During a late-night experiment, Nako accidentally spills a concentrated batch of the potion onto a pile of discarded, low-level magical cores. Instead of dissolving, the cores fuse together into a —a shapeshifting creature driven entirely by the desire to consume magical energy from living hosts.
to resist the monster's instant-drain aura. During a late-night experiment, Nako accidentally spills a
The story culminates in the deep basement of the Institute, where the monster has begun to create a "Fragment Hive." Nako must decide whether to destroy the creature and lose her research or find a way to purify it back into its base components. The story culminates in the deep basement of
Nako is a brilliant but scatterbrained alchemist working at the , a facility dedicated to researching "High-Efficiency Magic." Her latest project is a potion designed to instantly extract the essence of a person's magical potential—colloquially known as the "Instant Fragment." During a late-night experiment