Single Mother of a Werewolf Baby novel Chapter 260

Chapter 260: Chamber of Unbecoming

Professor Seren was a leading figure in Chromomancy. As a result, what Eleanor learned from her was the strategic application of colour in combat. Chromomancy transforms the battlefield from a physical plane into a psychological landscape. To defeat an opponent, a true expert of the mental arts can orchestrate perception, emotion, and even physiology through a carefully composed chromatic assault.

The initial phase of chromatic combat is Sensory Disruption and Overload. An opponent reliant on sharp senses and steady focus is vulnerable to a chaotic palette. A skilled practitioner of the mental arts can project a rapid, strobing sequence of clashing hues... Neon Pink against Acid Green, or Electric Orange against Vivid Violet. This creates immediate visual dissonance, causing eye strain, headaches, and disorientation. The brain, overwhelmed by conflicting signals, struggles to process environmental data, slowing reaction times and breaking concentration.

Once the opponent’s senses are compromised, the next phase is Emotional and Psychological Manipulation. Here, the expert becomes a painter of mood, crafting an emotional state that serves their strategy.

Surprisingly, the Department of Mental Arts produces sensory bombs with these colour combinations in collaboration with the Department of Alchemy. These bombs bear unique names... ’Dissonance Prime’ for the Pink-Green and Orange-Violet variants.

The next is ’Red Frenzy’. This bomb floods an opponent’s perception with a pulsating, saturated crimson that induces a state of uncontrollable rage. While red increases raw physical power, it does so at the cost of rational thought. An enraged opponent becomes predictable, reckless, and easy to ensnare... they lunge with brute force but lack finesse, leaving themselves open to counterattack.

’Yellow Panic’ creates a sudden wash of harsh, acidic lemon light that erodes confidence and induces anxiety. Yellow, in its negative aspect, is associated with fear, caution, and deceit. An opponent bathed in this light may second-guess every action, grow hesitant, and feel a creeping sense of impending doom... faltering precisely when they can least afford to.

’Blue Despair’ surrounds an opponent with a deep, cold navy blue that drains their will to fight. The colour evokes feelings of isolation, sadness, and futility. An opponent who believes the battle is already lost will never commit fully to their strikes... their spirit broken long before their body is touched.

’Violet Muddle’ creates a field of deep royal purple around the opponent and targets higher cognitive functions. Purple’s association with introspection and the mystical can be weaponised to force an opponent into a state of over-analysis. They become ensnared within their own mind, questioning every move, paralysed by indecision... effectively trapped in a mental stasis.

To prevent self-inflicted harm from colour exposure, students of the Department of Mental Arts must train in the Chamber of Unbecoming... a virtual chamber comprising four progressive stages. Each stage lasts for half an hour before advancing to the next.

Stage one is Sensory Distortion. The grey walls begin to pulse with a faint, arrhythmic light. A low-frequency hum rises, felt in the bones more than heard by the ears. The floor subtly shifts, creating the unsettling sensation of walking on gelatine. The air fluctuates rapidly between heat and cold.

This stage severs the student’s basic connection to physical reality. It targets the vestibular system, inducing primal disorientation and forcing the student to expend mental energy simply to remain upright and coherent.

Stage two is Chromatic Emotional Warfare. A wave of seething crimson floods the room, accompanied by a psychic scream of pure rage, goading the student into lashing out in futile anger. The hue then shifts to a claustrophobic, despairing navy blue, pressing a suffocating sense of isolation and hopelessness... whispering that resistance is meaningless. Finally comes a nauseating, anxious lemon yellow that scrambles coherent thought and breeds paranoia.

This stage triggers and amplifies negative emotions, forcing the student to spend immense reserves of willpower on emotional regulation rather than on constructing defensive mental walls.

Stage three is Memory and Identity Erosion. The room now projects illusions and psychic whispers. The student might see the faces of loved ones, distorted by disappointment. They might relive their greatest failures in vivid, merciless detail. The walls themselves may whisper their deepest insecurities in a voice that sounds unmistakably their own, like... "You don’t belong here." "You are weak." "They’re all laughing at you."

This stage attacks the very core of the student’s psyche... their sense of self and worth. Defending against it requires the deepest reserves of mental fortitude. It is the most psychologically draining phase of all.

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