Looks like this little one is no good...

Wow, so this is what blastia look
like before they're excavated.

I wonder why ancient people buried blastia
in ruins like this in the first place?

I wish I could tell you. That's
something else being researched.

With all of these blastia here, I don't suppose
there are any aque blastia lying around too...

None of them have cores in them.

Really? Then they don't
work, do they?

Blastia aren't excavated with the
cores and the bodies together.

“Cores produce magic through formulas.
Bodies control that magic. The two
combined are referred to as blastia.”

“Each blastia possesses different
attributes, and is marked by a crest
that indicates those attributes.”

“With current technology, blastia bodies
can be manufactured, but the production
of blastia cores is impossible.”

So basically, cores are very valuable, since
they have to be excavated. It's only natural
that thieves would want to steal them.

That's not quite true. It
seems Estelle's information
is a little outdated.

What's outdated about it?

There's some degradation of quality,
but there's been some success in the
synthesis of simple blastia cores.

Really?!

That's why I wouldn't do anything stupid
like go stealing people's cores!

If I had time to waste doing things like that, I'd
rather be spending it researching better ways to
completely restore incomplete or degraded cores.

That's what being a
mage is all about!

A noble creed. But that
doesn't clear your name.

...Yes, talk is cheap, I suppose.

P-perhaps there are still some
blastia left that can be used!