Chapter 646: Fleeting Touch

Without much suspense, I decided to place my eggs all in one basket and hope that I could bake something no one had ever seen before and something that was entirely worthy of what the System was able to provide for me.

I wanted to take my strengths and push them to the extremes, and while that might not be entirely possible, I wanted to try and try and try again, fueling myself with my love for magic and my desires to reach the same mountain that the others were scaling, to go ahead and establish myself beside them as someone to view as worthy of their affections and strong enough that no one would ever question it.

Whilst I still preferred the comfort and bliss that shadows could provide, I understood now that I was no longer going to be allowed that comfort, that familiarity of being looked over for those that were beside me instead; no, I would instead need to embrace the dim light that would always be on me, since from now on I was no longer 'just a maid'.