And that was how the eclectic group found themselves sitting cross-legged and meditating when the maids came with breakfast the next morning.
"Sirs and madams, your meal is ready." The maid whispered.
"Please place it on the table in the garden. They will be up in a moment, we’ve just been working on our Power Matrix all night." Karl explained, used to keeping a bit of his attention separate while he was deep in meditation.
If he didn’t, who knew what the beasts would get up to. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Cara laughed at his concern. She was far too good for a little attention split to catch her all the time.
The smell of food slowly brought the others back to consciousness, and a slow smile spread across Rue’s face as she tested her own progress.
"I think that I’m at the bottleneck of another advancement. This is wonderful. One day. One day is all that it took for me to move through half a Rank using this method, and I’ve only got one point of focus."
Her voice was a hushed whisper, afraid to wake the others. But they were already becoming aware, and Prince Lukas was smiling at her.
"Perhaps we can put off our morning duties today. If you’re at the bottleneck, we can help you break through, and then you will face everyone one Rank higher than you were.
It will be a great way for them to build faith in your abilities." The Crown Prince suggested.
Rue nodded eagerly, ready to do whatever it took to start getting the respect that a Princess deserved. Being chosen to help the Crown Prince with his duties was already a nice slap in the face to the older Princes who certainly wanted such a prestigious position, but it was far from enough to feel satisfying.
Karl smiled at her. "Alright, what we are going to do is to flood your body with mana one rank higher than you are. By common designation, that is Royal Rank energy, I’m not sure what it is called here. Probably a Palace Servant, or Scullery Maid or something."
Rue laughed at his description. He wasn’t wrong, but the way that he phrased it was just too funny.
This was the Palace Servant Rank she was reaching, and then would be the Senior Servant Rank, and the Palace Officer Rank, before reaching Totem Rank. It was just easier to describe power level by the jobs that they did.
Karl began to flood her with Royal Rank mana, and Rue squeaked, startled by the influx.
"Focus on refining it through the focal point. It will make it faster to break the bottleneck, and then you can advance before lunch." He instructed.
Cara nodded in agreement. "Then I can dose you with a growth potion, and you will be almost to another advancement."
"No drugging the Princess." Lukas and Barry shouted at the same time.
Cara smirked, while Rue laughed. The level of trust in the good intentions of a Chaos Badger were somewhere between zero and nonexistent. Though, given Remi’s experimentation process, that was likely not the wrong call.
More than once, emergency healing had been needed to keep test subjects from exploding.
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