[You have made a 『Liquid that Flows in Reverse When Exposed to Light』.]

[You have learned 『Skill - Curse Casting Lv. 1』.]

Lee Shin put the black liquid in a bottle. There was not a lot of it, but it seemed enough.

"Are you done with your test already?" Reina asked.

When Lee Shin handed in his test, Reina did a double take. She looked at the time. It was amazing how Lee Shin could make his cursed liquid in just an hour. Reina had been looking closely at how Lee Shin created it–he had used a kind of recipe that she had never seen before, even though she knew many recipes.

"What kind of cursed liquid is this?" Reina asked.

"If you drink this liquid and are exposed to light, there will be a backflow the moment you activate your mana," Lee Shin explained.

"What?" Reina asked.

Reina could not believe what Lee Shin had accomplished when he said he had created a curse that made mana flow in reverse just by looking at the light. Reina had dealt with quite a lot of black magic for a long time along the way of rising through the ranks to be a Clarte, but she had never seen this kind of curse before. Besides, she was astonished to see that Lee Shin could make this cursed liquid in only an hour.

"Alright, you’re good to go for now. I’ll give you the result after I check the quality of this liquid,” Reina explained.

"Okay," Lee Shin replied.

"Oh, and come to my room when the test is over,” Reina said.

"Okay," Lee Shin replied.

As Lee Shin left the test room, Reina fiddled...