100 She Gets a Water Scan (2/2)

Chelsea held her hand out in open air, and began invoking water magic. The temperature in the carriage dropped by about five degrees.

”It takes a long time for me to align the magic polarity and get the mana to settle down, but when I concentrate really hard, I can make this!”

Chelsea showed Jasmine a thin rectangular sheet of what looked like black ice.

”Ho? What's this for?” Jasmine asked.

”To observe the water that Robin drank. That magic water has my mana signature in it. and this sheet acts as a sort of mana signature detector. Let's see...” Chelsea looked at Robin through the sheet.

Various small blue lights were beginning to appear on the dark screen. The first thing that showed up was the large intestine. Then the blue lights broke up and began spreading throughout Robin's body, lighting up the blood vessels until they eventually made their way to Robin's heart.

”How do you get the water to stay inside the heart while it's pumping blood?” Jasmine asked.

”Nothing much. I just make it hug the walls of the heart, away from the main current. Hmmm....” Chelsea examined the now clear image of Robin's beating heart.

”Here it is. Even though it's damaged, there's no way her mana source would accept another's mana.” Chelsea pointed to a dark spot along one of the heart's walls.

”So?” Jasmine asked. ”If it's just a black dot, how are you going to check the damage?”

”Like this!” Chelsea made a hand signal, and the magic lights surrounded the mana source in an airtight manner, to the point where the contours of the source were crystal clear.

”How beautiful...” Jasmine breathed.

Robin's mana source, according to the ice plate, was a shining blue mobius strip, slowly turning itself inside out.

”This ice plate can only show my mana in it.” Chelsea explained. ”Though I can see it like this, I can only imagine how it would look like with Robin's mana dying it in her own colors.”

Jasmine recalled the multi-colored brilliant light from when they measured Robin's mana affinity. If Robin's mana source were sparkling just like in the crystal ball...

”You're right. It would be really pretty.” She agreed.

”Ah, found it. See here?” Chelsea pointed to a spot on Robin's mana source, where a crack gleamed upon the surface.

”It was probably much worse than this beforehand.” Chelsea muttered, spotting several other hair-thin cracks.

”So? Can you heal it?” Jasmine asked.

”Mmm? Ah, It shouldn't be a problem. All I have to do is stimulate the mana source's natural restorative powers.

But, It will take at least five sessions. Since it's within the heart, we'll need to restrain each session to three days apart from each other, to make sure things are going well. So, in total, it will probably take me twenty days to finish treatment.”

”Eh? Twenty days!?” Jasmine exclaimed.

”Why? Is that too long? I'm sorry for not being able to finish things at the drop of a hat-”

”No, I mean it's far too short!” Jasmine exclaimed. ”Normally, to recover from such a serious injury, would take over a year! Due to the fact that light healing magic can't be used, it may even take longer. But you wouldn't even need a full month to heal it.” She explained.

The ice sheet in Chelsea's hands dissipated. ”Very well then. Treatment will begin tomorrow.”

Even with the examination being finished, Robin did not wake up. The two girls looked at each other and laughed a bit. Then they left Robin to rest by herself as they retreated to the other carriage room. It was best to avoid disturbing Robin's sleep while they discussed water healing magic.

At this point, the invisible presence drew closer to the sleeping Robin. It floated down from a corner of the room, where it had hidden. Hesitantly, it touched Robin's forehead.

While such a touch would usually awaken Robin, she continued to sleep deeply.

As Robin slept, she began to dream.