Mr. Sun froze. "The will of the world?!"
Ms. Moon nodded solemnly.
Though the word "glance" was overly anthropomorphic and seemed slightly inappropriate when applied to the "will of the world," what Ms. Moon meant was not such a humanlike action. Rather, the will of the world was capable of "taking notice" of certain individuals.
For instance, the will of the world might bestow gifts of talent upon those it favored.
Such talents were often exceedingly powerful, even capable of reaching the level of conceptual idealism.
Ms. Moon had once heard of an alchemist who possessed a talent called "Potion Coupling." No matter how fundamentally opposed the materials he chose were—materials that would make any other alchemist's cauldron explode without fail—he could forcibly tame them, making magical ingredients of differing, even opposing, natures collide precisely at the point of coupling equilibrium and successfully subdue them.
Of course, such taming was not necessarily a good thing. Just as premium-grade material A combined with mediocre material B could yield a premium potion, two premium-grade materials, A and B, that were originally incapable of coupling might, when forcibly fused by his talent, end up producing nothing but an inferior potion.
But regardless of the final outcome, he truly possessed the power to expand the boundaries of potions and turn decay into wonder.
Many legendary wizards would seek out that alchemist's help when they wished to brew certain special potions.
And that talent was a gift bestowed upon him by the will of the world of the Western Continent.
Of course, such nearly idealistic talents also had flaws. They could only function perfectly within the wizarding world of the Western Continent; once he left the Western Continent, their effects would be greatly diminished.
After all, no matter how powerful the will of the Western