"For a bent arc to become a ring would take longer than we can afford to wait. What I need now is the complete Ring of Fate held by the Seer Association. You should know about it, right?"
Shade asked again, and the diviner nodded:
"The Association already possessed two rings in the era I left. By now, they should still be those same two. The first is 'Civilization.' It is the core of the entire Rhodes Cards Plan I once mentioned to you. The other is 'Punish Evil,' representing the fate of fighting against evil."
Luvia had learned that the Association possessed two rings from Lomari City, though at the time, she had not determined what the second one was.
And the fate of "Punish Evil" clearly did not suit Old Man Charat, the Association's candidate. It did not sound suitable for any of the other four candidates either.
"The final piece of information did not come from the Association. It was something I researched myself after leaving it. I once tried to find suitable Arcs of Fate, or even rings, to grant to my descendants and thereby influence the fate of the entire family. But until you appeared at Green Lake, I had never found any kind of Solidified Fate.
"Thus, I knew that I would never be connected to the Chosen of Fate. Fate does not favor me."
After a brief pause:
"I once obtained a Poem Chapter Fragment related to the Fate Chosen One. It seems you have not yet found it on the island: Fate has Three.
"Interpreting it alongside ancient texts and records, if a person can possess three Rings of Fate that resonate with their own destiny, they will gain the power to truly overcome fate. The three rings overlap one another in