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"I accept."
Shea Eggs said, "However, I would like to know how to use 0-05 and what its negative effects are."
"That is only reasonable." Edward picked up the Magic Wishing Lamp, brushed one hand over the intricate mystical patterns on its golden casing, then lit the wick and spoke in Jotun. "Eternal Genie."
A liquid-like curtain of pale golden light rose above the Magic Wishing Lamp and formed a golden figure.
Edward told the Pale Empress, "This is the Genie. The next step is for you to make a specific wish to him, and then the wish comes true. The Magic Wishing Lamp can grant three of your wishes, but after three wishes, something terrifying happens. Heh, in theory, the Magic Wishing Lamp can grant ten wishes. In practice, it ends at the third, so never make a third wish."
"So, with it acting as the intermediary for our transaction, each of us would actually be making one wish."
"Exactly."
"The Genie's ability to grant wishes must have limits. If I directly requested that Beyonder characteristic appear in my hand, that should be impossible, correct?" Shia switched to the common language of the Northern Continent, which possessed no mystical power.
The Genie muttered with reserved but somewhat frustrated dignity, "Normally, it would be child's play..."
Shia looked the golden figure up and down. "So it also possesses a considerable degree of sentience. Is it a mental imprint?"
"More or less. It loves exploiting loopholes in wishes, so switching languages just now actually served no purpose," Edward said. "However, that wish exceeded its capabilities and wasn't fulfilled, so this doesn't count as the second wish."
If a Sealed Artifact possessed sentience and a mental imprint, and consciously exploited loopholes when granting wishes, its danger would multiply.
After thinking for