“It feels so bad…”
“It’s just too much…”
Dizziness—not the extreme kind that makes one want to vomit, but enough to make it hard to focus on anything, even her Brain Computer.
Her limbs felt weak.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t walk, but she didn’t even want to do the simple action of moving her hands to use her Brain Computer.
No appetite.
Even with a sumptuous breakfast before her, she couldn’t eat a bite.
She forced herself to drink a bowl of millet porridge and nearly gagged.
She thought about just sleeping the whole day away to get through it, but the dizziness made it hard to fall asleep.
She could only endure it, watching time tick by second by second; it was truly agonizing.
“Hmm…
this state is actually quite good.
I’ll just prescribe her some special medicine.”
“After taking the medicine and a nap, the symptoms should mostly subside.”
The doctor at the academy infirmary, a mature witch named Cecilina, took a box of empire-certified medicine from her storage space.
She took out two sheets of capsules, twelve in total, and handed them to the worried Starshine.
Then she patted Arcana’s little head and sighed, “It’s not easy; this year’s little witches seem to have very bad luck.”
“She’s in the best condition out of the nine little witches I’ve seen so far.”
Seeing Cecilina’s troubled expression, Starshine couldn’t help but ask, “Did something happen?”
“Mana Explosion Phenomenon.
In previous years, even one case was rare.
This year, thirty-six occurred all at once.”
“If it were just one or two, the academy could handle it.
But thirty-six is beyond our emergency capacity.
They’ve all been transferred to the hospital now.
I don’t know how many will survive.”
Cecilina kept sighing, while Starshine was puzzled.
“Mana Explosion?
What’s that?”
Cecilina was surprised.
Looking at the confused Starshine, she asked, “Are you a Natural Witch?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I didn’t expect to actually meet a Natural Witch parent.”
Cecilina remarked.
This was her first time meeting a parent who was a Natural Witch, and she then began to explain the Mana Explosion Phenomenon.
“The Mana Explosion Phenomenon is a dangerous phenomenon that only appears in newborn, transformed little witches.”
“This phenomenon causes the total mana, which should grow slowly over the next three to six months, to suddenly burst out all at once during the first period.”
“At this stage, the Little Witch’s body is still very frail and hasn’t been subtly strengthened and permeated by mana.
This mana explosion can be fatal.”
“Little witches who experience a mana explosion face a narrow chance of survival.
Even if they live, recovery involves struggling through long-lasting sequelae.”
Cecilina shook her head.
Starshine covered her mouth in shock, and after a long while, she slowly asked, “Then…
is there any way to help them survive?”
“There is, but it’s difficult.”
Cecilina’s voice was filled with bitterness.
“Most little witches die on the way to the hospital.
The few who receive timely help and survive are just as I described.”
“The sequelae will ravage and torture their bodies and minds.
Moreover, the medicine needed to treat these sequelae is very expensive, making it hard for an average witch family to afford.”
Cecilina looked at the shocked Arcana and comforted her, “Don’t be too afraid.
The Mana Explosion Phenomenon only occurs during the first period.
If the first one is normal, the subsequent mana growth will be steady and stable.”
“I see…”
Starshine mourned in her heart for those classmates who were facing death threats before they had even truly stepped onto the path of a witch.
“Sigh, this year is indeed different from the past.”
Cecilina muttered to herself while packing up her diagnostic medical tools.
“I heard other academies are in the same situation, even those on other planets.
I don’t know what the Emperor will do next.”
After packing her things, Cecilina suddenly remembered and instructed before leaving, “Right!
Take two capsules of the special medicine at a time, three times a day, after meals.”
“It’s still early.
Give her something light to eat, then have her take the medicine.”
“Alright, thank you, Doctor Cecilina.”
“You’re welcome, it’s just my duty.”
The doctor left, and Starshine immediately brought over a bowl of millet porridge and a vegetable bun filled with cabbage and shiitake mushrooms she had prepared yesterday, placing them before her listless daughter.
“Eat a little.
Have some food, take your medicine, and then sleep for a while.
You’ll feel better.”
“Okay…”
Arcana fought through the nausea, forcing herself to eat the bun and drink half a bowl of porridge.
After taking the medicine, she snuggled against her mother, waiting for the special medicine to take effect.
While stroking the back of her daughter’s head, Starshine turned on the Brain Computer and played a variety show her daughter usually loved, Extreme Challenge.
The show invited famous witches to participate in various ‘extreme’ challenges.
The fun lay in the witches setting traps for each other, watching them make fools of themselves, or seeing them complete challenges with grace and style.
This was currently a high-rated variety show in the Empire.
Even after twenty-five seasons, its popularity hadn’t waned at all.
Elysia didn’t interrupt the mother-daughter moment.
Instead, acting as an outsider, she focused on typing her novel, occasionally glancing at the two of them and showing a mysterious smile.
Doctor Cecilina’s special medicine lived up to its name.
Half an hour later, Arcana felt the symptoms of dizziness and nausea vanish without a trace.
The weakness in her limbs also lessened.
If the previous weakness felt like the emptiness after thirteen rounds with Elysia—just wanting to curl up in her mother’s arms and sleep…
…then now it felt like lying in bed when Elysia told her to move a bit instead of just lying there.
Well, if she had to move, she could at least manage it now.
Later, after a glass of warm brown sugar water, the abdominal pain from her first period was also soothed by the warm flow.
Rounding it up, she felt like she was completely better!
Haha!
The first period isn’t so scary after all!
“Is that it?
Is that all?”
“That’s all there is to the first period?”
“Doesn’t that mean the days ahead will be even easier?”
Of course, most importantly, she finally had mana!
“A 155-point increase in total mana—that’s very good!
Rui Rui Baby, your talent is indeed much stronger than mine and Cuicui’s.”
After her daughter was temporarily free from the pain of her period, Starshine conducted a mana growth test for her.
The first mana growth reached a triple-digit value of 155.
Data released by the Empire last year showed that the average value for the first mana growth of all little witches was 107.
Her mother Luna’s first mana growth value back then was 127.
And now, the daughter’s first mana growth was 28 points higher than her mother Luna’s.
A huge improvement!
“Mama, can I learn magic now?”
“Not yet.”
Seeing her daughter’s impatience, Starshine comforted her, “Although you have mana, your body hasn’t been subtly permeated and strengthened by it yet.”
“Hmm…
a month!
You need to wait at least another month.
After three more mana growths, Mama will teach you magic, okay?”
“Okay!”
Although she couldn’t learn magic immediately, at least there was a definite date now!
During this time, besides her daily studies, she would add training the Emperor’s power!
Master the power bestowed by the Emperor as soon as possible, then enter the next stage.
She wondered what kind of power the Emperor would bestow upon her in the next stage; she was curious and full of anticipation.
At that moment, the notification sound from the Brain Computer interrupted Arcana’s daydreams.
Opening the Brain Computer’s projection screen, a user with the ID ‘Glory Knight’ had added her as a friend.
In the note column, there was a self-introduction.
[Hello, Saintess of Light.
I am Nova Terra, your loyal Guardian Knight.]
Arcana: “…?”
How did she become the Saintess of Light?
And what kind of strange self-title is ‘loyal Guardian Knight’?”}],
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”