Act Six: Reality and Illusion (5)
It may be difficult for people to believe that what appears in the "illusion" is real, but if there is an actual case in front of them, they will easily choose to believe it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Perhaps Suval didn't believe that the parasitic twigs he had collected with his own hands looked like that in Frick's eyes, but when he grabbed the apparition and lifted the twigs, his doubts were quickly suppressed by other questions...... At least he no longer thinks Frick is joking.
As a soon-to-be scribe, Suval had read many books, including some information on magic and magic. There are many symptoms of hallucinations due to magical disorders, but there are many more that can even interfere with reality through visual illusions, like Frick.
"Sierra Leone, when did you first notice the anomaly in you?" he leaned forward and said to Frick with a serious face, "I mean- at first, it wasn't that you noticed that the hallucinations had started to erode your normal senses uncontrollably, or that you were able to touch the things in the hallucinations. ”
Everything has a cause and an effect, and the thoughts and fantasies in the brain are never groundless. The predecessors of the scribes often kindly reminded them to pay attention to the logical relationship between things, and to analyze the processes that shaped the phenomena that appeared in front of them.
As long as you can think rationally, the original incredible and wonderful feeling will always find its source, and the seemingly unsolvable puzzle will disappear. Therefore, if you want to solve the current trouble, the best way is to trace back to the source and find the source of the anomaly.
Since Frick would now see fantastic visions, they would have been just a series of images projected onto his consciousness. In the case of what he describes as "what he sees", many of the images that appear in his consciousness can find shadows from real things.
For example, the cover of the Botanical Book will change to the texture of dry tree bark, and the Monster Book will be transformed into a leather-like existence, while the book that does not know the contents will not change in any way - Frick's "vision" is probably just this level of visual effect processing.
It's like the fantasy I saw in my childhood dreams, thinking that everything has a mysterious color, and thinking of them as all kinds of different beings in my mind. But over time, common sense will make everyone understand that these foods are ordinary beings that can be touched, and all adults should also understand that these naïve delusions that only exist in the head are all childish and delusional.
If they are facing innocent children, even if they say that a branch in their hand is an extremely sharp sword, no one will only regard it as a joke. But if it had been Frick who had voiced the possibility, given the skill of his previous performances, then Suvar might have taken it seriously.
"Actually, that's what I think. ”
As if trying to hide his uneasiness, he picked up the teacup in his hand: "Maybe you think it's your private matter, so you choose to hide it." But we don't know if this ability of yours is a harbinger of big trouble, and the best thing to do is to report to Curator Black and have him contact someone he trusts...... Whether it's a doctor or a magician, come and conduct a systematic examination for you. ”
With that, he moved the teacup to his lips, ready to drink the liquid from it—and then he immediately sensed the gaffe and put it back. In fact, there was not a drop of tea left in the cup the last time he repeated the same action, and he didn't notice it at all.
Frick says he has symptoms of "visual hallucinations" and is able to see certain fantastic landscapes, and that this ability is clearly not limited to allowing him to see them. He blurs the boundaries between illusion and reality, and succeeds in influencing reality through the matter that only exists in the hallucination.
The hallucinations that now occur frequently are the result of symptoms that continue to worsen during these days, and therefore only interfere with individuals who are within the boundaries. If it gets worse even more...... Or rather, Suvar was unsure if he would be able to influence other individuals through his "illusions".
Frick didn't care about his gaffe, and kept a calm tone and said, "It's really good advice to ask someone with connections for help...... But I don't want to be a laboratory animal and taken to an inaccessible 'sanatorium' to do strange research in the name of treatment. ”
No matter what Suval thought of the other people in the library and the high-ranking Director Black, Flick didn't think they were someone to trust him. Even when talking about the anomalies with this junior who seemed to be worried about him, he wouldn't tell all the truth.
So Frick tried to emulate everyone around him, to do what everyone else would do, and to disguise himself by all means he could, telling the others that the anomaly of the magic was just causing minor symptoms like migraines in him.
At the same time, he also tried to find out how the anomalous magic in his body flowed, and wanted to find a way to control this ability that was gradually becoming stronger and stronger. But the results were not satisfactory, and although he found the tails of those unnatural magic, it was difficult to grasp them for sure.
For some reason, the magic seemed to be interestingly evading Frick's search, and his detection couldn't keep up with the speed at which they shifted.
If it was some kind of toxin, Frick would have died a hundred times ago, and perhaps he would have been glad that the magic didn't hurt his body. It's just changing the magic in Frick's body at an extremely slow pace, and even has a tendency to make it progressively stronger.
It can almost be said that there is no harm in all benefits, unlike many magic enhancement potions, which will affect the user's body and cause long-term irreversible damage. If you don't care that your mind will be affected by this potion, and you want to gain more strength in a short period of time, then it may be a good choice to choose this potion.
The only cost seems to be hallucinations, and the symptoms of which erode perception uncontrollably until everything is obscured by the illusion. The subjective drive cannot determine what angle the hallucinations in the brain capture, but it always seems to be trying to fill in the blind spots that are difficult for the eyes to see.
Presumably, when William Coulter first gave him the potion, he had no idea that Frick's blood had such a strong catalytic power for them. Not only did the potion have an unexpected effect, but even the curse lurking in Eric Hoska's body was activated by it.
Dr. Kurt had given it the potion that Eric Hothka called the "Red Potion", and the adventurer had almost taken it as a lifesaver. It's a pity that he didn't know that the effect of the potion was completely changed after being mixed with Frick's blood, and in the end, it killed him.
After that day, Frick spent his spare time rummaging through every book on alchemy, and finally managed to find a few records in some remote texts. There was certainly nothing he wanted to know about in those broken records, except for a slight mention of the legend about the potion.
Legend has it that the red potion was a by-product of a specific alchemical blend that failed to do so, and even added many different types of ash during the blending process. In other words, its production is completely unattainable, because only failure can make the red potion.
There are many legends about them, the most exaggerated of which claims that red potion is one of the raw materials for potions that appear in the books of mythological times. There used to be many alchemists who wanted to obtain the Red Potion steadily, because as "failed products", they actually possessed more power than finished products.
Regardless of whether the legendary "red potions" are the same as the replicas created by modern alchemists, the potions that appear in the records have an obvious commonality in addition to their own special uses, that is, they can exert dozens or even hundreds of times the power of the catalyst itself.
Frick's blood itself has a catalytic effect, and the "Red Liquid" strengthens this ability, and finally his otherwise worthless power is highly enhanced. Thinking about it from this perspective, as long as you grasp the abnormal magic flowing in your body, you can control the current power.
However, despite Frick's many attempts to control the magic flowing through his body during this time, none of them paid off. Like the curse that appeared on that adventurer, the magic was also lodged in the bloodline and flowed through Flick's body before he even found out.
His body literally turned into a living alchemy cauldron, allowing those golden-red potions to flow rapidly, and highly refining what was originally contained in the cauldron. If Frick had allowed this process to complete, he would probably have been ready to celebrate his separation from his human identity.
In this way, with all kinds of thoughts that could not be directly spoken, Frick and Suval sat in their seats and stared at each other relatively wordlessly. Waiting for the other party to take a step back first, or simply give up the existing proposition, the two made the same choice quite tacitly on this boundary.
The truth was so boring that whoever it was, apparently unwilling to break the silence first, and the conversation reached a meaningless stalemate. The lounge was enveloped in silent pressure, and even the rustling of the north wind whistling through the trees in the distance could be heard outside the window.
"Sierra Leone and Suval, since you are all here, then I will save trouble. ”
But there are outsiders who will intervene: "Sierra Leone, Dr. Kurt asked me to inform you to go to his side, and he helped you make a new potion." As for Suvar, there is good news for you - Curator Blake has said that he wants you to go to his place, supposedly to make you the representative of this batch of apprentices. ”
The gears never stop working so easily.