However, the knowledge needed for the period was much less than Arcana had anticipated.
Having just finished her transformation, there were many things she needed to pay attention to before her first mana growth and her first period, and many of them had already been mentioned by her mother.
Dietary restrictions: cold, raw, spicy, and greasy foods were off-limits.
Temperature: keep warm, avoid contact with or drinking cold water, and drink more hot water.
The climate of the planet where their family lived had been adjusted and optimized by Imperial meteorologists to make it more habitable.
Although January to April was a warm spring, extreme temperature drops could still occur.
And in the recent weather forecast, a cold current was flowing downstream, heading straight for the city where they lived.
The cold current was scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
Starting tomorrow, Arcana would have to start wearing more layers.
As for her outfits, Luna left that directly to Mama Yao, whose fashion sense was much better than her own.
Next was the growth of total mana capacity.
Under normal circumstances, the period for most Transformed Witches would last for 6 to 8 months.
Only for Transformed Witches with extraordinary talent would the period last for more than 8 months, or even a full year.
Thus, Arcana became very curious.
Since the duration of the period was related to talent, what would her own talent and period be like?
Come to think of it, she hadn’t heard her mother or her mama mention how strong she actually was until now.
Luna suddenly gave a mischievous smile.
“Talent, huh…”
“Without a doubt, your talent is definitely at the very top tier.”
The expression on Arcana’s small face froze.
“Your period, without a doubt, will definitely last for a full year.”
To Arcana, her mother’s smile now felt like a sentence handed down from hell.
“You should remember that your mama is an extremely rare, naturally born Witch, and she comes from the Fanxing Family, a first-class Witch family in the Empire, right?”
“Mm…”
“Your mama is the most talented Witch the Fanxing Family has seen in hundreds of years~”
“Back then, she eloped with me and left the Capital Planet where her family was located, and since then, she has been working hard toward the goal of getting pregnant and giving birth to a daughter.”
“Otherwise, she would have been promoted to a Nightmare Witch long ago, instead of being a Cruel Witch Lv2 like she is now.”
Arcana’s expression could only be described as sorrowful at this moment.
Could…
could it be?
But it wasn’t over yet; the expression on Luna’s face suddenly turned proud.
She pressed her fair hand against the cleavage between her full breasts.
“And your mother, me!
Luna!”
“I was the Transformed Witch with the highest mana capacity and the longest period in the entire Empire back then—it lasted for 1 year and 25 days!”
“And no one has surpassed that record in the twenty years since!”
“After I entered the military, it only took me 30 years to reach the rank of Cruel Witch Lv3!”
Arcana was now so desperate she didn’t even want to say a word.
She even overlooked a certain question.
If her mother only took 30 years to go from a newly transformed Little Witch to a powerful Cruel Witch Lv3…
…then nearly 60 years had passed since then, so why was her mother still a Cruel Witch Lv3?
However, there was only one thought in her mind right now.
With her mama and mother both having such high talent, her own talent must be exceptionally good.
So good that her period might last for a year, or even longer!
“Alright, like I said, don’t be so pessimistic.
Be optimistic.”
Luna hugged her grief-stricken daughter.
“I promise you, the period is definitely not as terrifying as you think.”
“Just keep a calm mind and pay more attention to the things I reminded you about.”
“Mm…”
Arcana’s response was weak and listless.
But she still persisted in asking a question: was there any magic that could alleviate the pain suffered during the period?
Although her mother repeatedly emphasized it wasn’t that terrifying, magic was so versatile; surely there was a spell for pain relief or to block the pain.
Her mother, Luna, pondered for a few seconds before shaking her head.
“I don’t know.”
“Eh?”
“Was Mother’s situation back then…
different from mine?”
“It was different.”
Luna said softly, “I endured my period all by myself.”
“After all, at that time, both of my mothers were still on the front lines at the border.
How could they have had the time to personally take care of me?”
Arcana fell silent after hearing this, and she hugged Luna’s waist tightly, burying her face in her mother’s abdomen.
“Mother must have been very uncomfortable back then.”
Luna’s expression softened.
“It’s okay, it’s all in the past.”
“My job is a bit special, and I can’t just quit whenever I want, so I’ll have your mama take care of you starting tomorrow.”
“I’ll come to see you both often.”
“Mm!”
Luna also hugged her daughter and patted her back a few times.
“Alright, go get some rest.
You can sleep or browse your brain-computer, just find something to do.”
“Mm!”
After sharing a moment of warmth with her mother, Arcana returned to the dormitory bedroom that would belong to her for the next year.
Besides a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk and chair, there was also a large black beanbag sofa in the bedroom.
She lay down on the beanbag sofa, and her small feet, wrapped in black silk, slipped out of her cotton slippers and stepped onto the soft black sofa.
After adjusting herself into a comfortable position, Arcana projected the screen of her brain-computer and began searching for the information she needed.
The first thing she searched for was the period of Transformed Witches.
Her mother didn’t have any family to accompany her during her period back then and had relied entirely on her own willpower to endure it.
Arcana felt that there might be many key points of knowledge regarding the period that her mother might not actually know.
Furthermore, in her earlier years, she didn’t know such a thing as a ‘period’ existed, so she had never searched for information about it on the network.
Now, she naturally had to do a proper search.
“Transformed Witch’s period…
Ah!
Here it is!”
She searched for related terms, and the top result was a popular science entry.
In her past life, this would have been called Baidu Baike.
Now, it was called the Witch Encyclopedia, and it was even an official Imperial science entry.
She clicked into the entry and read through it carefully, finding that most of the information was consistent with what her mother had said—dietary restrictions, paying attention to cold protection and warmth, and so on.
The healthier the body, the milder the pain of the period, and it could even be reduced to an extremely minor level.
But Arcana also found some things her mother hadn’t mentioned.
During the period, if intense and unbearable pain occurred, there was specialized magic that could soothe and alleviate the pain.
When she thought about how her mother hadn’t enjoyed the convenience brought by this kind of magic and had endured it all by herself…
…that feeling must have been quite unpleasant.
A flash of sorrow crossed Arcana’s cute little face.
But she quickly recovered.
Just as her mother said, it was all in the past, and there was no need to dwell on the pain she had suffered back then.
Aside from that, the Witch Encyclopedia also mentioned that for a newly Transformed Witch, the upper limit of their total body mana would not change within 1 to 2 years.
However, during the period, the growth of total mana would often exceed the upper limit.
At this time, the newborn Transformed Witch would need to compress their own mana to reduce the total amount and improve the quality.
This would continue until the period passed and the total mana capacity was completely stabilized.
The general timeline for reaching the total capacity limit and needing to start compressing mana was around 6 months.
“Compressing mana…
Mother said my talent is very high, so I’ll definitely go through a year or even longer.
Does that mean I’ll have half a year of constantly compressing mana to make space?”
Arcana roughly understood why the longer the period lasted, the better the talent.
The longer the period lasted, the higher the quality of the Little Witches’ mana would be.
Where others needed 100 mana to release a spell of a certain power, she would only need 80, 60, or even less to achieve the same effect.
And when both sides released a spell using the same amount of mana, her power and effect would simply be stronger than the opponent’s.
She just didn’t know exactly how long her own period would last when the time came.
Sigh…
a whole year.
She hoped that, as her mother and the Witch Encyclopedia said, the healthier the body, the less pain she would suffer.