The First Step to Art
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The crystal in the ruby dish broke into a pool of crumbs just like that. Gawain and Heidi exchanged a speechless glance.
After a long pause, Gawain then choked out as the corner of his mouth twitched, "This means star raising has failed, right?"
"Eh?"
"Ahem, I mean, what's happening?" Gawain quickly covered up the comment that he'd subconsciously blurted out with a dry cough. "The magic circle overexerted it when drawing out energy and left it in crumbs?"
As light rays of arcane magic floated in Heidi's eyes, she examined the remaining traces of magic in the ruby dish in detail. The initial look of excitement on her face slowly dulled. "No… I'm afraid this is the inherent defect of such crystals…"