Mayumi's heart thumped faster as she felt the young Snow became increasingly handsome but that's just her misconception as Snow is simply refilling their teacups and drinking his tea while staring at Mayumi.
Their line of sight connected, crimson meets black-red for a brief moment before Mayumi became flustered and forcefully drank tea in order to hide her embarrassment but Snow only stared at her with interest.
Moments later, someone entered the office as he saw a huge mass of muscular figure and met the heated gaze of what he knew as one other powers in First High School, heir of the Juumonji Clan of the Ten Master Clans, his name is Juumonji Katsuto.
He gave him a similar document but what changed is that he is promised wealth and power as well as the power to mobilize the Juumonji Clan with certain limits of course.
"Why would I even be attracted to mobilizing a group of magicians under the Juumonji Clan when I can wipe out every Master Clan with but a snap of my finger?" Snow looked at Katsuto asking if this was a joke but Katsuto shook his head and told him it wasn't.
But Katsuto wasn't angry at all since he knew for a fact that the young man in front of him is indeed capable of doing what he say. This is a widely accepted fact since two behemots has warned them not to make any moves on the anonaly named Snow Nightshade.
There wasn't anything else to do here so Katsuto left Mayumi and Snow alone in the office. The young lady started to observe the young man in front of her more closely and slowly fell more into the abyss.
"Don't stare too much or you'll literally fall into an abyss disguised as heaven." he spoke as he knew the effects of the joint force of both Royal Wood Spirit Blood Essence and Royal Nightshade Blood Essence that made him release an aura of life that silently seeks to corrupt those who have been entrapped in it.
He raised his right hand and an eerie black - crimson illusory pagoda manifested in front of him with nine tiles, the first two tiles of the pagoda each contains a different drop of blood as he silently observes it.
Mayumi was surprised about this as she tries to see what it is but she saw him looking at her and at the same time shaking his head so as to stop her from trying.
"Your head will explode if you try to analyze what this thing is, your mind is incapable of comprehending the mysteries just yet."
Mayumi stared wide-eyed before nodding as she just observe what the pagoda is which he thought was a good thing since she is quite the curious individual.
"This is a technique that improves what you call as Interference Strength, or it is actually accurate to say that the improvement on the Interference Strength is just a result of what this technique actually focuses upon." he used Information Domain and made a small projection using basic magic sequence to make an illusory pagoda but instead of having the eerie black - crimson pagoda his own has, that one was gray in colour.
She wanted to touch the projection after asking him if it was safe and he gave the go ahead, she felt it felt cold and at the same time the texture was like a gem shaped into a pagoda. Snow manipulated it to have the same feeling as the pagoda he has.
"The pagoda absorbs what I call as Heaven and Earth Energy, I also call it Taiji Energy as it is somewhat of a mouthful to say whenever I explain it. Anyway, not the point." he cleared his throat by sipping tea before he returned his attention back to the projection.
"As the pagoda absorbs Taiji Energy by itself, it will then nourish both mind and body which results in a constant growth of strength. This is the first stage, Pagoda Manifestation." he could see that Mayumi understood what he meant by nourishing the body and connected it to his greater Interference Strength.
"Taiji... Yin-Yang? *gasp* So while it has the nourishing properties, it can also have Taiji Energy's destructive properties?" Mayumi asked as Snow nods in confirmation, "I'm quite surprised you know. Then again, one should always expect that the more helpful a treasure is, it might also contain unknown dangers wifhin.".
"The destructive properties are accumulated in order to suppress the more chaotic blood essence that I would gather in the future, and the destructive properties are also applied on the pagoda which means that if someone was to try and comprehend this technique without being granted by me, their heads will become a natural attraction to the destructive property of the Taiji Energy and result in destruction." he sighed as he had to put this in order to prevent others from trying to gain his own realized techniques.
But if he was to tell them the same details as the one from above without explaining Taiji Energy, they'll simply be stuck in the Pagoda Manifestation stage since they don't have the secrets to the second stage.
Mayumi shuddered when told about the Taiji Energy's destructive properties and what will become of her if she tried to comprehend the technique.
"Don't worry, you have been granted the permission. But to analyze it to the degree where it can actually be helpful to you, you'll need to cultivate the first stage of my Nature's Pagoda technique." he spoke in a gentle tone before remembering Mizuki as he thought of teaching her the first stage of the technique later if he met her in campus.
Mayumi sighed in relief before realizing something that totally blew up her mind, "You made this technique?!" she exclaimed as Snow simply nods in confirmation.
"By the way, it doesn't cause Mana at all since Taiji Energy is an energy on its own." he waved his hand before the projection changed into the mantra for practicing Nature's Pagoda as Mayumi's eyes quickly engraved the mantra into her mind before she closed her eyes and concentrated on manifesting her own pagoda.
The moment she started using the mantra correctly, a magic sequence not of modern magic came to life and started attracting the Taiji Energy while Snow casually waved his hand, helping her by manipulating the Taiji Energy into going near the nodes specifically used for manifesting the pagoda and where the Taiji Energy will naturally enter for the constant nourishment to take effect.
He was quite surprised that Mayumi had constructed a magic sequence without even trying to create one but he concluded that Mayumi accidentally used her Magic Calculation Area to somehow comprehend the first stage faster which resulted in the forming of the magic sequence.
'Mhm. I can't cast magic sequence or flex my Interference Strength because if I did then the magic sequence will break and her State of Enlightenment will stop midway.'
'But no one told me to not to tweak with her magic sequence so it won't be cancelled by me right? Right~?! I'm benefiting from this anyway fufufu~!' his Information Domain and Eternal Night Domain came to life as he tweaked a few things on the magic sequence here and there without even moving from his seat before he turned off his Eternal Night Domain and started absorbing Taiji Energy as well as he too had made his own magic sequence that doesn't cancel Mayumi's own.
A much compact magic sequence came to life as the Taiji Energy it attracted were all extremely densed as he finished his cup of tea before starting his own cultivation.
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It was lunch and as the three female Student Council Members were about to open the door, they stopped as they saw words came to life coming through the door which says 'Please enter quietly and don't talk, there's an important thing going on inside.' to which they nodded and followed the instructions.
What they saw are two two-meter pagodas of different colours behind two people as there were multiple magic sequence constantly flickering around the room as they were all stunned when they saw the appearance of the Student Council President!
Her black hair became even more black and smooth, her skin tone having a healthy white glow, and her figure became even more that of belonging to a succubus. But sitting in front of her is someone more pleasing to the eyes.
The young man was devilishly handsome featuring a black smooth hair put into a faded haircut, his skin with a similarly healthy white glow, and a tempting figure belonging to an incubus!
But what's common with them is the two meter illusory pagodas floating behind them and they could feel a warm yet cold aura being released by the pagoda itself!
"Mayumi." the young man said softly as the pagoda behind the two of them vanished and the president slowly opened her eyes to see crimson eyes which made her blush.
"Snow." she said the young man's name softly before the two heard an awkward cough on the side and heard...
"Can you two stop flirting right in front of me? There's a time and place for everything, you two."