Under Alya's bright, eager gaze, Gauss stopped keeping her in suspense.
"Relax. Don't resist."
"Okay."
As he uttered a short, forceful string of meaningless syllables, a powerful surge of magical energy rippled around him.
"Hum."
The words that left Gauss's mouth were Draconic for "Comprehend Languages."
The magical fluctuation slowly enveloped Alya, who stood before him.
Though Alya had been looking forward to this and had mentally prepared herself in advance, she hadn't expected the spell's effect to come so quickly or hit so strongly.
It swept over her like a summer gale, refreshing her senses in an instant.
"Huh?!"
Her mind felt cool and clear, as if it had been immersed in some refreshing solution. She felt completely at ease, and ideas flowed through her like a spring.
"Take a look at the skill book you're going to study."
Gauss spoke slowly from beside her.
At his words, Alya lowered her head.
She had actually already spent some time flipping through Moonlight's Radiance when she first got her hands on it.
At the time, she'd found it neither especially obscure nor particularly simple.
After all, it was a 2nd Circle Spell, unlike a cantrip or a 1st Circle Spell.
The higher the level, the harder it was to learn.
Especially at the beginning, you had to spend a great deal of time decoding the annotations and understanding the model.
But now, in this unusual state of mind, the knowledge before her suddenly seemed much simpler.
It felt as though she'd woken up to find every spell in the world a hundred times easier, while her talent remained unchanged.
Watching Alya's expression shift, Gauss knew his spell had worked.
With his Intermediate Dragon Language Talent boosting it, Comprehend Languages had clearly surpassed its original effect of simply helping someone understand