I focus on my durability again in disbelief.

Elena left a while ago.
She put me back and took my full potion out of the room with her.

Screw the potion. She can have it.
She's earned it.

I can't even use it anyway.
It was basically just a fancy instrument for the dark day birds.

If I run into Julia again, I'll just have to figure something out on the spot.

I have no idea where she even went or how to search for her anyway.
Why was I even so infatuated with that woman in the first place?
Thinking back on it, I seemed to gradually stop obsessing over her around the time I learned water magic. I wonder what happened?
Oh well. I'm sure I'll stumble onto some sort of clue eventually.

(*Phew*)
This feels like such a load off my shoulders.

Though Elena did nearly accidentally kill me whilst installing all these new parts…

If she had ripped out my arms before putting pants on me, I'm not sure what would've happened…

Oh well, I suppose there's no point worrying about that now.

I look at the depressed bird.
He's sleeping. It's kind of cute actually.

I look at the possessed vial.
It's been covered with a tarp.
Perhaps this is its punishment for being so disobedient?

Anyway, now that nobody's awake or looking… I can finally do some magic training!

I focus on the crooked hole in the floorboards In front of me.

*Pshhht*

Bullseye!
My water nicely goes down the crack in between the floorboards.
This is actually quite easy to aim when you put your mind to it!

(Ah.)
I was so focused I didn't notice Elena come in.

She's standing in the doorway with the door wide open and her hand still on the door handle.

I'm still in the middle of aiming my magic through the crack in front of me. 
I stop my water magic…

She's looking right at my groin with a blank facial expression.

(…)
Please end my life.

Elena slowly walks in whilst not breaking eye contact with me. It looks like she's got my full potion in her hand.

She puts the potion back on the shelf it was on before and slowly leaves the room.
This was all done whilst never breaking eye contact with me.

I've got a bad feeling about this…

Elena closes the door behind her.

(*Sigh*)
I check my mana.

As expected.
Now I just have to wait a bit and I'll be able to move onto the next phase of my training.

I notice the door open a smidgen and see a pair of glowing eyes peeking at me.

(…)

◇◆◇

 

Alright! My mana is back sooner than usual thanks to Juliana's blessing and Elena finally left as well! Her glowing eyes lingered at the doorway longer than I care to remember.

I begin imagining a faucet with a gentle stream of water running.

Ah… my mana point dispersed again.

Damn, looks like this mental image is still too much for just 1 MP.
I was really hoping I could go a little bigger with Juliana's blessing…

The door opens again.

Elena enters with a crystal in her hand.

This thing is worth 5 scarecrows in mana points?!
Are you sure this isn't a yellow coloured item?!

Elena approaches me with the crystal in hand.

She lightly pushes the crystal into the top of my pelvis and moulds some mana into it.

…What are you doing?

It seems like I just received a piercing above my groin…

Elena's eyes glow.

She smirks and stares at me.

(…)
I focus on my status.

(!!!)

I received something insane just now.
My mana point finally got company.

Despite her terrifying nonchalant torture, Elena might actually be the best thing that could have happened to me.

Elena keeps looking at my 2 pebbles and then back down at my groin area that's now wearing pants.
It looks like she's expecting something.

(…)

(Elena I…)
I'm sure she wants to see me use my water magic again.

(I can't go while you're looking at me…)

(…)
Her excited face is slowly morphing into disappointment.

She suddenly raises her index finger next to her head like she got an idea and runs off with a smile.
This is my chance… maybe I should start using water magic now?

Elena swiftly returns with a large wooden cup and places it in front of me.

(…)

Her eyes are sparkling in anticipation.
Considering all the things this lady has done for me…
(*Sigh*)

Argh!!! I can't disappoint her now! It's just water magic! Don't think about it!!
I pour more focus than usual into the mental image of my former human body going for a wizz.

*Pshhht*
I easily fill the cup to the brim with my water magic and quickly stop casting it.

(Is this enough?)
Mentally exhausted I look at Elena.
She picks up the cup and takes a sip from the water.
After the taste test, she gulps down the remainder of the cup's contents.

…

I'm speechless.
Living in another world is more mentally taxing than I was expecting.
I'm sure stuff like this happened behind closed door's back on earth, but I never expected to see this kind of thing so up close…

I decided to mentally escape and focus on my MP.

◇◆◇

 

I want to go home…
After Elena drank 5 more cups she raised her index finger again and ran off.

This time she was gone for quite a while.
Hopefully, she just comes back with another crystal and not something weird…

Just as I was about to do a magic experiment with my mana that had slowly recovered back to 2 points, Elena came back into the room.
She's holding another crystal in her hand and a faucet with a handle attached to it in her other hand.

…What's she planning to do now?
I have a really bad feeling about this.

Elena sat down at the workbench and began tinkering away at the faucet.
I try to move but to no avail.
I need to get out of here.
I'm not completely oblivious to what's potentially about to happen.

Elena finished her work and came over to me with the crystal embedded faucet in her hand.
Oh no.

She places the faucet at my groin and begins moulding mana into it.
PLEASE NO.

Elena turns on the handle of the faucet and…

*Pshhht*

I focus on my MP.

Water came out. My water.

Someone, please save me…

I look at the depressed bird that woke up at some point during all this.
He looks amused.
I regret feeling sorry for you.