Chapter 425: Fairy Form |
“Shaping Manifestation—”
Chanting the incantation, a stream of emerald light continuously surged out from Janna’s palm. The healing-exclusive threads of magical energy, condensed through 【Shaping Spell】, gradually formed.
“Hm?”
Since she already had prior experience using magical threads to examine the Deep Sea Mermaid’s bodily structure, this time Janna smoothly immersed all the magical threads into the body of the 【Oak Dryad】.
However, when Janna cast the 【Mental Perception】 witchcraft, using her spiritual tendrils to sense the soul state of the 【Oak Dryad】, that familiar laughter once again echoed within her mind.
“Is this a mental-type magic?”
The 【Oak Dryad】, being one of the “collections” in the 【Museum of Transfiguration】 that also possessed active traits, had long since fallen into a “deathly silence” due to prolonged sealing. Yet, the integrity of its soul remained remarkably high.
Therefore, when Janna probed into the 【Oak Dryad】 with 【Mental Perception】 witchcraft, she inevitably became affected by it. “Fortunately, my soul has long been stabilized under the influence of the 【Spirit Phase Travel】 talent. Even if the 【Oak Dryad】 were to awaken, it would not be able to affect me. It’s just——”
Still, whenever Janna heard that laughter, her emotions became abnormally irritable, making it easy for her to lose control of the magical threads.
At those words, Janna withdrew her control over the magical threads and turned toward Lawrence-Ema.
“Please take a look.”
“Thank you.”
Contrary to Janna’s expectation of a thick stack of documents, what Lawrence-Ema finally handed to her was merely a parchment scroll.
“So it’s a Magic Scroll—.”
Sensing the magical fluctuations radiating from the scroll, Janna deftly cast 【Magic Reading】 to decipher its contents.
“Hm? It really is the 【Law of Love】?”
Though the Magic Scroll looked small, the contents inside were surprisingly extensive. After about half an hour of reading with 【Magic Reading】, Janna finally reached the section regarding the soul studies of the 【Oak Dryad】.
From the scroll, she learned that the 【Oak Dryad】, much like the 【Abyssal Succubus】, had been favored by the 【Law of Love】 ever since its birth.
Because of this, the 【Law of Love】 naturally enhanced its ability to induce and amplify emotional influence. Thus, whenever Janna approached the 【Oak Dryad】, she was affected by its soul’s magnetic field, becoming extremely irritable.
“What a troublesome ability.”
Beyond the introduction to the 【Law of Love】, the scroll also detailed the 【Oak Dryad】’s bodily structure, elemental attributes, and more.
In fact, in the latter half of the scroll, there was even a dedicated section analyzing the theory of 【Elemental Interactions】 among plant-type extraordinary creatures, as well as instructions on the technique of 【Soul Conversion】—a remarkably thorough explanation.
But as a plant-type witch herself, Janna had no worries about elemental compatibility. The only challenge for her was overcoming the negative emotional influence of the 【Law of Love】 while quickly grasping the plant-like bodily structure of the 【Oak Dryad】 and completing the simulation of its soul form. “Hoo—”
Exhaling deeply, Janna closed the scroll and once again set her gaze upon the distant 【Oak Dryad】.
“The time is about right. It’s time to begin the second round of simulation——”
The next morning, at dawn.
Because the 【Museum of Transfiguration】 did not distinguish between day and night, Janna relied only on her biological clock and the pocket watch she carried to tell the time. At precisely 7:30 a.m., she opened her eyes, awakening from a state of deep meditation.
“Everchanging Form.”
Having fully restored both her magical power and spirit power overnight, Janna wasted no time after waking. She immediately began chanting the incantation for 【Basic Transfiguration】.
As the spell concluded, Janna’s figure rapidly shrank amid a violent surge of magical power. In mere moments, her body had shrunk to the size of a palm.
Next, her wings unfurled. From her back grew a pair of semi-transparent, light-green “Fairy Wings,” while her wizard robe transformed into oak leaves.
“Flap—”
The “Fairy Wings” vibrated lightly. In the blink of an eye, Janna, now transfigured into 【Fairy Form】, seemed to vanish entirely, leaving no trace of her presence.
Only upon the second blink did Janna, in the form of the 【Oak Dryad】, reappear at her original position.
“No wonder even Wind-Element magical beasts are left in awe. With just the naked eye, it’s impossible to track the trajectory of a fairy’s flight——”
Not only the naked eye—even Janna herself sometimes suspected that after transfiguring into 【Fairy Form】, while maintaining high-speed flight, she might have already acquired certain traits of 【Spatial Movement】.
“Bang—” As the gates of the 【Museum of Transfiguration】 opened, Janna, who had stayed inside for a full twenty-four hours, stepped out.
“Professor Mage, I’ve finished.”
“Mm, did it go smoothly?”
“More or less. At least now I can fully transfigure into the 【Oak Dryad】 form—”
Seeing Lilith-Mage already waiting at the entrance of the 【Museum of Transfiguration】, Janna felt touched. She truthfully reported her progress to Lilith-Mage.
“Good. Then let’s go.”
Click— A long 【Spatial Rift】 opened once more. Without the slightest hesitation, Lilith-Mage, having received Janna, stepped directly into the rift, taking her away from the 【Museum of Transfiguration】.
“What are you looking at?”
Louisto-Tulan, who had also just stepped out of the 【Museum of Transfiguration】, noticed Janna’s departing figure and couldn’t help showing a trace of disappointment in his eyes.
At that moment, Hela-Helheim, who happened to be exiting the 【Museum of Transfiguration】 as well, saw the unusual emotion in Louisto-Tulan’s eyes and casually asked him a question.
“Nothing.”
Caught off guard by Hela-Helheim’s sudden question, Louisto-Tulan coughed awkwardly before taking out a 【Flying Broom】.
“Want to head back together?”
“Sure.”
With that, Hela-Helheim also drew out a 【Flying Broom】 similar to Louisto-Tulan’s from her interdimensional storage ring.
“I remember you hadn’t taken the 【Flight License】 exam before.”
Seeing Hela-Helheim’s broom, Louisto-Tulan raised his brow slightly.
“I just got it last month—.”