Chapter 26: Innate Magic?

Elumeng walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel; her irritable mood from earlier in the day had been swept away by this wonderful night.

“It’s only been two days and we’re already this open with each other~ what about two days from now~ Yuewei! How far will our relationship develop?”

She pressed down on Su Yuewei once more, but this time her body was only covered by a single towel.

So close… too close!

Su Yuewei felt the heat radiating from Elumeng’s body; Elumeng sat atop her, licked her lips, and placed her hand on the towel, slowly pulling it open.

“Death penalty! Death penalty!”

Su Yuewei had worked so hard to put the scenes from the bathtub out of her mind! Now, she was easily being stirred up again by Elumeng.

The two of them had been squeezed into a tub that could barely fit them, pressed together like two patties in a burger; with just a slight movement, she could feel Elumeng’s delicate skin…

Furthermore, Absolute Obedience only lasted for one hour! At most, she could maintain it twice, and for the remaining hour—without the spell—she had instantly become a flustered mess…

“But this time, I only want to know the effect of Absolute Obedience on Yuewei’s body!”

Five magic rings flickered onto Elumeng’s hand—a fifth-ring spell! Open Box!

The Open Box spell allowed Elumeng to read the data of the mana core inside Su Yuewei, thereby deducing her physical condition.

However, this spell had significant limitations; it could only be used on witches with a lower status than the caster. That is, Elumeng, with the status of a Great Witch, could at most activate it for Su Yuewei, an ordinary witch.

“Absolute Obedience has increased your level of submissiveness, charm, and your ability to attract big sisters, improving people’s first impression of you. At the same time, it has decreased the probability of you proactively rejecting emotional advances.”

Elumeng quickly found the impact of the spell amidst the chaotic data.

Beyond just Absolute Obedience, Elumeng discovered something else that made Su Yuewei different from other witches.

As a transmigrator, Su Yuewei’s mana core possessed a plasticity far exceeding any other witch’s; in other words, her core was extremely susceptible to external influences.

For example, transforming into a succubus girl or mastering magic through intimacy conditions… these actions would permanently change Su Yuewei’s body. Furthermore, these changes were permanently fixed in a direction beneficial to Su Yuewei.

“It seems this is your Innate Magic.”

Elumeng got off Su Yuewei and began explaining the difference between Innate Magic and other spells.

Innate Magic is the magic a witch permanently possesses from birth; its quantity and quality depend on the race.

For instance, an Angel Witch is born knowing a bunch of spells, mostly from the first to fourth rings, similar to magic a normal witch masters through study.

Su Yuewei’s Innate Magic, however, was a continuous spell—constantly active and requiring no mana. Its effect was to permanently increase the plasticity of her mana core, ensuring that all changes to the core always developed in a direction favorable to her.

“How is making me even more submissive considered a ‘favorable’ change?”

Su Yuewei pouted; she suddenly regretted learning Absolute Obedience.

“I originally planned to let you learn whatever spells were available, but now that I see how special your body is, I’m afraid that if you learn too much, you’ll become a weakling who can be kidnapped just by someone holding your hand.”

Elumeng sat on the bed, contemplating whether she should really let Su Yuewei learn more magic.

There were only two paths for Su Yuewei: either learn a vast amount of random, useless magic to accumulate favorable changes until a qualitative transformation occurred, or strive for perfection. Favorable changes don’t always mean useful ones; that path would be about accumulating only the most practical changes.

“Coo! Coo!”

Snow-white pigeons landed on the balcony, pecking at the glass door. They dropped four slips of paper onto the balcony and flew away.

“It seems my Migratory Bird Network has found the intelligence I needed.”

Elumeng got up from the bed, adjusted her bath towel, opened the balcony door, and picked up the four slips.

Flocks of birds flew over Featherdome Academy City every day, landing in every corner of the city to forage for food. Bird-type witches could communicate with them, using food as a commission to ask the birds to collect information.

As it happened, an Angel Witch also counted as a recognized bird-type witch!

Elumeng had spent a large amount of grain to have the birds gather the intelligence she required.

First, regarding the Magical Girl Hongye—she wasn’t a staff member but a contractor. Therefore, her identity information could only be found through the contracting company.

Second, regarding the location of the ordinary witches from the Hug-Save Society.

The pigeons happened to follow the fleeing witches to a maid cafe, where they had changed into skimpy maid outfits and bunny girl costumes to work.

While sneaking in to steal coffee beans, the birds overheard why these witches hadn’t fled the city.

Because Elumeng and Su Yuewei had discovered the society’s smuggled potions on the train, the Hug-Save Society had attacked the train, leading to extremely tight security recently.

The heavy management of the trains meant the witches couldn’t leave Featherdome Academy City for now; they had to disguise themselves as a normal maid cafe and wait for the security to relax.

The third piece of intelligence concerned the Great Witch who had escaped.

She had been discovered because she transformed into a black cat and ate one of their companions, absorbing flesh and blood to repair the wounds torn by Yuejiu’s spell.

The fourth item: the Hug-Save Society had potion contract factories within the academy. The potions produced there circulated in the academy’s underground black market, with the primary customers being submissive types and unremarkable students.

“To obtain such important information without magic, relying purely on birds!”

Su Yuewei looked at the intelligence in Elumeng’s hand in disbelief.

Elumeng shook her head; they weren’t ordinary birds. How could ordinary birds survive in a witch academy? They were inevitably magical creatures, some even having the potential to transform into beautiful girls.

Every year, there are birds that transform into Pigeon Girls or Seagull Girls!

“Tomorrow, after work, I’ll take you to this maid cafe to challenge them.”

Elumeng held the second slip of paper. To eliminate these ordinary witches of the Hug-Save Society, she needed a reason.

Even as a Great Witch, she had to follow the rules set by the Title-grade witches.

To prevent Great Witches from arbitrarily kidnapping ordinary witches as pets, they had to have a legitimate reason to act.

A “shop challenge” between maid cafes was permitted and even encouraged.

Elumeng opened her light screen and contacted Yuejiu to discuss the arrangements for the Vampire Maid Bar’s challenge event.

Soon, a formal notice was sent by Yuejiu, and the other party accepted the challenge.

“Won’t this alert the enemy?”

Su Yuewei looked at Elumeng doubtfully.

Elumeng shook her head, because no “big sister” would ever admit they are incapable—especially the witches of the Hug-Save Society!

They styled themselves as big sisters who desperately craved to “hug” submissive types! This challenge was a direct slap to their faces.

But maid cafe competitions focused on the cuteness, submissiveness, and small mannerisms of the maids. On this point, Elumeng believed there were few maids in the entire academy who could compete with Su Yuewei.

“Submissive… is that a compliment? Or are you mocking me…”

Su Yuewei raised an eyebrow. She saw Elumeng grab the bedsheets with both hands and pounce toward her, wanting to get close.

No…

She reached out to block the pouncing Elumeng, but as a result, she accidentally pulled away the other woman’s bath towel.

“It seems Little Yuewei really wants it too~”

Elumeng licked her lips, tossed the towel onto a chair outside the bed, and looked at Su Yuewei with a seductive gaze.