At that moment, fate seemed to reveal its complete threads to Shade. But when he tried to reach for them, he found they were all like reflections in water:
"Anyway, my most important task in the near future is to make a second visit to Ice and Snow Castle next week, using that as the direction for the next stage of the investigation. Of course, there are also those three Angel Level Relics on the island that affect fate. After what we did today, I'm afraid they'll start playing a role again. Oh, and there's the matter of the ink."
He mentioned the ink formula he had learned about from Professor Reinhart and "Magic Potion Merchant" Mr. Sargent:
"Fourteen of the eighteen ingredients are quite common. Galina, help gather those. Luvia, you need to divine the special nature of the human blood used in the ink, as well as the exact manufacturing process. I know it's difficult, but it has to be done.
"I already have Snake Scale Stone. For the precious herb Tear Gland Fern, I can only try to find it myself. Then there's the Philosopher's Stone. Since we're adding a Philosopher's Stone anyway, the ink we make in the end shouldn't be completely useless, right?"
Dorothy spoke up:
"I'll work with Luvia to figure out the ink-making process. I researched the preparation of mineral pigments before, and I've made quite a few kinds of Special Ink myself."
"Alright. Sorry to trouble you."
"Shade, don't say that. You're the one working the hardest."
Miss Writer said gently. Although Luvia knew how hard Shade had been working, she still assigned him a task:
"Tomorrow may be Saturday, but you still need to go to Fatumonst Island in the morning. Claire Reinhart must be overthinking after suddenly learning so much.