Alice was already awake when Isaac entered the room. Her eyes immediately shifted toward him, lingering on his face for a moment. His crimson eyes seemed to hold faint flames within them. It looked like an illusion created by the light, yet at the same time, it felt undeniably real.
As he stepped closer, Isaac noticed something else. Standing near Alice, he could feel warmth radiating from her. It wasn't ordinary heat but a strange mixture of vitality and warmth, as if life itself had become part of her presence.
"How are you feeling now?" he asked as he stopped beside the bed.
"I'm good. Although... I feel different. I got a new skill, but it feels like there were other changes too. Like I have new inherent abilities. And there's also this," Alice replied.
She raised one hand with her palm facing upward. A thin crack appeared in the empty air above it, and familiar mana seeped through the opening.
