Eldrian's nonchalant attitude caused Ilmadia to take even more emotional damage, but it also riled up her spirit to fight.
She wasn't a battle junky like Judith, but she had finally found the path Eldrian was on—a path she wanted to walk alongside Eldrian. She had touched upon true magic, not just memorization and calling out of words for the system to perform magic.
To actually connect with mana, to envision a spell and have your imagination turn to reality. She had seen finally sensed the true essence of magic.
It was such a wonderful thing. She did not want to lose it, neither did she wish to fall even further behind Eldrian. His advice had allowed her to touch upon this foreign, mythical realm. Now, she wanted to prove that she was going to do her best to catch up to him.
