In a sense, the sleeper was right. After a brief period of depression, Cheese felt relaxed all over. This did not mean that he had lost weight in a physical sense, but that he felt relaxed from the heart. This feeling may be able to

called freedom.

This freedom comes from not being restrained, not being restrained by the teacher's message, not being restrained by fate. He is free. Even if he can see the cage in front of him, he is still free. The freedom that Cheese feels does not come from breaking everything.

Subversion, if it is not for other people or a group of people, the subversion itself will cost too much, and the new one may not be that good.

If you just want to realize one's freedom, it is much easier to change yourself than to change the world. As for Cheese, he doesn't feel that he has changed anything, because since he accepted the magic void, most of the restrictions in the world have become more difficult to him.

It seems not worth mentioning.

"You're right, this feels good. I can act according to my own wishes without worrying about whose big plan this is." Cheese's sudden relief even made Sleeper a little dazed. She saw Cheese's

His facial expression quickly relaxed, and the hand holding the book became careless.

"This stupid book has bothered me for too long. Ever since I got it, I have been worried about whether it contains any secrets that I haven't discovered, worried that it will become the key to war, and worried about unwarranted responsibilities. Those

Anxiety haunts me like a curse."

"So you're going to ruin it?"

It’s no wonder that Sleeper has such doubts. Cheese’s current state is indeed very similar to people who rebel under heavy pressure. Those people often subconsciously try to destroy the source of their stress, regardless of whether that source is the real culprit.

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"Ruined it? This book? No, not at all. My mind was too tight before, which caused me to selectively ignore many things. For example, I thought that the anomalies in the tower were because of this book.

It only happened after we returned to the Gray Tower. Now that I think about it, maybe it’s not just the Gray Tower that experienced the abnormality.”

Cheese put the heavy big book on the table and stared at it silently. If the origin of all problems was attributed, then this book was the most suspicious thing about him. Where did the abnormality start? I'm afraid

It had already happened when he returned to the North. This makes sense why the monster came to him twice, because he had this book in his hand.

Of course, this is just a rather irresponsible speculation. There is no evidence that the anomalies in the entire Gray Tower or even the ice sheet are caused by a single reason. If it must be said, the too powerful magic power of the gray robes gathered together to cause

It's actually more believable when changes come.

Cheese took out the Breath of Dawn, turned on the lantern that radiated sunlight, and slowly injected the magic power into it. The dual purpose of the lamp and the sun can not only be used to expel dirt, but it is also the best combination to break disguise. Interestingly,

Since reading this book, Cheese has never used magic to dispel illusions to check it.

Not only did he not, but all the gray robes who had come into contact with this book never doubted its authenticity, because they understood immediately at a glance that this book undoubtedly came from the first gray robe, and that person's notes and tone were better than any spell.

It has to be real. So what if the reality is not like this?

"Squeak!"

Accompanied by the smell that made one couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose, a layer of thick black slurry slowly flowed from the cover of the book he brought back from the City of Ten Thousand Laws. Considering that he had carried it close to his body before, now

Si's expression is very wonderful.

The thick paste was quickly diluted under the light, and eventually turned into a puddle of water and evaporated. A pattern slowly appeared on the cover that had nothing on it, a pattern with eight straight lines running through the same point. But it was different from before.

, below this weird pattern, there is another pattern, the pattern of a gray tower.

The two gray-robed mages present were speechless for the time being. In fact, Cheese originally just wanted to see if there was any tracking spell or other spells cast on the book, but he didn't want to actually reveal such a thing. And look.

The two patterns are nested inside each other. I'm afraid they are not printed one after the other.

"Of course you checked this book carefully after you got it. Even if you didn't use this spell, you must have used other more detailed methods, right?"

Sleeper's voice was slightly dazed. Her thinking was actually much faster than prophecy, and so was Cheese. So the conversation became like a string of words in their mouths.

"Of course, I have carefully checked every page in it. Although this spell has not been used, any disguise should not be preserved until now. Unless..."

"Unless this book has undergone some kind of change around you, maybe it has been dropped, maybe this change has also affected it itself, causing it to slowly become distorted after returning here." The speaker,

It was the Curse Crow. The conjurer walked into the room calmly and glanced at the book. His calmness was surprising.

"What did you do just now?" Cheese asked subconsciously. No matter how strange the Curse Crow's behavior is now, the reason points to what he did alone just now.

The latter didn't mean to hide it. He raised his left hand. The ring finger and little finger were missing from that hand, along with the metacarpal bone. It was as if it had never existed. It was as if the Cursed Crow was born with only three fingers on his left hand.

"I went to verify that message, and this is the result. A lie, a lie packaged like the truth. You are right not to show this book to others, it will destroy them."

Lies are always more terrifying the more true they are. If a lie is so true that a mage like Curse Crow must personally verify it to determine its authenticity, then its impact will never be small.

It is conceivable that if Cheese had not given up his obsession with the prophecy because of the sleeper's unintentional words, he would definitely show this book to more people, such as Warnaby, and even the jeweler. They would definitely go

If you ask for confirmation, you will suffer the same or even worse results than Cursed Crow.

"How serious is it?" No one needs to say, the mages can see that there is no possibility of healing the cursed crow's hand. The corresponding concept of healing is injury, and the curser's left hand is not injured now, but looks very...

It's normal, just two fingers are missing.

"Except for me, there aren't many people who can escape with two fingers. Depending on the field of research, most people will be in danger, and a few will almost certainly go crazy."
Chapter completed!