Karl started his plan for the day with a combination of [Evolution] and [Beast Form].
The idea was that it should trigger beast form to give an appearance that would mimic their natural bloodline, in a form the same or higher than the bloodline that they currently possessed, while favouring the beast.
For Rue, that would be a Shadow Dragon.
If it worked, it would be perfect, and both of the skills were common enough that it wouldn’t be horrifically restrictive to cast.
The combination created [Greater Beast Form], but as he finished it, Karl realized that he might just be able to use [Unholy Beast Transformation] on Rue. Shadow Dragons seemed like the sort of unholy magic attuned sort of creatures it would like.
So, Karl made plans to try both on her to see which one worked.
But he couldn’t in good conscience try out new spells on the Princess without knowing what they would do.
He obviously had to try them on himself first.
First, Karl double-checked that there was nobody else in the suite with him, then blocked all the entrances and windows with an opaque barrier.
Now, he could try [Greater Beast Form].
The spell shimmered over his body, and Karl found himself back in a familiar furry state, as a Cat Demon. Only, this time, his claws radiated power, and his body seemed to pulse with mana, moving it through his lungs with every breath.
It was an incredibly efficient meditation form, and the amount of mana that he could use at one time would be even more impressive than it was before.
Totally worth the effort to combine the skills.
He wasn’t sure how effective it would be on Rue, as he didn’t know what [Beast Form] turned her into. But there was a chance it would work, so he would try it as soon as they were finished training for the day.
Fortunately, that would be soon, as Karl realized the sun was already setting, and he had lost most of a day while intensely focused on altering the spell.
It was entirely too easy to lose track of time when working with certain skills, he noticed. Runecrafting was the same was as Spell Merger, in that he could get started and then just finish his work days later without noticing the difference.
It must be how Immortals and the Ancient Dragons felt.
Karl quickly changed back to Tengu form so that he didn’t confuse the others when they returned, then lowered the barriers so that he could go check on the state of Rue’s training.
Cara was still next door in the illusion, so there shouldn’t be any issues. But as he should have expected, there were far more than three people in the room when he arrived.
Cara and Rue had recruited all the children of the staff here to join in on the training as a group effort, and they had turned the day into an impromptu party.
"Karl, welcome back to the land of the living. The kids are just about done with their spell practice, and then we were going to head down for dinner. It will be in the formal dining room, which is just down the hall and on the main floor." Prince Lukas greeted him.
"That works for me. I think that I have a spell ready for Rue to try, but it can wait until after dinner, in case it needs some tweaking. I know what a hangry dragon is like."
The staff giggled at Karl’s assessment, and then checked the trays of snacks that they had brought to the training room for just that reason.

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