Seraphina stepped forward, cautious but curious, the crimson glow of Erebus' Bone Armour fading as she dismissed it.
Her eyes locked onto the blooming lotus, its petals shimmering with an otherworldly light, as if the ice itself had captured the essence of dawn.
"What is that?" she asked, her voice softer than usual.
"Ice Crystal Lotus," I replied, stepping beside her. "It's what you need to step beyond."
Her head tilted slightly. "Step beyond?"
I nodded.
Most elixirs and pills were useful—at least in a marginal sense. They boosted mana flow, aided recovery, refined the body. But nothing transformative.
This, however—this was different.
The Ice Crystal Lotus wasn't just an elixir in solid form. It was something beyond that—a relic of the supernatural, a fragment of nature's own untapped potential.
Like a Gift, it defied conventional understanding.
And for Seraphina, it was perfect.
