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After dinner, Lucia White's room was filled with witches. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing everyone's encouraging and comforting looks, she felt her eyes moisten, resisted the urge to cry, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

Can't cry...... It was humiliating enough to cry in front of the nightingale, and Lucia told herself in her heart that she had to be a good example with her sister watching here.

Before taking the boat to the town, she had only heard that there was a witch organization stationed here, and in addition to wanting to treat her sister who was infected with the evil plague, she just wanted to find a place to stay, and she did not have the luxury of living a life.

But she didn't expect that life here was not only comfortable, but also that she met a group of people who treated her like family. Since the death of her parents in pirate raids, she feels at home again.

"Is my sister really in danger?" asked Suzu, leaning into Lucia's arms, "How painful is the magic backlash?"

"The pain is unbearable, like a myriad of knives churning inside you," said Nightingale, "and there are very few witches who can survive it, and only one or two out of ten will survive their adulthood." ”

"......" the little girl's expression froze.

"Don't scare her," Wendy glared at Nightingale, "and that's all from the Mutual Aid days. ”

"Now, as long as you make sure to practice every day and empty your magic before the day of awakening, it's basically fine," Shujuan smiled, "I heard that Anna is still an adult in her deep sleep. ”

"And there has been the first high-level awakening," Agatha yawned, "Tachira four hundred years ago will definitely cause a sensation, and no witch has ever had an epiphany in her sleep." ”

"You're all right," the Prince looked at her, "and while work is important, don't push yourself too hard. ”

"The battle of the Divine Will is just around the corner, and my busyness is nothing," Agatha said, covering her mouth, "If you fail again this time, it will not be a problem to sleep forever." ”

"We will not fail this time," Roland affirmed.

"I decided to do more because I liked the things you invented," Ice Witch gave him a blank look, "Or do you think I like to be in the lab every day......?"

"Well, don't talk about such a heavy topic at this time. Wendy interjected, "By the way, didn't Miss Agatha say that witches can get a wish on Awakening Day, and this time it's Lucia's turn, do you have anything you want to fulfill?"

"Huh...... Me?" Lucia was stunned when she saw everyone looking at her.

"Sister, let's change to ice cream bread!" Suzu said with sparkling eyes, "Ten is fine, half of us!"

This guy ...... Just thinking about eating, she knocked her sister's forehead and looked at Roland, "Can I save this wish?"

"If you wish," the latter couldn't help laughing, "but it won't be too much." ”

"One is fine," Lucia said gratefully. She has nothing more to hope for to live in this town, she just wants Suzu to live a happy life. My sister is not a witch, and one day she will leave herself and start a new family with someone else, and if anything happens by then, this wish may help her.

At this moment, Lucia suddenly felt that her empty body began to tremble, and the magic power was regenerated, as if it appeared from the void, and continued to pour into her body.

"Here it begins," Nightingale reminded.

Although the sisters said not to worry, she still couldn't help but hold on to the quilt, probably because of the nervousness, she felt a little cold in her hands and feet.

"Relax," Wendy took her hand in possession, "magic is part of our body. ”

"Would you like to distract her from something to talk about?" Lucia heard someone ask, what seemed to be Lily's voice.

"What are you talking about?" answered the question.

"For example, the results of the second exam," Lily's voice seemed to come from a long distance, "and if you talk about this, the other party will immediately want to stop the conversation from continuing and divert their attention." For example, Mystery Moon's results are—"

"Don't say it!"

"Look, it works. ”

Lucia wanted to laugh out loud, but found that the expression on her face was very stiff, her body became extremely hot, and at the same time, there was an indescribable contraction, and more and more magic seemed to suck everything around her.

Do you experience this feeling as an adult?

"What are Lucia's grades?" Mystery Moon's words became staccatory.

"Eighty-six points on average," replied the prince.

"W-What?"

"Is it that high!"

"You see, she didn't stop us. ”

"Your trick has failed, accept the punishment!"

"You go away!"

"Wait...... Stop arguing, something seems wrong with Lucia. ”

Mystery Moon and Lily's words alternated, ending with the nightingale's voice, but she found that the witches' words had become indistinct. Lucia gritted her teeth and looked up at the sisters around her, only to be surprised to find that the scene in front of her had completely changed. Everyone's appearance became hazy and trivial, as if it was made of countless squares—some large, some small, each of a different color.

She tried to scream in fear, but all she could do was hissing and inhaling.

The contraction in her body became more and more intense, and it had begun to produce bursts of colic, and Lucia had to hold her breath to endure it, and the figures around her were already chaotic.

As the nightingale said, the pain of adulthood is far from being comparable to the previous awakening, and the more you persist, the more obvious this colic becomes, as if you will cut yourself into pieces at any moment.

Suddenly, a strange magic force probed into her body - Lucia could clearly feel that this magic did not belong to her, it was like a tube on the magic vortex.

She didn't bother to explore what this was, and subconsciously squeezed the surging magic power in her body into the tube, and the pain was suddenly relieved a lot. As if she had found a savior, Lucia continued to infuse her magic into it to suppress her body's labor pains.

I don't know how long it took for the strange contraction to subside. The magic no longer turns, but becomes fuller and fuller, completely different from the previous experience.

With a blink of an eye, the gaze returned to normal.

Looking at the bell that was about to cry, Lucia patted her head and said in a dry voice, "It's okay." ”

Only then did she realize that her body was soaked with sweat, and the cold wind blew, and a biting chill came from her back.

No, how can there be wind in a heated room?

She turned her head and was stunned, only to see a huge opening in the wall facing the garden, and the two windows were gone, and the cold wind poured in from here. Through the opening, she could see the darkness of the night and the light of the town's fires. Standing in front of this half of the wall was Anna, who looked at herself with concern, the sigil of divine will in her hand shimmering slightly.

"Her abilities are condensed," Nightingale said.

. (To be continued.) )