A Puppet Master in the DanMachi World

Cold words, warm heart.

In the original Seven Days of Death, Alfia seized Ais's sword and used swordsmanship against her while fighting Ais and the others.

As a result, after Ais showed an anxious expression, Alfia returned the sword to her and felt guilty about "snatching things from children."

In a sense, Alfia's "tyrant" demeanor was merely a facade, a protective coloration she had adopted to protect herself.

She was actually very kind, just like her younger sister.

She had strong opinions and an unwavering heart.

It was simply that one was soft on the outside but strong within, while the other was strong both inside and out.

Without continuing the conversation, Ming Ge began meditating to restore his mana.

With the aid of a mental recovery potion, he soon recovered once more and used magic to make further adjustments.

Although every level-up through Divine Blessing was an ascension of both body and mind, the fundamental structure remained unchanged.

As Ming Ge examined and adjusted himself, he grew ever more astonished by the effects of Divine Blessing.

His physical structure had clearly not changed, yet his strength had risen by a great deal. It was practically an ascension of life achieved without major genetic alterations.

During this process, Ming Ge also obtained a great deal of data.

That was, magic used to strengthen himself—magic that adjusted bodily functions—could likewise be used to adjust his own body and strengthen it on that basis.

In a sense, this was bodily modification, far more effective than improving through training.

Imprint Cluster Blueprint

That night, Ming Ge lay on the bed, completely drained and unable to fall asleep.

He could hear sounds from the room next door. The sisters' soft conversation was exceptionally clear to his ears.

"So lonely... I want to sleep hugging Meitellia too."

His mental strength drained, Ming Ge sighed.

Having grown used to Meitellia's presence, he felt lonely after only a short while.

Especially when he thought of the two sisters sleeping together without him, he felt even lonelier.

"I should study meditation methods instead."

If he updated the magical formula that suppressed skill effects, his mana would definitely be insufficient.

That was because the update he intended to make was not an update to imprint magic itself, but a clustering process.

In other words, it was ultimate magic that gathered multiple elements of the same and different types and fused them into one.

Layer upon layer, making it massive. It could also be called nesting-doll magic.

Or—an array.

Ming Ge had already thought of several methods to quickly meet the requirements.

In truth, he had considered some of these methods before. Only now had the conditions been preliminarily met.

First: mana quality training.

Improving the quality of mana was a long-term process: using mana, consuming mana, restoring mana.

By repeating this process, one could improve mana quality.

But Ming Ge had another idea as well: a mental training method.

By actively condensing his mana and tempering it through magical effects, he could rapidly improve its quality.

Especially its density.

To achieve this, mana control was absolutely indispensable.

Condensing mana and controlling magical effects—the former required mana control in order to fully charge it, while the latter required controlling the intensity and technique of the training to avoid injuring himself.

Physical training was already painful enough. Mental training would likely be even worse.

The second method was mana recovery.

Using the adjustment and restoration of bodily functions as a foundation, he could perform dual adjustments to both body and mind, thereby recovering quickly, or restore mana by overtaxing himself.

The moment he thought this far, Ming Ge became sleepy.

He had spent the entire day in the Dungeon. Although the upper floors were not especially dangerous, he still had to remain vigilant at all times.

Then, that night, he had used recovery potions several times and drained his mental strength. He was already exhausted.

"Good night."

Ming Ge closed his eyes.

Soon, the next day arrived.

Ming Ge had always been a late riser, and he did not get up until eight-thirty.

After washing up and leaving the basement for the church, Ming Ge saw the two sisters chatting.

"You're awake?"

Alfia looked at Ming Ge with a strange expression. "I've never seen anyone as lazy as you."

"I'm used to it."

Ming Ge yawned. "Besides, I really was tired yesterday."

Alfia had nothing to say.

In truth, the two had already grown much closer. Compared to how she had initially been unwilling to pay him any attention and had even looked at him coldly, Alfia was much cuter now.

"Don't mind it. You're Meitellia's older sister, so no matter how tired I am, I'll help you."

Ming Ge smiled. "According to my calculations, the adjustment of your bodily functions should be completed tomorrow. During that process, I'll redesign the imprint magic."

Imprint magic was a type of magic, not merely magic that suppressed skill effects.

In fact, suppressing skill effects was only one type of imprint. Ming Ge intended to use it as a foundation to construct a Yin Seal capable of storing mana.