So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 247: Synesthesia Ritual

"Ocean Envoy?"

Upon hearing the voice in her mind, Janna-Roland instinctively took a step back. She quickly composed herself and responded in a friendly tone through telepathy:

"Hello, I am Janna-Roland, the witch apprentice who purified the contamination on your body—may I ask, have you awakened?"

After this tentative inquiry, there was no further telepathic response from the mermaid who had identified herself as the Ocean Envoy.

"Are you still there?"

Receiving no reply to her second telepathic message, Janna-Roland hesitated before casting the Mind Perception spell on the Deep Sea Mermaid.

"The soul is indeed still in a deeply sealed state—"

"Master?"

Observing Janna-Roland's uncharacteristic silence, the Celestial Sparrow, slightly out of breath from excessive mana expenditure, asked with a hint of concern.

"I'm fine, Aph. You've worked hard this time; go back and rest early."

"Yes, Master."

As the Celestial Sparrow vanished once more into the holy light, Janna-Roland's gaze returned to the Deep Sea Mermaid before her.

"It seems that was just a chance awakening—"

After a moment's thought, Janna-Roland, who had originally planned to observe the body structure the next day, decided to change her plan.

She was uncertain when the Deep Sea Mermaid would awaken again. If the mermaid did wake up, it would pose a significant obstacle to Janna-Roland's transfiguration plan.

Therefore, to avoid missing the opportunity, Janna-Roland decided to complete the preparations before the Soul Conversion as soon as possible.

Exhaling deeply, Janna-Roland placed her hands gently on the Deep Sea Mermaid while casting the Mind Perception spell.

"Buzz—"

A stream of light surged, accompanied by a green glow emanating from Janna-Roland's palms. The medical mana threads, formed by the Shaping Spell, quickly penetrated the Deep Sea Mermaid's body along the skeletal pathways, conducting a detailed observation of the body's structure.

"So this is how a mermaid's organs are arranged—"

From the torso to the organs, from the skeleton to the muscle structure.

Under intense observation with high mental focus, Janna-Roland soon comprehended the upper body's structure of the Deep Sea Mermaid, which, while similar to a human's, had significant differences.

"Next is the observation of the fish tail—"

As time passed, Janna-Roland found the analysis of the fish tail considerably more challenging compared to the torso.

In addition to the complex structure of the fish tail, the water-elemental mana within it continuously disrupted Janna-Roland's vision.

This interference caused her mana threads to be expelled before they could probe deeply.

"No wonder there's an entire chapter on mana attribute conversion in the Intermediate Healing course—without conversion, the efficiency of probing is so low that the patient might not survive until the cause is identified—"

Although Janna-Roland understood the principles of mana conversion, achieving precise control over converted mana, akin to her native attribute, was extremely difficult.

Even with "cheat points," without guidance, it was unrealistic for Janna-Roland, with her current Beginner Healing level, to master it independently.

"I'll have to take it slow—"

Seeing her mana threads once again neutralized by the water-elemental mana, Janna-Roland, who had maintained the casting state for an extended period, finally withdrew from the crystal ball, her spiritual consciousness returning to her physical body.

"It's already this late?"

Glancing at the mechanical clock showing 2:30 a.m., the mentally fatigued Janna-Roland rubbed her temples, which were slightly throbbing from overexertion of mental power.

"There's still Professor Margaret-Mag's Intermediate Herbology class tomorrow morning—I need to get to bed early." The rıghtful source is NoveIＦire.net

After a brief wash, Janna-Roland sat cross-legged on the bed and began meditating.

"Inhale—exhale—inhale—"

Perhaps due to exhaustion, Janna-Roland quickly entered a deep meditative state accompanied by steady breathing.

The next morning.

"Knock knock knock—"

Hearing the urgent knocking from outside the window, Janna-Roland abruptly opened her previously closed eyes.

"A raven?"

After a night of deep meditation, Janna-Roland's previously depleted mental and mana reserves were fully restored.

Seeing the anxious raven outside the window, Janna-Roland donned her slippers, got out of bed, and quickly walked to the window to open it.

The morning wind was chilly and piercing.

Although it was already March, the snow in Turin had yet to melt, making the morning air quite cold.

Just by opening the window, Janna-Roland could feel the warmth from her body being rapidly drained by the cold air outside.

"Apprentice, this is today's class schedule; please keep it safe."

"Alright, thank you, Lord Raven."

"You're welcome."

After receiving the envelope from the raven and expressing her gratitude, Janna-Roland closed the window again.

"Schedules delivered at this time usually indicate class adjustments—"

[Notice: All classes of Principal Anthony-Blackcrow, Professor Grace-Eva, and Professor Mary-Margaret this week are postponed due to special reasons. The specific resumption time will be announced later.]

"As expected—"

Reading the contents of the letter, Janna-Roland recalled that a few days ago, when she was preparing to consult Anthony-Blackcrow and Grace-Eva about the Law Fragments, the Tower Spirit had informed her that both were absent from the academy.

At that time, she had speculated that Anthony-Blackcrow and Grace-Eva had gone out.

Unexpectedly, they had not returned even by today, and Mary-Margaret was also absent from the academy.

"This works out well—since there are no classes today, I can continue the work I left unfinished yesterday."

Yesterday, Janna-Roland had successfully analyzed the upper body's structure of the Deep Sea Mermaid, but she had only just begun examining the fish tail, with much left to do.

"It's time to use the Synesthesia Ritual to enhance my perception—"

Normally, apprentices attempting cross-elemental transfiguration for the first time would use the Synesthesia Ritual to enhance their perception during the critical soul simulation phase.

However, when Janna-Roland cast the Mind Perception spell on the Deep Sea Mermaid yesterday, she discovered that, although the mermaid's soul attribute differed significantly from her own plant-affinity soul, its existence state was very similar to that of a human.

This meant that if Janna-Roland could resolve the conflict caused by the fish tail's attributes, her progress in Soul Conversion would be more than halfway complete.