Witch Training Manual: My Water Magic Is Wrong

When Wayne woke up again.

The room that came into view was an unfamiliar bedroom.

The room was reasonably spacious, but the furnishings were clearly those of a guest room, with very few personal decorations.

Wayne propped himself up on the bed frame and sat up.

He immediately realized that something was wrong.

Everyone else who had come in with him was gone. Rachel, Ashley, Ophina, Colin, Roule, Emily—none of them were there. He was all alone in the room.

Then he noticed a more serious problem.

He noticed that his hands looked much smaller.

The fingers are shorter and thinner, and the skin is more delicate—this is clearly not an adult's hand!

Wayne quickly got out of bed and walked to the dressing mirror in the corner of the room to take a look.

The person in the mirror was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy. He had short hair, and his facial features were a miniature version of his own, but he was much shorter. He was also wearing an old pajama set, which was clearly not his own clothes.

He's gotten smaller!

After staring at his youthful face in the mirror for two seconds, Wayne's mind was racing.

Am I rejuvenated?

Could it be that the fog contains some kind of rule?

He tried to mobilize the magic power within his body. The water element was still there, but its flow was noticeably sluggish, as if it were being suppressed by something. He then tried the power of his physical cultivation. His physical strength was still there, but it was also suppressed, and he could probably only exert about 20-30% of his original level.

The good news is that it's at least not completely useless.

The bad news is that he now has the body of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, and all his teammates are gone.

Just as he was about to leave, the panel popped up.

[Wayne - Current Status]

[Identity: Cedric Howard, the eighth son of the Lord of Cam City. You are an insignificant nobody, orphaned at a young age, and have no say in your family.]

[Current Status: You have been given this body and identity by the power of the rules, becoming part of this "City of Eternal Slumber." Influenced by water magic, you have retained your full self-awareness and memories. Others are not so fortunate.]

[Note: While the Awakening Potion didn't completely block the mist, it laid the foundation for you and your teammates. You can awaken them through water magic contact—provided you find them first.]

After reviewing the panel, Wayne had a clear understanding of the situation.

The rules of this city assign "identities" to people, forcibly embedding them into the city's script. If it weren't for his water magic and the waking potion he took beforehand, he might have become a child who knew nothing, just like the real Eighth Son.

As for the whereabouts of the others, the panel clearly states that you must first find them and then awaken them through contact.

In other words, he now needs to figure out his place in this "family," then find out the details of the city, and at the same time find his lost teammates one by one.

Squeak!

The door was pushed open from the outside.

A blue-haired maid strode in. Seeing that Wayne was awake, she visibly relaxed and knelt down beside the bed.

A blue-haired maid entered.

She was very beautiful with a great figure, but her face was full of worry. Seeing that Wayne had sat up, she visibly relaxed and quickly walked to the bedside and squatted down.

"Young Master, you're finally awake! You had a fever for two days, I thought..."

She didn't finish speaking, but her eyes were already red.

At this moment, the maid's interface appeared.

【Reika - Character Information】

[Identity: Your maid, age 19.]

[Your relationship: She is the only person in the household who truly cares about you. She has been taking care of you since your mother passed away. A simple fever and subsequent coma made her very worried about your health.]

[Note: He has a very strong possessive streak towards you. Her affection level doesn't need to be measured; it's been maxed out since she can remember.]

[Additionally: In her memory, you and she were extremely close, exceeding the typical master-servant relationship. Furthermore, she would proactively check every night to see if you had kicked off the covers.]

Wayne was still a little uncomfortable with Reika's enthusiasm.

After shrinking, even his mentality was affected. Being stared at with such eyes by a young maid made his adult soul feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Sister Reika, I feel much better."

No sooner had I finished speaking than my stomach let out a growl.

Reika immediately stood up: "I'll go prepare some food for the young master."

After saying that, she quickly left the room.

As Wayne was about to organize his thoughts, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the opposite wall—once blank, lines of writing were slowly emerging.

It's not the control panel.

These are actual words that appear on the wall.

Awakened ones, welcome to the Trial of Eternal Slumber.

Do you want to gain the approval of the gods?

Do you want to receive His gifts?

Complete the trial and you will get everything you want.

The blood-red text paused for a few seconds, then continued to appear.

Quest: After surviving one day, the awakened one will be sacrificed, and you will receive a ticket to the trial. Do you wish to accept the trial?

Wayne did not hesitate.

He reached out and touched the word "yes" on the wall. The moment his fingertip touched the wall, the blood-red character seemed to come alive, seeping into his fingertip and disappearing completely from the wall.

It became.

Now that we're here, there's no turning back. Refusing will only keep him trapped in this city longer; it's better to take the initiative and see what this so-called trial is all about.

Just then, the panel appeared.

[Eternal Sleep Trial - Background Information]

[Affected by the forbidden Tree of Eternal Slumber, signs of revival have appeared at the bottom of the city; the City of Eternal Slumber has now fully awakened.]

[Explanation: Simply put, the City of Eternal Sleep doesn't just exist in this era; it even appears in the past and the future. The people you meet in this city might come from a thousand years ago, or they might come from a thousand years in the future.]

[Note: A time of great potential is coming, so seize the opportunity to develop your forces, little city lord.]

After reading the panel, the bedroom door was pushed open.

It was Recca who came in carrying a tray.

On the tray sat a bowl of hot porridge, several small dishes of side dishes, and a pot of warm water. She placed the tray on the table, turned around, and saw Wayne standing by the wall. She paused for a moment.

"Young Master, what are you looking at?"

"It's nothing," Wayne said, turning around. "I was just spacing out for a bit."

Without thinking much, Reika pushed the bowl of porridge in front of him: "Eat it while it's hot. You haven't eaten properly for two days. Have some porridge to soothe your stomach first."

"Okay, Sister Reika."

At that moment, Wayne was thinking about something else.

blood sacrifice.

Judging from its name, it's not something gentle.

A day later, the blood sacrifice of the awakened ones, to put it bluntly, meant that the city would kill a group of people among all the "awakened ones".

The questions are: Who to kill? How to kill? Who will do the killing?

He has too little information right now, so he can only take it one step at a time. At least he has retained his strength and memories, which already puts him far ahead of others.