After the delightful celebration, everyone returned to the Tower of Shine and went back to their respective homes.
Only Sophia looked at her young lady somewhat strangely.
"Your teleportation sickness is cured?"
The Pure White Witch asked in surprise.
Since it was already very late when they returned, instead of leisurely flying back, they chose to use a Teleportation Circle. Sophia had been quite worried her young lady might vomit the dinner she just had, but unexpectedly, this time the young lady was completely normal and didn't fall ill.
"Of course it's not cured, but I found a good way to alleviate the symptoms."
Dorothy boasted with a smug grin, an air of mystery surrounding her.
The Angel Witch asked casually, out of curiosity.
"Hmph, it's a secret. You'll find out during tomorrow's sparring; I'm saving it as my trump card."
Dorothy said proudly, tilting her head with a secretive air.
Everyone had agreed to test the performance of the White Dragon Warship the next day, and then find an Arena to spar with each other. After all, just having Attribute descriptions on the Identity Card was too abstract to understand one's strength. A real fight was necessary to get a clear picture.
In fact, the way Dorothy prevented teleportation sickness was by using the Forbidden Curse, Spatial Control, she got from the Judgment Court. This spell wasn't like Time Stop, which is an outgoing Curse; it was a continuous buff spell. Once successfully cast, the user would enter a state similar to being possessed by deities, significantly enhancing their adaptability to and affinity with space. Controlling space became as simple and natural as controlling one's own limbs.
The reason she used to suffer from aftereffects of teleportation was that her weak magic power prevented her from comprehending the Space Laws during the teleportation process. To her, those laws were like giving a primary school student a professional foreign language paper to read; she couldn't understand a word, causing her nothing but dizziness and very little learning progress.
But now it was different. Once in the state of Spatial Control, it was as if she had a translation software built in. The enigmatic Space Laws, once impossible to understand, were now translated into plain language. Even though the information was still voluminous, Dorothy had one thing going for her: a powerful learning ability, which made understanding them not so difficult.
Well, it's just as expected of a Forbidden Curse Level Spell – powerful indeed, turning a homebody witch who used to detest teleportation into someone who now loved it. Dorothy even wished she could teleport more often to better learn and comprehend the Space Laws.
Of course, fearing dizziness after teleportation, using a Forbidden Curse as a remedy does sound a bit far-fetched, akin to using a cannon to kill a mosquito in terms of resource wastage. But since Spatial Control is a continuous spell, its consumption is also continuous.
Therefore, as long as the spell is quickly deactivated, the consumption of Magic Power and spiritual power is manageable, even for a relatively weak witch like Dorothy.
It's a pity that she had only recently learned this magic, and it being a Forbidden Curse, the learning difficulty was extremely high. Even for Dorothy, instant casting wasn't possible. Despite making this her main goal in magic research these past days, at her fastest, she still required roughly five minutes to cast the spell, even with the assistance of her familiars, which was still quite troublesome.
The Homebody Witch truly hoped she could cast this practical Forbidden Curse instantly one day. But even with her learning speed, reaching that level would take at least...
Well, about a month or so. Maybe, with some overtime and intensive study, she could speed that up.
That's what Dorothy was calculating in her mind.
Sigh, of the three Forbidden Curse Slots she had, the one she actually wanted to study the most was the stylish Time Stop. Unfortunately, to avoid embarrassing herself during every teleportation, she had to begrudgingly start with mastering Spatial Control.
Of course, the main reason was that no matter how well she learned the other two Forbidden Curses, she couldn't cast them without the support of Spell Slots for mana-free casting. Only Spatial Control had the smallest consumption, which she could barely manage as her trump card.
Hmph, let them laugh at me for being weak today; tomorrow I'll turn on the hacks and wipe you all out. Just wait and see, you'll all be eating a Forbidden Curse.
The killing power of spatial series spells could instantly obliterate anyone below a Great Witch and pose a significant threat even to a Great Witch. With proper control, she...
emmmmm...nah, let's not dream; she isn't her former self. Back then, others didn't know her, and she could pretend to be weak and catch them off guard.
Dorothy didn't think her fellow magic club sisters would underestimate her or go easy on her during tomorrow's sparring, making it pointless to fight against such a great gap in magic power.
Unless she shamelessly cheated by using a Spell Slot, her role tomorrow would be as a tough-talking king in the spectator stands. If she could break through their defenses on the field, that would be considered a success.
And now she could cast Spatial Mastery without relying on a Spell Slot, so whether or not she could break through her close friends' defenses tomorrow would all depend on that.
"Oh, is that so? I'll be looking forward to your performance tomorrow, young lady."
Seeing the secretive demeanor of the Homebody Witch, Sophia raised an eyebrow and said with a tone full of malicious intent.