(Thank you very much to 'Shuangyu Shagua', 'Xing Ming Qing Kong', 'mrlsrain', 'Yunqi Qinggu', and 'xyy198' for the tips!)
Tengu City, a secret DEM facility...
Standing side by side, Westcott and Ellen fixed their eyes on the sealed chamber before them. As they watched Tobiichi Origami, submerged in liquid with dense generated magic power rippling across her body, Westcott's usual smile had completely vanished. Ellen, too, no longer maintained her icy composure. The only emotion left on their faces was solemnity...
"Isaac..." Ellen did not take her eyes off the sealed chamber, but she broke the surrounding silence.
"This child..."
"Yes..." Westcott nodded and gave his assessment.
"She really is astonishing..."
An entire night had passed since the magic power treatment began...
Over that one night, Westcott and Ellen's understanding of Tobiichi Origami had continuously changed, until Westcott finally gave her the assessment of being "astonishing."
For no other reason than the results of Tobiichi Origami's magic power treatment!
The purpose of magic power treatment was to improve a user's compatibility with a CR-Unit, strengthen the brain regions used to operate a CR-Unit, even allowing them to control it freely or exceed standard specifications, pushing a CR-Unit's performance to its limits.
And because every mage possessed different innate talent, the effects of magic power treatment also differed. Some effects were extremely minor, while others were remarkably extraordinary.
Take Mana, for example. After undergoing magic power treatment, she had directly become the second-in-command among DEM's mages, and until now, she had been the one with the best results from such treatment.
But today, that record had been broken...
The one who broke it was none other than Tobiichi Origami!
Westcott and Ellen turned their gazes toward a display screen beside the sealed chamber. Looking at the various figures shown there, they