Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

The instant Ethan swallowed the "Reader" potion, Julian immediately activated "Scholar's Legacy," projecting specific knowledge onto the little owl's mind through pre-arranged ritual magic and arrays.

On the other hand, Julian set up another set of ritual magic to contain the pollution spreading from the "Scholar's Legacy" within a crystal ball, thus ensuring that Ethan was not affected by the pollution.

The little owl's body trembled slightly, but it kept its eyes tightly closed, seemingly trying to stabilize its mind in accordance with Grace's teachings in order to control the potion's power.

Under Julian's gaze, Ethan's entire body was surging with light, with blue, red, yellow, and green appearing alternately.

About three minutes later, the light suddenly began to stabilize again and showed obvious stratification.

Red and yellow light lingered on Ethan's body, while green and blue coalesced into indigo, representing calmness and wisdom, completely covering his astral body.

These changes correspond to the "reader's" expertise in using ritual magic.

As for the mental body, Julian can see green and a distinct violet color, which indicates that Ethan's memory and comprehension have been greatly enhanced, and this is also a typical characteristic of the "Reader" mental body.

After confirming that Ethan had truly become a "Reader," Julian stopped the ritual magic and then put the "Scholar's Legacy" away again.

"Congratulations on becoming a 'Reader'."

Julian spoke with a smile, and Ethan responded with a very clear "woof woof" sound.

"As expected, even animals that have become extraordinary after taking magic potions cannot speak at the beginning."

Julian couldn't help but think of Susie, the "Imaginary Dog," and realized that Ethan needed to digest a portion of the "Reader's" potion in order to speak like Grace.

"Oh, right... speaking of which..."

Julian suddenly remembered something, and he became excited.

He brought two sets of books directly.

The first set of books is called "A Comprehensive Dictionary of Highland Languages ​​and Ruen Languages", while the second set of books is "An Analysis of the North Continent Language Family".

"These two books are for you to read. For a 'reader,' learning a language is an extremely simple thing."

Julian laughed:

"If all goes well, you will only need a maximum of two weeks to fully master the Highland language and the Ruen language, and then you will be able to understand more academic works."

Fenneport Highland is considered the mother tongue of Remnburg, and the two are almost identical. In addition, Highland is also the source language of many words in Rune.

Therefore, once you learn the highland language, you can easily master the Remnburg language, and at the same time, it will greatly reduce the learning threshold of the Rune language.

Once Ethan learns these three languages, he can read various newspapers, periodicals, and academic works published in the Northern Continent with relative fluency, which will help him quickly digest the "Reader" potion.

According to Julian's summary of the "Reader" potion role-playing rules, the most basic one is that a "Reader" not only needs to have the ability to read, but also needs to actually read a large number of books.

According to his experience, as long as the "reader" can read more than 100 books, he can digest at least 40% of the potion.

By then, Ethan should have the basic ability to speak and be able to communicate and conduct academic discussions with Julian.

At that time, its digestion speed of the potion will increase even further.

Just as Julian had predicted, as soon as Ethan saw the two books appear, he eagerly stood on them and began to use his beak and claws to turn the pages and read the contents.

"It seems the 'Reader' potion is starting to affect you... Also, owls are night owls anyway, so you should learn from them."

Julian yawned:

"I'm going to sleep now. After you finish studying these two books, you can go to my bookshelf and find other books to read."

"But remember, don't look at my notes, or you might die a horrible death."

"Waaah~"

Ethan called out while nodding in a humane manner.

However, its gaze never left the book, as if it were eagerly swimming in the ocean of knowledge.

Julian nodded in satisfaction, then washed up briefly and lay down on the bed to sleep...

At this very moment, in a two-story house in another corner of Tingen.

Lanius finished placing the last item on the altar, then looked at the young woman sleeping soundly on the bed in front of him.

The woman was in her early twenties, with a smooth forehead, long golden hair, and emerald green eyes. She had a melancholic and serene demeanor and appeared to be a remarkably beautiful woman.

She was wearing loose pajamas and covered with a thin velvet blanket, but even so, it was still possible to see a noticeable bulge in her lower abdomen.

"hehe……"

Lanius chuckled softly.

A neon-colored glimmer suddenly appeared in his eyes, but the moment this glimmer appeared, another light, like a shadow, began to try to suppress it.

After this "game" continued for a while, the shadow seemed to finally gain the upper hand.

Lanius was startled. After a moment's thought, he suddenly began to softly recite a special honorific name:

"The illusory colors of the illusory sky, the invisible shadows of the silent star tides, the withered creatures, and the ancient sovereigns who distort reality."

"The incredible 'Starry Night'!"

"With the radiant light as witness, and with Your presence as the conduit, I beseech You to bestow Your grace and guide the path forward for my bloodline..."

After Lanius finished reciting, the "Starlight" radiance on his body appeared and began to spread outwards.

The neon light completely enveloped the young woman lying on the bed, and then penetrated into her seven orifices.

The next second, the woman's face and neck turned into a bright neon color, and even those who were not extraordinary could clearly see her blood vessels, lymph nodes, nerves, and so on.

However, the light only lasted for two seconds before quickly moving downwards and shrinking into her lower abdomen.

"Waaah..."

The woman made a painful sound, but it didn't last long before she calmed down and fell asleep again.

In contrast, the neon light in Lanius's eyes had diminished considerably, making the "fraudster's" gaze clearer.

"Where am I?"

He rubbed his temples in pain, trying to understand the situation.

However, this Qingming Festival seems destined to be short-lived.

Before Lanius could figure it out, the shadow that had appeared before flickered in his eyes once again.

At this moment, Lanius's expression became somewhat bewildered again...