"Have you filled out all the forms?"
Behind the counter, the beautiful Demonfolk woman asked for confirmation.
"Yes."
Cui Ciyou carefully stacked the four parchment forms and handed them over.
"Next, please place your hand on this Magic Device Board to synchronize your magic power and register your information."
As the clerk spoke, she reached beneath the counter,
and took out a tablet polished from some kind of transparent crystal, roughly half the size of an A4 sheet of paper.
A layer of silver metal with a mysterious sheen encased its edges.
At its very center was an extremely complex magic circle, emitting a faint blue glow.
Beneath the crystal board lay a blank card made from an unknown metal.
It was much the same size as the credit cards Cui Ciyou had used in his previous life.
"What's this...?" Sylphy leaned closer, curious.
"It's a Magic Registration Device," the Demonfolk clerk patiently explained.
"It reads each person's unique soul fluctuations and magic power characteristics."
"As well as the basic information you just entered on your forms."
"Then it encrypts that information and imprints it into the metal card below."
"That creates a unique Adventurer Card belonging exclusively to you."
"I'll go first," Cui Ciyou volunteered.
He extended his right hand and gently, steadily pressed it against the magic circle glowing softly blue at the center of the crystal board.
However, the dazzling display of brilliant light and appearing information he had imagined never happened.
Instead, the complex magic circle on the crystal board merely flickered violently twice.
Then its soft blue light rapidly dimmed, like a candle flame buffeted by fierce winds.
It was as though some irresistible force had forcibly cut off its core energy supply.
"Hm?"
The Demonfolk clerk looked a little surprised, her graceful brows drawing