Ailetta's mana continued fluctuating for a little while longer before finally settling.
Once it did, Noah took the opportunity to properly gauge the extent of her changes.
His instincts had already given him a faint understanding of what happened. His blood had strengthened one of Ailetta's strongest traits, causing some characteristics that previously only appeared during her transformation to become permanent parts of her body.
More importantly, the transformation itself had grown considerably stronger.
Noah had already experienced that firsthand after accidentally meeting the gaze of the eye within her chest. If one of its abilities had become that much more invasive without Ailetta even transforming, he could only imagine how much stronger it would become once she did.
His thoughts lingered on that possibility for so long that he didn't immediately notice Ailetta looking back at him.
A beautiful smile had already appeared on her face.
She had caught him staring.
