There is no SSS Appraisal. Not in the way Elisser thinks.
What I have is [Link]—a passive detection skill that reads the true soul of an item. Stats, hidden properties, flaws, the whole ledger. It's not appraisal. It's something older. But the output looks identical to what an S-tier appraiser sees, and that's all I need.
"Well. Let's see what this child has to offer." Elisser walks toward the table. Her cane clicks against the stone floor in a slow, unhurried rhythm. She's already decided I'm wasting her time.
"I'm at your serv—"
"A test." She cuts me off. Her hand dives into an apron pocket and emerges with three objects. She drops them onto the table between us.
A red crystal wrapped in thin metal bands, shaped like a cut gem the size of a walnut.
A compact karambit knife, the blade curved like a talon, the handle etched with small runes that glow faintly under the blue light.
