Rin's Bizarre Adventure

"Damn it! I can help too!"

After returning to her room, young Rin raised a pillow and slammed it against the headboard with all her strength, venting the dissatisfaction in her heart.

As a genius, she simply could not accept the enormous gap in strength between herself and her younger sister Sakura. Lying alone on the bed, she muttered softly, "That's right! Father just hasn't taught me everything yet. I just need to learn it myself."

With that naive thought in mind, the little girl quickly perked up, grabbed a candlestick, and secretly slipped into the Magecraft workshop in the basement.

Since everything related to Magecraft had to remain mysterious, there were no modern lighting fixtures anywhere in the basement. The candle she carried was the only source of light.

Before long, young Rin found a huge, ancient book on the innermost bookshelf. She eagerly opened it, ready to begin reading.

But the instant she turned to the first page, her little face fell. "I-I can't understand any of it!"

But giving up was clearly not in her nature.

Over the next few minutes, the little girl rapidly opened book after book filled with mysterious knowledge, information, and Magecraft theory, only to toss them aside just as quickly.

In the end, utterly exhausted, she could only rage helplessly, "What is this?! Seriously! It's all stuff I can't understand!"

Still, complaints aside, young Rin's hands did not stop moving. Out of habit, she grabbed the last book on the shelf.

The instant the book was opened, an enormous black hand suddenly appeared on the page with a smack.

Smack!

Then came a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth...

In the blink of an eye, the entire page was completely covered in densely packed black handprints.

At the same time, an