Nobis! You shouldn't
be out of bed...!

Can't afford to lie about all day...

Yeah, you're really in great shape.

You got your Everlight. Where is
it you've gotta run off to now?

I must find the secret text
that details the process of
Everlight refinement...

What's so special about that?

In its raw state as ore,
Everlight is all but
useless, of course.

Oh yeah?

That's true. It's a metal, so you wouldn't
be able to do much with it unless you
removed all the impurities first.

And Everlight must be refined according to
a specific process. Our guild had the method
written down in a secret manual...

It was taken on a journey long ago, and its
whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

And you were going
to try and find it?

But why? Why would you
put yourself at such risk?

...It is for... For the
sake of our guild...
For the Soul Smiths...

Just what're you goin' on about?

...Our guild is facing a crisis
that threatens its very survival.

Survival? But you're one of
the five master guilds!

Thanks to the stability the
barriers have helped create,
weapons are no longer the
valued items they once were.

It has been many years since
anyone joined our guild, and
nothing will slow the aging
of our oldest members.

So what does refining Everlight
have to do with that?

In the art of crafting weapons,
no ore is Everlight's equal.

Now that you mention it, I think
I remember reading that most
famous weapons are made from
very specific metals.

For better or worse, the world
today is a calamitous place.

Perhaps weapons we forge could play a
role in restoring order to such a world,
and glory to our once-great guild.

Even though I have acquired
the ore, without the manual,
it is as nothing.

Even still, you
shouldn't overdo it...

Does he look like someone
who'll stay put just because
you tell him to?

He's borderline obsessed.

...

Guess I should've seen this coming.
Okay, we'll go and find your
secret manual for you.

You...?

Meanwhile, you stay put here,
like you're supposed to.

By the name of Brave Vesperia,
brightest star in the night sky,
we'll take the job.

Whoa, Yuri! Did you plan on
asking the rest of us...?

We are striving to live lives
of justice, with punishment
for the unjust, are we not?

Um, yeah.

Didn't Rhianna say somethin' about
her old man minin' that Everlight
and makin' somethin' out of it?

Oh right, that lady you had
a crush on who hired us
to look for her necklace.

That's right, I'd forgotten
about Miss Rhianna!

Then maybe if we ask her about this, we'll
get some idea of where to begin looking.

Let's go and find out.