The chamber was quiet except for the faint hum of the old lanterns along the high stone walls. Ren's words still lingered in the air. He had spoken with hesitation... "Okay, i will go. I will go for them."

Veylan listened with patience, his sharp eyes following every detail.

When Ren finished, Veylan leaned back in his heavy chair, fingers steepled together. His tone carried a weight that pressed on the silence.

"You will go. It's good to hear. Thanks for that," he said firmly. "So you decided to go. Don't worry, you will not go empty-handed."

Ren frowned slightly, unsure what he meant.

Veylan straightened his back. "You carry too much risk, boy. This journey will take so much money. That is why I will give you something and also I will take responsibility for what you leave behind. Your parents. Your family. I give you my word. I will see to their safety as long as I draw breath."

Ren lowered his gaze for a moment. A small relief passed through him, though his shoulders stayed tense.

Veylan did not stop there. He opened the drawer built into the side of the long council table. From it, he retrieved a small iron box no bigger than a book. He placed it on the table with a solid thud and flipped the latch open.

Inside lay a ring. Its surface gleamed faintly under the lantern light, simple silver but with strange engravings that almost looked alive when the light touched them.

"This will serve as your lifeline," Veylan said. He reached in and lifted the ring carefully between thumb and forefinger, then held it up for Ren to see. "It holds enough coin to keep you alive for years, hidden in a pocket dimension carved into its core. It also carries a tracker. Wherever you are, we will know. If you fall into trouble, you will not be alone for long."

Ren's eyes widened a little. "A tracker? You'll be able to follow me anywhere?"

"Anywhere," Veylan confirmed. His voice lowered. "And that is not all. The ring contains a convergence sensor...something very few outside the Archive have even seen. When you are insert your energy it will convert like i said you earlier but it's not visible like smoke or our mana blasts. Yes, in first time use it's seen after that it will automatically saved your data and than scanning process will be completely invisible. When you are near a convergence point, it will measure the density of the fold. You will see it in the glow."

He turned the ring slightly in his hand, and for a second, a faint blue shimmer rippled across the engravings.

Ren leaned forward, curious now. "How does it work?"

Veylan gestured for him to rise. Ren stood, and Veylan motioned toward the open space beside the table. "I will show you."

He slipped the ring onto his own finger and held it up. A faint light pulsed from the engravings like a heartbeat. He tapped the side of the ring with his other hand, and a tiny projection flickered above it, forming a circular display of shifting symbols and lines.

"This is the detector," Veylan explained. "If you are within a hundred paces of a convergence, the ring will sense it. The symbols will begin to align inwards, like this. This just a demo. We make it for you to understand. It's working like this but it's range will depends on your powers not within a hundred paces." He adjusted the projection, and the lines curved toward the center. "When the center burns brighter, you are close. When it turns white, you are standing on top of it."

Ren nodded slowly, following each motion with focus.

"To reset, tap the band twice. To conceal the glow, twist the ring once clockwise. Remember that it may save your life. Bcz in the world you will meet soon many hidden talents, hidden threats, hidden organization, hidden criminals with magic powers. Our continent have peace but rest two continents are filled with chaos."

"Okay, i am understand." Ren nodded.

Veylan removed the ring and threw it toward Ren. Ren caught it. His expression softened for the first time that day. "Good. Now, try it yourself." Veylan spoked.

Ren hesitated only for a second before taking the ring. It was lighter than he expected, almost weightless. He slid it onto his finger. The metal adjusted instantly to his size, locking snugly around him.

He raised his hand, and just as Veylan had shown, the faint heartbeat of blue light pulsed across the engravings. He tapped the side of the band. A thin projection shimmered into the air.

Ren's breath caught slightly. The symbols appeared just as they had when Veylan showed them strange runes curving around a circle.

"Good. It saved your data," Veylan said quietly. "Now reset it. After reset, whenever you will use next time this projections will not seen anyone. Bcz this ring attached with your body. It's have micro neurones like threads that already inserted in your body. So from now you are the only person who is able to see the scan. Also no body will take this ring or stole it without your permission. When you speak this words... Mission Over.

All that threads will reinsert in this ring and leave your body. Don't worry it will not harm you. It's just connected with your brains. It's from our one of the big projects. We are doing research on it bcz we wants to bring back great mage from the coma. After so many trials we give you this. So don't worry about it. Just keep trust on me. If anything will happens bad with you, we will arrive immediate."

Ren tapped twice. The projection vanished at once, the ring returning to its faint pulse.

"Okay, i have trust on you bcz you are my bestfriend's father. And also we face now same problems. Anyway, let me try this. Conceal the glow."

Ren twisted the band clockwise. The blue shimmer sank into silence, and the ring looked like an ordinary band of silver.

Veylan nodded once, satisfied. "You learn quickly. Keep it that way."

Ren flexed his hand, staring at the ring with a mix of unease and wonder. "It feels… strange. Like it's alive."

Veylan smirked faintly. "That is because it carries more than steel. And also as earlier I told you about it."

The silence stretched for a moment before Veylan pushed his chair back. "Well, we did so much conversation. It's too late already. May be it's late evening happens." He looked towards his watch and really it's late evening happened. So he spoked with gentle smile. "Come. It is time we eat together."

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