Isn’t it frustrating when your anger has nowhere to be placed?

I wanted to see Shwa, I really do. I was dying to see my little flower and told them it's okay, I'm fine, don't feel guilty about anything...

But I couldn't even bring myself to get out of the bed.

I was expecting my core to be filled--maybe not fully, but at least half of it--but no; my core was stagnant, perhaps even going down for a bit. This was despite my natural rejuvenation.

At first, I thought my genetic ability was broken. Upon inspection, however, I found nothing wrong with my rejuvenation--it worked as it intended to. This meant one thing;

The rate of my mana consumption was greater than my mana recovery.

So, it wasn't just the blooming that sucked my mana dry all at once, but the daily consumption afterward was increasing. I could probably manage not to get my tank completely empty by absorbing mana from the environment and the mana stones, as well as eating the food designated for vampires. But to fill my mana core again...