Speaking of my magic test result, I suddenly noticed something important.
"Uhmmm, is it okay if I stay lowkey about this… when I enter school?" I quickly asked.
After all, being special has the consequence of being ostracized by the other children. I don't want that.
"Well, nobody is against that, but… I doubt you can stay lowkey about it, Lyra…," Mom's face became quite conflicted before she continued.
"Altaire tried to stay lowkey but after a magic practice session at school…"
Even without her continuing, I can guess the rest of the story. There is no way you can hide your real ability, unless you really want to pretend like you're bad at it. But by pretending, you would have less chance or opportunity to improve.
Then I should just enjoy my short lowkey period while I can…?
While I was dazing out imagining my school life, I suddenly felt a cold sensation around my neck—wait, this is?!
I turned over at Mom with a puzzled expression on my face.
Could this be…?
"I promised you, right? Here's another necklace for you, but the magic enchantment is different," Mom smiled.
After hearing her clarification, I picked up the necklace hanging on my neck and lifted it so that I could see the pendant well.
"This is…!!"
Such a cute pendant!
The framework forms the shape of a cat with a heart-shaped white gemstone in the middle of it! Judging from the appearance of the gemstone, this should be a moonstone.
"Do you like it?" Mom asked.
"Of course, I love it so much!" I quickly replied.
Yup, it's no exaggeration.
"That's good to know. Actually, you will still get this necklace regardless of the test result. The only thing that can potentially be changed is the gemstone and the magic enchantment," Mom said.
"Then, is this moonstone? What about the magic enchantment?"
"Yes, that's indeed moonstone. You sure know a lot! And as for the magic enchantment… Let's say, it's simply a charm to protect you from any negative influence that could cause imbalance in your Dark magic power. As I don't want you to be in danger should anything happen."
"Negative influence? Imbalance?"
"Yes, lots of factors can cause that. You will also have to deal with the negative influence when you decide to learn more about Dark magic. Which is why, the pursue of Dark power can be dangerous."
Mom paused, and a mix of emotion could be seen in her face.
"Some of the dark magicians failed to conquer it and went astray… So, I don't want you to be exposed to it before you are prepared."
She proceeded to pat my head and hug me tighter.
"Don't worry Mom, I will be careful!"
I can't help but reassure her.
As long as I try to not cross the line with my dark magic, everything should be fine, right?
So, no problem! I'm not a child who wants to experiment with her own magic—I mean, for Dark element only!! Yes, stop looking at me with those doubtful and judgemental eyes!
I'm just an innocent and your ordinary little girl!!!
"Lyra, you've learned basic dark magic?"
"Yes, Meredea! And I also trained my other strong affinities!"
"How do you feel after practicing your strong affinities first? Like, [Dark] and [Ice], was it…?"
"Yup! Yes, training the other affinities seems to be easier after I tried learning [Ice] and [Dark] magic first… But would it be okay for me not to dwelve deeper into [Dark] magic?"
Whoops, I reflexively mentioned my doubt.
"Seeing that both [Ice] and [Dark] have 10 out of 10 affinity, then it should be alright as long as you keep training your [Ice] magic. After all, we advise you to be very prepared before dwelving deeper into [Dark] magic," Meredea mentioned the same line that Mom just told me.
"Uhh, I don't think I'm that interested in [Dark]…," I reflexively answered.
"Well, having 10 out of 10 affinity… it's really something else… so I thought you would naturally want to dig up your talent in [Dark] magic!" Meredea said with an expression that seemed to say, 'That's too bad…'
"Many dark magicians would kill to get a very high affinity and power in [Dark] magic," Meredea continued to murmur.
"…"
"Lyra here doesn't really like the idea of high level dark magic that involves mind manipulation or any nasty stuff," Mom said as she patted my head.
"Eh? Then that's easy! You could just learn the other magic! [Dark] magic has lots of branches!! With your affinity, I think anything's possible—the super nasty stuff or the not nasty stuff!"
"Meredea. She needs time before she can try advancing her skills in [Dark] magic. Remember our former comrade…?"
"…My bad, you're right, Ophelia-sama. I was too excited by her potential… I forgot to take into account about the difficulty and risk…," Meredea finally decided to stop coaxing me to quickly advance my skills in [Dark] magic.
"Then, you should train the other magic while strengthening your mentality!!" Meredea curved her lips in satisfaction towards her own advice.
Strengthening my mentality…?
Oh well…
"Okay~!"
That's what I'm planning to do from now on, anyway, so I can only give my consent.
"Okay, Lyra… Since we're done here, do you want to go to play with Luca now, or…?" Mom asked me.
Hmmm, right.
Since I'm already here, I think it's better for me to play with Luca and Kiri?
"I think I will—"
The sound of the door opening interrupted my words.
"Excuse me, Ophelia-sama, but the crown prince is looking for you…"
A royal magician timidly appeared from behind the door, followed by the familiar figure of the crown prince, yes, Luca.
Before Luca passed by the royal magician, he stopped and looked at him.
"Thank you for escorting me!"
"No problem, Prince Lucius!"
Hmm? Luca, looking for Mom?
I wonder what's the matter?
"Oh, Lyra! You're here for the second test, right? How is it?" Luca stopped in front of me and asked.
I spontaneously saved the test result paper inside my pocket so that he couldn't take a peek at it.