After finishing the matters at hand, and just as the elemental wind was triggered, Jean walked out of the tent. She first kicked away the footprints left by members of the Snow Monster Squad who had been peeking through the door crack, then turned her head to look at Holmes standing there.
"Miss Jean, it seems you have something you wish to ask me." Holmes spoke first.
"You're the one who came to find me, yet you say I want to ask you something? But, that's correct, I do indeed have something to ask."
"But before that, please allow me to deliver this invitation to you."
Jean picked up the invitation and took a look. Written on it were the words: "Clash! The Super Holy Grail War Full of Unknowns! Grand Strategy! Invitation."
On its back were specific instructions and how to use the invitation; simply put, it was a war game where one could enter a specific world to compete for the greater grail upon tearing it open.
"Are you not even going to pretend anymore? Holmes?" Jean did not accept it immediately but instead retorted to Holmes.
"That is truly an unfounded accusation; I have never told a lie." Holmes continued, still unhurried:
"As you can see, this is an invitation. The specific information has already been written on it, and other matters are inconvenient to disclose. Whether or not you participate depends entirely on yourself."
"..." After verifying that there was no apparent danger, Jean placed the invitation into her spatial pouch. This was a small trick taught by Shiraori: the spatial pouch sealing method.
Because time inside the spatial pouch is relatively static, no technique can be activated. Even if it truly bypassed the restrictions, the layer of space blocking it would be enough to withstand most damage.
Next, it was time to get to the main point.
"Then, I'll trouble you to answer my questions. But let's agree beforehand: no riddles."
Holmes was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Then, first of all, why did you appear here?"
"Apologies, that point is inconvenient to disclose."
"Fine. Then, what did you investigate in Lungmen?"
"Apologies, still, inconvenient to disclose."
"Then what about Talulah's situation!"
"Apologies, still, inconvenient to disclose."
"..." Jean then pulled out her sword: "Come on, I'll give you another chance to organize your words."
"Isn't that just because Miss Jean's questions are too deep, exceeding the scope of my answers?"
"Tsk, then what can you say?"
"Hmm... let's do this." Holmes took a stone out of his pocket and tossed it to Jean.
As Jean caught it, her head started aching involuntarily, and she instinctively created a stardust crystal to support the stone.
"What is this?"
"It is Originium."
The Stardust Wind swirled in her hand, the crystal constantly clashing with and neutralizing the Originium, and before long, it directly eradicated this piece of Originium.
Without a doubt, this Originium contained a will, just like Jean's Stardust Wind and the Flame Spirits' flameless fire; they all carried some kind of will.
Jean imbued it with the will of protection, so the Stardust Wind possesses effects like resilience, resistance to mental interference, and resistance to abnormal status effects.
The flameless fire is a specialized combustion that burns the concept itself; even without generating temperature, it forcibly changes the chemical composition through combustion to achieve the concept of burning.
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