The so-called "misery contest" involved reopening Reinette's and Pallez's old wounds and rubbing salt into them. An experience like that was bound to leave a lasting impression on them.
The key was that, throughout the process, apart from using illusions to present a half-true, half-false scene of their future "deaths," Edward had revealed no further concrete information-even so, Edward could not guarantee at all that this really would not affect the course of the future.
But he had no choice if he wanted to digest his potion.
-Any acting that required an "audience" generally had two approaches: either find a small number of High Sequence Beyonders for rapid digestion, or find a large number of ordinary people for gradual digestion.
Edward felt the latter was very likely to have a greater impact than the former.
"Fortunately, none of those risks were wasted."
His Spirit Mage potion had gone straight to being half digested, while his Secrets Sorcerer potion was now more than two-thirds digested.
As expected of two angels-the efficiency was incredible!
Unfortunately, this method of digestion would most likely only work once.
Everything that had happened today was enough to make them remember Edward for the rest of their lives.
In other words, he would have to change targets next.
Speaking of which, why hasn't that fellow Medici recited my three-part honorific name yet?
Edward knew this certainly could not be because he was sealed and unable to speak. Often, praying to a god did not actually require saying the words aloud; silently reciting the honorific name worked just as well.
So Medici simply chickened out?
If that doesn't work, I'll find time to visit him again.
"Right, that fellow Medici should know how to contact Mr. Door."
Although Medici and Mr. Door had once belonged to opposing factions,