As if thunder had exploded on level ground, Daina felt heat coursing through her entire body and found it hard to breathe. She struggled for a while before recovering, gasping hoarsely.
After a long while, Daina felt rested enough. She lit an oil lamp and examined the spot between her brows in a bronze mirror.
Fine silver patterns were clearly visible beneath the lamplight. After studying them carefully for quite some time and finding that they did not affect her appearance, Daina finally set half her worries aside.
She began studying the Spellbook. At her command, it turned its pages automatically. As she sensed the first page, she immediately learned from the information Ace had left behind about the features of each page in the Spellbook.
They were, respectively, the ritual page, the control and retrieval page, the Rune Tome page, the Spellbook page, the magic diary page, and the information transmission page. On the back cover was a spell for directional incomplete transformation.
Daina gently stroked the Spellbook and turned to the second page. She activated its small-scale retrieval ability, targeting herself. The magic stored within the Spellbook's spine began to flow, and the spell activated. Daina felt as though something were staring at her, and she could not help shivering.
Daina gave it a try, but found nothing unusual. She focused her attention on the second page, and words surfaced upon it.
Contractor Daina. Maximum mental power: 0.8. Current mental power: 0.4. Maximum stamina: 0.3. Current constitution: 0.2. Sleep of more than 6 hours is recommended.
Looking at the words displayed on the page, she yawned. She really should get some proper sleep. Whatever it was, it could wait until tomorrow.
*So warm. It feels like someone is talking to me. Don't make so much noise—I still want