Upon meeting with Gloria, she instantly teleported both of them back to the academy, where they said goodbye to each other.
Gray headed straight back to his dormitory.
Once inside, he sealed the room with his mana and pulled the green gourd out from his dimensional storage, setting it down on the table in front of him.
"Now, I just need to figure out how this thing works."
He picked it up and turned it slowly in his hand.
To the naked eye, the gourd looked ordinary. It had a smooth surface, a faintly aged texture, nothing that actually said that it was an artifact.
However, even without actively sensing it, Gray could feel a thick demonic aura seeping from it.
If anything... it looked like the gourd was hungry for something.
"…Any suggestions, Jasmine?" he asked calmly.
[Mhm…]
Jasmine hummed thoughtfully.
[I can try absorbing the demonic energy first. If it's suppressing the mechanism, clearing it might allow you to interact with it using mana.]
"Sure."
