"Because Destiny is simply too hard to obtain."
Iluna complained softly.
Luvia smiled in agreement.
"Yes, Destiny is the hardest Spirit Rune to reach."
Yet among the Girl with Purple Eyes's four Core Ling Runes—Noble Fate, Destiny, Destroyer, and Misfortune—there was Destiny. Luvia was a so-called "born Diviner"; her Core Ling Runes practically pointed directly toward the profession of The Diviner. Otherwise, the Seer Association would never have given her the precious qualification for joint training.
Iluna said to Shade again:
"Tomorrow morning, the Middlesburg Diocese will help me perform the ritual of ascension. This way, I'll officially become a mid-ring Ring Arcanist, so I'll be one ring higher than you again."
"Ever since I met you, you seem to have always been one ring higher than me."
Shade was happy for her as well. As for Luvia, she smiled as she watched the two of them.
"Although all sorts of accidents happened along the way, the matter of the Third Chosen One has finally come to an end. Shade, next week you still need to speak with Sister Devlin and tell her what we're doing. Though Sister Devlin's relationship with us can never be like Iluna's, she is still a friend we can trust."
Those words made Iluna even happier. The three of them were still the three of them, and she was still the only Chosen One among them. That was very important to her.
"This trip to Middlesburg was truly exhausting. I really hope the Fourth Chosen One doesn't appear so soon."
Iluna leaned back on the sofa, contentedly looking around Shade's home.
"Once I return to Tobesk, shall we go see an opera together? It's been a long time since we went out to relax together."
She made the suggestion, and both Shade and Luvia naturally