"Ascension?"
"Probably." Kurumi was not entirely sure herself. "For Akatsuki Kojou's portion of time, five minutes was five minutes in the A Certain Magical Index world, but when it entered the End Black main universe, five minutes shrank to one."
"After using Origin Points for ascension just now, Akatsuki Kojou's portion of time synchronized with the time in the End Black main universe."
"Mm-hmm." Little Red kept nodding her little head. "Then how much time do you have now, Master?"
"Hmm—" Kurumi pursed her lips and casually calculated it in her mind. "About a hundred thousand years. Assuming time is multiplied fivefold upon entering a small projection plane, then in mission worlds, I should have a reserve of five hundred thousand years."
"Mm-hmm." Little Red nodded as she took notes. "Has Zadkiel changed at all?"
"This..." Kurumi frowned and thought hard. "I'm not sure either. I'll have to wait until I devour time again to find out."
"Since soul enhancement can't be felt, let's try enhancing your bloodline."
As she spoke, Little Red condensed another "mosaic ore" from the space.
Kurumi extended her small hand. A soul blade sliced across it, and a drop of blood flowed from her fingertip. By the time the blood fell, the wound had already healed.
The "mosaic ore" vanished the instant it came into contact with the blood, while that drop of blood gave Kurumi the strange impression of an ultra-small plane.
"Master, try absorbing it into your body."
Kurumi did as instructed and deliberately observed the drop of blood with her soul power, but there was no major change.
"Hmm..." Little Red fell into an odd silence. "The energy contained in this amount of information isn't even comparable to you, Master, so... Right!" Little Red suddenly seemed to think of something, and her