Chapter 406: The Limitation of Magic Power


    Trantor: TransN Editor: TransN


    "What did I just see? A self-generating system of electricity that doesn’t need an external energy supply!


    Mystery Moon’s ability is an attaching type of magic so the answer is the answer is clear. She’s added a brand new property to the metal frame, and" her magic power acts as the energy supply," Rnd mused to himeself.


    "How did you manage to do that?" Rnd asked aloud.


    "When you said that there’s an intertwining rtionship between electricity and maism, and that they’re indivisible, I wondered if I could make the objects generate lightning by maizing them. I tried to add a constantly changing maic forces to the copper wires because you’ve said creating electricity requires changes in maic forces. Then it turned out this way," Mystery Moon answered cautiously, her eyes sparkling with expectation.


    "That’s why... Changes in electric currents do produce maic fields, but maic fields only generate electricity under certain circumstances. It requires both closed circuits and changes in maic flux; changes in the maic area and maic forces both need external energy supply.


    Mystery Moon’s new ability has reced an energy supply with the self-changing maic force," the prince concluded. Rnd would have thought it was a perpetual motion machine prototype, if he saw it in modern times. Yet here in this world, he understood that powers of witches could not be judged bymon sense of his time. The maic property added to the objects might not be produced by maic poles, just as the ckfire was not natural fire.


    They were tangible forms of the magic power.


    He could only wonder whether Mystery Moon had noticed any maic force change in objects to which she attached her magic power.


    When Rnd asked her about it, she nodded and then shook her head. "When I was in the Witch Cooperation Association, I once wanted to change the maism of objects ording to my will. To avoid causing my sisters any trouble, I tried to make the objects less maic when they were not in use. However, it didn’t work. Their maic force remained the same. I thought it was impossible, so I gave up on it," she said.


    "Just as I expected," Rnd thought. He cocked his head towards Nightingale and said, "The form of her magic power... "


    "They have been united." Nightingale stepped out of her mist and smiled. "The two are now one."


    Mystery Moon gasped, "Did I really... "


    "Yes, you did. Your ability has evolved." Rnd confirmed. "Only a long-term and relentless dedication of practice can lead to enlightenment and evolution that fast. You did a great job. From now on, you’ll be the sixth evolved witch in the Witch Union."


    "Congrattions." Nightingale went to Mystery Moon and patted her head, smiling.


    "Now, am I able to do more for Your Highness?" she asked, her eyes shining with excitement.


    "Yes, countless things," Rnd smiled and said. "As I’ve told you before, you’ve got great potential. But first, go rest. You have dark circles as huge as fists around your eyes. I’ll test your ability in the afternoon."


    "Yes!" she nodded vigorously.


    After Mystery Moon left the office, Nightingale purposefully shut the door and turned her attention to Rnd. Ignoring her regr perche at either Rnd’s desk or the French window, she drew close to him. Grasping his shoulders and leaning in to speak, she stood so close that strands of her fair hair tickled his face. He felt his heart beating violently at the sight of her bright eyes and soft, red lips.


    Eh? What’s going on? Is she asking for it in broad daylight?"


    "Tell me the method." These were not the words that the prince had expected to hear from Nightingale, "Wait... what’s this have to do with anything?"


    "What method?" he asked.


    "The method to evolve without reading Natural Science Theoretical Foundation?" she said excitedly, "I can tell from Mystery Moon’s grades that she doesn’t understand the contents of the book, but you taught her how to evolve and gain a new ability! What should I do? Practice with ’little toys’ as well?"


    "Eh, she is asking for the evolvement method. What a pity... no, a relief." Rnd thought and cleared his throat, putting himself together. "I’m afraid your ability won’t evolve through a sudden sh of enlightenment," he said.


    "Why not?"


    "ording to Agatha, only observing natural phenomena rted to your ability can provoke an evolvement. Your Mist is just too incredible for me to understand, let alone guide you to learn about it." Rnd exined. "Maybe the only method for you to develop your magic power is a sound understanding of natural science, physics and even advanced mathematics."


    Nightingale’s face fell. She feebly walked to the couch and sank back into it, feeling as if her body was hollowed out.


    After lunch, Rnd spent the whole afternoon conducting aprehensive test on Mystery Moon’s new ability.


    He named it "Variable Maic Force." It could be applied to any object like her maizing ability, and it would create periodic variation based on the magic power she initially conjured. However, as far as instors, no electricity would be generated.


    Rnd determined that Mystery Moon’s magic power was the weakest of the the evolved witches. She could only light up two Magic Stones embedded in the Sigil of God’s Will, half a stone less than even Maggie. Unfortunately, the attaching-type magic ability required a vast amount of magic power. The greater and longer variations in maic forces, the greater demand for magic power. After a series of tests, Rnd found that Mystery Moon’s new ability could serve as a stable battery, but it was far from sufficient to drive arge electric motor or power a steam engine. He tested her ability by transforming an old DC motor, initially used for the electrolysis of water, into an electric motor, and the result was disappointing. The motor, which consumed all of Mystery Moon’s magic power to add a maic force, could only work half day. That meant her new abilitycould not practically be used as a source power.


    Rnd didn’t tell Mystery Moon the bad results. Instead, he encouraged her to keep studying and practicing her new ability, because she was fragile and he feared bad news would be devestating.


    Besides, he knew that ability evolvement was not a sudden transformation, but a metamorphosis through learning.


    Rnd remembered something he had heard from Agatha, the method to jointly produce Stone of Light. He thought,"If there is a witch who can control or transfer magic power, Mystery Moon’s power limitation won’t be a problem anymore."


    In the evening, he went to talk to Tilly Wimbledon.


    "An assistant witch with a controlling type of magic?" she said after hearing the prince’s idea. She thought for a while and answered, "No witch of the Sleeping Ind has that kind of ability."


    "Really?" he asked, heaving a sigh. "It seems that Mystery Moon has to depend on herself to improve."


    Yet what Tilly said next cheered him. "However, I know where you can find the witch you want."