Morning filtered through the crystal lattice of Aurion's Grand Library, scattering light across towering shelves and hovering books.
Lucien was still there.
The table before him looked like a battlefield of books. The volumes he had read stacked neatly and others are open for reference.
Right now, he was reading two books at once. His eyes shifting between them in perfect rhythm.
His Parallel Thoughts skill allowed it. Combined with Photographic Memory, he absorbed information like breathing.
Ever since his transformation into Lootwell, the Wolf Beastman, Lucien's temperament had sharpened. He had become more instinctive, direct, and efficient... yet his intellect remained intact.
Beast instinct and human intelligence had merged into something focused and predatory... but unnervingly calm.
As more scholars entered the library, whispers began to rise. Mortals and powerhouses alike glanced at the lone, wolfish figure drowning in texts.
"A Beastman? Reading runes?"
