As it turned out, Leon’s “never leave empty-handed” strategy was absolutely the right call.

After successfully stealing the Heartscales and returning to the ‘secret base,’ Aurora tested a few of them. At first, there were no signs that the reversal magic was working. It wasn’t until she had tried more than ten scales that they finally found one with a magical property similar to Lavie’s.

The first test of the reversal magic was a success.

Now that the energy source was secured, all that remained was fine-tuning and adjusting to ensure that no unexpected mishaps occurred during the reversal process—like …