A knock on the door was heard.
"Come in."
"Grand Council Chairman, did you need something from me?"
"Yes, you've reached the ninth-circle, and there are some things that should be passed on to you. You might have heard something about it from other wizards."
"Sorren's Sky Stealing Technique?"
"That's right."
As he spoke, Edmund took a book from the shelf.
"What do you think oddities are?"
"They are the rare treasures nurtured by Heaven and Earth, and the transcendent creations of all things."
"What we wizards cultivate and research, what we discover and acquire, are all but a drop in the vast universe. We cannot truly transcend the universe to exist. Ultimately, everything, all truths, are just the flow and transformation of matter within the universe.
