After slipping the black box into his storage ring, Ray followed Alfred into a taxi.
"Are you planning to use the spirit items as soon as we return?" Alfred asked.
"Mn." Ray nodded, though his expression was still turbulent. So much money… I really burned through it. Every seal feels like tossing coins into a furnace.
The only thing soothing his aching heart was the tangible surge in strength after each unsealing. Without that, he truly would have gone mad.
Three full years of blacksmithing commissions had been exchanged for just four spirit items. If not for them, he could have afforded to learn the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track long ago.
Aside from Controlling Crane and Capturing Dragon, he had also spent contribution points on grappling techniques and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. The former bolstered his close-combat prowess, while the latter enhanced his forging.
