The Legacy of Wolf Transformation

Iver waved his hand lightly in front of Lily, interrupting her gaze.

At that moment, Lily suddenly woke up with a start. "Huh...? What happened to me?"

"No."

Mycroft chimed in considerately, "She was just spacing out for a little while. Miss Lily must be too busy with work and lacks rest time."

The implication is that he didn't see anything.

Iver took the opportunity to back down. "Indeed, I'm not going out tomorrow or the day after. How about I give you a couple of days off to rest?"

And in Iver's mind, one fact was certain— Lily had developed the adaptability to the Path of Love.

This book isn't even Grimoire, but Lily was immediately drawn to the cover.

This shows that Lily 'Path of Love is quite adaptable.

... Strange, when did this change happen?

When Iver gave her the freedom to choose Grimoire, she chose the Silken Grimoire. This at least shows that at that time, her greatest adaptability lay in Path of Adaptation.

An answer popped into Iver's mind.

—It should have started from the day Minister Drost died.

From that day on, Lily's demeanor changed noticeably.

Most noticeably, her former gentle nature—preferring to suffer rather than argue with others—has disappeared. As her inferiority complex gradually transforms into confidence, Lily has become noticeably calm and collected.

Previously, when she encountered trouble or faced choices, she would always subconsciously seek help from Iver. Because she was hesitant to make decisions and always worried about causing problems, she always left the decision-making power to Iver. But in the past few days, she has been seeking Iver's advice much less frequently.

At the time, Iver thought she had simply matured, gained confidence, completed her revenge, and washed away her pain and confusion. But now it seems that she started to go astray from that point on.

However, in public, she still maintains her unassuming demeanor... This shows that her Path of Adaptation hasn't been impaired. It's just that she has a new path now; let her be for now.

Unlike Iver, Lily cannot level up by consuming experience. If she wants to keep up with the "Aleister" advancement ritual, she cannot afford to devote too much energy to part-time jobs.

Take Sherlock for example... When he was improving his professional level in the Path of Wisdom, his level in the Path of Authority naturally stagnated.

Nevertheless, some daily tasks that can be done every day can still slowly increase experience. For example, the "prayer" of the Dedication Path must be performed on time every day; and the "Demon Contract" of the Path of Transcendence —if the contracted demon is of a higher level than oneself, experience will also slowly increase. This is because these constraints come from within the Path itself.

Priests cannot refrain from praying, Demon Scholar who remain stagnant and fail to grow stronger will also be punished by their own demons.

If Lily primarily focuses on improving her Path of Adaptation and secondarily on the Path of Love... it shouldn't be a big problem. It's simply a matter of completing some "daily tasks" on the Path of Love.

It's just sitting here; raising its energy level by one or two wouldn't be a big problem.

Iver picked up the book "The Three Goddesses' Poisoned Apple" and flipped through it for a while.

Although it's filled with blush-inducingly detailed illustrations... if Iver isn't mistaken, this book is supposed to be a "witch" job change manual.

"Witch" is one of the most common professions on the Path of Love, its power derived from the moon goddess Constant Self, who embodies the three aspects of "girl," "woman," and "old woman." The founder of this profession is Constant Self's apostle Medea, Medea name is also hidden within this book.

Once you master the three mysterious arts of "Potionology," "Spellcasting," and "Transfiguration," you can become a witch.

This book even records the extremely rare "Wolf Transformation Technique" inheritance.

It specifically mentions that the Wolf Transformation spell is the witch's most fearsome ability, even more terrifying than those wildly effective potions.

To learn the Wolf Transformation Technique, one must be proficient in both Spellcasting and shapeshifting. In the words of players, these two mystical arts must be at least level 10, which is at least the Third Level, to be accessible.

After learning the Wolf Transformation Technique, one can use human flesh as a medium to impose the adaptability of the Path of Love on someone who has eaten the cursed human flesh, thus inflicting the curse of the Wolf Transformation Technique.

Unlike ordinary shapeshifting spells, the Wolf Transformation Technique is very difficult to break free from or resist through willpower alone. Once someone eats a bite of human flesh, even those of similar strength will be cursed.

Under the curse of the Wolf Transformation Technique, the cursed person will be directly transformed into a wolf. If they have not eaten human flesh after wandering as a wolf for nine years, they can regain their human form, just as they have lived as humans for nine years, and become a powerful "werewolf"—they will turn into a beast on every full moon, and can also transform into a powerful half-human, half-wolf monster at any time according to their own will.

Werewolves are assumed to have Path of Love profession level of at least the Third Level... In other words, even an ordinary person can become Third Level superhuman after undergoing the test of the Werewolf Transformation Technique.

Even the children born from the union of two werewolves will not become wolves; they will be normal humans. All the "werewolfs" in this world are transformed one by one by witches.

However, whether they are cursed beings in their transformation period or werewolves under the full moon, if they consume a bite of human flesh while in wolf form, they must remain in wolf form for another nine years from that moment on. If they die of old age or are killed while in wolf form, their human form will also die along with them.

Once someone is afflicted by the Wolf Transformation Spell, the only way to break free is for another equally powerful witch to prepare the antidote.

This book specifically mentions that all Spellcasting cast by witches and all potions concocted by witches have an antidote; this is a fundamental principle of the Path of Love. However, the witch who concocts the antidote must be at least as powerful as, and perhaps even more powerful than, the witch who cast the Spellcasting or poisoned the potion.

... Hmm.

So, making Lily a witch doesn't seem so bad, does it? After flipping through about half the book, Iver's thoughts changed slightly.

—It shouldn't be a problem to let Lily advance one or two levels at least.

Thinking about it carefully, witches are indeed quite annoying. Besides being able to concoct Love Spirit Medicine, they also have potions that can paralyze or petrify people, and can turn people into lambs, toads, or wolves... They can also transfer their own injuries and poisons to others.

In games, dying once washes away negative status effects. But in reality, it's not that simple.

To counter the witch's magic, it would be best to have the help of another witch...

If Lily becomes a witch, then if you are accidentally cursed, poisoned, or maliciously transformed, you can ask Lily to help you prepare an antidote.

However, speaking of which...

It seems that he and Lily do indeed know a werewolf.

It was that "Mr. Dark Cloud" I met during the advancement ceremony. He was the werewolf of the Iris.

Regardless of what a werewolf's previous profession was, becoming a werewolf grants them the adaptability to the Path of Love.

Their corpses can be transformed into companions by the Child of the Moon after their deaths.

Although the Child of the Moon possesses all the memories of his previous life, he is clearly not a resurrected living being. This is because the transformation into Child of the Moon requires a full eighty-day ritual... while for ordinary people, their souls are either distributed among the Nine Pillar Gods Destiny or return to the origin of the world within a week of death.

The Child of the Moon certainly wants to increase its companions, but this behavior is quite disgusting to other extraordinary beings on the Path of Love.

Unless one is a fanatical worshipper of the Child of the Moon, no one wants their body to be desecrated, or their social relationships, memories, and experiences from their lifetime to be stolen by a blood-sucking beast.

Since Dark Cloud became a werewolf, it means he offended a powerful witch.

He's offended the witch and the Child of the Moon. It's likely Hawkeye doesn't have a good relationship with him either.

That Dark Cloud knows so many secrets is truly a talent...

But this is good news for Iver.

—Perhaps he can provide clues about Lily's further growth. Adaptation and love are both examples of this.

He said he was coming to Avalon not long ago, but I don't know when he'll arrive...

With that thought in mind, Iver closed the book he had hastily flipped through.

At the same time, a prompt appeared before his eyes:

[You've drawn inspiration for "Potionology" from "The Three Goddesses' Poisoned Apple." Do you wish to pay 21 public experience points to master this mysterious art?]

[You've drawn inspiration for "Spellcasting" from "The Three Goddesses' Poisoned Apple." Do you wish to pay 44 public experience points to master this mysterious art?]

No. No.

Iver clicked the "no" button without hesitation.

He didn't want to become a "witch"—not to mention that the third path would slow down experience gain, and one witch was enough. Besides, witches couldn't lift their own curses.

Besides, he's a man. Who knows what strange profession he'll end up in after learning the witch's mysterious arts?

"I gave it to you."

With that thought in mind, Iver smiled and handed the book to Lily: "These things are all for you. Including this potion, this glove... I'll take this letter. Perhaps Master Agnes will be interested in it."

Ignoring Mycroft's presence, he said meaningfully, "However, Lily... just remember not to let it interfere with important matters."

"I understand."

The moment Lily took the book, she felt as if a string in her heart had been gently plucked.

Even though she hadn't read the book yet, Lily inexplicably felt a sense of resonance—she was sure she could learn everything in the book.

It seems... to be more than just an ordinary occult book.

It is alive too.

Chapter Two is still around 2 PM~