I’m screwed.
That was my first thought.
‘Ah, I’m really screwed.’
This is bad. I never imagined that artifact would show up here.
‘I didn’t even know it was around.’
Even if the Gu Clan’s secret vault is smaller than other families’, it doesn’t mean the artifacts inside are few.
I didn’t remember them all one by one. Even so, the reason I knew that one was—
‘Because it’s truly bizarre.’
An item that can verify whether the caster and the target are blood relatives.
The very fact it could do that was a little astounding.
The funny thing is, it’s also the kind of artifact that other families would borrow for a hefty fee.
In families that were a real mess, it seemed they needed it often.
Because of stories like that, it had stuck in my memory.
‘Never thought I’d…’
…be the one to use it.
I frowned at the blood running over the bead. The Bloodline Bead. These are its conditions of use.
The caster…