In the Captain's Quarters aboard the Future, Cattleya struggled to tear her gaze from the drop of Mythical Creature Blood. Deep purple and silvery white mingled in her eyes, giving them a mysterious look.
At the same time, the heavy drain on her Spirituality brought the Hidden Sage's phantom ravings back to her ears. She collapsed to the floor and lay there for several minutes before she gradually recovered.
Then she took out a bottle of Blood Flower potion and drank it.
Legend had it that a Sanguine Duke had created the potion in the Fourth Epoch. It was excellent for restoring Spirituality and shutting out the ravings that came from Beyonder characteristics.
But its ingredients were hard to find, so production had always been limited.
The Moses Ascetic Order distributed the potion to its members regularly, though. It seemed one of its Pillars had solved the problem of obtaining the ingredients.
In any case, Cattleya felt considerably better after drinking it. She put her thick-lensed glasses back on and began to think:
At this rate, the Analysis will take at least a month to reach the ritual's minimum requirement... And that's assuming I don't run into any surprises or difficulties...
But I already agreed to help The World hunt Pride of the Psychology Alchemists after I advance to Mysticologist next week... Worse, Mr. Fool witnessed the deal.
If I break my promise, will that adventurer lose his mind? He needs a large sum of money to buy materials from The Tower, too... Even if he won't touch me because we're both members of the Tarot Club, my crew could be in danger.
And who knows whether Mr. Fool will punish me for breaking a deal he witnessed!
*Honestly... Why did I make such a bold promise on Monday? Was