It was just as he had said before: any ability sealed within a Sealed Card was not unusable. Anyone could use it if they wanted to, but if they lacked the strength to bring out much of its power, they had no one to blame but themselves. If their strength fell short upon activation, they would have to pay with their life.
"Such a hard choice... Then I'll take these." Having made up her mind, Chelsea made her selection.
Jiu Ming said no more and promptly took out several Sealed Cards, handing them to her. "Whoever wants to use one just needs to crush it."
"Is that so?" Chelsea took a Sealed Card and snapped it forcefully between her fingers. Once it shattered, several wisps of fragmented light melted into her body. "Huh? That's all it takes?"
"...Uh, yes." Jiu Ming nodded, somewhat surprised that a perfectly nice girl would choose an ability like poison manipulation.
"I'm an assassin too, actually. This ability will be a huge help to my assassination techniques." Chelsea smiled. "Say, I heard you interact with the Imperial Capital pretty frequently too?"
She spoke of it as though it were merely casual conversation.
"That depends on what aspect you mean." Jiu Ming stood and looked outside. "Well, some of those interactions haven't exactly been pleasant. Are you worried?"
"Of course I'm worried. Someone as capable as you—whichever side you help, the other side will get a headache because of it, right?" Jiu Ming nodded. He could not deny that. "Then you're in luck. By pure coincidence, I've always been doing things that are bad for the Imperial Capital... Hmm?"
"I see. Then thank you very much. You don't seem as brutal as the rumors say." Chelsea smiled, stood up, and turned around. "It's getting late. I