The tip of her pen suddenly halted on the letter paper, leaving an ugly ink blot.
A sharp pain twisted in Sefina’s lower abdomen, quickly transforming into waves of maddening heat that swept through her entire body.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Sefina’s smooth forehead, her cheeks flushed even more noticeably, and her breathing grew rapid and uneven.
“Damn it… why now…” she muttered under her breath, immediately realizing that the damned Magic Seal Circuit was acting up again.
The unfinished letter was roughly pushed aside.
Sefina nearly stumbled as she made her way to the bedside, lifting the soft quilt and climbing onto the bed.
She gritted her teeth and gently lifted the hem of her nightdress, revealing her flat, fair abdomen.
On that smooth skin, a complex and sinister dark purple Magic Seal Circuit glowed faintly, writhing slowly as if alive, exuding an ominous yet alluring aura.
Sefina clenched her silver teeth, her eyes filled with humiliation and fury.
Since her transmigration, relying on her previous life’s scientific mindset combined with this life’s magical talent, she had rarely truly suffered setbacks.
But the Magic Seal Circuit on her lower abdomen was one of the few deeply humiliating marks of defeat she bore!
It was a shameful proof of her loss from a few years ago when she traveled across the continent and clashed with a high-ranking demonkind girl—Ophidoro!
That sadistic lunatic!
Not only was her strength absurdly overwhelming, but she also didn’t hesitate to use an extremely rare Eighth-Rank Magic Tool to brand Sefina with this damned, festering Magic Seal!
The effect of this Magic Seal was vile beyond measure!
It could trigger at any time, any place, without any pattern, causing her internal mana to spiral out of control along with hormonal chaos—in short, it forcibly pushed her into an embarrassing state of heat…
“That bastard—!” Sefina cursed softly, overwhelmed by the shame and craving swelling inside her.
Thankfully, she was at home now. If this ever happened during class or in public…
The proud and commanding teacher suddenly turning into a lustful little girl…
The scene was something she dared not even imagine; social death would be the mildest outcome.
One of the reasons Sefina chose to teach at Oserenka Magical Academy, aside from the high salary and resources, was because the academy housed the Imperial Magical Library’s largest collection of ancient texts.
As a teacher, she even had the privilege to borrow forbidden books from areas off-limits to students, hoping to find a way to break the Magic Seal.
She had investigated for a long time, flipping through countless tomes on demonkind contracts, curses, and Permanent Magic Seal Brands, yet she had never found a method to dispel the brand left by this Eighth-Rank Magic Tool.
The structure of the Magic Seal was incredibly strange and complex; its array patterns and construction logic were completely different from any magical system she knew.
It was obscure and incomprehensible—like a programming language she had never seen before, with syntax and functions she couldn’t understand…
Frustrated, Sefina thumped the mattress, the sensation of being utterly clueless against unknown code exactly mirroring the frustration she felt when facing unsolvable bugs in her previous life!
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As the restlessness in her body grew harder to ignore, waves of heat assaulted her reason.
There was no choice. Without a way to dispel it, each flare-up could only be endured or…
Shamefully… resolved herself…
Just as she bit her lip tightly, her slender fingers trembling slightly, hesitating whether to surrender to that unspeakable craving to alleviate her current predicament—
A faint, almost imperceptible snap suddenly echoed through the air, as if the very atmosphere had been sliced apart!
A chilling, bone-tingling surge of mana swept over her like ice water.
Sefina’s pupils contracted sharply; all her vulnerability and desire instantly transformed into intense vigilance and revulsion!
Instinctively, she sprang from the bed despite her physical discomfort, snatching the magic wand she always kept on her desk in a flash, turning around to point it at the door.
A complex offensive formation instantly crystallized at the wand’s tip, ready to unleash!
That aura! She would never mistake it! Even if turned to ash, she would remember it!
It was the very source of her shameful brand—
Ophidoro!
Her mind focused sharply, senses heightened to the maximum as she tried to lock onto the intruder’s location.
But in the next moment—
“Hi~ my dear little Sefina, it’s been so long. Miss me?”
A sickly sweet, cloying voice filled with a sinister chill whispered right beside her ear.
At the same time, two icy-cool, soft, pale arms slithered up behind her like boneless slippery water snakes, gently wrapping around her neck and even teasingly brushing against her flushed cheek.
“!!!!!”
Sefina shuddered, every hair on her body standing on end!
Without hesitation, she unleashed a burst of mana, violently breaking free from the disgusting hold and leapt forward to create distance.
At the same time, she spun around with lightning speed, her wand unhesitatingly aimed again at the figure who had just appeared in her room!
Ophidoro stood there calmly, quietly watching her with that playfully mocking smile Sefina hated the most.
The pair of black curved horns on her head, symbols of her high demonkind rank, glinted coldly under the room’s soft light.
Her imposing figure, standing nearly 1.75 meters tall, radiated immense pressure.
Her deep purple eyes gleamed with unrestrained malice and amusement.
Ophidoro scanned Sefina, who was only wearing a nightdress, noting the flushed face and unstable breathing. She immediately understood something.
“Oh ho ho, little kitty wants her master’s affection again, huh?”
“What a clingy little creature~~”
At this moment, Sefina’s expression was grim beyond words, her wand steady as a rock.
The mana gathering at its tip grew ever brighter, ready to strike with thunderous force at any moment.
Her mind raced frantically, but inside she knew this was bad news.
How could this woman have tracked her down so quickly?! She had just managed to shake her off using the Ancient Barrier and the complex Transference Array at the academy not long ago!
And… she chose precisely the moment when Sefina’s body was most uncontrollable and her combat effectiveness severely diminished!
Worse yet, Ophidoro herself was a genuine Eighth-Rank Mage, far surpassing Sefina’s current Seventh-Rank.
Even a direct confrontation would be risky; let alone in her current state…
The situation suddenly became extremely tricky and dangerous.
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