Li Weide immediately felt a sense of dread. "Don't tell me... you also left a huge mass of Ancient Magic Power beneath Hogwarts, just like Professor Isidora Morganach?"
"No." Senior female student shook her head.
"Oh... you scared me..."
Li Weide really had been startled. He had thought that Senior female student had ultimately been unable to resist the temptation and had followed Professor Morganach's example, stockpiling a huge mass of Ancient Magic Power beneath Hogwarts as well.
That really would have been a dragon slayer becoming the dragon.
"In fact, there wasn't just one mass—there were many. These Ancient Magic Powers are scattered around Hogwarts, and you can absorb them..." Senior female student continued.
Li Weide's heart, which had just settled, leapt back into his throat.
"Senior female student, y-you don't mean that little gift you mentioned is this Ancient Magic Power, do you? I... I don't dare absorb too much Ancient Magic Power for now..."
Senior female student waved a hand, stopping Li Weide from continuing. Then she flipped her palm over, and a mist streaked with red against black and silver against red appeared in her hand.
"This is the power you don't dare absorb, isn't it?"
Li Weide nodded.
"You needn't worry at all, because this isn't Ancient Magic Power in the first place. True Ancient Magic Power can be absorbed as much as you like," Senior female student said with a smile.
Li Weide asked in surprise, "This isn't Ancient Magic Power? But... it was only after I accidentally absorbed a small bottle of it that I awakened Ancient Magic, wasn't it?"
"Although this isn't Ancient Magic Power, it is another kind of power that can strengthen Ancient Magic. Once you absorbed it, it was only natural that you awakened Ancient Magic ahead of time...