After he finished comprehending the spell, Leon placed The Meditation Method for Meditating While Walking back onto the shelf.
He was just about to move again to search for other divine spells when he suddenly realized a figure was standing beside him.
It was the white-haired old man!
The old man was currently watching Leon with a suspicious gaze.
Leon's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained calm. "Half an hour isn't up yet, is it?"
"No," the white-haired old man said. "However, you have violated another rule."
"Violated a rule?" Leon put on an expression of pure innocence. "I was just looking at divine spell codices. How could I have violated a rule?"
The white-haired old man replied, "Rule Five: Any person entering the library who flips through multiple codices in a short period of time may be listed as a suspicious person by the administrator."
Leon's eyes immediately widened.
"What Rule Five? Why didn't you mention it before?!"
The old man said expressionlessly, "It is a hidden rule, not disclosed to the public. It is only explained when Rule Five is violated."
Leon threw his hands up, his eyes full of bewilderment. "If I don't violate the rule, I don't know it exists, and as soon as I do, you say I've broken it. How was I supposed to avoid a rule I didn't even know about?"
"I do not care whether you knew or not." The white-haired old man stared at Leon and said, "Now that you have been listed as a suspicious person, you have only two choices."
"Within one minute, select the first codex you touched and leave the library."
"Or, be thrown out by me right now."
Hearing this, Leon gritted his teeth and ran to the divine spell shelves to search.
Finally, before the minute was up, he clutched a Silver rank divine spell codex titled Light Dust Flicker to his chest.
The moment Leon stepped out, the library doors slammed shut from the inside.
"The loan period is only one year. Within that year, you must return here in person to hand back the codex."
Along with the booming sound of the closing doors, the white-haired old man's voice echoed from within.
Leon looked at the closed doors and opened his mouth helplessly. In the end, he didn't say anything harsh; he simply took Alicia to the carriage and headed back to the Duke's estate.
Until he arrived at the front of the estate, Leon maintained an expression of resentment.
But the moment he stepped inside and returned to his room, the resentment on his face vanished, replaced by a smile he could no longer suppress.
"What a harvest of divine spells!"
Looking at his divine spell panel, Leon felt like breaking into a celebratory dance for his "Great Harvest of Divine Spells"!
Before going to the library, there were only six spells on the panel.
After coming back, the number of spells on the panel had exploded to eleven!
Including the Light Dust Flicker in his hand, he now possessed twelve divine spells—double what he had before!
Although he hadn't expected the library's rules against the leaking of knowledge to be so strict, Leon had still successfully used the panel to comprehend so many spells before triggering that fifth hidden rule!
He had made a massive profit!
"Oh, having too many divine spells is its own kind of trouble. Which one should I start grinding first..."
Leon thought, feeling both troubled and blissful.
...
Elsewhere.
The Royal Palace, the King's bedchamber.
"...Before leaving the library, the boy finally took a copy of Light Dust Flicker."
The white-haired old man reported to the Sage King.
The Sage King nodded slightly and asked, "How did he react when you appeared?"
The old man said, "He seemed somewhat indignant, with the kind of restrained frustration of someone who felt they had been wronged."
Hearing this, the Sage King smiled. "Then it seems that boy managed to sneakily learn quite a few divine spells."
The white-haired old man was startled. "That is impossible, isn't it? I investigated him carefully; there were no special fluctuations of power from him at all."
"Furthermore, the library's Oblivion magic was operating normally with no signs of damage. Even if his memory were extraordinary, it would be impossible for him to still remember the spells he saw after leaving the library."
The Sage King smiled and shook his head without explaining.
It wasn't that he didn't believe in the old man's strength. With the old man there, unless some tasteless deity had sent down an avatar in disguise to steal books, the old man wouldn't fail to see through them.
The Sage King's judgment that Leon had stolen the spells was based simply on his understanding of Leon after their conversation.
It was a matter of simple observation and simple inference.
"Let him be. If he can steal the knowledge of multiple divine spells from the library, that is his own skill."
The Sage King said. Changing the subject, he stopped discussing Leon and looked at the white-haired old man.
"Regarding the matters in the south, I need you to make another trip."
The old man had still been muttering to himself about how Leon had done it, but upon hearing the Sage King's words, his expression instantly became solemn.
"Is there movement in the Abyss again?" the old man asked.
The Sage King nodded. "The Ministry of Magic detected that the energy of the Abyss has become abnormal again. It is suspected that an Abyss Lord is being born."
"Furthermore, those mermen in the south are not being very peaceful. They've caused quite a stir in the Twilight Sea."
"I need you to handle the disturbances in the Abyss and give the Merman King in the Twilight Sea a warning. Tell him—regardless of whether they are tribes under his direct command, if any mermen set foot on the southern shore, he, the Merman King, will bear the consequences."
"Understood!" The white-haired old man bowed. His form flickered, and he vanished from the palace instantly.
In the bedchamber, only the Sage King remained.
He looked at the map on his desk, which displayed the territories of the Empire and the layout of the continent of Ommissiah.
The Empire's territory was still vast and intact, but on the continent of Ommissiah, there were cavities that looked like wounds, one after another.
There was the Abyss, the Empty Domain, the God-Forsaken Land, the Out-of-Control Elemental Domain...
They were the Wounds of the World that had appeared after the gray mist spread.
...
The Duke's estate.
Streaks of light flashed across Leon's vision as he opened the panel to check.
【The Meditation Method for Meditating While Walking Lv0 (0/1) → The Meditation Method for Meditating While Walking Lv1 (2/100)】
After comprehensive consideration, Leon decided to first focus his energy on leveling up his walking meditation and that Holy Light Shield.
He summarized his current situation: for offense, he had the Hammer of Holy Light, which was enough to handle the dangers he currently encountered.
For defense, focusing on practicing Holy Light Shield would be perfect to compensate for his shortcomings.
There was no rush for the other spells; he would increase his mental energy first.
Otherwise, facing these Gold and Diamond rank spells, the consumption of mental energy would be immense.
He could still manage to cast Gold rank spells, but with his current mental strength, even if he managed to cast the Diamond rank Triple Saint Power, it probably wouldn't last even a second before his mental energy was completely drained.
At this stage, it was difficult to use in actual combat.
For Leon, immediate combat power was important, but fighting for the future was also vital!
Anyone who had climbed a tower knew that if you took too many transition cards to beat the first and second floors, you would easily get a bad draw on the third floor and be taken out by a common mob.
Moreover, while he could use Holy Light Meditation to improve during his daily free time, he could now use the walking meditation method to continue tempering his mental energy when he was on the move.
This would allow him to increase his mental energy extremely quickly and bridge his current biggest weakness.
After dinner, Leon returned to his room again.
He sat cross-legged with a pious expression.
"God of Sacred Light above... my wish is to be granted the ability to multitask."
As the words fell, a strange feeling rose in his heart. With a thought, Leon's left hand began to draw a circle while his right hand simultaneously drew a square.
Although this degree of multitasking wasn't very strong and required high concentration to maintain, it was enough.
Previously, when practicing divine spells, Leon only needed to focus on the practice itself.
Now, he had to expend more concentration to maintain this state of multitasking while simultaneously focusing on his practice.
However, Leon tested it and felt that his brain capacity could still handle it.
He then used Wish again, requesting to accelerate the speed of his Holy Light Meditation.
Then, he performed the walking meditation method on one side while performing Holy Light Meditation on the other.
A two-pronged approach, double the mental energy growth!
...
The next day.
Leon climbed out of bed, his face still wearing a dazed look.
Yesterday, he had practiced two meditation spells simultaneously for nearly five hours, which gave him the feeling of being back in his senior year of high school, taking four exam papers in a single day.
After finishing, his head had been throbbing, and he had fallen asleep within thirty seconds of lying down.
But the results were pleasing; in just one night, his mental energy strength had increased by nearly five percent compared to before.
If he continued at this pace for a week, Leon felt his mental energy strength would surpass most Bronze rank priests and touch the threshold of the Silver rank.
After washing up, Leon headed toward the Holy See of the Sacred Light Church located in the center of the Imperial Capital, accompanied by the blessings of his sister Isabella and his brother Liam.
Today was the day of the Priest Assessment.
Before rushing to the assessment site, Leon would also go to the Holy Light Hall of the Holy See to receive the other reward the Church had prepared for him, besides the medal.
A holy relic with his name engraved on it, personally forged by a priest of the Holy See who specialized in smithing!
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