Grimoires appeared in the forms of books with an ability to empower and cause disaster in way that went against common sense. No magician could explain them, and the only records that existed only explained the aftermath. It meant that the owners of grimoires were the cause of worldwide massacres.

The perfect example was Giovanni. The magician, Giovanni, had been investigating the ruins discovered in the Miller Barony. Then he discovered the grimoire, Death’s Worship, and had turned into a warlock who commanded thousands of undead. If Theo hadn’t contained the situation so quickly, a catastrophe would have befallen Meltor a month later.

Theo knew the risk of revealing this truth about himself better than anyone else, but he told Kurt the whole story anyway.

“... The owner of a grimoire.” Kurt stroked his chin as he nodded. “It is funny to say it now, but that was one of the possibilities we came up with.”

Theo was befuddled. “What does that...”

The king grinned. “A person stuck at the 2nd Circle for nearly five years suddenly overtook the best genius in the kingdom...