The blinding firelight shot up from the furnace, and Shard quickly closed the lid over it.
After waiting for a moment, the drawer on the side of the furnace automatically popped open, revealing a badge still cooling inside.
Compared to before, the diameter of the round badge was only three-quarters of its original size, and the white border symbolizing "angel" power had disappeared, completely fused into the badge.
The badge itself, bearing the emblem of the "Duchess of Saradiel" with its thorns, lion head, and cuckoo flower pattern, had not changed, but the badge had transformed from its former dark silver to bright silver.
When Shard picked it up, besides feeling it was hot, he also noticed that while the badge had become smaller and new materials had been added, its weight remained almost unchanged:
