Chapter 228: System Operation (Part 3)
Alpheas countered: "Humans can understand binary, but wielding it as language is different entirely."
Suddenly, he understood.
Alpheas whispered: "Don’t tell me... he was born with it?"
Olivia nodded: "I didn’t believe it either at first. But like Shirone’s insight or Iruki’s Servant Syndrome, Dante’s information processing is innate."
She recalled meeting Dante ten years prior, during her tenure as Royal Magic Academy’s headmistress. At a Bashka social gathering hosted by the Airhein family matriarch Bianca, conversation turned to Bianca’s youngest son taking leave from school.
Bianca sighed: "It’s dreadful. Our Dante submitted a leave of absence and came home. Normally such a model student - can you imagine?"
The noblewomen buzzed with concern until Bianca revealed more: "He won’t speak to anyone at school. His teacher thought he’d gone mute."
Olivia had muttered: "Overflow..."
When pressed, she explained: "A rare phenomenon when gifted children awaken young. Their conventional understanding collapses, making them perceive a different reality. Usually accompanied by intense fear."
Bianca’s eyes lit up at the word "gifted." What parent wouldn’t seize such praise? She immediately begged Olivia to assess Dante.
Reluctantly visiting the Airhein estate, Olivia found ten-year-old Dante sitting in the garden, staring at the ground. His fingers traced invisible patterns in the dirt - binary calculations, she realized with dawning awe.
The boy wasn’t broken. His mind simply operated on a different level, processing reality itself as flowing data. That day, Olivia recognized she stood in the presence of a once-in-a-century genius.