"You sure you're ready?" Ace asked his sister for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lyra snapped, clearly annoyed, as she stood in the middle of the curse core condensation array, ready to undergo her awakening ceremony.
"One yes is enough, geez. I'm starting the array now," Ace replied, as his toy summons confirmed that Lyra was in an optimal mental state for the awakening.
The ceremony Lyra was about to undergo was vastly different from the one Gloria had used for Ace. Gloria's method was affordable and simple, while the one Ace's toy summons had prepared for Lyra was highly complex—so much so that it required four of his toy summons to oversee it. Each one was cloaked using invisible talismans, ensuring Lyra remained unaware of their presence.
