Separated from the others, Hilia asked her school mentor, submitted an application to Abros, then left the camp for the nearest town. Following the list of materials Rose provided, she bought a few things, spending 15 gold coins.
Finally, Hilia found the town's blacksmith shop and spent 5 gold coins to have the "legendary blacksmith" there reshape her magic staff.
With enough cash, the whole blacksmith shop moved like clockwork, and in just two days, Hilia's staff was fully remade.
The new staff was no longer shaped like a question mark, but had become [〇—], with [〇] crafted from a magically conductive material known as Shivana Gold Thread, forged and woven into form.
In the center of [〇], extra gold threads reached out to form a six-pointed star, with space reserved for an advanced magic crystal in the middle.
