By the time I returned to Thunderstar Fort, it was already afternoon. As usual, Bing Zi appeared before Mirai after opening the door to the baron's residence.
"Master Mirai, you're back!"
Hearing Bing Zi's voice warmed Mirai's heart. Though he had not been "Mirai" before, this was, after all, Mirai's home.
"Mm, I'm back."
As he answered, he reached out to touch Bing Zi's face, but she took a slight step back and avoided him. It was something "he" had always wanted to do, but ever since Bing Zi turned fourteen, he could no longer touch her body as he pleased.
Bing Zi's face flushed, but she was not angry. "Master, if there's nothing else, I'll go prepare dinner."
Before Mirai returned, Bing Zi headed toward the restaurant. Mirai felt that Bing Zi seemed to want to show concern for him, yet deliberately avoided him. He believed it was all because "he" had developed endless improper fantasies after seeing Bing Zi's body mature day by day.
After returning to his room on the second floor, Mirai did not lock the door again, since there were no secrets to hide. He also did not want anything else to deepen Bing Zi's misunderstanding, as though he really did bad things in his room.
When Mirai walked to the table and took the magic scroll from his robe, his hand trembled even more than it had when he took out that mysterious red stone last time.
Mastering new magic truly was the lifelong pursuit of every wizard.
As Mirai grew increasingly nervous, the magic scroll gradually unfurled across the table. When a beautiful magic engraving was fully revealed before him, Mirai felt his heart beating twice as fast as usual.
It was a flower-shaped magic engraving. A three-dimensional relief had been imprinted on