was curious; were these things the Emperor had just told her daughter?
“No, it was mentioned in the information he left in my mind beforehand.”
“It also said that contracting a second star now would be of great help to me.”
In fact, there was another sentence in the information left by the Emperor, but Arcana didn’t want to say it.
The Emperor said she was too weak and told her to get stronger quickly.
He even set a goal for her: to completely master all the power of the blessing given by the Emperor within a year.
The reward would be the next stage of power blessing.
For Arcana, as long as she wasn’t sent to warhammer 40k, everything else was negotiable.
Arcana looked at Mother Starshine’s stunned expression, “So Mom, can I contract the second star now during the day?”
“Yes!”
Starshine nodded, “There are no time requirements for contracting stars.
Most do it at night simply because the light and position of the stars can be seen then.”
Starshine continued to teach her daughter how to draw the contract magic circle step-by-step.
She didn’t think her daughter could have completely memorized the contract circle last night.
Back then, it had taken her nearly half a month to achieve complete memorization.
And she had practiced for a full half-year to draw it without errors and succeed on the first try.
Soon, the drawing of the contract magic circle was finished, but in the first second it began to operate, her mother let out a light gasp of surprise.
“She…
refused?”
“Why did she refuse?”
Starshine’s expression suddenly became somewhat frantic.
What was going on?
Hadn’t an agreement been made with her daughter?
Why the sudden refusal?
Could her daughter have been deceived?
It wasn’t unheard of for stars to deceive people; there were witches in the history of the Fanxing Family who had been cheated by stars, but overall, it was a tiny minority.
Watching the contract magic circle dissipate on its own because of the other party’s refusal, Starshine was very upset.
She stroked her daughter’s head, preparing to comfort her and tell her not to be sad when…
Arcana suddenly looked up and said, “Let’s do it tonight, Mom.”
“The pink star said she is preparing a gift.
she isn’t ready yet.
When the gift is ready tonight, she will contract with me.”
Starshine’s expression became peculiar.
Why was each star her daughter contracted with stranger than the last?
One was a golden star suspected to be the aggregation of the wills and souls of all deceased Witch Empresss throughout history.
The other was a lively and cute pink star that called itself a fairy and was even specifically preparing a gift for the contractor, refusing to contract until it was ready.
Starshine suddenly became curious.
In the future, would the third star her daughter contracted also be as special as these two?