There was no answer to that question for the time being. The so-called Love Curse that woman had handed Shade just now was both a ritual and a spell.
If one was not a Ring Arcanist, one could still wield its power by setting up a ritual, though its effects would be weaker than a spell mastered by a Ring Arcanist. That was why the woman's Love Curse back then could have been resisted by the Count's Family heirloom.
This power was quite ancient. The words recorded on the parchment could not even be recognized by anyone other than the Outlander. This was very likely the original curse scroll Mr. Snake had given her, a Secret Art of Fate truly passed down from an ancient age.
After returning to the ship, Shade translated the contents of the parchment and told Bella and Luvia. The two female diviners offered the same opinion:
"The essence of this spell is the manipulation of Destiny. In the present age, spells and thaumaturgies that directly manipulate Destiny have nearly vanished. Such supernatural powers often come with immense and unknowable costs.
"We even suspect that the power recorded on this parchment was the prototype of the 'Love Spell' found in many ancient legends, a remnant of the oldest Divine Art of Fate."
Even though they could see that Shade had absolutely no intention of learning it, Bella and Luvia still warned him:
"Under no circumstances should you master this power. Coming into contact with it is equivalent to deliberately disturbing Destiny. This spell can directly bind the destinies of two people together in the form of love. It is incredibly domineering and highly coercive. This is a power that should have been buried in the past long ago. That snake had no good intentions in giving