Xue Dili was momentarily stunned; he even began to suspect once more that there might be an error with the translation module.

Though the items left by the Great Sage were quite useful, the chance of bugs appearing was not zero. He had encountered situations where the functions detected by the panel differed from their actual functions.

Because in this Blue Star, which has banned magic, he couldn't imagine anyone could become a traveler within his body...

After all, even the weakest of the undead are of a Legendary Level existence; according to later categorizations, they should be closer to the quasi-Mythic Level.

"Uh, may I ask who you are?" Xue Dili asked tentatively.

The elderly gentleman seemed to be heard but not seen, and at this moment, he became even more respectful, immediately bowing slightly as he spoke again: "I am just a humble stargazer and mystic scholar, formerly a Professor of Astronomy at Boston University."

Xue Dili: "..."

Well, it wasn't a translation module issue; he really is from Blue Star!

Xue Dili's curiosity was piqued. He did indeed feel the magic power within the old man, but his magic was entirely different from a normal mage, as if it were permanently under a ban. Xue Dili couldn't even accurately determine how they should be rated.

The only similar case was Old Watson, who had been banned from magic by Xue Dili. This palace mage from the Silver Country felt the same during his ban — the flow of magic couldn't be sensed, though one could tell there was a massive energy.

And now, Old Watson seemed like the other mages from Fairy Tale Star; most of his magic failed, but some parts were still usable, including Xue Dili's improved Bread Technique.

Meanwhile, he had to both play parent to others in the Silver Country and research a new magic system, providing endless bread and inducing vegetable growth — it seemed to be one of the few magics that hadn't failed him.

Xue Dili feared that the next time he returned to the back hills he had contracted with the Silver Country, he'd find a dead-tired old mage there.

Xue Dili's thoughts drifted a bit far.

On the other side, the elderly gentleman chatted with Xue Dili while also surveying the entire Consciousness Space, clicking his tongue in wonder.

To him, the Teleportation Gate was the most novel thing, though possibly due to inherent qualities, he refrained from touching it directly. Also, seeing the school's whimsical and fairy-tale style added to his astonishment.

Yet he concealed it well, without any inappropriate actions.

Partly because Xue Dili had turned off sharing.

Evidently, if it were a Blue Star person, Xue Dili wouldn't be able to judge their moral alignment through their world's information (special effects dramas), yet he clearly overheard some intelligence worth digging into.

"Mysticism?" Xue Dili found the term familiar and promptly searched the web for this discipline, then leaned back tactically.

The so-called mysticism originated around the same time as alchemy in Western history, but in its true sense, it was born in the 17th century, the dawn of science.

The earliest scientists had some theological backgrounds; familiar names like Darwin, Mendel, and Lord Newton were among them.

And since that era was a burgeoning, wild growth period for technology, many theories and sciences were in an unformed state. For scientists then, it was like seeing flowers in the fog, with hypotheses and conjectures dominating scientific content.

Thus, mysticism began to flourish around that time. Mysticism, in essence, studies "disciplines that do not conform to science".

During that era of nascent technology, many "scientific hypotheses" at the start were part of this, serving as a transition school of thought between apparent theology and science, a method to interpret theology through science.

It was an early amalgamated discipline combining physics, psychology, classical magic, alchemy, and philosophy.

Although abstract, mysticism often externally appears not much different from alchemy remains a classical science.

Because that era had many phenomena people couldn't use scientific theories to explain, explorers of that time explained them from a mysterious perspective. Hence mysticism began to thrive, most popular during the Victorian Era and following America's independence movement period.

Xue Dili didn't understand mysticism but was a standard Earth Mage; now a master of magic runes and arrays, he decided to have a serious discussion about "magic" with this mystic scholar.

Then, Xue Dili entered the Consciousness Space, simultaneously guiding the new guest around the school while discussing mysticism with him from a mage's perspective.

Obviously, upon seeing Xue Dili's appearance, the elderly gentleman was taken aback, even slightly turned his head, seemingly unable to bear looking directly at Xue Dili's visage, his expression was respectful, yet tinged with wariness.

Xue Dili: "..."

Am I some Ancient God? So hard to look at?

"Your appearance is like that of a deity, pardon me, I must briefly conduct a ritual." Xue Dili saw the man remove his monocle, adjust it, and add completely redundant mechanical structures.

A minute passed like this; additional rotating gears appeared on the monocle. He clipped it to his eye socket, then dared to gaze upon Xue Dili, appearing relieved.

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