"Boss! Boss is awake, meow!"
When Aibo woke up groggily, he found himself lying in Porlyusica's long-unseen house.
How did I end up here? I remember I was...
Crap! This is bad! Don't tell me I'm about to die of embarrassment!!?
Aibo's heart skipped a beat. He immediately sat up and saw a circle of people gathered around him.
Cana, Erza, Mira, Levy, Wendy... Even the Guild Master and Grandma Porlyusica were here?
Aibo's heart pounded wildly, but he vaguely sensed that something was off. He asked in confusion, "What... happened to me?"
"Waaah! Aibo, you're finally awake! You scared me to death!"
With slightly reddened eyes, Cana hugged Aibo tightly and explained in a trembling voice, "You suddenly passed out, and no matter how we called you, you wouldn't wake up. If Virgo hadn't carried you back to the guild, who knows what might have happened..."
At that moment, Porlyusica stepped before Aibo and calmly explained, "You are suffering from severe magic power saturation. Your body is constantly absorbing the surrounding magic power, but the capacity inside your body is limited. The magic power you cannot store keeps affecting your fragile body. If it weren't for that magic on you that continuously consumes magic power, you might not even have woken up."
"Oh, so that's what happened. It must be the effect of Meditation. I'll stop it for a... uh..."
Aibo's face went pale as he realized he could no longer control the Meditation skill. Meditation was continuously activating on its own. He could feel the surrounding magic power constantly pouring into his body, with nowhere to vent it. It coursed through his body relentlessly, and even his skin was constantly stinging.
"I don't think I can stop it..."
"We drained your magic power several times, but you seem