Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic

With concerns about the development of subsequent events, Shard went to Dr. Schneider's clinic on Saturday afternoon. Since he had set off early, he arrived there quite early, and at that time, neither Miss Luisa nor Priest Augustus had arrived.

Shard shared this matter with the doctor, who also took great interest in the commission related to "Lady Lassoya":

"We have basically determined that Lady Lassoya is a member of the Blood of Mercury. But this does not mean that the assistants mentioned by Mrs. Lawrence are necessarily not opponents of Lady Lassoya, whose gender remains unknown."

Dr. Schneider said, sitting on the sofa. Seeing Shard's confusion, he explained:n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"The assistants mentioned by Mrs. Lawrence are suspected to be acquaintances through the ladies of high society. And you must understand, although in this era the Transcendents are not conspicuous, Circle Sorcerers are not a very secretive matter for the Grand Nobles, even the Royal Family is associated with the Magic Academy. To be fair, the Blood of Mercury is not a very strong organization.

Although I do not know this Lady Lassoya you speak of, she probably is not more than two rings stronger than I am."

Dr. Schneider pointed to himself and did not exhibit any undue arrogance in his manner.

"That is to say, there is also a significant possibility that because Mrs. Lawrence is overly cautious, she has gathered astonishingly strong assistants."

Shard asked.

"Yes, although Circle Sorcerers above ten rings mostly come from the True God Church and the Three Major Academies and are not employed by regular people, non-formally trained Low Ring Sorcerers, for various reasons, mainly Gold Pounds, are very willing to attach themselves to the Grand Nobles."

The doctor said, but after thinking, he added:

"Of course, it's only a possibility. After all, no one knows exactly what kind of formidable people Mrs. Lawrence is acquainted with. Shard, some things should not be approached with too much curiosity."

"Of course, the commission contract is over, and I've also warned the employer as much as I can."

Shard nodded, deciding to put the matter aside for the moment:

"Speaking of which, I still owe 6 pounds this month. Let's pay off everything now."

Miss Luisa arrived at the doctor's clinic soon after, but as Priest Augustus did not show up despite the long wait, the three of them went ahead to the doctor's reception room on the second floor to start the study meeting.

For Shard, this was quite strange, as it was his first time attending a study meeting of Mystery Seekers, but it turned out to be no different from ordinary study activities.

The three of them shared the difficulties they encountered in their study of Circle Sorcery and exchanged their new insights and experiences.

Because of the incident with the Blood of Mercury the previous night, Shard shared his private meeting with Professor Garcia and claimed it was a privilege granted to those students specially cultivated by the Academy.

He concealed the bizarre encounter in the past Space-Time and, following the version he had told Professor Garcia, did not mention seeing a true god. Nevertheless, the news still took Miss Luisa and Dr. Schneider by surprise.

As there had never been a student from the History Academy in the group, they did not know whether this was the norm and simply advised Shard to be very careful in all matters.

He did not mention Professor Sanchez, let alone the professor's warning about the issues with the other four members of the group. Instead, he discussed Dwarf Rat Peter of the Blood of Mercury, the believers of the Evil God, Lord of the Blood Feast, and finally the topics of Sorcery and Arcane Technique.

Aside from the self-created Light Spell, the Sorcery that Shard now commanded included three basic types, Echo of Blood and False Immortality; his Arcane Techniques consisted only of Silvermoon Slash and Illusion of the Moon Shadow.

Both the doctor and the writer thought that it was only after Shard fully mastered the remaining Healing Arcane Techniques and identified his specialty as a Circle Sorcerer that he should consider acquiring more Arcane Techniques and Sorcery through other means.

The current problem lay mainly in the learning of Arcane Technique.

"Your understanding of your own Spirit Rune is not sufficient; this is the reason why the power of your Arcane Techniques is weak."

Miss Luisa stretched out her hand and gestured as she shared her understanding with Shard:

"You need to truly understand the power of Silvermoon, or at least have some experience with it, rather than just a literal understanding. For the study of Arcane Techniques, you can follow the standard process, but the path to mastery is different for everyone." Continue reading on empire

Miss Luisa had Shard demonstrate the effect of the Silvermoon Slash, and the brilliant silver Light Trace left the writer and the doctor slightly spellbound, but its destructive power, which only sliced an apple, caused them both to frown.

Without asking Shard to demonstrate the Illusion Technique, Miss Luisa touched her earlobe and slanted her head, leaning on the sofa, she asked:

"Hamilton, what do you really think of the silver moon in the night sky?"

"... It's the same as what's written in the books."

Since Shard had only experienced the full moon for less than a week, he indeed didn't have any profound thoughts about it; he thought the Silvermoon was very beautiful at most.

"That won't do. Maybe you could try other methods. For instance, interacting with items related to the power of Silvermoon could deepen your understanding."

The doctor suggested, which was a common practice among Circle Sorcerers. Without a Spirit Rune, they would interact with corresponding books and items; if there wasn't enough understanding of an Arcane Technique, they would seek out forces related to that Technique.

"Borrowing books from the Academy?"

Shard asked, while internally calculating his meager savings.

"That's possible, but it's too expensive. Let me think..."

Miss Luisa eagerly tried to think of a solution for Shard, furrowing her attractive brows, first looking at the doctor, and after he shook his head, she then said to Shard:

"Our group doesn't have any items related to Moonlight at the moment, but there are plenty of Circle Sorcerers in this city."

After giving it some thought, Miss Luisa handed Shard a piece of paper with an address written on it:

"Go to this shop, Old John probably has what you need. When you meet him, don't forget to mention that I referred you."

"So, he will give me some discount because of your referral?"

Shard looked at the address on the note and found it oddly familiar.

"No, Old John will give Luisa a commission."

The doctor said with a smile, and Shard finally understood why the address looked familiar. That was the Pawnshop where he had sold his wand, and Old John was the owner, John Jones.

The topic about Arcane Techniques concluded there, and the doctor was more concerned about Shard's progress in engraving the Light Spirit Rune.

Shard hadn't been slacking these past two days; he had read the entire 43-page book titled "The Mad Light Chaser" from cover to cover.

"If I were to express my feelings about it, the book seems like a string of illogical ramblings or the mad delusions of a mental patient," he said.

The text lacked a coherent thread; one sentence had no connection with the next. If Shard hadn't known about the book's power, he certainly wouldn't have bothered to read it a second time.