Perhaps snuggling in her mother’s arms while sleeping provided a massive boost to her sleep quality as a daughter.
A night without dreams passed, and Arcana woke up.
She felt refreshed all over, her spirits soaring!
In the past, when she woke up in the morning, she would have to sit on the bed for a while, feeling groggy and dazed before becoming fully awake.
Now, there was none of that!
She opened her eyes, yawned, and stretched her arms and legs in the warm blankets like a kitten that had just woken up.
After stretching, Arcana sat up from the covers.
Her mother was no longer by her side, and the bed didn’t feel as warm and cozy as it had in her dreams last night; it seemed quite some time had passed since her mother had gotten up.
What time was it?
There seemed to be no sun today, and the room felt slightly cold and lonely.
Her small hand gently rubbed the jade bracelet she wore even while sleeping, and the projection screen of her AI brain unfolded before her.
Depending on personal preference, the AI brain could transform into any accessory to be carried on the body.
Her AI brain was this white-and-green jade bracelet on her wrist.
Opening the projection screen and looking at the time, Arcana froze.
Time: 11:45 AM.
Arcana’s expression went blank; she had slept from 10 PM until nearly noon the next day.
She had slept for almost 14 hours!
And it wasn’t like she woke up midway and went back for a nap; it was a solid 14 hours from the moment she lay down until she woke up.
However, since her mother hadn’t woken her up, it meant this must be normal.
Sleeping for 14 hours…
should be a normal phenomenon, right?
She got out of bed but wasn’t in a hurry to change her clothes.
Because she didn’t know what to wear today; her knowledge of women’s fashion was limited to her two mothers and lewd art from her past life.
She couldn’t exactly figure out her outfit based on the lewd art she’d seen in her previous life, could she?
She briefly combed her long hair, which was messy from sleep, walked out of the bedroom into the living room, and saw a familiar figure.
“Baby, you’re awake?”
Mother Starshine was sitting on the small sofa in the living room, holding a book, looking at her with a beaming smile.
“You really can sleep, baby—14 hours!”
Mother Starshine suddenly flashed to Arcana’s side and pulled her into a hug.
“Let Mommy hug you, hehe, Mommy’s little baby is so cute!”
“Ehehehe!”
“Mmm~ Mommy.”
Being suddenly hugged by her mother wasn’t a big deal.
Arcana was very quiet.
But Mom, why are you acting like a total pervert!
Is there really a mother who goes crazy over her own daughter like this?!
Or was this actually her mother’s true nature, hidden from her for 16 years?
The lively mother used various methods to express her love for her newborn daughter.
This included, but was not limited to, hugging, head-patting, kissing cheeks, nuzzling, striking strange and embarrassing poses, and checking her body.
In short, after being thoroughly felt up by her mother in a very short time using various methods and poses…
Arcana’s face was as red as a ripe apple as she sat on the sofa, feeling lost.
Had she…
had she just been completely felt up by her own mother?
Mother Starshine, meanwhile, was browsing through various data points on her daughter’s body obtained through the check-up.
Starshine knew very well that she herself was not a Transformed Witch.
As a witch born naturally from her mother’s pregnancy, she had zero knowledge regarding the Physiological Period of a Transformed Witch.
Therefore, she was quite lost as to what her daughter needed to pay attention to or do after becoming a witch.
Her lover was also very special; when she became a witch back then, she had no family to take care of her and had to endure it all on her own.
For the newborn Little Witches who had just become witches, they lacked quite a bit of crucial knowledge in terms of what a parent should know.
So, yesterday, besides resigning and preparing to accompany her daughter full-time for the next year…
She had also specifically contacted her mother, whom she hadn’t communicated with for a long time—the current head of the Fanxing Family.
Her mother had personally raised 38 daughters, all of whom were Transformed Witches.
During the Physiological Periods after those 38 sisters became witches, she had accompanied and cared for them as a parent to ensure they passed through it smoothly.
Therefore, regarding knowledge of a witch’s Physiological Period, her mother was definitely the most knowledgeable person, and seeking advice from her was certainly the right move.
After seeking advice from her mother, she felt very confident; she believed she could give her daughter the best care and let her pass through the Physiological Period safely and happily.
And just now, she had used the method her mother taught her to check the integration of soul and flesh from her daughter’s physical aspect.
There weren’t many testing methods—only three.
The first method started with the body, checking the daughter’s physical instincts and physiological reactions when faced with various situations; the more sensitive and clear the instincts and reactions, the higher the integration.
The second method involved slight stimulation at the soul level to check for corresponding feedback in the body parts; the more obvious the feedback, the higher the integration.
The first two detection methods were the safest, but judging the integration required a witch’s extremely subtle power of observation.
Of course, there was a third method that didn’t require observation skills.
That was to directly saturate the newborn Little Witch’s body with mana; the faster and more mana absorbed, the higher the integration.
Furthermore, this method could trigger the newborn Little Witch’s first increase in total mana capacity in advance.
But the price was that doing so carried a certain possibility of making the Little Witch’s Physiological Period chaotic and disordered, and the physical pain during the mana capacity increase would also double.
The method Starshine used was the first; she was not good at Soul Magic, as the conditions for learning and researching Soul Magic were too harsh.
It had nothing in common with the Stellar Magic she specialized in.
Moreover, she was very confident in her own observation skills.
“Mhm, not bad, not bad!”
“Baby~”
Starshine softly woke her daughter from her flustered state and said slowly, “Congratulations, your integration of soul and flesh is currently quite high.”
“Mommy conservatively estimates it’s definitely over 80%, so today Mommy can awaken your Mana Affinity for you!”
“How is it?
Excited?”
“After awakening your Mana Affinity, you can start learning magic and contracting with stars!”
Starshine came to her daughter’s side, pulled her into her arms, and excitedly nuzzled her cheek against her daughter’s delicate, smooth, and rosy face.
Arcana didn’t say anything; she really couldn’t quite handle the current overly enthusiastic and affectionate Mother Starshine.
Only after Mother Starshine’s excitement subsided did Arcana ask in a small voice.
“But don’t I still not have any mana?”
“Can I still learn magic without mana?”
“Of course you can!”
Mother Starshine’s height was only a tiny bit taller than the current Arcana; the two of them looked more like sisters than mother and daughter.
Holding her, Mother Starshine flashed to the beanbag chair by the living room’s floor-to-ceiling window.
Only then did Arcana notice that it was actually snowing heavily outside.
Everything outside the window was covered in a thick, clean layer of snow, as if a white veil had been draped over the entire academy.
“It’s snowing?”
“Mhm, the cold front from the weather forecast reached us today.
But for the sake of your health, bear with it!
We’ll go out and play in the snow when there’s a chance later, okay?”
Seeing her daughter’s expectant expression, Starshine cautioned her; to ensure her daughter passed through her Physiological Period smoothly, it was better not to go out.
The dormitory had Constant-Temperature Magic, always a pleasant 26 degrees Celsius.
Today’s cold front had dropped the outside temperature directly to below zero.
With such a huge temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, it was better for a newborn Little Witch not to go outside.
“Come, Mommy will guide you to awaken your Mana Affinity.”
“As long as your Mana Affinity is ‘None,’ then Mommy can even help you resonate and contract your first star today!”
“Excited?
Happy?”
“Do you want to give Mommy a kiss on the cheek to show your joy and gratitude?”
Looking at her mother’s expectant look—which almost literally had the words ‘Kiss Mommy quickly’ written on her face—
Arcana cooperatively gave Mother Starshine a kiss on her fair cheek.
Then, in the next second, she was hugged by her excited mother and nuzzled again.
Arcana smiled helplessly; Mother Starshine really loved hugging her and nuzzling her face.
However, this feeling…
wasn’t bad at all.