"…Huh."
"It really is just ten."
Returning her senses back to her surroundings, a look of disbelief and confusion appeared on Veradine's face.
"The Grand Sage said that consuming the Purple Star Citron would push me to the pinnacle of Sage-to-be," she muttered to herself as she looked at how much ether she had one last time.
"Considering that the minimum number of ether strands a pinnacle Sage-to-be would have is one million, then I should have at least a million ether strands in my body the moment I checked on it."
"Yet… why is there only ten?"
Confirming that she truly only had ten ether strands in her body for the nth time, Veradine finally stopped checking for the meantime as she let out a low sigh.
"Either the Heavenly Fruit wasn't effective, or the Grand Sage lied to me about the Heavenly Fruit's effects," she said, coming up with various reasons why the Heavenly Fruit did not have the effect she was expecting to receive.
