Just past midnight. Must be Relia heading to bed. The garage took up most of the cabin’s bottom level, and they shared the only bedroom down here.


    That’s why you stumbled down here like a drunk person? And since when do channels need clearing out? But Akari kept those last few questions to herself. She could have pried further, but she had more important questions. Best not to piss off the one person who could help her.


    This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Like hell, Akari thought. For the first few days of her house arrest, she’d tried pushing mana past the restraints, hoping she could break through with willpower alone. That was stupid in hindsight. Especially if these same cuffs had worked on Relia’s master.


    49/49, her mana watch said. One point away from Silver.


    All alchemy comes with side effects. The more you meddle with nature, the worse those effects are.”