Chapter 85: Lesson 18. Midterm Exams - 7
The Chancellor's words about Mira's potion hit the nail on the head.
Not detoxification, but nullification.
The potion wasn't particularly toxic - it merely acted as a catalyst connecting those who consumed it to specific constellations.
As a result, consumers would fall into a trance-like state, and due to the minimal traces of constellation power flowing back (likely from constellations with abilities affecting the mind), they would become insensitive to external stimuli, develop tunnel vision, and lose rational judgment.
The enhanced learning effect was merely a byproduct, and even that was pathetic compared to Ban Yu-won's talismans.
If that were all, we might be able to laugh it off, but the real problem starts now.
Those who drink the potion essentially enter into a preliminary contract with a constellation.
We don't know exactly what they must pay in exchange for the minimal traces of constellation power absorbed into their bodies, but they've fallen victim to a fraudulent contract where they might have to give up even their souls if demanded.
If this isn't a curse, what is?