Horamick's Shock

"It shouldn't be..."

The smile on Holamick Haydn's face froze, replaced by confusion and incomprehension.

This completely defied common sense.

Even a Sequence 9 potion contained enough spirituality to inflict a violent impact on an ordinary person encountering the supernatural for the first time. Auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, mental daze...

Nothing happening at all was, in itself, the most abnormal phenomenon.

Could there have been a problem with the potion's preparation?

The moment the thought arose, Holamick dismissed it himself.

He had prepared it personally and had been extremely meticulous at every step. There was no way he could have made a mistake.

Then the problem lay with Mr. Edwin himself.

What other peculiarities did this genius who had invented the internal combustion engine possess?

Holamick Haydn's thoughts raced as he sifted through all the secret knowledge he knew regarding the Savant pathway, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

Suddenly, a detail he had overlooked flashed into his mind like lightning.

"So that's how it is..."

Holamick Haydn let out a long breath. His tense expression relaxed once more, even taking on a hint of realization and admiration. "Have you discovered something, Your Grace?"

Seeing that Holamick seemed to have found the reason, Edwin spoke at the right moment.

"Mr. Edwin, please allow me to apologize once again. My earlier explanation was insufficiently detailed and caused you to have doubts." Holamick gave a slight bow, his tone more respectful than before.

"The Sequence 9 of our pathway is known as the 'Savant.'"

"After consuming the potion, a Beyonder gains extraordinary memory, while their ability to comprehend and master knowledge is greatly enhanced. They can easily understand and apply fields of learning that ordinary people find profound and obscure."

"One could say that a Savant is a scholar among scholars, a