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“And that’s pretty much it.”

I put on a new glove, take the gold nugget and dragon spring stone, and show them to Shellrule as I finish my explanation. It goes without saying that this new glove also has the 《Seal Curse》 magic circuit embedded into it.

“Ah… Why did I have to fall asleep… I wish I could have been awake to see it. Materializing a concept sounds a lot more incredible than changing lead to gold. I’m such an idiot… And I never have any problem staying up all night either…”

Says Shellrule as she grips the cloak I lent her with a frustrated look on her face, and then continues lamenting as she buries her face in the ruffled cloak.

“Ah… the cloak is getting all wrinkly… Oh well. It’s a spare anyway.

“A-and that’s how I got to this point. But now the problem is this string. I have no idea how dangerous it might be. Look.”

I move my arm and bring a 《Transcribe》 scroll down, so Shellrule can also see what it says about the black string.

She stands next to me and we both check it together.

“You’re right… I can’t read this… Oh?”

“Something catch your eye?”

“Hum, here. I think this is a shared word…”

“Let me see… It’s a little scuffed, but does it say Seilook?”

“Yes, probably. A few parts are changing.”

“Hou, you’re right. That’s a nice find, Shellrule.”

“No… Hehehe… I’m just glad I can help you.”

“I should take this to Seilook right away. It might know something about it.”

“Yes. I will go too!”

And so, we leave the laboratory of the Kagero Institute, as the sky is starting to get a little bright.

It’s almost dawn, and thankfully, there aren’t many people around.

We head to the special building where Seilook should be sleeping, and only pass by some people in charge of security on the way there.

They’re all startled at first, but once we greet them and they see it’s me and Shellrule, they all look like it makes sense to them that it’s us.

“We startled a few people.”

Shellrule sounds amused as we jog to our destination.

“Well, it’s normal considering what time it is.”

“Eh? Yes, you’re right Master Rust.”

We chat as we keep going, with scrolls wrapped with black string hovering around us.

And then, we finally see the building where Seilook sleeps.