What Went Wrong with My Teaching?

Although Toya's portrayal of Cinderella's story was something to look forward to, the Cinderella-related incident before them was far more eye-darkening.

"You just said this was... what?"

Adam scratched his head, unable to figure out how Gabriel had developed such a spell no matter how hard he thought about it.

"Cinderella's Bird Friends."

With a proud expression, Gabriel activated the spell. Two golden-feathered birds flew out of his Grimoire and landed on Gabriel's shoulders, one on each side.

The fluffy little birds chirped away, looking quite adorable.

However, their abilities were nothing like their cute appearance—

Cinderella's story was widely known. The version most familiar to people was probably the one with the fairy godmother, pumpkin carriage, and glass slippers, which was actually the French version.

In the Grimm Brothers' version, Cinderella was not helped by some fairy godmother, but by the two bird friends she communicated with.

Her two sisters did not cut off their toes and heels to fit into the glass slipper either. Instead, they were pecked blind by those two birds.

Thus, the direction of the birds' abilities was easy enough to imagine, especially considering the sort of spells Gabriel had been developing lately...

Yes, the two birds could peck away at an opponent's magic power. The magic power they swallowed would be stored within them at a certain ratio and could be drawn upon by Gabriel at any time.

As long as the amount extracted did not exceed his magic power limit by too much—three times, at most—it could temporarily raise his magic power limit.

Furthermore, once their opponent's magic power had been completely devoured, or when facing a target with no magic power to begin with, the two birds could also peck at their flesh and blood and convert it into magic power.

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