#209. Forbidden Book (1)
After completing orientation, we returned to the academy.
“Then take care! Come visit our dorm later!”
“I’ll be home until next year, but when I return, I’ll be your sparring partner.”
“Prepare hard for the national competition. You’ll have a hard time under Professor Kaisel for a while.”
“We’ll go home and be filial to our mother.”
“My hair…….”
Ophelia, Gast, Dennis, Julis, and Senior Harut parted ways with us and headed to the western sector.
This is because, unlike the first dormitory in the east, the senior dormitory is in the west area.
Today we part ways like this, but we will see each other often in the Principle Department in the future.
“Then let’s go to the dormitory too.”
“Oh, I have somewhere to go for a bit.”
“Where are you going?”
“I have something to discuss with Uncle Kaisel.”
“Hmm… Okay, have a nice trip.”
After saying hello to the kids, I headed north.
However, the place I headed to was not the Magic Principle Research Institute.
A place where all kinds of magical books from the East and the West, past and present, were stored… … It was a deep library.
* * *
“Most of the grimoires stored here have more value as ‘relics’ than for practical use.”
“As we walked through the unmanned interior of the library, Kaisel spoke slowly.
“But there are also some grimoires that are too practical, which is problematic.”
“That’s the Six Great Forbidden Books.”
“Yes, it is sealed in this deep library as it contains magic that would be dangerous if it were known to the world.”
I also went to the deep library during the first semester.
But at that time, I was so focused on stopping Gareth Trigger that I didn’t even look around carefully.
“It looks like you have a lot of books that interest you.”
“of course.”
I continued to look around and said.
“I’d like to live here for a few months, if you’d let me.”
“Not a few days, but a few months?”
“Of course.”
There were various books that I had never heard of or seen before.
There were many strange books in Professor Rudbout’s study, but they could not compare to this one.
“I’ll do that if you give up reading banned books.”
“…….”
Look at that dirty personality… … .
“This way.”
Manipulating complex security devices, Kaisel continued to advance.
“The structure has changed since the last time I came in?”
“It changes regularly.”
As Kaisel raised his hand in the empty space, a hole suddenly appeared in the ceiling.
“This way.”
“yes.”
It flew up with magic and headed towards the ceiling.
Then, a ‘storage’ filled with numerous books appeared.
‘This is the repository of 『Electromagnetic Mystery』… … .’
There were also many books in the storage of the Book of Light.
As the saying goes, if you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest, so the banned book was hidden among numerous books.
‘Then, 『Electromagnetic Mystery』 is… … .’
My reading comprehension skills were triggered automatically.
Among the numerous grimoires, I felt that this grimoire was emitting the strongest energy.
“There it is.”
Kaisel took out the grimoire.
Even though it was a book made thousands of years ago, it was as clean as new.
“Where can I read this?”
“There is a reading space.”
Where Kaisel’s gaze was directed, there was a desk and a chair.
“Sit over there and read.”
“What about your uncle?
“I’ll be waiting by your side.”
“…….”
Are you going to stand next to me and wait while I sit and read a book?
It was quite burdensome.
“Don’t worry about it and just focus on the book of grimoire.”
“All right.”
There’s nothing I can do when Kaisel says that.
I sat down on my chair and opened up the book, Electromagnetic Mystery.
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‘This is… … the forbidden book that established modern electromagnetic magic.’
From the outside, it looked like any other specialized book you might see in a bookstore.
But apart from that, I felt a strong energy.
The book itself contains an unidentified energy.
Did someone give it energy, or is it the content of the book itself that generates energy?
‘Who made this?’
Although they are collectively called the Six Great Forbidden Books, each book has a different origin and character.
For example, in the case of 『Commander’s Battle』, it was created about 2500 years ago. It is the scripture of the Commander’s Sect created by the Commander Sword King.
However, other forbidden books were created even earlier, not 2,500 years ago.
Also, their goals were different, and in the case of 『Introduction to Life Magic』, it was a book that described the basic knowledge for creating ‘synthetic monsters’ by combining humans and other creatures.
‘It was said that ‘Electromagnetic Mystery’ was a book written about 5,000 years ago.’
Dragons became extinct 4,000 years ago.
It was a time long before that, a time truly legendary.
In that era, there would have been more remains of ancient civilizations.
Perhaps this book of magic also reflects the knowledge of an ancient civilization.
‘Okay, let me read it.’
I started reading the first page.
No, I tried to read it.
“…….”
I looked up, realizing from the first page that I was facing a difficult situation.
“Uncle.”
“What is it?”
“I can’t read it.”
“of course.”
Kaisel’s cold voice was heard.
“The ‘Electromagnetic Mystery’ is written in an indecipherable, ancient language.”
“A super ancient language?”
“It is a language used by an extremely ancient civilization. At present, no one can interpret it.”
“……!”
It was a statement that made me doubt my ears.
“So, are you saying that there’s no use in looking at this?”
“Turn the page.”
I did as I was told.
Then, we were able to discover sentences written in a language different from the ancient language.
“Is this… an ancient 3rd rite?”
“To be exact, it is the original ancient 1st order drinking language. However, it is almost the same as the ancient 3rd order drinking language.”
“…….”
“You can interpret it.”
I could certainly understand the parts that were written in ancient primary liturgical language.
Because I was already able to read the ancient tertiary language since the first semester.
Even the slightly difficult parts were quickly interpreted thanks to my reading comprehension skills.
“The ‘Electromagnetic Mysteries’ is written in two languages: the ‘text’ written in an unknown, ancient language, and the ‘commentary’ written in an ancient, primary language.”
Kaisel said in a cold voice.
“It is assumed that ‘Electromagnetic Mystery’ is a ‘commentary book’ that was created by later generations while translating a grimoire produced by an ancient civilization.”
“A grimoire created by an ancient civilization?”
This was an amazing story.
It is widely known that a great magical civilization existed in ancient times, but that magical knowledge has not been directly transmitted to modern times.
We can only guess at it through relics and artifacts like the Labyrinth, and old grimoires that seem to have inherited magical knowledge from ancient times.
But if what Kaisel said is true… …this commentary will contain the exact contents of an ancient grimoire.
“Unfortunately, we cannot understand the text. So we have to read only the commentary.”
“Wait a minute. So you’re saying that it was banned based on the comments alone?”
“yes.”
This was also a surprising story.
If it was banned based on the footnotes alone, how much content must be written in the main text?
“There’s no need to be disappointed. The content of the comments alone is worth it.”
“yes…….”
I wish they had told me this in advance.
Now that I can finally read the original of the banned book, isn’t this just like reading an excerpt?
If I had known this would happen, I would have just asked to read another banned book.
“I don’t know why you’re looking at me with such resentful eyes.”
“Because I actually feel resentful.”
“You’re blaming people for no reason. Are you going through puberty?”
I sighed without replying.
Now, I couldn’t say I would change it to something else, so I thought I would just have to read it.
‘The comments alone say that it’s dangerous enough, so I guess it’ll help.’
First of all, the comments in the first part mainly explained the concepts of electric and magnetic fields.
I wasn’t particularly interested in this because it was stuff I learned in basic electronics class.
‘Should I just take a quick look?’
Instead of reading each page carefully, I decided to prioritize skimming through the entire book.
I skimmed through the notes, flipping through the pages quickly.
‘There is definitely some practical content towards the end.’
For example, the ‘Rail Gun’ magic that uses electromagnetic induction to accelerate and fire objects.
For example, the ‘Ion Cannon’ magic that fires charged particles.
The concept of practical magic was described.
‘Hold on a second. Flying objects by electromagnetic induction has been around for a long time… … .’
When I’m turning the pages with various thoughts in my mind.
I felt a sensation of electricity zapping through my head.
“Ugh…!”
I closed my eyes tightly.
It was a different feeling from the headache I felt while reading 『The Book of Light』.
“Are you okay?”
“Well, well.”
I took a deep breath as I answered Kaisel.
“This headache, how can I relieve it?”
“There is no way.”
“yes?”
“All I can do is give you first aid when you collapse.”
“Are you kidding?”
“Anyway, there’s nothing I can do for you at this point.”
“…….”
“Remember, if you feel a headache, you have to stop yourself. There is no other way.”
Anyway, it didn’t seem to be the type of pain that could be suppressed with magic.
It’s really something I have no choice but to endure.
‘I didn’t just read the main text, I also read the footnotes, and this is what happened… … .’
I sighed and turned back to the first page.
Since I had a rough idea of what was being said, I planned to read it carefully from the beginning.
“……?”
But right then.
A strange phenomenon occurred.
‘What is this?’
The annotations written in the ancient first-order language have not changed much.
But the letters in the text, written in an ancient language, began to ‘wiggle’.
‘Is there something wrong with your eyes?’
I tried closing and opening my eyes, and even massaging them with my fingers.
But it was no use.
The surreal sight of letters vibrating on the paper continued to unfold.
‘No, wait.’
At that moment I realized.
Among the unidentified letters… … there were letters mixed in that had been seen on the stone ‘control panel’ in the volcanic area.
‘I didn’t notice because the font was different, but when I saw it while it was moving, it definitely looked similar!’
I stuck my head out and took another look.
Then a new change occurred.
Perhaps because I had caught the clue, my interpretation skills began to really come into play.
‘This is the one that rules the electronic sea… … .’
Finally, the first sentence began to be interpreted.
I kept feeling like there was an electric shock in my head, but I didn’t care.
I interpreted the text while using my brain to its full potential.
In a state of trance, he forgot the existence of Kaisel who was watching from the side.
‘An object with a charge is in an electric field… … .’
One page.
One page.
One page… … .
‘The reason why the Heavenly God controls thunderbolts is… ‘
More.
More.
More knowledge… … .
‘Everything in this world is made up of electrons… … .’
Before I knew it, I had forgotten the passage of time.
I was completely absorbed in ‘interpreting’ and accepting the great principle.
And through it all, finally, the great realization… … .
“Stop, Eriol…!”
Just after I realized that Kaisel had been calling me.
My consciousness was sucked into darkness.
* * *
Tirpitz came out of the First Relic Research Lab carrying his luggage.
Today was the day of research to further improve the summoning safety of the Gwanghwi Sword Master.
The measuring equipment didn’t respond well, so I couldn’t leave the lab until late at night.
‘I need to seek advice from an expert in space-time magic. Professor Clymene left the Academy a few days ago, so who should I ask… ? ‘
As Tirpix walked, he had such thoughts.
A strange sight came into view.
“……?”
There was a commotion in front of the Deep Library in the distance.
If the incident occurred in a deep library, of all places, it cannot be ignored.
Tirpitz put down his luggage and flew straight to the scene.
“Professor Kaisel?”
At the scene, Kaisel of the Principle Department was standing.
But the people around were paramedics from the biomedical department.
“Professor, what’s going on?”
“…….”
Kaisel slowly looked at Tirpitz.
And he said in a hard voice.
“Eriol has fallen.”
“yes?”
Tirpitz turned his head urgently.
Eriol was lying in a vehicle equipped with emergency medical equipment from the biomedical department.
“Eriol…!”
He was blankly looking, his eyes wide open and blood flowing from his nose… … a miserable sight.
* * *
“Ugh…!”
Where is this place?
When I came to my senses, I was swept away by the rapids.
But even though it was a rapid current, the surrounding area was not filled with water.
What I was being swept up in was… … a torrent of text.
‘What the heck is this?’
Countless characters, letters, and strings!
Unidentified letters flowed, swallowing me up.
‘Where is my body right now?’
I looked around diligently, but I couldn’t figure out where I was.
But one thing was clear.
‘It wasn’t my body… … it was my mind that was sucked into this space!
The disembodied spirit was being swept away by the torrent of letters.
I felt suffocated even though I wasn’t physically there.
‘Am I going to die like this?’
If you lose consciousness here, you will die immediately.
In that intuition, I tried to come to my senses.
But things didn’t go as planned.
‘I can’t stand this… … .’
I felt my consciousness gradually fading away in the torrent of letters.
Soon I was in complete darkness… … .
“Wake up, Yeonja…!”
A hand that was nothing but bones pulled my arm forcibly.
