Magical Cat

In the corridors of the Royal Magic Academy, Melina walked gracefully, nodding to the students who bowed to her.

Melina is intelligent, beautiful, kind, and a powerful magician, which makes her very popular with her students.

She had just left Elaine's dormitory, and even though Elaine hadn't accepted her suggestion, she didn't seem too disappointed.

At that moment, a white snake emerged from behind Melina's swan-like neck.

The white snake was pure white, with two eyes that gleamed like obsidian. It approached Melina's small, round earlobe and flicked its pink tongue.

"Are you regretting it?"

A deep, magnetic voice rang in Melina's ears; it was a voice only she could hear.

Melina felt the tingling sensation in her ear, smiled softly, and answered silently with her magic, "I'm just afraid she won't be as lucky as me."

……

The next morning.

Before class, Elaine went to the library to look up information about magical beasts.

Although it was early in the morning, the library was already open, and there were quite a few students reading there, engrossed in their studies.

Li En leaned on Elaine's shoulder, carefully reading the text on the documents as Elaine turned the pages of the book.

It's amazing that he was able to understand the obscure and unfamiliar characters in front of him.

According to Elaine, this is magical script, specifically for use by magicians, and completely different from the script used by ordinary people.

Moreover, without magical talent, one simply cannot learn this script.

It took Elaine more than half a year to get a basic grasp of it.

Li En also deeply understands this.

He didn't actually understand the magical script; rather, the script was like an encrypted information stream, instantly absorbed into his mind the moment he saw it, resulting in extremely high reading efficiency.

"Is this an ability possessed by magical beasts, or is it something special about me?"

After consulting with Elaine, Li En realized that this was his special status.

Magical beasts are divided into four stages according to their growth: Juvenile, Adult, Mature, and Ultimate.

Li En is currently in the juvenile stage.

Young magical beasts have almost no combat power; only those with good talent possess some auxiliary abilities. They mainly serve as adorable pets, relying on the sustenance of mages to survive and grow.

They only begin to comprehend magic during their growth period, gradually acquiring combat abilities and providing more assistance to magicians.

However, the resources required during this period are astronomical for ordinary people, enough to last a lifetime.

Magical beasts also need to learn on their own. For example, to master magical scripts, magical beasts usually start learning during their growth period and can only master them proficiently when they reach maturity.

There are examples of magical beasts with slightly lower natural talent that may still be illiterate even when they reach their perfect form.

Li En's ability to read magical texts at a young age is clearly due to the influence of his special abilities.

[Talent: Skill Certification]

Passive Skill: Magic Perception (Silver)

If he closes his eyes and concentrates now, the information in his mind will turn into these two lines.

Although a new passive skill called Magic Perception has been added, there is no further information about the actual effect of this skill.

Furthermore, the word "Silver" is marked after the skill, which obviously indicates the skill's rank or rarity. It is likely that higher-level skills will be available in the future, or existing skills will be upgraded.

Li En is now certain that his magic perception can help him constantly draw magic from the air, but the speed is not as fast as the supply when Elaine is meditating, only about one-twentieth of it.

The key point is that this absorption of magic is like breathing, happening constantly. Over a day, it accumulates into a considerable amount of magic power, enough to at least sustain Li En's survival.

Magical beasts do not need to eat or drink; they survive by absorbing magical energy. However, young magical beasts do not have the ability to absorb magical energy on their own and therefore need to be fed by their masters.

After Li En acquired the magic perception skill, he was essentially weaned off his mother early and gained the ability to survive independently.

He could sense that, after a day of accumulation, the magical power within his body had long since reached its storage limit.

This skill is like a permanent mana regeneration effect that slowly increases the user's maximum mana, similar to a mage's meditation, but a weaker version of a permanent passive skill.

Although he didn't know much about this world, he felt that this must be a very outrageous skill.

"In my past life, I had no special talents; in this life, I will amaze everyone!"

Lee Eun silently vowed to herself, forcefully suppressing the ever-growing corners of her mouth.

But before he could be smug for long, the corners of his mouth turned down again.

Li En also has a headache right now.

He had previously seen a task panel in his mind, and only after completing the task did he receive the passive skill "Magic Perception" as a reward.

He clearly remembered that the punishment for failing to complete the mission was the dissipation of his physical body.

The book clearly states that for magical beasts, this is death.

Young magical beasts are very fragile and rely mainly on the magical power of their mage masters to grow.

Abandoned magical beasts like Li En, whose magic supply was cut off by their original owners and whose contracts were forcibly terminated, can be said to have walked through the gates of hell, and it is already a miracle that they are still alive.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but steal a glance at Elaine's profile.

"If it weren't for this kind-hearted and lovely little girl, I'm afraid I wouldn't have this second life."

"And she's really beautiful."

(✧∀✧)

Seeing Elaine intently flipping through the book, Li En couldn't help but grin foolishly.

Between his two lifetimes, Elaine was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

The words "cute" and "beautiful" perfectly blend together in Elaine.

Generally speaking, a mage can only form a contract with one magical beast, and this process is completed when the magical egg is hatched.

If the mage dies, the magical beast that made the contract with him will also die.

Conversely, if a magical beast dies, the mage will also be severely injured, and in severe cases, may even lose their life.

This largely depends on how deep the bond is between the mage and their magical beast.

Therefore, abandoning magical beasts usually only happens shortly after they have hatched, because at this time the impact on the mage is minimal.

Li En's current situation is rather special. Because he was just abandoned, he has no contract and is in a state of being ownerless.

Young magical beasts without owners not only cannot continue to grow, but also die from exhaustion of their magical energy.

However, Li En is a special case in this respect. Because he has the magic perception skill, he is able to absorb magic on his own and stay alive.

But Elaine didn't know that.

"You'll die if you don't sign the contract!"

Elaine was startled when she saw this, and she subtly increased the speed at which she turned the pages.

The classroom taught how to make a contract when hatching a magic egg, but it didn't teach how to deal with special cases like Li En's.

At that moment, new information also surfaced in Li En's mind.

[Task: Re-complete the Contract (Incomplete)]

[Time Limit: 15 days]

[Reward: Contract Upgrade (Silver)]

[Punishment: Regression of the reproductive system; reactivation of the contractable state]