Celine turned her gaze to the noisy beaker, noticing it wriggling restlessly, seemingly agitated and impatient.
Unfamiliar with the beaker's temperament, she couldn't help but curiously peel off the tape.
"Ah, my esteemed master, it's time to take your medicine!
Come, use me to your heart's content, don't hold back...
But please, don't lick me after drinking..."
The beaker's voice was sharp and excited, loudly declaring its proclamation.
Celine's eye twitched, and she quickly reattached the tape.
Roy, in silence, pulled down his face guard, expressionlessly picked up the beaker, and downed the Magical Potion inside.
The noisy beaker wriggled even more violently, then suddenly went limp, clinging to his palm like molten glass.
"If it weren't for this thing's special ability to aid in the fusion and adjustment of the potion's properties when containing Magical Potions...
I would never use it to hold potions!"
After finishing the potion, Roy turned to Celine to explain.
Celine's lips twitched: "I believe you."
Roy emphasized: "Really."
"You don't need to say more, I truly believe you."
Roy: "..."
Celine: "..."
In the inexplicable silence, Roy gradually felt a change in his Mental Strength, his perception becoming unprecedentedly clear.
This ended the silent conversation, and he returned to his room to sit in Meditation.
...
In the void of his mind.
Stars twinkled, as brilliant as the sky.
The vast starry sky projected in, symbolizing the connection between humans and all things in the universe.
Roy had seen a similar scene when his soul sublimated upon becoming a formal Wizard.
So seeing it again didn't surprise him.
However, when he clearly saw the full view of this nautilus-like wheel resembling a constellation with his enhanced perception, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"This thing, it looks like a star chart!"
A star chart, short for astrological chart, is a term in "Astrology," holding significant importance in mysticism.
It subtly reveals the essence of life and soul, corresponding to the changes in one's fate.
But he had never studied Astrology, nor did he possess the ability to directly observe the stars.
What it reflected was not the movement of external things, nor the subtle revelations of fate, but the characteristics of the soul and spirit.
Or rather...
Talent points!
Roy focused his attention again on the bright spots, observing the starlight resembling constellations.
[Equivalent Exchange], [Eye of Hermes], [Sulfur-Mercury Theory], [Luck's Favor], [Blackening], [Proficient]...
One after another, Alchemy Talents appeared, truly resembling the brilliant stars within a constellation.
It was at this moment, with the clear perception granted by the potion, that he noticed the pattern hidden beneath the astrological chart.
"Spiral... is this the base of the entire chart?"
It supported the entire "sky."
Roy focused his attention again on the spot representing [Equivalent Exchange].
A pattern resembling a golden balance scale appeared.
「Life Transmutation」, 「Soul Transmutation」, 「Seed Transmutation」...
Roy suddenly realized that he had unknowingly mastered so many abilities, all derived from the Origin Talent of [Equivalent Exchange].
Similar things were also present in the other bright spots.
For example, the [Sulfur-Mercury Theory] is akin to the Big Dipper, encompassing seven types of Zabil Magic Metal, such as gold, silver, copper, and so on...
Like a swirling nebula, the brilliance gradually reveals itself.
"I understand now, this truly mirrors the celestial star palace's fate chart...
But compared to the 'star palace' that emphasizes the external world, it focuses more on the internal 'fate chart.'
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it the 「Talent Fate Chart」!
Each star point embedded within it represents a naturally inscribed talent ability!
Could it be that I should inscribe my Innate Wizardry in a similar manner?"
Snapping back to reality, Roy began to condense the "Talent Seed" and inscribe the wizardry.
However, the position corresponding to 「Animation Art」 in the Talent Fate Chart could not accommodate this "Talent Seed"!
This void and starlight are actually projections of the spiritual consciousness. In more objective terms, they represent the active nodes of brain neurons.
Since he had mastered 「Animation Art」, the corresponding brain cells and neural connections should have manifested and materialized.
Previously, he had also attempted to refine his Alchemy Talent, and it had gone quite smoothly.
With the added boost from the Clarity Potion, he thought success would come naturally.
But unexpectedly, it failed!
"My soul traits and Talent Fate Chart determine the areas of focus...
What is going on?
The phenomenon of only being able to inscribe Alchemy Talent and not other talents...
This is a characteristic of Alchemical Lifeforms!"
The souls of Alchemical Lifeforms are usually cut, fused, and modulated...
Through various methods.
Their spiritual concentration might be high, leading to a high Soul Rank, but they lose the integrity and growth potential of natural life.
From a deterministic causal perspective, Alchemical Lifeforms are artificially created beings with a certain "mission."
This is the "cause" of their creation.
Just like tools, such as hammers and rulers, they are born with a "purpose of existence" and do not need to ponder the "meaning of life."
At the moment of their creation, they are imbued with the creator's cognition and expectations, shaped to be that way!
But natural life is different.
Natural life, including humans, is usually born by chance, like a blank canvas that can be painted in infinite ways.
Thinking of this, Roy was startled.
How could this be!
His soul actually exhibited certain characteristics of an Alchemical Lifeform, a "Chimera Soul"!
As soon as this thought emerged, Roy "saw" the perspective of his 「Original Transmutation Array」 from the soul's viewpoint rise higher.
As if his soul had left his body, "Roy" sat cross-legged in the room, his Silver Battle Armor gleaming, the objective material world clearly visible.
But behind this "soul," there was indeed another layer of something mysterious!
There was something ethereal yet real...
A shadow of the soul!
Suddenly, Roy saw clearly that it was like a parallel existence, a counterpart, or perhaps a reflection of the entire starry sky.
The difference was that it appeared in a state of chaos and obscurity.
There was no star palace, no fate chart, nor any stars or light.
Just lonely, dark, silent, and in the form of a gray-black human shadow.
"Is this a dual soul, or some other peculiar state?"
Roy was 100% certain that this was not some remnant of a past life or lingering soul, but rather a mutation of his own soul.
He suddenly realized that as a transmigrator, his soul might have indeed undergone some peculiar mutation.
And this mutation was undoubtedly connected to the "Soul Creation" Forbidden Experiment conducted in Chalkland!
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