The Hero Kicked Me Out of His Party, So I Turned Him into My Maid - Chapter 11

The basement was illuminated by many magical lamps, their lights interwoven and even brighter than those on the ground.

The research room was neatly stacked with research materials. The materials were all made of parchment, and when stacked up, they were much taller than a person.

The research room is surrounded by huge cabinets, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, as if four giants are looking down on it, creating a very oppressive atmosphere.

At the intersection of the four cabinets’ lines of sight was a bed covered with a pristine white sheet. Around it were numerous parchments and crystals.

Under the bed was an intricate magic circle, its dense patterns making it somewhat unsettling to look at.

Luna was sitting in her seat, feeding a small white mouse that was in a cage.

The white mouse has a magic circle drawn on its body. Whenever the white mouse tries to eat, the magic circle releases an electric current to shock the white mouse.

When Ariel saw the white mouse, she thought of her current situation.

I’m like this little lab rat, at her mercy.

Seeing Ariel come down, Luna looked serious, examined the parchment in her hand, noted something down, and then said:

“Sit on the bed and take off all your outer clothes.”

“……ha?”

Ellie never expected that Luna would ask her to take off her clothes without warning.

This won’t do. I’m a respectable little devil; how can I do something like this in the basement…?

Ariel hugged her body with both hands, trying to suppress the large white sugar cakes on her chest.

At this moment, Luna seemed devoid of emotion, completely immersed in her research. She said calmly:

“I need to attach these magical crystals for measurement to you so I can collect research data. Or do you want to go to the Northern Branch and bare your teeth with the Frost Bears?”

“I, I’ll take it off…”

Just kidding, the extreme cold is not a place where humans can stay at all.

It is said that ordinary people who go there will be frozen into ice sculptures, shattering at the slightest touch. Even magic will be frozen.

It’s estimated that only ice-attribute witches like Lise could adapt to the extremely low temperatures there.

For this reason, exile to the Northern Branch has always been the highest punishment the academy can impose.

Therefore, he had no choice but to obey Luna’s request.

Consider it a sacrifice for research!

It won’t allow Luna to figure anything out. Hopefully, she’ll give up.

Ariel reluctantly folded the sweater and plaid skirt neatly and placed them beside her.

Luna saw Ariel’s fair and delicate skin, so smooth it seemed like it could be squeezed for moisture, but she didn’t show any desire. Instead, she waved her hand, causing the magic crystal that had been prepared by the bedside to hang on Ariel’s skin.

“Hmm, the research target is 162cm tall, weighs 51kg, and has measurements of 88/60/88, which is a D cup…”

…

Is this a research project? Why did they release their own body data first?

Oh well, since only she knows, I’ll just let it go.

Ariel sat obediently on the bed in a duck-like position, watching Luna scribbling and drawing on parchment.

“The source of magic has been detected to be controlled by a strange force, which is likely the reason why the target’s maximum magic power is locked.”

The source of magic…

Similar to the spiritual energy sea formed by the spiritual energy of cultivators, the source of magic power is the source of magic power within a witch’s body.

It seems this is the curse mechanism of the “Magic Lock” curse.

So, after breaking this strange power, will I be able to get rid of this curse?

“Senior Luna, I want to know if this power controlling my magic source can be broken? It’s very important to me…”

Luna nodded, and more magic crystals hung near Alyssa’s magic source.

She sat on the bed and unbuttoned a few buttons on her turtleneck shirt.

Ariel then noticed that Luna had a tiny magic circle hidden under her collarbone.

After the magic circle was activated, Luna’s eyes were tinged with the same gray, and her jade-like hands touched the magic crystal, slowly pouring magic power into it.

Ariel simply felt magic flowing through her body. This magic was very gentle, and she did not feel any discomfort or rejection from it.

After a long while, Luna’s hidden magic circle stopped functioning. She shook her head, her expression somewhat grim.

“Unfortunately, only you can break through this power.”

Seeing Luna’s reaction, Ariel’s heart skipped a beat.

This is not a good sign.

“To break through it, you need to use the equivalent of a full cast of a sixth-level spell.”

“To break the shackles, you need the strength to lift a giant hammer.”

At the sixth life stage, one can ask some very powerful mages for help.

This curse is still…

etc……

Does Luna mean that she must release the equivalent of a sixth-stage mana?

However, I’m having trouble even releasing a second-stage fireball rain right now.

With this power locking me in place, I can’t gather a lot of magic power.

Breaking through this power requires a large amount of magic.

This is a deadlock!

So this is what the so-called “magic lock” looks like. It’s almost unsolvable…

Ariel’s mood darkened.

“Then, we shall begin our investigation.”

Luna didn’t care about any of that; her only goal was to conduct research.

Providing the research target with the information she wants is already a favor; what more could she possibly want? Just cooperate with the research obediently.

Ariel then realized that Luna at this moment was neither the same person as the Luna of the Disciplinary Committee Chairperson, nor was she very much the same person.

In both cases, Luna displays an unapproachable pursuit and emphasis when dealing with matters related to “rules” and “research.”

When these matters are not involved, Luna is more like an unusual, reasonable noblewoman.

At this moment, Luna had already climbed into bed, taken off her outer clothes, and hung the magic crystal on herself.

“Waaaaah…”

Ariel felt a little embarrassed when she saw Luna taking off her clothes.

Knowing that fellow practitioners are about to conduct research on Ochiai Gong, but the fact that the two sides are already almost completely open with each other during the second session, isn’t the progress a bit too fast…?

Moreover, the person in front of her was not Lise as agreed, but Senior Luna, the head of the academy’s disciplinary committee.

Luna said coldly:

“The pose is for palms facing each other, right?”

“Uh-huh.”

Ariel had already figured out a way to fool Luna. However, she was now a little unsure of herself.

After all, based on his experience from both lifetimes, this was the first time he had ever seen such precise research down to the level of data.

I wonder if the data these magic crystals provide will expose her carefully crafted lie…

Ariel and Luna sat cross-legged, palms facing each other.

Luna closed her eyes and continued to command:

“Let’s begin.”

In fact, I had already tried combining Ochiaijutsu with magic power when I was in my dormitory during the day.

The results showed that not only spiritual energy could envelop yang energy, but also magical energy.

To some extent, magic can also play a role in Ochiaijutsu, almost replacing spiritual energy.

Therefore, my plan is not to use spiritual energy to envelop yang energy as I did when I was cultivating with Lise, but instead to use magic energy to envelop it.

This way, the existence of spiritual energy can be concealed, and Ochiai-kyo can be packaged as a peculiar magic.

Moreover, it seems that Luna’s magic crystal can only detect magic power, not spiritual energy, which makes the disguise more believable.