The egg-shaped chess piece rolled several times, and a sudden light rotated above.
He looked up and then realized that as he fiddled with the "chess piece" in front of him, the stars in the sky above also changed positions accordingly.
"Each stone corresponds to a star, the stars are the chess pieces, the entire starry sky is the chessboard..."
Ronan realized this, his eyes flickered with insight, and Grey Robe Luona noticed his enlightenment, smiling and squinting at him.
"What are the rules then?"
Ronan was thoughtful, his mind completely settled, slowly immersed in the "chess game" before him.
Under the eternal starry night, the young and handsome youth focused intently on the scattered stones in front of him, his eyes consistently revealing a light of contemplation, occasionally looking up at the starry sky above.
The old man in a grey robe with a white beard sat opposite him, occasionally reaching out to move a stone on the ground, but most of the time, he paid attention to the young man he was playing with.
The starry sky alternated between brightness and dimness, stars twirled, light and shadow shifted, and time slipped quietly away like fine sand through fingers.
No one knew how long had passed when all the changes of light and dark paused, the starry sky returned to peace and serenity, a gentle sound of exhalation echoed under the night sky.
Retracting his gaze from the "chess game" in front of him, a deep fatigue floated between his brows, but more so, was a novelty and joy never experienced before, along with a faint fascination and reluctance, a sense of incompleteness.
Ronan thought for a moment, stretched out his hand, removed the arm bracelet from his right arm, and gently placed it in front of Grey Robe Luona.
The latter said nothing, just picked up the arm bracelet and scrutinized it.
"Heramus likes vibrant young people who are unstoppable like him, I am already old, although it is charming, ultimately it doesn’t suit me..."
Grey Robe Luona sighed softly, gently raised his hand, and the arm bracelet returned to Ronan’s hand.
Ronan frowned slightly, "So you really just wanted to meet me?"
"Not entirely, I also have my selfish reasons."
Luona shook his head, quickly smiled again, "But now there are none...
Let’s return to the game we just played."
He casually changed the topic, while reaching into the sleeve of his magic robe, he said to Ronan: "You are even smarter than I expected, for a Wizard new to Star Disk Calculation, your performance is quite excellent...
Actually, it’s not truly a chess game, so there’s no real win or loss."
As he spoke, Luona withdrew his hand from the sleeve of the magic robe, and there was something extra in his hand.
It was a thick black-covered book, he handed the Black Skin Book to Ronan and said softly: "It is recorded in this book... take a look."
Ronan took the book with both hands, and as he looked at the plain black cover, he suddenly saw some purple, constantly moving light points.
These light points traced beautiful and intricate trajectories across the book cover, continually forming various complex or simple patterns.
Unconsciously, Ronan’s mind was captivated by those trajectories and patterns, deeply drawn in.
When he couldn’t help but reach out to touch the book cover, suddenly, ancient and mysterious messages rapidly flooded into his mind.
Ronan’s body trembled slightly, he suddenly looked up, staring at Luona in front of him, and blurted out.
"Ancient Star Book?!"