Strange Egg

The next day, Furia hesitated for a long time before approaching and gathering her courage to ask.

"Um, Teacher Hekate, if I want to become stronger, which subject would be better?"

Hekate asked, "That depends on your talent. Do you know what talents you have?"

Not everyone had an attribute panel like she did, allowing them to clearly identify their talents and their effects.

Take Longevity Talent, for example. Ordinary people would need at least decades to notice anything unusual.

"Seris told me that water is my friend, and that I feel very comfortable in watery environments."

Hekate stroked her chin.

"That means your Water Magic is more powerful, and your mana recovery speed increases in watery environments. You can also communicate with the sea. That is a type of talent as well."

"If you simply want to become stronger quickly, then go to the Ancient Magic Element Academy and find a teacher skilled in Water Magic. After class, you can come find me. I specialize in Meditation Studies and can help you meditate."

Furia hurriedly knelt down and bowed in thanks. "Thank you, Teacher Hekate."

"...You don't need to be so dramatic. Get up."

"No!" Furia was extremely insistent. Her petite body knelt on the ground as she bowed to Hekate in gratitude.

Fine, a feature of the times.

Hekate stopped insisting and let Furia be.

After Furia went downstairs, Hekate performed her Daily Fate Draw.

Duang~

Gift of Fate: one hundred portions of Magic Rabbit pastries. Lost 100 gold pounds.

A trash gift.

Hekate got up and headed to the shore, continuing to direct the Octopus Monster to retrieve treasures. Before long, it hauled up another chest of gold, silver, jewels, and gems. The chest vanished as soon as it set it down.

It only brought up one chest at a time. Couldn't it bring everything up at once?

Hekate grumbled, put the Treasure Chest into her brooch, and returned. Natasha had already brought up breakfast, which was once again Magic Rabbit pastries.

This shop was really popular among girls.

"Hekate, does someone else live here?"

Natasha keenly noticed that a stranger had arrived. While Hekate was away, she had taken a look inside and found that it was a girl's room.

"Yes, I took in a disciple." Hekate nodded.

Natasha was a little dissatisfied. "Why is it another girl?"

"Hekate, teach me magic too. I want to learn!"

"Then go to school."

"I want to learn from you!"

"Huh?" Hekate scratched her head. Why did Natasha suddenly want to learn magic from her?

She emphasized, "Only if I learn from you will I have the motivation to study."

"...All right. I'll let the dean know."

Very quickly, Hekate completed Natasha's registration, gave her a set of new student clothes, and successfully enrolled her.

Natasha also chose a room here.

When Furia returned that afternoon, she met Natasha and was instantly frightened into nervousness. But a single "Master's Wife" made Natasha blossom with joy, and the way she looked at Furia became much kinder.

On the third day, she drew a Gift of Fate. Trash. Deep Sea Call. A chest of jewels.

On the fourth day, she drew a Gift of Fate. Trash. Deep Sea Call. A chest of pearls and coral.

On the fifth day, she drew a Gift of Fate. Trash. Deep Sea Call. A chest of porcelain.

Half a year later, Hekate successfully broke through to become a 6-star Grand Magus.

After breaking through to Grand Magus, gifts that increased her Magic Level appeared less often.

Hekate did not understand why they had become less frequent. Besides gifts that raised her Magic Level, few other good things appeared either. She could only blame it on her luck getting worse again.

It was also possible that the item Deep Sea Call had taken away some of her luck. She went to the shore every day, and each day brought back one Treasure Chest filled with expensive rare treasures.

The brooch had long since run out of room for all those treasures. Hekate took them home and filled three entire rooms.

The Calilans family could now be said to be richer than a nation. Even Dean Ornis's treasury was not as abundant as theirs.

Count Fortes asked whether she had robbed the treasuries of other kingdoms, but the corrosion marks on the chests proved quite well that these treasures had all come from beneath the water.

Today, after Hekate drew her talent, she headed out toward the shore once more.

As she passed through a dense forest,

several Spatial Blades came flying from ahead. Hekate instinctively stopped short, narrowly avoiding them, but the wide sleeves on both sides could not escape. They were sliced clean off by the Spatial Blades, revealing her fair, slender arms beneath.

Hekate raised a Magic Shield and frowned as she looked ahead.

It was a mage dressed in Silbon Kingdom robes. He held a massive wand in his hand and chanted an incantation, while mana frantically gathered at the tip of his wand.

Hekate directly summoned the Star of Wind Element. With the super-speed boost, her figure vanished in an instant.

The next moment, the mage who had attacked her had his heart pierced by a single punch. Blood spilled from his mouth, and he died beyond any doubt.

Hekate shook her hand. Even a Great Mage dared to ambush her. How ridiculous.

Was the name Storm Mage not famous enough?

She then looked up at the starry sky to learn what had happened.

Bill Mac discovered that you never appeared before the students. To deal with the people of the Peters Kingdom, he told them that you were all show and no substance. Therefore, the Peters Kingdom arranged for a Death Warrior to test you and dressed him in the mage robes of the Silbon Kingdom across the sea. That way, even if he failed, they could shift the blame onto the Silbon Kingdom.

Fuck!

What disgusting politics.

After the Chaos Kingdom was defeated, the Peters Kingdom had seized the most territory.

Now, nearly all of the Chaos Kingdom's northern territory had been occupied by that country. And now they wanted to test her. Testing her was one thing, but dressing the attacker in Silbon Kingdom robes as well? A bunch of disgusting, greedy politicians.

In a while, she would give each of them a Fire Curse Technique. Damn it.

Hekate cursed inwardly and continued flying toward the shore.

If she retaliated immediately, they would connect the Storm Mage with the mysterious Curse Mage, so she had to wait for a while.

When she arrived at the shore again,

Hekate immediately took out the Conch and blew it.

The Giant Octopus came bubbling over to her, spread its tentacles, then shook its head, indicating that all the nearby treasures had already been retrieved.

"So soon?" Hekate was a little surprised. Then she said, "Forget it. If there are no treasures, just find me something valuable. I won't come next time."

The Giant Octopus nodded and dove into the sea.

After waiting for about an hour,

the Octopus Monster surfaced, carrying a giant chicken egg in its tentacles. The egg's surface was covered in magical runes that flickered bright and dim like breathing.

Hekate froze for a moment and asked, "What is this?"

The octopus scratched its smooth, slippery head with a tentacle, indicating that it did not know. It had found the thing in a very deep underwater cavern, and it thought it was valuable, so it had brought it back.

Hekate picked up the chicken egg, which was nearly half as large as she was, and suspected that it contained the young of some Deep Sea Monster.

After bidding farewell to the Octopus Monster, she brought the egg back to the Astrology Tower.