Chapter 28: Intermission Practice

Chapter 28: Interval Practice

Listening to the rising and falling gasps of breath behind her, Moran felt, inexplicably, that she was no longer alone.

For the three of them, the consumption caused by magic infusion was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

Even Moran, whose mana had not yet fully recovered, did not eat any breadfruit at this time, which did not affect her practice state at all.

The three of them were also the first to be able to steadily turn the developing paper into a uniform deep green.

The bell in the clock tower struck twelve. By the time class ended, the other little witches were also gradually able to use the magic infusion technique passably.

Although the developing paper in front of the little witches varied in shade, they were indeed all a uniform green.

Ms. Amisha dismissed the class with satisfaction, but before leaving, she did not forget to remind them

"The first time you activate your energy vision must be under the supervision of an adult witch. Do not attempt it on your own during lunch break. If something goes wrong, at best your vision will decline, and at worst, you will go blind!"

After confirming that every little witch had heard her words, she left with peace of mind, having no intention of supervising them further.

As soon as Ms. Amisha left, many little witches stood up from their seats.

"I'm stuffed! I need to go for a stroll to digest this! Otherwise, I won't be able to eat a single bite of breadfruit this afternoon!"

"Me too!"

"I want to go to the washroom."

"Coming with you!"

...

In a short while, more than half of the classroom was empty.

Not a single little witch allowed curiosity to drive them to take risks with their own eyeballs.

Moran was not surprised by this.

She had long realized that these little witches were much more mature than children of the same age on Blue Star in her previous life.

She also went to the washroom with Vasida and Sylph.

Then, she returned to the classroom for lunch.

Vasida and Sylph ate breadfruit cake, while Moran continued to gnaw on breadfruit.

After filling their stomachs, Vasida and Sylph both wanted to wander around the castle.

Moran, however, shook her head: "You two go ahead. I want to practice magic infusion a bit more."

"But haven't you already passed?" Vasida asked, puzzled.

"But there are different shades of green. We have only mastered one level of magic infusion. I think practicing more should help improve our control over mana," Moran said.

"There's no rush for this right now... Once we learn more magic and use mana more often, our control will naturally improve, right?"

Sylph also didn't quite understand.

Having sat in the classroom facing the developing paper for two hours, she much preferred to get some fresh air in the castle gardens.

"More practice is always beneficial," Moran said. "You two go! But could I borrow your developing paper?"

This way, she wouldn't have to wait for the thirty-second recovery interval.

"You can use it!" Since she was so determined, Vasida and Sylph did not insist.

Once the two of them left, Moran was truly the only one left in the classroom.

Moran continued to attempt magic infusion.

At first, she tried to turn the developing paper into various shades of uniform green.

Later, she increased the difficulty, turning it into uniform various yellows and reds.

Finally, she even controlled her mana output to make the developing paper present different red, yellow, and green clusters or patterns according to her will and thoughts.

While her own developing paper was in its recovery period, she would practice at Vasida and Sylph's seats.

Rotating between the three pieces of developing paper greatly improved her efficiency.

Through practice after practice, she gained a deeper understanding of her own mana.

She developed a clear perception of how much mana and what kind of output speed would produce what kind of effect on the developing paper.

Moran knew that the color changes on the developing paper were specific to magic infusion.

Practicing stable mana output to make the paper red, yellow, or various other colors would not be of much help to her future spellcasting, as she would have different mana output requirements then.

However, this kind of training allowed her to better control her power, master the state of calm spellcasting, and freely restrain her thoughts.

Even though she had not yet seen her first card, there was no doubt that the groove in the middle of her Book of Cards was a voracious consumer of mana.

Recalling that day, the reason her mana had poured out uncontrollably was not just because it was her first time mobilizing mana and her emotions were volatile, lacking control.

It was also because the card slot's attraction to mana was too great. Half of it was her failure to realize she needed to control it, and the other half was simply being sucked dry by the slot.

Moran absolutely did not want to try getting herself dizzy like that again.

After much thought, she could only practice mana control more by herself.

Vasida and Sylph returned after a stroll around.

With a cursory glance at the developing paper in front of Moran, they saw a sea of red, yellow, and green.

Full of questions, they wondered: why was she getting worse the more she practiced?

Moran, however, withdrew her hand with satisfaction: "You're back? How was it?"

"Most places are not open to us yet, even the library is like that. Currently, only some empty classrooms can be entered, and there isn't much to see. We just wandered around the castle's small garden and came back; it's quite beautiful," Sylph said. "But Moran, why is your practice getting more..."

"Look! Doesn't this look like a painting of a hillside covered in blooming poppies and wild chrysanthemums?" Moran said as if presenting a treasure. "There are too few colors, and I can't mix them yet, so you have to look closely to see it."

Only then did Vasida and Sylph look closely.

"It really does look a bit like poppies and wild chrysanthemums!"

"The varying shades of green really do give a sense of grass."

Although somewhat crude, it was indeed not a chaotic mess of randomly arranged colors.

"Moran! Did you make the developing paper look like this on purpose?" Vasida asked in surprise.

"Mhm!" Moran said. "Not bad, right? It's a pity that practicing to this level with developing paper is the limit."

Sylph nodded. "We were only gone for a little over an hour, and you can already paint on the developing paper with mana. That's amazing!"

"Compared to this, our practice is too superficial!" Vasida said.

"There's still some time before class starts, you can practice more!" Moran said. "It's very useful!"

"Mhm!" Vasida and Sylph could no longer stand idle and began to practice as well.

Moran did not rest either; she took a few bites of breadfruit and continued to infuse the developing paper with different intensities to deepen the impression.

Not long after, Aes and Alba returned to the classroom, chatting and laughing.

As they were talking, they suddenly saw Moran and the other two sitting neatly in their seats, heads down, practicing magic infusion!

They were so silent that the others only just noticed them.

Aes asked Alba uncertainly, "Class hasn't started yet, has it?"

She even glanced at the podium, otherwise, she might have thought Ms. Amisha had arrived.

Alba shook her head. "I haven't heard the two o'clock bell! And Ms. Amisha isn't here either."