Surviving As The Villainess's Attendant

"The tournament will start tomorrow."

I had been pushing my body to its limits with sparring and personal lessons during the day, and at night, I squeezed out blood for magic training.

All that effort had definitely borne fruit.

My dagger skills and basic magic had improved to a fairly respectable level.

Even I could feel it—the way my movements had become sharper, more fluid. The way my mana responded faster, smoother. It was easier to control than before.

I think, for the most part, I am ready.

I have one S-rank movement skill and one S-rank blood magic skill given to me by Velra.

My basic stats are not good, but I am going to upgrade them in the next few hours.

Anyway, I also have a new skill given to me by the system—Shadow Pin.

It is an A-rank skill that would surely come in handy in every situation, and unlike my Ghoststep, it doesn’t require much mana.

Now it was time to use the Enhancement Orb that I robbed from the Valstein family.

I quickly put my finger on the right-hand side of my ring and pulled out a hand-sized orb from within.