Memory Collector

After a brief moment of confusion, Neph realized what Klein meant and asked in surprise:

"She's already looked at you with her Eyes of Mystery Prying?"

"Yes." Klein nodded. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Neph shook her head thoughtfully. "That scene was supposed to happen in front of everyone. Besides intimidating her, you could have taken the opportunity to intimidate the Tarot Club... hmm, but it should still be fine? After all, no one besides Cattleya is that bold."

"Does that include you?" Klein asked with a smile.

"...I almost went to demand why my Lord had descended," Neph said with a polite smile. "Then His Reverence Ouroboros glared at me."

"..."

Klein said nothing. He merely swallowed.

They did not continue the conversation. Neph returned to the Real World and began setting up a ritual to request a bestowal.

After arranging the spirituality-infused items, candles, and other supplies she had prepared beforehand and drawing the corresponding symbols, Neph began the ritual.

This was not her first time performing it. Once she completed the first half of the ritual, she entered that pure white space and tossed the Memory Collector

potion out through the passage.

The potion passed through the passage into the Real World and fell into the container Neph had prepared beforehand-an ice bowl she had formed with her Beyonder Ability. The white ice crystals surrounding the Memory Collector potion naturally dissolved upon touching the bowl. The deep blue liquid encased within them settled in the bowl, while the ice crystals covered its surface, seemingly becoming one with the bowl.

The potion did not dissolve into the bowl, which put Neph at ease. Before today, she had been worrying about this all along-every sign suggested that the power of the Drifting Winter pathway actually manifested as a boundary. For things