The three young ladies' suggestions were all quite good, but Shade knew that none of them were what he wanted. He shook his head and reached toward the library before him.
A thin mist of steam appeared behind him. His Destiny Ring did not fully manifest; only the Silver Moon and Water of Wisdom Spirit Runes appeared:
"Thaumaturgy—Moon Library—Library Retrieval."
This thaumaturgy could search for books in places such as libraries and studies through vague keywords. Shade did not know what keywords Chloe might have left behind if she had left him a book, so this time he used only the vague terms "moon," "ice," "Chloe," and "Shade."
The thaumaturgy activated successfully. In an instant, the entire library began to shake. Every book seemed about to leap from its shelf, yet each one remained where it was.
It was not that no target had been selected. Shade could already clearly sense that he had found that "book," but the castle's power was preventing him from obtaining it this way.
Frowning, he continued pouring spirit into the thaumaturgy to strengthen its effect. He rarely did this when using this thaumaturgy, so he had not expected that, as the two Spirit Runes behind him shone more brightly, illusory, translucent starlit bookshelves would appear around him layer by layer.
It was as though this library of ice had overlapped with the Moon Library in the void at that moment. The ladies all stared in surprise at the anomaly around them. Emilia saw a moon as ancient as the World Tree; Claire saw gentle moonlight corresponding to the Sun Power she wielded; and Miss Sabelle saw an ancient, sacred place revealing a corner of itself merely because a mortal had cast a spell.
Once the library within the expanding Star Sea had encompassed half