In the corner of the room, a delicate alchemy device was operating slowly, emitting a faint humming sound.
Blue liquid flowed slowly through the transparent pipes, with a drop of solution falling into the central collection bottle every few seconds, like the pulse of some kind of life.
On the windowsill were several pots of strangely shaped plants, their leaves an unnatural deep purple, shimmering slightly in the sunlight.
Lady Allen made sure the doors and windows were closed before casually snapping her fingers.
A faint energy fluctuation rose from every corner of the room, forming an almost invisible energy barrier, isolating the entire room from the outside world.
"Now we can speak freely."
Lady Allen's voice suddenly became much younger, and her originally old and hunched figure began to transform before Ron and Lilia's eyes.
Wrinkles gradually smoothed out, like ice melting under the sun;
The hunched back straightened, and the thin body became full;
