Chapter 114 - Second Evolution

"Fifth day, I hope the evolution's done by now," Gem said wishfully before opening her eyes.

[Evolution 100% Completed! Congratulations to you, our latest Astral holder!] Lady announced which was then followed by Mr. Gemini's congratulatory remark.

[Good work for enduring all of the pain, Master.]

"Good work for being lucky, I guess." Gem said after recalling all the anxiety she had every time she would spin the roulette of death or life by drinking the potions whenever she desperately needed them to complete her tasks or just simply for sleeping.

[Now that you've finished the 2nd level of Evolution, I hope you can find the keys to the locked storages in your Salamandite, Master.]

"I hope so too, Mr. Gemini." Gem said and stepped out of the bed to celebrate the end of her nightmare..

"I'm free-!" Gem exclaimed while spinning around happily.

"Good morning Gem!-" Venedette exclaimed excitedly after opening the door to surprise Gem with the cupcake she baked earlier that morning.

But instead of Gem being the surprised one, Venedette froze in the air after seeing the peculiar color of Gem's eyes that almost made her drop the cupcake she was carrying in her hands.

"W-Wh... What happened to y-your?-" Venedette stuttered while blinking so hard just to confirm if what she was seeing was real and not just an illusion.

"Venedette!" Gem exclaimed and skipped towards her but was immediately stopped when Venedette put her hands between them.

"Geeeem!" Fily's voice echoed from along the hallways which were then battled by Petunia's voice that also shouted her name.

'What are those two doing?' Gem thought and peeked behind Venedette only to see Fily and Petunia racing along the hallways with Petunia's gummy bear and Fily's new flying scooter.

And upon seeing Gem's peculiar white eyes, Petunia and Fily almost bumped into each other for both being too shocked.

"G-Gem," Venedette called to her after putting down a plate of cupcakes on the table beside the door.

"Hmm?" Gem answered innocently.

"Come here," Venedette said and brought Gem in front of the mirror while Fily and Petunia both followed after them.

"Your eyes," Fily said and stared at the mirror in front of them on the right side of Gem while Venedette was on the left and Petunia on top of Gem with her Gummy cloud.

"M-My eyes." Gem said while staring blankly at the mirror who was showing her the reflection of a blonde girl with clear white eyes as if her black pupils were both covered with white color.

Somehow, Gem could still imagine the black in her eyes, but whenever she blinked and all she could see in the mirror was white, Gem knew there was no turning back now. This was the effect of her evolution and there's nothing she could do about it anymore.

"It's so pretty," Petunia said while seemingly being mesmerized by Gem's clear eyes.

"It's weird," Fily remarked while looking weirdly at Petunia for making a weird remark.

"Wait," Venedette said and inspected Gem's eyes on the mirror even more.

"I meant the reflection of my Gummy in her eyes." Petunia said to Fily as if defending herself.

"Let me see," Venedette said and faced Gem to her.

"What is it?" Gem said in confusion.

"It's not white. I could see a pinch of baby blue in there."

"Let me see," Fily said and faced Gem to her this time. "It's still weird." She remarked before letting go of Gem.

"I wonder what's next." Gem said while sulking a little bit for having a weird feature that will make her stand out more in the crowd.

"Don't worry, you can just wear contact lenses if you don't like it," Venedette said and smiled at her before grabbing the plate of cupcakes she left beside the door.

"Here, try this cupcake I baked this morning!" Venedette said while trying to lift up the mood which Gem noticed.

"Wow!" Gem said and admired the blue icing on the cake. 'I wish my eyes are this color, at least.'

[Wish granted.] Mr. Gemini suddenly said, which stopped Gem from moving.

'Wait, I can make wishes like that?' Gem said in confusion which Mr. Gemini did not answer.

Right after Mr. Gemini's announcement of her wish being granted, Gem suddenly felt a cooling sensation in her eyes which made her close it for a few minutes, and then, boom! Her eyes were now turquoise blue!

"Gem!!! Your eyes turned blue!!" Fily said which surprised Venedette once again.

"What? How? Wow, that's cool!" Petunia said and sat properly on her cloud on top of Gem's head once again to see the sudden transformation in the mirror.

Venedette and Fily also went back to the same position while Gem was just staring silently at herself while holding the cupcake which was now the same color as her eyes.

But then, instead of the turquoise color, Gem decided she wanted her eye color to be the same color as her Salamandite necklace instead so she wished for it.

'Can I have the same color as my Salamandite instead?' Gem said to Mr. Gemini in her mind which Mr. Gemini immediately did without saying anything.

"Whoa!! That's so awesome!" Petunia exclaimed and tried copying Gem's action of closing her eyes and opening with a different color this time.

"I wonder if my hair has the same ability…" Gem said and thought the same wish to her hair which sent her an electrifying cool feeling on her scalp until the tip of her tailbone while transforming.

"OH MY GOSH!!! That's so awesome Gem!!!" Petunia exclaimed even more while Venedette and Fily were just silently admiring Gem's new ability to change her hair and eye colors.

"I wonder what part of my body would be next?" Gem thought to herself while giggling in front of the mirror with the girls.

"Imagine being able to change your skin color!" Petunia said and rolled around her cloud out of excitement.

'But before that happens, I would need to unlock more Energy slimes first or suffer under the same painful experience of that bare Evolution without the slimes.' Gem thought to herself while finally being able to appreciate her new subtle abilities and blue features.