"Claire, what conclusion are you specifically looking for?"
"Besides regulating imbalances in destiny and instability in elements, does this ritual have any other purpose?"
Only then did Audrey understand:
"So that's what you're worried about~ No, at least according to the information currently available, it has no other purpose."
She then explained to everyone the key points and difficulties of the ritual's preliminary preparations, making a reasonable prediction about how the ritual would ultimately be carried out based on that information:
"There's a very high chance that the Final Ritual consists of one center and multiple branches. Both the center and the branches will have enormous orchestras arranged there, each symbolizing a different aspect of destiny.
"As for the seven Core Musicians, they should be gathered at the center of this island, on that Peak of Fate. And although the current information only concerns the island, according to my calculations, there should be arrangements in the surrounding waters as well. In that case, we can consider asking Sivie's mermaid friends for help. They are all natural singers, too."
Audrey then made a plan for the Elders, telling everyone how to carry out each step of the ritual's preliminary preparations in an orderly manner. Watching Audrey write and draw on the small blackboard, Claire quietly said to Shade:
"Only at times like this do I feel that she isn't all that different from before."
"Before" referred to the time before they met Shade, when they had been somewhat mad due to having Two Souls in One Body.
"She used to like writing and drawing like this too?"
"Yes. She often dragged a small blackboard into the Council to teach everyone something or make plans. If we raised objections, she would become very stubborn. She wouldn't argue with anyone, but she would