What Lies Ahead

"Huh?" At the very instant Valyr heard Julian's question, the young man was left at a complete loss for words.

"You don't have to act so surprised," said Julian in response to the dumbfounded expression he received. "After all, I'm the only other person besides you that read through the description of the artifact you forged."

"Ah..." Hearing those words, Valyr's expression swiftly changed into that of realization, causing multiple thoughts to surface in his mind as he wondered what Julian's true goal was in asking the question. "Are you perhaps asking about the future I saw in order to gain an idea on how to create the artifact?"

"Originally, that was the thought I had in mind. After all, who wouldn't want to forge an artifact of their own?" Julian faintly nodded, prompting a slight frown to appear on Valyr's face. "However, after thinking about it for a bit more, I realized that the future you saw was just a reference you used to create the artifact you made.