I mapped the entirety of this game after seeing ZoeVermilion run it at Frost Fatales, and then thought I'd had a go at routing Dragon Nursery without using Fiera's Ring, because who doesn't love bonking in a speedrun?

Maps of the route in and out: https://imgur.com/a/RZjoOu1 Video: In the video, I made a few mistakes, but it's still faster than doing it with the ring!

It turned out very similar to the route Oxknifer takes in their video. Some of the segments can optimized by relying on timing/muscle memory a little more, but I think this is a good and relatively safe starting point, and already saves a little bit of time even in its current state.

Unfortunately, you still have to play the matching game to obtain Fiera's Ring just to be able to activate the lamp, there's no routing that out. Doing the nursery in the dark is therefore only a minor time save, and the riskiness means it might not be worth going for. Looks hella neat though!

(Also, my (labelled) maps of this game are on VGMaps, perhaps they'll be of use to anyone who wants to route 100%!)