"Cough…"

I tried to stifle the cough that threatened to escape, mixed with the metallic taste of blood in my mouth.

‘My body….’

Even though I felt a surge of energy, my body wasn’t in great shape. Borrowing someone else's mana was basically like doping. It wasn’t something that could leave me unscathed, especially when that “someone else” was a dragon. Still, compared to the first time I activated the blessing, I was faring much better. Back then, the backlash had left me unconscious for days.

‘I really shouldn’t have touched it back then.’

Curiosity is a sin. My father …