I'm Just a Skeleton

Long Mei Er smoothed the fur along Big White Rabbit's back, then looked at Richard again and said seriously, "All right, Wizard Richard. Since you insist, I'll give you another chance. To be honest, the Book of the Void has an even higher confidentiality level than the Blood-colored Alchemy you exchanged last time. Not to mention a non-core member like you—even most core members have no right to exchange for it. But I can give it to you, and you won't even need to advance any Points."

"What are the conditions?" Richard asked.

"Do you know? The Book of the Void kept at the branch isn't complete. It's only one portion—more precisely, the latter half. According to clues obtained by previous organization members, the missing first half is held by an ancient Wizard family in a city near the border of the Southern Free Federation, close to the Soma Alliance. But nobody knows exactly where it is hidden. How about this? If you can go to that city and successfully bring back the first half of the Book of the Void, I'll lend you the latter half so you can study them together."

"When?"

"Any time. You can retrieve the relevant mission materials from the Archive Room."

"Fine. I'll make preparations and set out."

"That works." Long Mei Er nodded. After a pause, he looked at Richard and added, "Wizard Richard, I hope that while retrieving the Book of the Void, you'll carefully consider the path of your research. Sometimes making mistakes isn't frightening. What's frightening is failing to see the mistake and continuing onward—the wrong direction only takes you farther from success the harder you work. If you come to understand that and give up researching the Book of the Void, I can give you the rewards for the