Sajo Ayaka stared at the ceiling above her head with her eyes wide open. Although she could feel sleepy, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what. Maybe it was because she saw her sister whom she hadn't seen for a long time today.
She turned over, pulled up the quilt, put her hands under her head, and looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table.
It was already 3:12 in the morning, and there was no doubt that there was less than two hours left before dawn the next day.
[I will definitely doze off in class tomorrow...]
She thought to herself, tossing and turning, she was extremely excited tonight, maybe because she had adapted to the darkness, the room looked very bright, almost like daytime.
She didn't know how long it had been before Sajo Ayaka got up from the bed. She didn't know why she did this, but just lying on the bed was boring and made her feel like she was about to get moldy.
The corridor outside was very quiet, with only the slight sound of her slippers rubbing against the floor. She looked through the window at the courtyard outside, inexplicably wanting to go outside for a walk.
Arriving on the first floor, she was about to walk towards the glass greenhouse when she discovered that the room at the end of the corridor seemed to be emitting a golden light.
She rubbed her eyes and found that the light had disappeared.
【Maybe it's my own imagination.】
Sajo Ayaka thought in her mind, but before she could turn around and leave, the burst of light lit up again. This time she could no longer convince herself that the light was an illusion.
With curiosity, she came to the door at the end of the corridor. In his memory, his father locked the door tightly and never told himself what was inside or where the key was.
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Sajo Ayaka is not an overly curious girl. Since her father does not intend to let her know what is behind this door, she does not intend to disobey her father's ideas.
But tonight was different. There seemed to be something calling her faintly behind the door. It was the first time she felt such a strange feeling.
[Just taking a look, my father probably won’t know about it.]
Sajo Ayaka stood there, hesitating for a while, and finally decided to open the door.
As expected, the door was locked, but this did not faze her. Although her learning progress in black magic was worrying, she could still use some basic engineering magic.
She chanted the incantation in a low voice and saw a dark crow feather suspended in mid-air, then inserted into the keyhole and turned gently.
Katsa——
The locked door is opened in this way. This little unlocking trick is limited to locks with the physical body of [key]. The kind that uses a magnetic card will not work.
Sajo Ayaka walked into the room and turned on the light switch in the room. The bright light dispelled the darkness and illuminated the entire room.
This room looked like a warehouse, filled with messy and worthless things. She just glanced at them and stopped looking at them. Instead, she continued to look for the thing that attracted her.
The feeling became stronger and stronger, and soon she found the object - it was an extremely ordinary, slender wooden box.
"Cough cough cough——"
Sajo Ayaka opened the box and coughed violently before she could see what was inside. It was covered with a thick layer of floating ash, which had accumulated for many years.
After a long time, she covered her mouth and nose and looked at the contents of the box. Unlike the old, dirty and dusty boxes, the contents inside shone brightly, even surpassing the light of the incandescent lamp.
It was a wide scabbard, with a blue surface decorated with gorgeous golden patterns. Even with my own meager knowledge of magic, I could feel that the gorgeous appearance contained extremely powerful magic power.
"What is this?"
Sajo Ayaka murmured to herself, and couldn't help but stretched out a finger to gently poke the surface of the scabbard.
She felt a hard coldness on her fingertips, and then there seemed to be an electric current flowing from the place of contact into her body. Sajo Ayaka subconsciously trembled, and her body surface lit up with precise blue lines.
This was a sign that the magic circuit was opened. A flush appeared on Sajo Ayaka's fair skin, and she couldn't help but let out a groan. The magic power in her body was uncontrollable and quickly flowed to the scabbard.
Absorbing the magic power of Sajo Ayaka, the light of the scabbard became brighter and brighter, like a small sun, exuding blazing brilliance. A slight sound of wind sounded in the room, and then continued to intensify, turning into a roaring hurricane.
, making the whole room a mess.
The scabbard slowly floated up and hung in mid-air.
Sajo Ayaka felt that the magic power in her body was about to be completely exhausted, and she felt like crying in her heart. Curiosity killed the cat. This sentence really made sense.
A hazy human figure appeared in mid-air. Because the magic power was exhausted and the vitality was passing rapidly, Sajo Ayaka felt that she could not lift up any strength, and her eyesight turned black.
[Oops, I shouldn’t die like this, sister, father, I’m sorry...]
The powerlessness of her life force flowing away made her subconsciously ignore the burning sensation in her chest. Just when she was about to lose consciousness, a strong heartbeat suddenly sounded in her ears.
For some reason, Sajo Ayaka felt like she saw a majestic red dragon hovering in mid-air. It looked up to the sky and roared its filial piety, making a roar like the tolling of an ancient bell.
At the same time, the beating of her heart gradually kept pace with the sound of the heartbeat, and the majestic magic power flowed into her body along with the heartbeat, making up for her lost vitality and magic power, almost overflowing.
The magic circuit becomes brighter and brighter, branches hidden due to the inheritance of bloodline are reopened, and the quality and quantity of the magic circuit continue to increase.
The hazy human form became clearer and clearer, and finally appeared in front of Sajo Ayaka. She was a girl who looked about fourteen or five years old, with long golden hair that shone like gold and was simply combed into a ponytail.
, the slim and exquisite white skirt is like a work of art, and the exposed shoulders exude a luster like white porcelain.
Her appearance is like a lovely lily, and her eyes are full of twinkling hope. Just walking up there makes people feel warm and purified.
"This is our first meeting, Master. Since I am still an immature swordsman, please call me Artoria Pendragon Lily. Please take good care of me in the future."
A soft voice sounded. If flowers could speak, it would be so nice. Sajo Ayaka was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at the pure white knight in front of her, at a loss.