The black-haired coroner's gaze shifted to the face of the card:
"This is the payment I promised when I invited you to resolve this matter. Without you this time, things would probably have been even more troublesome. I don't want Eternal Light to casually provoke either Gray Gloves or Military Intelligence Section Six, much less both at once."
Standing beneath the bridge, he looked again at the river flowing south toward the ocean:
"Eternal Light is still very weak. I can neither let it become entangled with a major organization like the Seekers of Light Research Society nor provoke worldly troubles."
"Then did you notice that there is something strange about this card?"
Shade asked again. Mr. Albert smiled.
"Of course I did. Everyone carries a light that belongs solely to them, and I can see it clearly at close range. For example, the moonlight on you is so pure and captivating, while the Chosen One Iluna Bayes bears the blazing radiance of the Sun.
"The light of objects is weaker than that of living things, but I can still see some of it. Yet with this card held before my eyes, I can even directly see the tides of Spirit and Elements diffused throughout the world.
"What countless Diviners and High-Ring Arcanists dream of, I need only pick up this card to achieve."
A small number of Chosen Ones could gain special abilities from the Myriad Aspects of Impermanence Cards, such as Joey Barton. The commonality between him and Mr. Albert seemed to be that they had both experienced something extraordinary on the New Continent.
"Then why didn't you keep it?"
Shade asked again. Tolomay Albert shook his head.
"If I said I wanted to use this card to gain you, the 'God Summoner,' as my friend, would you