Investigation (2)

“Then let's set the book aside for now.”

I leaned back in my chair and said.

Holding onto a book I couldn't read right now would just be a waste of time.

For now, I could only be satisfied with having confirmed the direction ahead.

“The gate-closing scroll. Tell me how to make it.”

[Didn't I tell you last time? I said I needed to know the materials here.]

I thrust the stack of documents I'd prepared in advance in front of the PET bottle.

“That's why I prepared this.”

[What is this?]

“A materials list.”...