The girl in the comic was quite young, with sky-blue eyes and blonde hair. She wore her hair in a ponytail and was dressed in a black robe with a beautiful hood - so beautiful that Adam decided to steal the idea from the comic and promised to make a similar hood for his own black robe because it looked so good on the girl.
The beast, on the other hand, was the complete opposite of the girl - it was truly horrific! It appeared to be a fat woman walking around naked, but her body, far from being human, was deformed with tumors and sores scattered all over her skin. Pus-filled pimples grew in many places on her body, and the lips of the woman's mouth looked as if they had been eaten away, leaving a terrifying hole in her face.
When Adam saw the tumor-ridden creature with its humanoid appearance, the first thing that came to his mind was the silhouette of the Corruptus he had seen in his childhood when he went to look for the little books. He had never been able to see the creature back then due to the darkness in that hexagon, but its silhouette resembled that of the fat woman in the comic.
The story was quite entertaining: every time the beast got close, the girl would hide in a more clever way than before, and the fun of the comic was to see how, on each page, the girl managed to evade the beast. Until, in the end, the beast found the girl. When she was found, the girl pleaded for help, but no one came to rescue her.
The fat woman threw herself on the girl and began to devour her until she pulled out a yellow book covered in guts and blood from the girl's belly; curiously, the book was identical to Adam's godfather's biography. Feeling sorry for the terrifying end of this story, Adam proceeded to turn the last remaining page of the magical book only to be met with a terrifying face: It was the fat woman's head looking directly at him!.
*Crashhh*... The fat woman's head began to take on three dimensions, pushing against the paper of the book as if it were skin. The woman was trying to get out of the book to eat Adam, but it seemed that the paper was restraining her, so the beast kept struggling to escape the book while emitting infernal screams.
—Hadsm! Hadsm!— The beast screamed with madness.
Hastily, the red-haired young man tried to close the book, but when his hands touched the book, they simply passed through it as if it were an illusion. Upon noticing this, Adam looked at his hands with concern and realized that they were somewhat transparent.
—Hadsm!!— The beast screamed even more violently.
Full of fear, Adam wanted to run out of the cave, but he realized that a golden chain was emerging from his navel, preventing his progress, so he couldn't move away from the book on the desk.
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Looking at the chain carefully, Adam realized it was very thin and was binding him to something on the chair at his desk, not the magical book.
*Crash, Crash*... It seemed like something was breaking in the book, and the beast was about to escape.
Fearful, Adam followed the chain until he discovered that a yellow book - identical to his godfather's biography - was in the place where he had sat down to read the story.
*¡¡Crash!! *...Something broke, and the beast began to push its face through the book, but this time, it was flesh and bone, and there seemed to be no paper holding it back.
The young man wanted to call the eyeless old man for help. However, he realized that he couldn't speak, or rather, no sound was generated when he spoke. In the end, Adam, in a hurry because the head was getting closer and closer to coming out of the book, ended up touching the biography of his godfather on the chair, trying to run with the book that was chaining him.
With great dizziness, Adam opened his eyes to realize he was sitting and looking at the drawing of the beast's face. At this moment, the deformed face of the woman was just a drawing, and the screams had stopped.
With trembling hands, Adam tried to close the book, and this time, he succeeded. It seemed that touching the biography of his godfather on the chair brought him out of that illusory state, where the beast had almost devoured him, like the girl in the comic.
—Did something happen? You look frightened...— the old man said, looking at Adam with accelerated breathing.
—This book nearly killed me!— Adam exclaimed with violence —This wasn't part of the deal! You were supposed to warn me about cursed books!
—It's not cursed, it's just that...— the eyeless old man said, hiding his eyes in his face, but he stopped midway, seeming unwilling to reveal more information.
—At least tell me the truth!— Adam shouted angrily, seeing how the eyeless old man suddenly fell silent —I've helped you for more than half of my life! How could you betray me like this!
—Don't talk nonsense, kid!— the eyeless old man shouted, not liking being called a traitor —It's not a cursed book! But it's your fourth magical book, brat!
Adam's face changed; he realized that he was missing crucial information when dealing with magical books, so with fear and sweat on his face, he asked:
—Does something happen if I read too many magical books?— Adam asked fearfully, afraid that the fat woman was just the beginning of the book's curse —Will I be alright, old man?
—Yes, you've learned it: the effect of the book won't kill you...— the eyeless old man said with some concern—But you still need two more magical books... young man... Even for these floors... Maybe you're going a little too fast with your reading.
—Have I learned it?— Adam asked, closing his eyes and focusing on his body, trying to see if the effect was only transforming him into a book.
But the young hero realized there was a very serious problem: he didn't know how to use the ability he had gained. Unfortunately, the eyeless old man had disappeared with the magical book and refused to reappear to give more information, so Adam searched for his godfather's biography to try to find answers. The strange thing was that the biography was not on the chair, but it was in his robe where he always kept it.