Ever since Ultear pledged her allegiance, Aibo's task for her had been to continue acting as his multi-sided spy and send him any new information.
But this woman often treated Aibo like an emotional dumping ground, sending him huge walls of messages every now and then, babbling endlessly. Occasionally, she would deliberately or unintentionally tease him, drifting further and further down the road of begging to be shocked.
Aibo's assessment was that she had spent too long in a Dark Guild and become sexually repressed.
Ultear was the sort of woman who was annoyingly shameless. He could not treat her too well, or she might bite back, but he could not treat her too badly either, because Aibo was afraid she would enjoy it.
So whenever Ultear messaged him, Aibo usually ignored her and only replied with a few words now and then. His whole approach was to stay cool and aloof.
As for the things he had promised Ultear, Aibo would naturally do them, but he was in no hurry. After all, getting there would only take an instant.
More importantly, he had something else to deal with.
The black box's analysis of Lullaby had finally produced results—Aibo had gained a new skill: [Curse Arts LV1].
[Curse Arts] was a way of using emotional energy. This skill could enhance the amplification effect emotions had on magic power. Unfortunately, it did not suit Aibo at all, since he rarely experienced emotional fluctuations in battle.
But that did not mean the skill was useless. On the contrary, it was extremely useful!
After obtaining this skill, Aibo gradually came to understand what [Emotion Power] truly was.
Aibo's understanding of magic increased ↑
Aibo discovered that [Emotion Power] was actually a special kind of [magic power]. In essence, it was a special form