Merlin lightly pushed up his monocle.
A deep-blue ring appeared in front of the lens. It then unfolded into an Auxiliary Array Disk radiating flowing light, along with shining runes, making it look like a virtual panel.
He stared intently at the grimoire in Iver's hands. After a while, he suddenly furrowed his brows slightly, showing a puzzled expression.
...What was the Great Sin Grimoire? As an apostle of the Path of Wisdom, Merlin naturally possessed the ability to appraise transcendent items. In fact, during the Round Table Era, Merlin had been Avalon's best appraiser.
He could see what this item did.
Yet he had no idea what a "Phantom Demon Card" or a "Great Sin Card" was.
—Could this be the inheritance brought by a Sacred Entity?
"Iver," Merlin asked cautiously, "did you just now... see anything unusual?"
"...Anything unusual?"
"I mean what I mentioned earlier—the 'Sacred Entity.' It might have been a snake, or perhaps a ring. It could also have been a cloud of smoke, or a demon. The will dwelling within that Dream Demon's remains."
Merlin offered a slightly more precise answer. "Do you remember anything?"
Although Merlin maintained an enigmatic, seemingly all-knowing air in front of Iver, he actually did not know that much either. Even Merlin himself was astonished by the call of fate.
When he had first come to Beheading Valley, his only motive had been to inspect the Shadow of Avalon Ritual. He had only obtained the relevant information after seeing Iver in his dream.
Yet after inspecting it, he discovered that Jacob had not only altered the ritual he had left behind but had also left something else there.
Merlin had even seen that woman Vivian nearby... She was not an apostle who had run out to have fun like him,