Marriage

Thinking about the cash Kail had left behind, Lyra exhaled sharply, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "Deposit the money into the company account."

After a brief pause, she hit the speed dial for the tech team. "Send Rajan up."

Rajan didn't take long to arrive. As he walked in, Lyra was still focused on the sleek black device sitting on her desk. She didn't even bother turning around. "Is it fixed?" she asked without looking up.

"I've run a full diagnostic on all the components, and everything's functioning perfectly," Rajan replied with a calm, professional air. "But as for why it's not doing what you wanted, there's only one possible reason—it was never designed to extract Crystal Core energy."

From a technical standpoint, it made no sense. Machines that dealt with advanced processes, like healing, worked because they had energy stones to fuel them. But this? It was just a hollow shell.