Chapter 36 (1/2)
”Do you want to enter the void?”
In the empty library of the North Tower, Isaac, who was sitting opposite Lauren, looked at him more or less unexpectedly, and didn't even notice that the book in his hand had fallen.
”What's the matter?” while chatting with Isaac, Loren snapped his fingers. The book that was about to fall to the ground was suddenly bounced back up by the hovering curse, landed firmly in his hand and handed it back.
”I'm just a little surprised... Of course, why should I be surprised? You take the course of incantation, which is different from those alchemy fools. Like our mystical wizards, you look at the sensitivity to the perception of emptiness and the strength of the spiritual palace. It's normal to have this idea!”
”Then why come to me now that you have a goal?”
”Well, because...”
”Wait, wait! Don't say it first, let me guess ~.” Isaac suddenly interrupted him, his eyes widened with great excitement, and the corners of his mouth almost reached the root of his ears. ”You're trying to do this for the first time, and you don't have any experience in this field, so you need someone who is very knowledgeable to give you a little hint.”
”Coincidentally, as your friend, I'm the most knowledgeable person you know, and I'm proficient in occult science - you see, both conditions are met at once, am I right? Tell me I'm right!”
”... you guessed right.” Lauren, who smiled awkwardly, said this sentence like throwing a bone to a little firewood dog.
”I knew it!” the elated Isaac almost raised his chin. ”Sure enough, you still know me better. Unlike some alchemist fool, you don't have any eyesight at all.”
Well, at least I've learned how to get along with Isaac. Loren comforted himself. The principle is just like teasing a dog. It's easy and comfortable. Unlike some little wizard, the intuition of peripheral nerves is terrible, and it is more and more difficult to flicker.
Hey... Why are you so similar to Isaac in this matter?!
”Well, there's a lot of nonsense in the books about how to touch the void.” Isaac, who didn't notice the change of his expression, has started his own performance: ”but we're not here to be nerds today, so I'll try my best to make you understand and understand more easily.”
”With pleasure.”
”In order to make it easier for us, why don't you tell me what your hometown dialect says? Alas, do you have black hair in your corner?”
“……”
”I seem to have said something wrong.” Isaac shrugged and asked tentatively, ”shall we continue?”
”... OK.”
”I'm sure you've heard the saying 'void exists because it doesn't exist', but it's very difficult to understand, and it's a complete fallacy.”
”But in fact, this sentence is actually a hint, a very vague hint - in the simplest way, you can't touch the void with any common sense and your perception of the world. It's all very wrong and will only make you go farther and farther on the road of truth.”
”You can't rely on your experience, because there is no time in the void, there is no past and future; you can't rely on your senses, because there is no space in the void, so you can't feel anything. All pain or joy, cold or hot in the void are just your subconscious imagination.”