40 minutes later…
“Mom…”
“Hmm?
What’s wrong, Rui Rui Baby?
♪”
“Do awakening a Magic Trait and forming a Resonance Contract with a Star really have to be this formal?”
Her mother was going to help her awaken her Magic Trait and resonate with her first Star.
She was very happy; she could finally come into contact with the most interesting thing in this world: magic!
But as it turned out, she was dragged back to the bedroom by her mom, who began picking out clothes for her from a wardrobe full of garments.
Choosing clothes, combing long hair, and styling it.
Now, Arcana was wearing the outfit her mother had prepared as a gift after she became a witch yesterday.
A white shirt, a black blazer, and a red plaid skirt.
The black thigh-highs were replaced with black tights, and she even solemnly tied a red tie with black and white stripes for her.
As for the hairstyle, it was also combed neatly, with her wine-red long hair cascading down her back.
At the ends of her long hair, her mother had used some unknown magic to style a few spiral tips that looked like Turbo-charged Ducks.
The overall hairstyle resembled Bronya after she became the Herrscher of Reason in honkai impact 3rd.
Except her own spiral tips were smaller, shorter, and more numerous—hmm…
a six-turbo duck!
A wine-red version!
In addition, her mother had intentionally left a strand of long hair on each side of the bangs covering her forehead, hanging down past her cheeks to her chest.
And they also had a bit of a natural spiral curl.
Hmm…
counting it like that, she must be eight-turbocharged now!
“Alright!
All done!”
After finally styling her daughter’s hair into her ideal perfect look, Mother Starshine immediately pulled Arcana up and adjusted the smart-brain’s camera angle.
She took a photo with her daughter, smiling brightly, and sent it to Luna.
Afterward, Starshine also answered her daughter’s question.
“Of course it has to be a bit formal!”
“But it’s not for the magic awakening; it’s preparation for resonating and contracting with a Star.”
Starshine led her daughter by the hand to the living room, and they sat back down together on the beanbag chair from before.
She explained, “Resonating and contracting with a Star is a two-way process.”
“Finding a Star that suits you, resonating, and then contracting—this process is also the Star resonating and then contracting with you.”
Starshine emphasized, “During this stage of the process, you can see what the Star looks like, and the Star will also see what you look like.”
“If you don’t dress up properly and look sloppy, you’ll be rejected by the Stars~”
To even be rejected by a Star.
It felt like choosing a wife.
Mother Starshine’s explanation continued.
“A Star’s power will turn into a blessing that feeds back into your body, your magic, or even your mental strength and soul.”
“And your growth will also bring positive feedback to the Star.”
“Therefore, the first Star that witches studying Stellar Magic resonate and contract with is the most important.”
“The first Star is destined to be the one that stays with you the longest and provides the strongest blessings and feedback!”
“So you must choose carefully!”
Starshine took her daughter’s hands in hers, interlacing their fingers.
“Next, we will first perform the awakening of your Magic Trait.”
“Awakening a Magic Trait involves slightly activating the dormant Witch Genes, allowing them to produce a tiny bit of your own magic.”
“This activation is extremely slight, and the amount of magic produced is practically undetectable, so it won’t affect your subsequent menstrual cycle.”
There was one point that Starshine didn’t explain since her daughter didn’t seem to have any questions about it.
That was the degree of fusion between soul and flesh.
The reason why awakening a Magic Trait requires a high degree of soul-flesh fusion…
…is because the soul is also the key to allowing the Magic Trait to manifest different characteristics.
There are three possibilities for what a newborn Little Witch’s Magic Trait will be.
First, inheriting it from either of the two mothers; in this case, it means the genes of the two witch mothers are very dominant.
So dominant that the magic is forced to ignore the Little Witch’s soul and produce a specific trait based on the Witch Genes.
And subsequently, the Little Witch’s soul will also undergo certain changes based on the dominant Witch Genes…
…to stabilize the dominance of those genes.
Among these, the most representative is the Imperial Family of the Witch Empire.
The Imperial Family’s Witch Genes are extremely dominant; within their bloodline, every witch without exception inherits the Witch Emperor’s own incredibly powerful special trait.
[Imperial Authority]
Second, the Little Witch’s soul and Witch Genes reach a mysterious balance; under this mysterious balance that remains unexplained to this day…
…neither the Little Witch’s soul nor the Witch Genes will manifest their own Magic Trait.
Thus, in this situation, the newborn Little Witch’s Magic Trait is called…
[None]
Third, when the Little Witch’s soul is very dominant but the Witch Genes are not, the newborn Little Witch’s Magic Trait is primarily determined by her soul.
However, this situation only occurs when both mothers’ Witch Genes are not dominant enough, or when both of their Magic Traits are [None].
In this state, there is a very high probability that the newborn Little Witch’s Magic Trait will be completely different from her two mothers’.
It could be similar, it could be opposite, or it could be something completely unrelated.
Starshine now desperately hoped that her daughter would awaken the [None] Magic Trait.
The [None] Magic Trait does not represent weakness or mediocrity; rather, it represents omnipotence and inclusivity.
A witch with the [None] Magic Trait will never experience rejection, no matter what element or type of magic she studies.
Witches with the [None] Magic Trait are versatile beings.
They can learn and use any element and any type of magic;
their magic can be converted into any element at any time.
[None] witches are the most popular candidates for the Empire’s research positions, which are as numerous as the Stars.
Therefore, Starshine hoped her daughter would awaken the [None] Magic Trait; such a trait is optimal for learning Stellar Magic!
She remembered a sister in the Fanxing Family whose Magic Trait was Annihilation.
This trait is very special, causing any magic she uses through her power to have an annihilation effect.
Anything that becomes the target of her magic is directly annihilated into fundamental particles, possessing incredibly exaggerated destructive power.
But it is also this Magic Trait that makes her unable to use any healing, support, or protective magic.
A glass cannon—that’s exactly what she is!
As a member of the Fanxing Family, she naturally had to study Stellar Magic, and that sister was no exception.
But so far, this sister has not successfully resonated or contracted with any Star.
Because the Stars are afraid; they don’t want to resonate and contract with a witch who might annihilate them.
So, Rui Rui Baby!
You must not awaken a magic that prevents you from resonating and contracting with a Star!
Before starting to awaken her daughter’s Magic Trait…
Starshine silently prayed to the Stars.
Although it was daytime and the brilliant Stars in the night sky were invisible…
it didn’t stop her from praying to the Stars in the cosmos.
Afterward, Starshine officially began awakening her daughter’s Magic Trait.
Her subtle magic seeped into her daughter’s body, providing a slight stimulus to her Witch Genes.
For Arcana, with her fingers interlaced with her mom’s and her eyes closed, an extremely faint warm current emerged from the center of her chest.
But it disappeared in just an instant.
Replacing it was her mother’s ecstatic expression.
Once again, she hugged her daughter tightly.
“That’s wonderful!
Rui Rui Baby, your Magic Trait is [None], the most suitable trait for learning Stellar Magic!”
“Mom will definitely help you choose the strongest and most suitable Star to resonate and contract with today!”