After leaving the parrot, Angel looked at Luigi beside him.
"We've got the sheet music. Are you going to keep browsing the stalls, or head straight to the main site of the Encircling City Gathering?"
Luigi thought for a moment, then said, "Let's keep looking. Personally, I think these two scores are decent, but they don't feel that different from the Black Sheep Confession Song. If the Black Sheep Confession Song didn't pass, then the Ode of Tainted Blood Purification and Sacred Canon of the Dark Alley might not move Uriel either."
To clear Uriel's dungeon smoothly, Luigi had to make absolutely thorough preparations.
Even though he had already bought two scores, he still needed to see whether there were more options.
Thus, Luigi left the group again to search for more possibilities.
As before, Angel and Laplace wandered through the stall area at leisure, stopping and starting as they pleased. They also kept an eye out for suitable items.
During this "shopping trip," Angel noticed that Laplace seemed somewhat absentminded.
Every now and then, she would even zone out completely.
After Laplace emerged from another spell of blankness, Angel finally could not help asking, "You seem to have something on your mind. Did Greipnir send a message?"
"Greipnir hasn't replied yet. But..." Laplace paused, seemingly considering her wording—or hesitating over whether to continue.
After quite a while, Laplace slowly said, "I was wondering whether Blood Lure Powder could be used for... fishing."
Angel: "???"
It took Angel a good while to understand what Laplace meant.
Apparently, when she had looked through the list of "tools" at the parrot's stall earlier, she had spotted quite a few alchemical items. There were not only metallurgical items, but also potion-related ones. One of them was a potion called Blood Lure Powder.
It