# Biding One's Time

**Quest No Raw**: 262981
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 837
**Entry (questId)**: 4
**Event quest**: yes

## Giver Label

_Black Spirit_

## Objective

No Such Thing as an Useless Ingredient

As soon as Emma wore the necklace, her symptoms subsided, and word spread all throughout Velia.

From the common cold to severe illnesses that paralyzed the body, all sorts of patients sought my help, and I could not bear to turn them away.

From the weeds strewn about the streets to animal blood to ores deep in the soil...I sought out the necessary ingredients and gave them what they needed. My lovely daughters did what they could with their tiny hands to help out.

My children were growing up too fast, thanks to the fool that was their father. An apologetic thought crossed my mind, yet I had not the luxury to let it linger.

I was carrying on the mission to help these people and save the world, even if it meant that I had to offer myself up as the ingredient of salvation,

and I had to further my still severely lacking skills in alchemy. That my efforts today would not have been spent in vain...

_Hand over Metal Solvent x250 to Alustin;_

## Rewards

Rewards this quest can give. Choice rewards are marked separately.

### Item Rewards

- **Quest Reward** — [Caphras Stone](/item/721003.md) ×30


## Summary

Good job! We did it!
Hehe. Did you by any chance find its ring?

## Related Quests

Nearby quests from the same group, prerequisite quests, quest chains, and branch choices.

### Earlier Steps

- [A Stone Tossed in a Quiet Lake](/quest/66372.md)
- [Undefiable Fate](/quest/131908.md)
- [Nocturne, the Prelude Begins](/quest/197444.md)
- [Revisiting Forgotten Memories](/quest/262980.md)
- [Starting a Second Life](/quest/328516.md)


### Quest Group Entries

Other entries in the same quest group, shown in in-game order. This list does not necessarily mean each quest unlocks the next.

- Entry #1 — [Peaceful Sea](/quest/66373.md) — Quiet Town, Velia
- Entry #2 — [Something from Nothing](/quest/131909.md) — The Line Between God and Humans
- Entry #3 — [Past and Present, Connected by Karma](/quest/197445.md) — Unfortunate Child
- **Current:** Entry #4 — [Biding One's Time](/quest/262981.md) — No Such Thing as an Useless Ingredient
- Entry #5 — [Rising Fame](/quest/328517.md) — Kindness Fosters Virtue