After the Flesh Beacon vanished, Ivette lost her view inside Tertia's Divine Realm.
In truth, the Flesh Beacon could have lasted quite a while longer, but to conserve Aberration Magic, she swiftly created a secondary marker, swapped it with the one inside, recovered the remaining Aberration Magic, and avoided unnecessary waste.
She had always been frugal in such matters.
Then she looked to the side.
Lucia was already fast asleep against her chest. Clearly, the night's ordeal had dealt her a tremendous mental blow; she had cried herself to sleep. As for Anya, fortunately, her fatal wound had not been to the head. As long as the biological brain remained intact, as the inheritor of Black Tower Pharmaceuticals' technology, Ivette could pull Anya back from even the gravest injuries. Besides, her Shadow Tendrils possessed Devouring, deconstruction, and Mimicry abilities. She could craft new organs right there on the spot, with absolutely no risk of rejection.
Once she had finished everything, she swept them up with wind magic and vanished into the cold, rainy night with the two unconscious girls.
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After a night of wind and rain, Flowering Street, twenty kilometers from Beast Spirit Academy, remained peaceful. Morning light shone through the glass windows of Scholar's Haven Apartments, illuminating dust floating in the air. The street below had already awakened, and the steady hiss of vapor through magical energy pipes could faintly be heard.
When Lucia woke up, she was already lying in a bed in the apartment bedroom.
She stared blankly at the ceiling before her for a long time without moving. Only then did she notice Ivette in the room from the corner of her eye.
She had returned to her chestnut short-haired appearance and was reclining in a cushioned chair by the window, quietly reading a thick