บท 55: Trying to resurrect the dead (1)
"L-Let's do it tonight!" Nina said after snapping out of her daze.
"Tonight? Where do you plan on doing the ritual?" Miss Camille asked.
"We can do it at my home. I have a large basement there, and my mother is also there," she said.
Miss Camille pondered for a moment before shaking her head and speaking, "No, we'll do the ritual here."
"What? Here? In the academy? Isn't that very risky?" Leo asked her with a surprised look on his face.
"Yes, but we have facilities here that can prevent mana disturbance. Activating something like resurrection magic will definitely cause a powerful mana disturbance to occur, and if something like that happens in the middle of the city, the place will be flooded with police in minutes."
Nina Wraith couldn't argue with Miss Camille about her reasoning, so she agreed, "Okay, but I will have to move my mother's corpse."
"You can do that by yourself. We'll meet you behind the school library at midnight." Miss Camille said.
Nina Wraith didn't linger there and immediately went back home to prepare.
"Are we seriously going to do this tonight? I don't think I am mentally prepared…" Leo sighed.
After all, they were messing with the dead, something he never imagined he would be doing.
"Honestly, the sooner we get this over with the better."
"What should we do until then?"
"You can do whatever you want. I am also going to make some preparations. I cannot trust Nina to do this all by herself."
Miss Camille disappeared shortly after, leaving me and Leo by ourselves.
And since there was nothing else to do, we decided to just go home.
After leaving the dorm, we made our way to the library while trying our best to avoid being seen by people.
Fifteen minutes later, we arrived at the library, where Nina was already waiting for us.
"Where's Miss Camille?" She asked Leo.
"I don't know, but she should be here soon." He shrugged.
Sure enough, Miss Camille showed up a few minutes later.
"Are you three ready?" She asked them.
"Yes." Both Leo and Nina nodded with serious looks on their faces.
"Then let's head to the facility. Follow me."
After leaving the library, Miss Camille led us to a large building about twenty minutes away.
"This is… The teacher's training center?" Nina recognized the building when she saw it.
The teachers in the academy also had their own Training Center. In fact, the teacher's training center was several times more sturdy than the student's training center for obvious reasons.
If a teacher trained in the student's training center, that building would not last a day, hence why they had their own place.
"Nobody comes here at this time, and I can access this place whenever I want. The rooms are also enhanced with magic so any mana disruption we cause will not leak outside." Miss Camille explained.
"I see… This is definitely much better than my basement…" Nina mumbled.
They entered the building through the backdoor with Miss Camille's key.
Once they were in one of the training rooms, Miss Camille locked the door and said to them, "Alright, you can start now."
Nina Wraith nodded with a serious expression on her face.
She proceeded to take out several glass jars that were filled with red liquid.
Leo swallowed nervously after seeing the jars, and he asked in a dazed voice, "Please tell me that is not what I think it is…"
Nina responded in a calm voice as she opened the jaw, "It's blood. My blood."
There were seven glass jars there, and each of them contained about a gallon of blood. Leo couldn't imagine how long it took her to collect this much blood, much less how she did it.
Once she opened all of the jars, Nina proceeded to take out a large brush before dipping it in the blood. Then she started drawing a massive magic circle on the floor.
"Is this really going to work?" He asked Miss Camille, who was guarding the door.
"Magic spells can be activated as long as there is a magic circle. The only question is whether you have enough mana and the magic affinity to do so."
"Even if the magic circle is made out of blood?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. Although the blood isn't necessary for resurrection magic, it will give us a greater chance of success because she's blood-related to the person she's trying to resurrect."
"Do you still think she has no chance?" He then asked.
She nodded and said, "There's zero chance that this will work. I mean, you might be able to half-resurrect her mother, but true resurrection isn't possible, especially with the amount of mana you're using. That's why I said this will never work."
And she continued, "She's only wasting her time, effort, and resources by doing this. However, I am not going to stop her. I had already warned her, but she refused to listen. Furthermore, this might be the only way for her to accept the fact that it's impossible to resurrect her mother."
"I see…" Leo mumbled.
If Nina witnessed for herself that the resurrection had failed, she might finally give up trying to resurrect her mother.
About ten minutes later, Nina finished drawing the magic circle that filled up half of the room.
"I am finished. Miss Camille, can you double check to make sure there's nothing wrong with the magic circle?" Nina asked her.
Miss Camille didn't say anything and walked to the magic circle.
"What do you think about the situation, Lilith?" Leo asked her in a low voice.
Lilith, who was staring at the magic circle, said in a nonchalant voice, "Miss Camille is right. She won't be able to resurrect her mother like this, and it's not because of your lack of mana— I mean, that is also a reason, but it's not the main reason."
"What's the main reason?" Leo asked.
"I will tell you after all of this ends," she said with a mysterious smile on her face.
"Nina won't succeed because the magic circle itself is drawn wrong." I said to Leo, breaking the suspense
"R-Right..." Lilith flew away to look at the magic circle right after saying that.
"Then shouldn't we tell her about the correct magic circle?!" Leo said.
"Even if we did that, it won't work. There are many restrictions for resurrection magic." I said before walking away.
If I had my Omni-magic skill, I could have resurrected anyone from nothing with just a thought but even if I can't use my real skills, I still have the the immense knowledge about magic that I recieved from Omni-magic. That's how I know how resurrection magic works.
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