"Wait, what did you say I drank?" Orion asked again, and Sucrose answered him directly.
"[Must Speak the Truth 3058 Type II] is the alchemical potion I researched."
"Oh..." Orion rubbed his chin. Wasn't that just a truth serum? There was nothing scary about it, so he continued asking, "What does 3058 mean?"
"It's the version number. I researched three thousand and fifty-eight versions, and this is the latest one."
"What about Type II?"
"It's a model change, an iteration of the type I performed on Version 3058."
"Oh, you're really amazing." Orion applauded her, and Sucrose accepted the praise directly, saying thank you.
Yunli, who was beside him, draped her leg directly over Orion's lap and lazily asked, "What does [Must Speak the Truth] mean? Is it a truth serum?"
Hearing this, Sucrose flashed a triumphant smile. She pushed up the arm of her glasses with one hand: "Hmph! This isn't a simple truth serum; it's a great item I've iterated over three thousand times! Look, look!"
Sucrose pulled out a clock-like device from her small pouch.
Orion and Yunli leaned in to observe, while Sanzomon and Skirk watched from afar.
Orion poked the clock: "What is this? A timepiece?"
"Of course not, Senior! This is used in conjunction with the [Must Speak the Truth 3058 Type II] you drank. After you drink the alchemical potion, if you tell a lie while the potion is active, this [You Lied 2525 Type II] will make a sound."
Orion leaned back strategically, filled with awe: "Are you sure what you researched is an alchemical potion? Rather than some kind of Potionology magic potion?"
Sucrose scratched her head: "What Potionology? This is Alchemy!"
Orion pulled out a wooden stick made of elder wood and handed it to her: "Hold this, and try saying 'Alohomora' to that door over there."
Sucrose didn't understand why, but she tried it anyway. Nothing happened.
Orion breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed she was a Muggle.
But Sucrose also realized: "Ah! I know, Senior, you don't believe my words, right? This is a very precise instrument!"
Orion took back the Elder Wand and put it away: "How precise? Tell me."
"Senior, look, what is a Vision called?"
"An external magical organ, why?"
"Bio-control organs operate via bioelectrical signals, and since you don't need to shout incantations or anything when using elemental power, it shows that the Vision's operation method differs from traditional spells; it's operated by the user's thoughts, similar in principle to bioelectrical control organs.
Since it's an organ, moving one hair affects the whole body. When you lie, your brainwaves definitely fluctuate, and the signal received by the Vision will also fluctuate. This fluctuation is transmitted in the form of elemental energy waves. The energy transfer is negligible, but my [You Lied 2525 Type II] can capture that tiny fluctuation, analyze it, distinguish the lie, and then ring the bell!"
The more Sucrose spoke, the more excited she became, but the more Orion listened, the more stunned he grew.
Is this the kind of technology that bumpkins from Teyvat should be mastering?
This level of technology should only be masterable by the Original Dragon Race, right? Dragons—that's the mark of an Emperor! Your thinking is ancient, yet your technical methods are innovative. Sucrose, who exactly are you?
Yunli reacted for a moment, but being a Damselette from an Interstellar Civilization, she quickly understood Sucrose's meaning after substituting elemental power with Imaginary Internal Energy and considering the context.
She stretched out her little foot and kicked Orion twice in his lap: "Hurry! Try telling a lie!"
Orion nodded. He didn't notice Sucrose's suddenly tense expression, and he spoke directly to the [You Lied] device: "I am not a foot fetishist."
"Ring-a-ling-a-ling!"
"Wow! It's ringing so loudly!"
"Yeah, just how much does that statement violate your conscience?"
Orion and Yunli were happily praising Sucrose, but Sucrose suddenly stood up in a panic: "Senior! You can't just lie randomly!"
"Huh?" Orion looked up: "Why?"
"There's a Punishment Mechanism!" Sucrose's ears drooped, and she timidly explained: "After drinking the potion, if you tell a lie while the drug is active, the thing you care about most will shrink!"
Orion froze completely: "What did you say?"
"If you lie, the thing you care about most will shrink." Sucrose kindly provided an example: "Just like if a 200-plus pound strongman drank this potion and then lied, his most valued biceps would shrink by one size!"
"What is the principle behind this?! This is Potionology, isn't it?!"
Orion was starting to panic, no matter what. He looked at Yunli, and the instant their eyes met, Yunli understood. She immediately wiggled her butt a little.
Then, she looked at Orion: "There's a slight change, but not much."
"Holy crap!" Orion nervously looked at Sucrose: "How do I recover? Is there an antidote?"
Sucrose pushed up her glasses: "You can recover by telling a few more truths. Ah, they have to be'same-type' truths in your heart."
Orion quickly spoke: "Today, I'm a Damselette fetishist!" Then he looked at Yunli.
Yunli tested it again: "There's an improvement."
Beside them, Sanzomon looked curiously at Skirk: "Why just today? Did he meet someone today?"
Skirk thought for a moment: "He met a rather lively little girl."
From a distance, Yunli kicked Orion again: "Keep talking! Hurry up and change it back."
Orion thought for a moment: "Yesterday, I was a married woman fetishist."
Sanzomon looked at Skirk again. Skirk thought: "He met an Adeptus yesterday, a bird, but she did give off a motherly vibe."
"Let me think what else... I actually don't have that many Level 100s at all. I just got three extra Qiqis, and I wanted to save them for Columbina!"
"What does that sentence mean?"
"I didn't understand that either."
Under Yunli's judgment, Orion was forced to blurt out truths one after another, causing Sucrose opposite him to blush deeply.
Finally, Yunli gave her hips another sway: "Alright, it's restored. You don't need to talk anymore."
Orion also wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a heavy sigh.
Opposite him, Sucrose was blushing from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.
She felt that she had now fully grasped her Senior's interests and hobbies.
The only thing she didn't understand was where exactly her Senior had shrunk. She had observed for a long time and didn't see any change in him. Miss Yunli could tell just by the way she moved her hips, so why couldn't she?
Was there something special about a boy's lap?
Just then, a figure with twin pigtails wearing a blue witch's hat suddenly appeared in the plaza.
"Eh? So many people! Is it usually this lively here?"
Mona walked over, strutting like a cat, and saw the deeply blushing Sucrose and the relieved Orion.
"What happened to you all? The situation seems quite complicated?" Mona asked curiously, then found a place to sit down.
As soon as she sat down, she spotted a bottle of drink with the cap twisted off. A quick glance showed the cap was in front of Orion, so it was obvious whose bottle it was.
Mona happened to be thirsty, so she grabbed the bottle and took a swig.
"Ha! Tastes good!" She put the bottle down, only to find everyone staring at her in shock.
Mona shrank her neck: "W-what's wrong with me?"
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