"Lady Camilla will answer me in person?" Elliot repeated.
"That's what the priest said!"
Elliot fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded. "How do we get into the Forbidden Library?"
"That Emblem is the token."
Elliot picked up the Emblem and studied it with narrowed eyes. "Do you have the specifics of how it works?"
"Let me search..." Cora seemed to freeze, her entire body stiffening for a moment, before she began reciting word by word:
"The Family Head's succession ritual is conducted by His Majesty at court through the Investiture Ritual and requires the lunar phases... Wait, that shouldn't be it... Ah, found it!"
Countless faintly glowing words seemed to flash through her eyes:
"...In essence, it links their existence to the Secret Library. This is not complicated... Supplementary agreement thirty-seven: in an emergency meeting the conditions of articles three, fourteen, and twenty-one of this agreement, the Family Head may voluntarily erase the spirituality within their Emblem and hand it directly to the new Family Head. Once the new Family Head imbues it with spirituality, family head authority may be transferred."
"Access permissions for the Secret Library will be updated simultaneously during the transfer. To enter, the holder must personally bring the Emblem and activate it."
Elliot nodded. "So it checks the spirituality and the Emblem."
He felt somewhat reassured. There was nothing wrong with the Old Duke's arrangements. He would definitely be able to enter.
As for Elsa...
"My lord, we're here."
Elliot looked up. Ahead stood a door cast entirely from tempered steel.
Its sheer weight was apparent at a glance. Elliot had a feeling that even a nightmare probably couldn't force its way through.
Huge gears and transmission mechanisms were plainly visible on the door. Elliot took out the Badge, but before he could find