Hey, I've been wondering...
How come you guys -- and Repede
too, I guess -- all have blastia?

Aren't bodhi blastia pretty rare?
I didn't think many people had them.

You have one too, though.

I belong to a guild. Sometimes
we get a chance to get one.

And Ruins' Gate keeps finding more.
That's a guild that excavates blastia.

Huh, there are even guilds that
dig up blastia from ruins?

If there weren't, then the empire
would control all the blastia.
Normal folks wouldn't get any.

“The empire regulates the
ancient blastia artifacts due
to their potential danger.”

I think that makes sense.
If blastia weren't regulated,
anyone could use dangerous magic.

But they've way overboard.
They have a monopoly.

Uh, I don't know about...

So anyway, what's your story?
How'd you get yours?

I used to be in the Imperial Knights.
This was a going-away present.

Repede got his as a keepsake
of his old owner.

A going-away present? Sounds
more like you stole it to me.
...So, what about you, Estelle?

Uh, I got mine from, uh...

Look at her. She's a noble.
They all have these.

I knew you were a noble!
Well, at least one of you
has some class.

Yeah, yeah. Let's go
get that nia fruit.