Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Chapter 967: Why He Forbid Her From Learning

Chapter 967: Chapter 967: Why He Forbid Her From Learning

Arabella gawked at Alwin. She did not know about any of this.

’If I have a high capacity, doesn’t it mean I also have a high affinity for magic? Isn’t it going to waste with me not knowing how to use it? Shouldn’t we maximize it?’

Instead of prohibiting her from learning, wouldn’t it be more effective to let her learn magic so she could use it as her capacity allows?

This way, Arabella wouldn’t have to be too reliant on Alwin when it comes to things she needed to do.

"I can tell what you are thinking just at the look on your face," Alwin sighed deeply.

"I’m not thinking about anything in particular. Haha," Arabella pretended to be innocent.

"It would indeed give me some more free time if you were able to use magic.

However, my free time might end up becoming zero if you create so much trouble; I had to clean up after your mess all the time," Alwin said with a look that said he was sure she would make trouble for him.

"I won’t. I promise," Arabella raised both hands.

"No. Let me tell you why.

Listen carefully," Alwin emphasized.

"..."

Arabella made a face of disappointment, rolled her eyes, and let out a puff of air to show her annoyance, but listened to him.

Alwin simply raised a brow and continued speaking.

"Remember when my elders noticed that my mana capacity suddenly increased months ago?"

"Yes," Arabella nodded.

"It was when we just returned. When we just regressed.

My mana capacity grew to the point it was more than two decades later.

When I checked yours, your mana capacity had also grown to what it was when you were in your forties.

And it grew even more when His Majesty began giving you some of his mana.

He hadn’t reached your limit so far, so he can keep giving you more until you can no longer receive more.

Do you know what this means?"

Alwin talked to her like she were some child.

"..."

Arabella was truly clueless about this, though, so she silently shook her head to let him keep talking.

She wanted to understand this, too, so she was rather grateful he was finally explaining this.

"You already have a capacity that rivals a dragon.

A dragon that had lived for several decades.

His Majesty and I had cast spells on you so humans and everything else near you won’t be affected by the mana you carry.

With all the mana you have received from His Majesty, the younger generation of the long-lived races in Estrella will instinctively bow to you and treat you as an elder when they see you before they even realize that you are my lord’s mate.

They’ll perceive you as a dragon just with the amount of mana you now have.

And this is exactly why I’m forbidding you to learn the ancient language of magic.

In a single mistake or miscalculation, with the amount of mana you have now, you can accidentally blow up a huge part of the Imperial Palace and kill everyone nearby.

You will not explode since you have all the protection spells we have placed on you, but you can easily become a mass murderer by accident.

Do you understand the risks now?"

"!!!"

Arabella was wide-eyed at Alwin’s explanation.

She did not know it was this dangerous.

She formerly thought he was sabotaging her interests for growth because he was worried she would betray them later.

But it seems there was more to it. It was because it was this dangerous.

"I see... I understand now..."

After realizing the level of the risks, Arabella agreed that it was indeed better for her to learn and study about it once she was in Estrella under their watchful gaze and guidance.

Likewise, Ferdinand had a vast island, and she could make as many mistakes there without accidentally killing anyone.

"I don’t remember everything I discovered in our former life yet.

But I believe this must also be why they chose you as Renee’s, or rather, Evania’s vessel.

Evania was obsessed with your beauty and wanted to use your body for revenge.

But for her fake allies, it must have been because of your mana capacity and the mana you have received so far.

Primordials’ mates have a special constitution.

You are able to receive mana from your mate in bulk and use it as your own.

His Majesty did not mark you in the past, but he still gave you an ample amount of mana, so you will stay healthy your whole life.

This means Evania will live a long, healthy life using your body.

And the mana that lay unused inside you because you did not know how to use magic, will then become hers to use.

They’d have a very powerful vessel and puppet to use for their own bidding," Alwin explained.

Analyzing it this way, it was indeed likely among the reasons why they chose to use her, aside from the fact that she was the Empress of Valeria.

"But didn’t you say last time that mana is closely associated with the soul? How come they can use my mana even if my soul has left my body?" Arabella was a bit confused by this part.

"Mana is indeed closely tied to the soul.

The soul determines your mana capacity.

This is why our mana capacity increased after we regressed back.

We returned to a time when our bodies were this young, but we remember that we have lived our past life.

Thus, our capacity grew to what it was up to the time we once lived.

Our soul and our mana are closely tied to our body.

Even if you have died, the mana capacity of your body remains high because of what it was used to when it was your soul occupied it.

The body remembers since it also carries some of a person’s mana.

It’s difficult to part the two completely," Alwin explained.

"So it’s like how magic ores are formed from prolonged exposure to mana?"

This was confusing, but Arabella could understand it somehow after what she had seen so far.

If she had had no experience with anything related to magic, this would have been difficult to understand.