Within a hidden cavern deep inside the abyssal human nest.
As the thirty-year deadline of his agreement with Tajibeli drew near, Green's self-sealing technique, which he had been researching for more than a thousand years, was finally nearing completion.
The complete version of Lafi's Wonderful Moments Self-Sealing Technique used Lafi's blood-shadow runes within the Truth Book and the Robe of Appearances as its medium, weaving together his most beloved memories as stored energy to create a self-sealing technique.
The Robe of Appearances would replace Tajibeli's natal plume and become Green's medium for storing energy.
Vast swathes of Prismatic Neon light bloomed as Green actually used Prismatic Neon light to inscribe runes across his body. Every rune radiated a wondrous glow, dazzlingly vivid in color.
Every part of his body covered in Prismatic Neon runes began to lose the Robe of Appearances' invisibility effect, turning hazy and translucent, like some strange life-form from a crystal world.
This day.
Once Green completed the final Prismatic Neon rune on his body, a complex flicker of unease, tension, yearning, and anticipation flashed through his eyes. His entire body became translucent and illusory. Only the vague outline of a humanoid creature could be seen standing quietly there—wearing a white mask and a gray wizard robe, holding a magic staff with a black shaft and a blue tip that emitted powerful fluctuations.
Huff...
All preparations were complete. Green slowly took out the Truth Book and let it float before him. He tried desperately to cast away every stray thought and emotion, only to find that he simply could not.
A trace of moisture appeared. Green wiped his eyes beneath the Face of Truth, only to realize that tears had unknowingly filled them.
Even after all these years, that scene remained vivid in his memories, engraved upon