Compensation θ ~ I might be late for reincarnation, but since I was born as the talented eldest son of a prestigious noble, I might be on the winning side.

《Magic Eye – Visual Cortex – Magic Conduit Pathway: Constructed Magical Foundation, Full Search of Magic Trajectories – Complete》

《Magic Infusion – Complete》

《Magic Circulation – Normal》

《Drive Attempt – Successful》

《Visual System Modification Phase Completed》

《Entering Adjustment Period. The next phase will begin once foundation and trajectory calculations for the head and neck are completed.》

Upon hearing the long-awaited announcement, all the tension seemed to drain from my body. I had survived. I had endured that pain and come out alive.

《Master, well done.》

I’m beat. Seriously, utterly exhausted. The pain was intense, no doubt.

It had been roughly half a year since I was born, and yet, only my eye’s had been modified.

While it had taken quite a long time, I had known it would be this way from the start, thanks to Ai, also known as Aibertein.

《The human eye’s optical system is quite similar to that of a camera, with a highly precise structure.》

The eyeball was essentially an organic, living camera.

It adjusted focus with two lenses, and the dilation and constriction of the pupil acted like an aperture.

Light entering the eye would refract through these lenses, pass through the transparent gel-like vitreous body, and form an image on the retina at the back of the eye.

That’s how it worked.

However, even in their advanced previous world, practical artificial reproduction of human optic functions hadn’t progressed as expected, despite having artificial eyes with excellent resolution.

That was because the crucial part wasn’t the eye itself, but the human brain.

《The light stimulation of the human eye within the range of wavelengths that humans can see, in other words, visible light, is converted into electrical signals through light receptors in the retina. These signals then travel through the optic nerve to the brain’s visual cortex, where visual information is integrated, processed, and turned into images.》

In other words, what a person ‘see’ wasn’t the direct input from their eyes but an aggregation of information that was gathered, integrated, and corrected within their brain.

The input was staggering, to say the least. The pathway to the visual cortex was long and highly networked, with feedback information and corrections from memory. That’s what made up the ‘seeing’ process.

So, the modification of his magical eye didn’t just involve tweaking his eyeballs, but rather taking over and expanding the conventional optic system in this manner.

This world had its unique connection of the physical and the ethereal body, which was especially evident in sensory systems. As a result, he could go beyond the limits of the physical body to perform magical enhancements.

For this operation, they had not only constructed magical foundations and pathways from his eyeballs to the visual cortex but also reinforced the main and auxiliary memory cores responsible for processing speed.

He left the procedure entirely in Ai’s hands and endured as instructed, and finally, he became the possessor of magical eyes. However, the way he saw things was different from what he had expected.

At the moment, he could vaguely see magical elements and magical power with both eyes. It was quite strange. The way he perceived things was completely different.

This world was saturated with magical elements, and life, in some way, contained magical energy. He could visualize things that were originally invisible to the human eye. That was the basic functionality of a magical eye.

As a result, he could not only capture the external shape of objects but also penetrate the internal aspects of living beings and objects. He could see the 3D structure of things and even perceive the magical power and magical elements inside them.

However, there was something he had realized after going through such thorough modifications. They had altered his undeveloped eyes, both at the same time.

Yes, as it stood now, he couldn’t see things properly (in the conventional sense). He couldn’t see colors as he used to. The world appeared in an unnatural, prism-like rainbow. In other words, everything he saw was in rainbow colors, vibrant and vivid.

The visual stimuli was overwhelming.

However, as I continued to look at things and receive visual stimuli in my daily life, my brain’s visual cortex should have developed over time, and in a few years, my vision will be normal again.

But I won’t stop the modifications.

In the future, he would also undergo extensive modifications of other senses (hearing, smell, taste, touch), balance, and deep sense (awareness of joint, muscle, and tendon movement, as well as body position and movement). These were essential to widen his perceptual sensitivity and make it easier to perceive and manipulate his body, as well as increasing his durability.

I’ve made sure that these modifications are designed not to impair my conventional senses because I don’t want to repeat the same issues I encountered with my magic eye.

I didn’t initially have resistance to the idea of altering my brain in this way. But in this world rooted in the principles of magic, the central nervous systems of the people living here are different from those on Earth. So, I had to endure it. Hearing that, I had no choice but to prepare myself.

“Let’s aim to become the strongest magician!” Well, not really.

The current stage is still just the beginning of self-development, creating a foundation for magic as you would build hardware for a computer. There’s still a lot to do before it becomes useful.

Well, for now, I’ll set aside those worries. This is a rare moment of respite without any pain, so I’ll savor it!