dmims Chapter 32: Are Humans Really Animals?
Chapter 32: Are Humans Really Animals?
The following days were quite uneventful. Even after becoming the Water Saint, Loki continued to train and study every day as before. Moreover, even though Cinderella didn't mention it, Loki didn't tell anyone that she had become the Water Saint.
Even Lanleta didn't have it...
You must remain humble!
Yes, humility!
Since what happened before, Loki has realized the importance of humility... after all, only humility can keep one cautious.
And stop caring so much about what others say about...childish things...
And contrary to what I imagined, the teacher didn't look down on me or treat me like a child. On the contrary... the teacher valued me quite a bit... even...
Well!
For some reason, just thinking about her teacher makes Luo Qixi's cheeks burn... It's all because of her teacher's behavior back then...
Although the teacher didn't do it again after that day, this incident undoubtedly had a huge impact on Luo Qixi's heart.
"Luo Qixi...Luo Qixi?"
"Um, teacher...!" Lokishi, who had been lost in thought, came back to her senses and looked at Cinderella, who was sitting in front of her.
"Today's lesson is about Saint-level magic..." Cidelyn looked at her student, who had been somewhat absent-minded lately, and shook her head: "What do you know about Saint-level magic?"
"..."
"Luo Qixi!"
"Ah... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, teacher!" Loki's mind seemed to have wandered off somewhere again. Looking at her somewhat dazed and confused face, Cinderella raised her eyebrows helplessly.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah... I wasn't thinking about anything, I wasn't thinking about anything." For some reason, as soon as Cinderella spoke, Loki seemed to panic and lowered her head, then frantically clutched the hem of her clothes.
Cinderella didn't quite understand why... After a few seconds of silence, she slowly said, "Are you sick?"
As she spoke, she reached out to touch Luo Qixi's forehead, but her clumsy student suddenly lurched backward and fell to the ground.
Looking at her disheveled student, Cinderella wondered if she had really hired a fool.
"Teacher... I'm not sick... I'm not sick..." Luo Qixi muttered as she got up, then slapped her face quite hard.
"Concentrate! You need to concentrate!"
Sidley, who had overheard her whispers perfectly, flipped through the book in front of her with a blank expression.
"Let's continue with the previous question... What do you know about Saint-level magic?"
"Saint-level magic...is far more powerful and consumes more mana than upper, middle, and lower-level magic..." Loki said slowly, "and its application scenarios have also changed."
"As a holy-level magic, it mostly deals with large-scale wars, rather than small-scale battles."
"Hmm." Catherine nodded gently. This slow learner of hers, aside from anything else, had a pretty good memory.
Seeing Sidrin nod, Loki pursed her lips and continued, "So, to some extent, Saint-level magic is far less practical than ordinary low-level magic."
Her words made Cinderella raise an eyebrow slightly: "Wait a minute, Loki."
"Huh?"
Seeing Loki's slightly confused look, Catherine asked, "Do you remember that water balloon experiment?"
"Ah... I remember, teacher." Of course, Luo Qixi remembered; she was still constantly using water spheres to train her magic power. But why did the teacher suddenly bring it up...?
"The size of the water sphere changes depending on the amount of magic power," Catherine said calmly. "And what about the ice spear?"
"Loki... didn't you realize when you used the Saint-level magic 'Eternal Freeze Ice Lance'... that the ice lance you unleashed was actually far more powerful than its original Saint-level magic power?"
"Hmm..." Luo Qixi really hadn't noticed, or rather, she didn't have time to notice, after all, in that situation... her mind was only focused on that...
Ah... just thinking about that insect sent shivers down her spine.
"So, Lokishi," Sidlin said, looking at her expressionlessly, "the more magic power is infused, the stronger the magic will be."
"This is how low-level magic is used..." she said, coughing. "The more magic you have, the more magic you inject, and the faster you inject it... the stronger the magic you cast will be."
"Even a basic water magic sphere, if you pour all your magic power into it... will be just as powerful as a holy-level magic."
"But teacher..." Luo Qixi asked immediately, as if she had just realized something, "Won't this take too long?"
"That's right."
Catherine hadn't expected her student to be so clever... she actually knew how to apply what she learned to other situations...
amazing.
"Therefore, this technique is generally used when you are safe enough." Cinderella nodded slightly: "For example, a sneak attack before the start of a battle... or when there are vanguards holding off the enemy."
"I understand, teacher..." Luo Qixi nodded thoughtfully. Strictly speaking, she knew this too, but... it was just a subconscious reaction; she had never consciously acted this way before...
She glanced at her staff, seemingly eager to try it out.
However… after looking at the brand-new wall next to the teacher, she decided to forget about it.
Watching her movements, Catherine shrugged and leaned back in her chair, saying, "Besides this matter, there's something else I'd like to discuss with you today."
"Um?"
"How long have you been my student?"
"Eight...eight months." Luo Qixi quickly calculated the dates: from December of last year to July of this year, exactly eight months.
"Hmm... In eight months, your body should have been almost completely transformed." Cinderella's words surprised Loki.
"Modify...modify?" She subconsciously touched her body, but felt no change whatsoever...
"That's right." Catherine nodded and said calmly, "Do you think vampires really just drink blood?"
"Then... what else?" To be honest, Luo Qixi had absolutely no knowledge of her teacher's race. The only thing she knew was that her teacher was nocturnal, could fly, and surprisingly lacked common sense... and of course, liked to drink blood.
Upon hearing this, Catherine shrugged and said, "No, no."
"For vampires, drinking blood is not just a simple act of eating, but also a form of sexual intercourse."
"Huh?" Luo Qixi immediately thought she had misheard.
"Enjoying intercourse is natural..."
"So you weren't wrong, teacher?!"
"Of course I didn't say anything wrong." Cinderella looked at Loki's face, which quickly turned red, with a bit of a puzzlement. "What's so...surprising about that?"
"That only applies to us vampires," Catherine shrugged. "It's different for you."
"Yes...it's different...but teacher..." Luo Qixi didn't know what she was struggling with. Her lips were clearly...but the word "intercourse" was just...
"Okay, I understand." Seeing her expression, Cinderella understood what her clueless student was thinking. She paused and said, "I won't use the word 'intercourse' anymore."
"If you switch to mating, would you...?"
"It's not a matter of words!" Luo Qixi said, blushing and clutching her clothes tightly. "And don't talk about it like an animal... an animal."
Aren't humans animals?
Sidley blinked and looked at Loki with a puzzled expression.
"Alright then, let's put this aside for now." After thinking for a moment, she coughed. "What I wanted to say was..."
"After prolonged blood-feeding, your body has undergone some changes... your blood is more active."
"In other words, you've become tastier... and you can use simple blood magic now."
"Blood...magic?"