Magical adulthood always comes at the turn of midnight.
This can also be regarded as an unsolved mystery in witches. Although magic is everywhere, why is it most active at this time. Even a witch like Anna, after exhausting her magic power, can recover in the first hour or two after midnight. If she only relies on natural recovery during the day, she may not be able to recover within a week.
Most of the witches didn't care about this, even the Taquila survivors. When Roland asked them about it, the answer they got was "Isn't that what a new day should be like?". In the eyes of most people, time is divided into days, the magic of a day is spent every day, and there is a new atmosphere every day, it seems that there is nothing unreasonable.
But Roland knew that the date was not a natural concept, but was created by people for the convenience of life, so there was a term for the return year and the precession. In order to correct this error, people had leap months, and as timekeeping became more precise, leap seconds (ie 59 or 61 seconds in the last minute) came along, whatever was convenient.
Therefore, it is a bit strange that witches always solidify magic power within a certain period of time.
It is as if there is a biological clock in every awakened person, and it can be kept in sync at all times. No matter what year or month she was born in, whether in the extreme south or the Hermes Plateau, there is a connection somewhere.
It's a pity that in the absence of observation tools, it is difficult to study magic or accurate timing at this stage, and he can only use this phenomenon as an empirical theory.
"Your Majesty," Wendy's words pulled him back from his thoughts, "Apart from the above measures, do you have anything else to add?"
The so-called measures are mainly designed to deal with the dangers that may be encountered when the ability is solidified. Since the scene of Lucia's coming of age, this link has been included in the consideration of the Witch League.
Not even Taquila could offer much useful advice on this.
"Do as you say," Roland thought for a while. "By the way, don't forget to notify Margery and Sandbird. I think they must also hope to see Lightning come of age safely."
Wendy was a little surprised, "Ms. Margery is fine, but Mr. Asuka..."
"He's fine." Roland said softly.
"Yes, I understand." Seeing him like this, Wendy didn't ask any more questions and quickly answered.
…
After dark, the top floor of the Witch's Building is brightly lit.
This place has been transformed into a bedroom for adult witches. The two normal bedrooms are connected together to accommodate more companions. One wall has also become a sliding door structure. If you need to release the magic power, you can just pull open the two door panels, and you don't have to blast the outer wall like the last time.
Lightning was lying on the big soft bed, looking very excited. Her performance was the exact opposite of Lucia. It seemed that in her eyes, she had been looking forward to this day for a long time.
There was a fixed wooden platform next to the big bed, and her left hand was tied to it, and she was holding the sigil of divine will in her hand. According to the experience gained from Lucia, as long as you feel a contraction-like colic in your body, you can pour all the magic power into the talisman. The purpose of tying one hand is to prevent the witch from losing control due to excessive pain and accidentally aiming the talisman at others. After eliminating this danger, it is not a big problem for Count Spell to be absent.
And the surroundings of Lightning were already surrounded by partners who came to visit.
"What kind of branching ability will I awaken... It would be great if I could solve the load-bearing problem, then I would be able to bring a lot of food and tools and fly all over the Dawning Realm!" Similar topics lasted for almost a day In the evening, her eyes flickered and she listed one possibility after another, like Roland guessing what kind of birthday present his family would give him when he was a child.
Of course, most of that time ended in disappointment.
For example, he longed to get a big Transformer, but he finally got a book of 300 sets of exercises.
"It's also possible that there is nothing at all," Miyue muttered, "How can the branch ability be so easy to obtain, if you count it, only a few people in Neverwinter City have this talent."
"Hmm..." After this sentence, Roland seemed to hear a faint nasal sound, and the rising tail tone was full of pride.
"Did you say that!" Lily glared at her.
"Actually, what Miyue said can't be wrong," Agatha laughed. "The Federation has done statistics, and it can be said that witches can awaken their branch abilities when they are adults. It can be said to be one in a hundred. However, compared with promotion to high rank, this is not a big deal. After all, the most important thing for witches is to have the main ability to expand their potential infinitely, so you don't need to care too much, just focus on the ability to solidify."
"By the way, aren't you doing an analysis of adult evolution?" Shu Scroll interjected, "What's the result?"
"That can only be used as a reference, after all, there are not enough examples to verify," Wendy took out the record book and looked at it, "but Lightning's score is indeed very high, with 9 points."
"Eh? What is that?" Andrea asked curiously.
"An evaluation method," Agatha explained, "it was also a revelation from Lucia, because the surging of magic power is very obvious when adulthood is solidified, and it is indeed easier to form agglomeration in theory, so we use all high-level witches when they are promoted. The status of the sample is taken as a sample, and a preliminary evaluation is made based on the total amount of magic power, subject scores, ability control, and individual will. Of course, it is still only at the conjecture stage. "
"Subject scores... do you mean test scores?"
"That's right, and it's the biggest part of the formula."
"So it turns out, it seems that someone will never be able to rise above the transcendent in this life," Andrea glanced at Ashes with pity.
The latter shrugged disapprovingly.
"It's... crazy," Roland suddenly heard Phyllis's sigh.
"What's wrong?" He turned his head to look at each other.
"In the era of Taquila, high-level promotion was a very sacred thing for every witch. Everyone was eager to get the favor of the gods, but they never dared to talk about it publicly. Because that is too far away , If anyone claims that they will be promoted, they will definitely be laughed at by others. But now..." Phyllis murmured halfway as if coming back to her senses, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it was bad, It’s just the contrast between the two that makes me think…”
"I understand what you mean," Roland chuckled lightly. "It's like a businessman finds out that the golden dragon he has accumulated throughout his life is no longer precious after a nap. It will always be difficult for people to adapt."
"In this regard, I am indeed inferior to Lord Agatha," Phyllis said in a low voice, "She came here only a year earlier than me, but now she has led a new round of research work on high-level awakening. A genius."
"Actually, it's not difficult to understand. If the descendants are not stronger than the predecessors, how can we make progress?" He said calmly, "As long as we are still moving forward, such scenes will keep reappearing. It feels like this is hope, doesn't it?"
Following his line of sight, Phyllis also shifted her gaze to the girl on the bed.
"But more abilities are always better, aren't they," Lightning said confidently, "I think I will not only condense magic power, but also gain several branch abilities, because the most outstanding explorers will be rewarded the most. Well!"
"Gu!" Maisie, who was standing beside the bed, also raised her arms, as if to support the other party.
"There's no such logic at all!" Miyue exclaimed.
There was a commotion in the room.
Roland looked at the lively scene in front of him, shook his head with a smile, and then walked out of the room.
"Why, don't you go in and take a look?"
After closing the door, he said to a man standing in the corridor against the wall.
That person is Thunder.