Quote Originally Posted by Ichimaru View Post
SE being sneaky! Trying to get us to start the relic quest for those who don't want to.
That was my first impression, too. They made relic about hamlet so we'd spam that enough to make it worth their time and money to develop it - but then the work to payoff ratio of relic is kind of meh aside from the "LOOK AT ME, I'VE GOT A RELIC" e-peen... so a lot of people just didn't want to bother...

And now the next GC rank costs the same as step one of relic -- as if to say, "Well, I know you didn't want to go for it... but now that you have the 25k why don't you spend it on the book, instead!?"

I call shenanigans.