Steady red moonlight appeared in Shade's palm. As the Life Fire Seed emerging from the imprint on his palm fused with it, the pure red moonlight gradually became sinister. Recalling the sensation from two days ago, when he had used "Wither" to taint the Corrupt Moon Flower within the Doppelganger Mystic Lock, Shade let the dim yellow light drifting from the Ring of Withering Fire meld into the moonlight in his hand.
He guided the power from the relic with extreme restraint. The red moonlight flickering like flames in his palm gradually changed from red to a filthy dark crimson in the process.
He then searched his pocket with his right hand and took out the Moonlight Water. After pulling out the stopper, he controlled the silver-white liquid and sent it flying toward his left hand. The moonlight fused flawlessly with the Moonlight Water. Once the liquid had also turned filthy in color, he exhaled a breath of frost and froze it into an ice sphere in his palm.
The sphere was not large, and its filthy color lacked even the slightest hint of moonlight's sacredness. Perhaps because it had fused with the Life Fire Seed, although the ice sphere floated steadily above Shade's palm, anyone who saw it would have the illusion that it was beating, as though it were a heart.
Simply holding this ice sphere would naturally not solve Sister Lope's current problem. Implanting it into her body, preferably close to her heart, was the best option. Of course, Shade would not be the one to do it. No matter how much The Church trusted the God Summoner, there was no reason to let an outsider like him perform such a procedure.
Thus, Shade handed the ice sphere to Mr. Conti and added:
"Call it the Withering