Chapter 48

Lumian had just preliminarily confirmed that Michel Garigu had not yet been dragged into the mess by Guillaume Benet and others. He planned to visit this deputy canon at midnight, but upon returning home, he heard his sister say that there was something wrong with the man.

Aurore glanced at Lumian and laughed.

"When I discovered there was something wrong with him, you, this foolish little brother, were standing right in front of him.

"It seems you didn't notice at all..."

She looked very pleased, so much so that she had to lift her right hand to half-cover her mouth. After all, in her memory, her brother, who was still a novice in mysticism, had suddenly become an Extraordinary, mastering a lot of high-level knowledge and realizing that Cordu Village was in a time loop. Meanwhile, she, as his sister, had not played any significant role and was even outdone in her area of expertise, which inevitably made her a bit unhappy.

Now, she finally regained her sisterly authority.

Lumian looked at his sister's smile and nodded.

"I didn't notice anything unusual from his behavior."

Aurore responded with a "Hmm."

"His astral body, how to put it? In short, it's brighter than that of a normal person, and he is not an Extraordinary, nor has he systematically trained his body for a long time."

"Maybe he has a good constitution?" Lumian first guessed, then asked in confusion, "What is an astral body?"

Aurore was taken aback and countered, "You don't know?"

"I don't know," Lumian shook his head.

Aurore smiled again, speaking in a tone that seemed to lack understanding.

"That lady taught you the 'Path of the Divine,' the 'Law of Indestructibility of Extraordinary Characteristics,' the 'Method of Enactment,' but didn't tell you about the most basic concepts like the astral body?"

"She was in a hurry and could only focus on the key points," Lumian defended the mysterious lady.

Aurore laughed even more heartily.

"It might also be that these basic concepts of mysticism are not very useful for a wild 'Hunter.' You only need to track, set traps, and fight."

She didn't know how to describe her brother's current state. If she called him a novice in mysticism, he knew quite a lot, and the things he mastered were one after another terrifying. If she said his knowledge was already above most Extraordinaries, he didn't even know what an astral body was.

Aurore sighed and said seriously,

"I will have to complete your mysticism enlightenment.

"Remember, in the field of mysticism, the part outside the human body is divided into four layers. The innermost and most core layer is the 'Spirit Body.' It is almost equivalent to the concept of a soul, the spirituality that all things possess, the enhanced spirituality, and can be said to be the source that constructs the soul.

"For Seers, the elixirs mainly enhance the 'Spirit Body.'

"The 'Astral Body' is located outside the 'Spirit Body' and is the external manifestation of the latter in the real world and the spirit realm. It is also closely related to your will and current emotions.

"So, do you understand? When I say the deputy canon's 'Astral Body' is brighter than that of a normal person, it means his 'Spirit Body,' or his soul, has some issues, which are reflected in the 'Astral Body.' This has nothing to do with his constitution, although it could be that he has a naturally strong spirituality.

"Through the 'Astral Body,' we can also grasp the target's true emotions. For example, red represents passion and excitement, orange represents warmth and satisfaction, yellow represents happiness and extroversion, green represents calm and peace, blue represents calm thinking, white represents light and positivity, dark colors represent melancholy and silent sorrow, and purple indicates that spirituality is dominant, cold, and distant...

"These colors are hard to fake, but they are quite general and cannot help us distinguish subtle emotions and delicate feelings."

Lumian listened very attentively, almost ready to take notes with a pen.

"You can just listen for now," Aurore, who was a bit tired from talking, sat down at the dining table. "I'll give you my first book of witchcraft notes later, which contains all this basic knowledge."

"Okay," Lumian sat down obediently and nodded. "What is outside the 'Astral Body'?"

Aurore picked up her carved glass water cup and took a sip.

"It's the 'Mental Body.' From this point on, the spirit and the flesh are combined.

"The 'Mental Body' involves the mind, relating to reasoning ability, thinking ability, insight, and the ability to understand things. Some elixirs mainly enhance this, and there are also many spells that target it.

"The outermost layer is the 'Etheric Body,' which is the manifestation of life energy and physical condition. So, I could tell at a glance that your body had greatly improved. Through the thickness, brightness, and color of different parts of the 'Etheric Body,' I can also judge the health status of the target. As a Seer of Sequence 7, I can even judge the length of the target's life from the specific condition of the 'Etheric Body.'

"How to distinguish them specifically, you can read in the notes later."

Lumian suddenly understood.

"Does the 'Hunter' elixir mainly target the 'Etheric Body'?"

"You got it backwards. It targets the physical body and life energy, and the 'Etheric Body' is the direct manifestation of these two," Aurore replied.

Lumian nodded and recalled, initially grasping this part of the mysticism knowledge.

He remembered his sister's words and asked curiously,

"Aurore, how did you observe the deputy canon? Why didn't I notice you at all?"

Aurore laughed.

"Actually, I was at home the whole time, using the special ability of the Seer path."

"What special ability?" Lumian asked, not really caring if she answered.

Aurore pointed to her eyes.

"The most distinctive ability of a Seer is called the 'Eye of the Seer.'

"Although I need to reach a higher sequence to fully activate the 'Eye of the Seer' and place it on other surfaces to remotely monitor, it doesn't mean that before that, the Seer's eyes lack special qualities.

"From Sequence 9, Seers can see more than most Extraordinaries of the same sequence. For example, a 'Hunter' without a divine transformation can only see the 'Etheric Body' and in a less detailed way, while I can now examine the various details of the 'Astral Body.' Additionally, I can see some things that are normally invisible."

As she said this, Aurore glanced toward the kitchen.

This made Lumian feel inexplicably startled.

There was clearly nothing in that direction, yet he felt that there might be some invisible entity!

Aurore continued,

"Of course, this is not necessarily a good thing. Seeing what you shouldn't see can easily lead to trouble, so I have always been very restrained, not looking at what I shouldn't. But as the sequence improves, it's not as simple as not wanting to see something and not seeing it."

Lumian thought for a moment and asked in confusion,

"Didn't you say you need a higher sequence to place the 'Eye of the Seer' outside?

"Why could you observe people in the church from home?"

Aurore raised her right hand and made a pointing gesture with her index finger.

"I've always told you that knowledge is power, and you still don't believe it!

"Under normal circumstances, I indeed can't observe things hundreds of meters away from home, but humans can use tools, and I have two 'assistants.'"

As she spoke, she pulled out two items from different hidden pockets in her blue dress.

One was a collapsible and extendable brass monocular, and the other was a miniature dark ink bottle, which looked more like a child's toy.

"See, the monocular can help me see people hundreds of meters away, and once the 'viewing distance' is shortened, I can observe the target's astral body, etheric body, and mental body. This applies to open areas without obstacles." Aurore explained with a smile.

Lumian listened with a bit of a stunned look.

Is this possible?

We were discussing mysticism, and why did my sister take out a monocular?

"What about this one?" He then pointed to the miniature ink bottle.

Aurore did not answer, pinched her temples, and directly unscrewed the bottle cap.

Lumian suddenly felt a bit cold, as if a cool breeze had just blown in through the window.

"It is a unique spirit realm creature," Aurore introduced.

"It? Where is it?" Lumian looked around.

Aurore was quite surprised.

"You don't know how to open your spirit vision?

"But you said you saw many spirits in that wilderness?"

The term "spirit vision" was something Lumian had read in the magazine "Spiritual Communication" and understood its meaning, but he had no idea how to open it.

He looked at his sister and slowly shook his head.

"I don't know."

Then he guessed,

"Maybe I entered the so-called 'Otherworld,' where ordinary people can directly see ghosts and spirits."

Aurore thought seriously and asked further,

"So, you don't know Hermes, ancient Hermes, Elvish, Draconic, or Giant languages?"

"What are these?" Lumian fully demonstrated what it means to be a novice in mysticism.

Aurore couldn't help but support her forehead.

"What exactly did that lady teach you?"

"The Law of Indestructibility of Extraordinary Characteristics, the Law of Aggregation, the Method of Enactment, the Path of the Divine, Sequence 0, Sealed Items..." Lumian answered honestly.

"..." Aurore felt a bit dazzled, "I think you want a beating!"

She sighed for a few seconds and reorganized her thoughts.

"Then I will combine the explanation of this contract creature to teach you how to open your spirit vision, how to perform ritual magic, and how to use those languages with supernatural powers.

"This is just a rough explanation. To fully master them, especially those languages, it would take at least a year or two. Of course, this also has to do with your sequence path. 'Hunters' have not enhanced their learning ability and do not have any mysticism bonuses. I, your sister, relied on diligence and being taught and only took half a year to get started."

She lightly stroked the air in front of her, as if petting a transparent kitten.

"For Extraordinaries, opening spirit vision is very simple, but it's not completely dark yet, so let's talk about something else first.

"I call it 'White Paper.' It is a very weak spirit realm creature. As long as you have an accurate description, you can hold a ritual to summon it in your name.

"Besides the characteristic of being hard to see as a spirit realm creature, it has only one function, which is to carry a certain supernatural ability of the contract holder, but it cannot be too complex or too powerful."