Everyone in the room froze, eyes wide, breaths caught in their throats.
Luca had only asked a little girl a handful of gentle questions, listened carefully to her innocent recollections—and in mere moments declared that he already knew exactly what ailed Esme.
It was baffling. Impossible.
Leona and Nyx exchanged glances, both visibly shaken.
They had seen Julius spend weeks—an entire month—studying Esme's condition, applying every healing spell, charm, and medicine he could devise, yet the man hadn't even been able to identify the root of her illness.
And now, Luca, with nothing but a child's recollection, claimed to have solved it in mere minutes.
Lulu, however, looked absolutely ecstatic.
"See! I told you, didn't I?" She burst out proudly. "I told you Luca's the best doctor in the whole world!"
She turned toward Julius, folding her arms with a smug grin.
"And for the record, he's my recommendation, so you should've believed me from the start!"
