Chapter 206: On Wings of Crimson.

Chapter 206: On Wings of Crimson.

Hmmm, these are certainly the wings of a dragonewt. They are incredibly wide but you still cant use them to fly, Lady Hestia?

Unfortunately, no. I can glide with them without issue, but my problem is maintaining a continuous flight. I can't stop myself from descending, I explained, demonstrating my wing flaps to Thyra. The muscles in my wings havent fully developed yet, and, like a dragon, I need stronger muscles to produce enough lift to stay afloat. By using mana, I can obviously strengthen my muscles to increase my wing beat. I tried it before I injured my mana paths. Sadly, this limitation also applies in both of my forms.

After the ball ended, Duchess Morgiana had invited Saori, Tasianna, Ellaine, and me to come to her mansion in Griffonpeak. My surgery was to be done underneath the mansion, in its basement. After changing out of my dress into a custom-made hospital gown to accommodate my wings, Thyra began looking at them with the curiosity of a scientist.

After asking me for permission, she began touching the webbing, spikes, scales, and even felt my wings musculature. When she touched my back, she began commenting as if she could see my mana paths. When I questioned her about it, she pointed at her elven heritage.

My familys ears and extended lifespan arent the only things weve inherited from our elven ancestors. It isnt as effective as an actual elfs, but our eyes are more attuned to the mana of the world than humans.

Thyra then went silent before posing a question to me. Do you remember how my mother told you that she, my siblings, and I were humans? I nodded to Thyras question. Well, that was a lie. According to the Divine System, we are still half-elves but, due to my ancestors mistake during the War for the Faefolk where they decided to stay neutral during the whole war, the Saelari sealed our racial skills. We are, in a way, only humans now.

I slowly turned my head around after hearing that, baffled that this was House Morgianas punishment for not supporting the elves in the past. Before I could ask her about it, Tasianna spoke up. Your eyes, I noticed this during the ball, but the lines on your eyes mark the seal, correct? I know the elves old sorceries also involved using seals as well as working with elementals.

Tasianna reminded me of how most mages had to use elementals to cast spells before the introduction of the Divine System. This old sorcery, as the elves liked to call it, was the most common method to cast magic. Another method Tasianna knew of was seals, a precursor of todays catalysts and enchantments.

While elementals helped the magician mold their mana into the formers respective element and morph it into a spell, a seal was like a save data of a spell. After inscribing the seal on something, magicians of old would carry them around as a quick backup spell, from which they could shoot spells out by simply pouring their mana into it. In a way, it sounded a bit like runic tattoos.

I can show you an example, Lady Hestia. Thyra stated after noticing my confusion at how it worked. She went out of the room and came back a moment later with a book and parchment in hand. Theyre redundant in todays time due to our advancement in enchantments, catalysts, and runes, but you still see non-mage adventurers buy them from the mages guild from time to time, just to have some magic attack options.

The first thing she showed Saori and me was the scroll, unfurling it to reveal a blue magic circle. Tasianna instantly recognized it. Its [Aqua Prison], she said, to which Thyra nodded. She then poured her mana into the scroll and demonstrated the seal being activated and casting the water spell. After using it, the seal on the scroll disappeared.

Ahhhhh, theyre magic scrolls!

One time used only, that is why these magic scrolls are a good side income source for less talented mages. You can cast spells faster without needing to be trained, so non-mages love buying them, and us mages can set the price high, Thrya explained before opening a grimoire full of these seals. If a mage brought a grimoire with them, it most likely isnt a magic book but a book full of seals, even though its generally frowned upon by trained mages or sorcerers nowadays. Casting faster and more often through your own abilities is the mark of a powerful mage, rather than having the dedication to inscribe seals on hundreds of pages.

Then what does Tasianna mean with the seal in your eyes? Is that really a seal? Unlike the scrolls and the grimoire, yours are just two thick blue lines on each eye, I commented, looking deeper into the girls green eyes.

The scrolls work by sealing a spell in stasis, and adding mana to this particular kind of seal actually causes the seal to break and release the spell., Tasianna mentioned, reminding me what Thyra said in the beginning.

Thyra nodded. A skill-restriction seal based on your blood, aimed at the racial skills given to us by our elven ancestry. Elves are probably the humanoid race with the best magical potential, something their racial abilities and higher magic growth support. Instead of making my House go extinct, our punishment for not siding with the elves during the war was this seal. We still have our extended lifespan and higher magical potential as half-elves but, honestly, its as if we used [Elvenize], hiehie, she giggled before giving a sigh and showing a frown.

[Humanize], [Elvenize], and other similar skills did not grant the user any of the racial skills associated with the race they transform into. Your stats and abilities adapted to your new form, that was why my stats had to be halved in my dragonewt form and I was unable to use my draconic abilities while in human form. Tasianna, for example, didnt have any elven racial skills but her physical stats were increased as an elven body was physically stronger than her original, fairy form.

When I looked at Thyra with sympathy, she waved her hand as if it didnt bother her. Its not that terrible, Lady Hestia. Better than never being born, right? Its a bit unfair that I have to apply this seal on my childrens eyes one day, but, well, the idiocy of my ancestors, right? She showed a strained smile before telling me it was time.

Inside the room, Thyra opened up another door and asked me to go in while Tasianna should leave through the door she used to get the grimoire. Walking through this sparsely decorated fairnite hallway, I ended up at another door and opened it.

What was behind it was a room with a single operating table in it. There wasn't any machinery in there like in a modern-day surgery room, but instead, it gave off that fantasy physician feel with all the books and the alchemy table filled with potions. A set of tools was placed neatly on a clean table and the room was dark except for a single large, adjustable lamp.

Lady Hestia, come in, please. Standing next to the alchemic table was a woman in scrubs, pouring some liquid into a potion bottle before closing it. It was the Duchess. Here you go. Please, drink it.

What is this? I asked, looking at the bottle of broccoli-colored liquid she gave me.

A potion of herculean pain tolerance, Duchess Morgiana answered. During the surgery, measures have to be made to prevent a patients natural regeneration from healing the cuts we make. In addition, the patients pain resistance has to be increased to ensure they wont spasm and complicate the surgery. We use potions for that, especially for healing in case something goes wrong, but because of your skills, I had to make a special potion just for you.

Potion of Herculean Pain Tolerance

A potion that grants after consumption full pain nullification and heightened defensive capabilities. Helps relax muscles during stress-free situations, enhancing resting effectiveness. Severely reduces natural regeneration or healing from skills

The Duchess mentioned my [Abnormal Status Nullification] being an issue for the surgery and made a potion to counter its effect. The potion was there to act like laughing gas, to numb my sense of pain, while also stopping my regeneration from healing the cuts made during my surgery.

Duchess Morgiana mentioned how difficult this potion was to brew, that a normal surgery required less expensive tonics. Since my passive skill [Abnormal Status Nullification] would prevent the individual effects of numbness and natural regeneration decrease, she had to make a potion which buffed me. This potion was made by the elves to find a loophole in the system.

Mana surgery is primarily an elven craft. My House still has the books needed to continuously train more surgeons, so any mana surgeon you meet in Artorias will most likely have been trained by us.

At my questioning, Duchess Morgiana confirmed that healing spells and health potions could override the regeneration reduction and that Saori, Tasianna, and Ellaine were watching my surgery through a large glass window. This was her way to show she didnt have any malicious intent and wasnt gonna dissect me after the potion turned me numb.

After Thyra entered the room in her scrubs, the mother and daughter duo told me to lay on the table after drinking the potions theyd laid out on the alchemy table. As they disinfected their hands, I shrugged and drank the potion. The disgusting medicinal taste was incredibly prominent and I felt the need to puke. After sticking my tongue out and showing a thumbs up to my friends staring from outside the room, I went to the operating table and laid down on my stomach.

While the Duchess gave Thyra a last-minute pep talk and instructions on how to lead the surgery, I started to feel the potions effects in full force.

[Potion of Herculean Pain Tolerance] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Gosh, I could go to sleep.

Okay, Lady Hestia, are you ready? Has the potion settled in, yet? Thyra asked, to which I attempted to say yes, but the numbness had already spread to my mouth. I said desch and Thyra nodded, satisfied.

The Duchess continued, If you wish to stay awake during the whole operation then please nod, Lady Hestia. I did as she said. Alright. Usually, a surgery would require more pairs of hands than two. I had revealed your information to my husband and sons, but I assumed that you might have gained some new abilities in the time since we received your profile almost four months ago. The feats you have done have not gone unnoticed.

Sank suu I paused, annoyed at my inability to speak and turned on my [Telapathy]. [Okay, this is annoying, Ill communicate with you two through a telepathic link. Anyway, I wanted to say thank you for being considerate, but I dont think Ive changed that much since WinterSun aside from a bunch of levels and spells. Speaking of change, could you look at this core before we start?]

My inability to speak didnt mean I couldnt move at all. I felt lethargic and my muscles were definitely weaker than usual, but pushing myself up to flip myself over wasnt too hard. The hard part was moving my wings.

Note to self, use [Tailwind] after getting laughing gassed.

Pulling the neckline of my gown down to reveal my solar core, both Duchess Morgiana and Thyra both look as if their eyes were about to pop out of their heads.

Please, dont dissect me.

So, this is what your profile meant with [Solar Core], Lady Hestia? A large amount of mana is concentrated in this single area of your chest, the Duchess said. Considering how much my sun core is responsible for my resource regeneration, it would have been weird if it wasnt in the top two locations for my mana to congregate in.

I explained to them how I had little idea how my body worked from an anatomical level. I knew how to use my physical abilities, but I had no idea how my scale-dust was produced, for example. What was it made of? Even if I used [Mana Eyes] on my body parts, the answer was vague and didnt give me much information.

I told the mother and daughter duo that I trusted them to keep this information to themselves, and that I wanted them to analyze it for me. I still remembered how Astalos was able to literally paralyze me for an extended time after he sent a thundershock around my chest. My being unable to continue fighting nearly cost Ellaine her life.

Now, I know it wasnt 100% my fault, but being in that helpless state was embarrassing. Reflecting on fights is how I managed to survive up until now, and looking back on it, how much did I know about my body? I couldnt exactly dissect myself in case I accidentally did something irreversible, so I wanted to ask professionals about it.

Unfortunately, I wouldnt be getting this information today.

Uhm, we should probably not do that, Lady Hestia, Thyra said. Our training books do have information on dragonewt biology, courtesy of the Saelari dissecting dragonewt corpses, but I have never seen anything like your sun core in any of those books. How about you, mother?

Duchess Morgiana shook her head. Sadly, I havent. It would be best to not risk this, Lady Hestia. We were confident in solving your problem because we know how the musculature and mana paths work around your wings. I do not know if I can solve your problem until I see it for myself.

Tsk, damnit. Guess I just have to make do with just having my wings healed

The surgery by itself went by smoothly. Although I knew they did it for themselves, I found it nice that they were commenting on everything they were doing. It was nice to know what they were doing with my body but it proved I have become far less squeamish than when I first started out. Obviously.

Mother, there are more crystals here. They are restricting her muscles here and here, Thyra said before a loud metal clanking sound echoed. She dropped something into the metal bowl.

I turned my head around, seeing Thyra wearing blue-shimmering glasses. She explained before that these glasses were there to help her and her mother identify the mana paths in my body. There was a monocle version, something I think Theodore possesses.

[What are those crystals?] I asked, as if I still felt casual enough to speak.

Crystallization of mana, to put it simply. Mana apparently spilled out of the mana paths into your muscles and flesh, turning solid as they somehow have been trapped inside your body without a way out. Over time, the mana crystallized bits of your flesh, turning them into these small blue-red stones. Thyra then picked another one from my back and showed it to me. It was minuscule, almost as big as a grain of sand grain. Blood or flesh was inside the blue outer layer of this object.

These things were blocking your mana paths from connecting properly. Lady Hestia, have you maybe visited a mana surgeon before coming to us? I shook my head to the Duchesss question. Peculiar. This is one of the risks of a failed surgery, usually. I cant see this to have been done by a toxin, there are no traces. How did this happen to you, Lady Hestia?

I explained to them my battle with the garm matriarch, about how I healed myself after she slashed my back with some poison attack. She mentioned I shouldnt have healed myself after she attacked me, but listening to an opponent, especially while I was pumped up with adrenaline, just wasnt an option.

Its hard to imagine the white grace being responsible for the damage, Duchess Morgiana admitted.

[I healed my wounds based on my knowledge of the human body, not my dragon body. Healing spells vastly increase the regeneration speed of your body through mana, it doesnt turn your body back to zero. When I healed my body back then, I probably forgot to account for my wings.]

True. The church of the Goddess calls it a miracle, but the [Identify] description explains it better. Mother, I told you it was a good idea for me to learn holy magic, even if I had to spend two years of my life as a shrine maiden.

Speaking of anatomy, I suddenly had a realization. [I have a question. Why are there only mana surgeons and not just normal surgeons? You know, people who heal your organ problems? Help you alleviate diseases. You mentioned that the elves have anatomy knowledge, so shouldnt it be possible?]

Grimnir came out and closed the door before opening it up again. When we went inside, all we could see was an empty wooden room. Smiling, I poured mana into the wall, and it expanded with my control.

I guess we need to decorate the inside again.

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