「Two days later.」
Dusk fell on No. 12 Golden Oak Street, and the light in the courtyard was dim.
When Aidelle pushed open the wooden door to the Workshop, her steps were unsteady, and the hem of her deep cyan Long Robe was covered in dust.
Her face was even paler than when she had left, and her eye sockets were sunken, but her eyes, with their swirling, faint silver patterns, were astonishingly bright.
Delia followed behind her, holding a heavy metal box in her hands.
The surface of the box was engraved with complex sealing Runes, its edges severely worn.
Aidelle stopped at the entrance to the Laboratory, her voice hoarse. "I'm back."
She raised a hand, signaling for Delia to place the metal box on the lab table.
"CLACK."
The metal box landed with a heavy thud.
Ian looked up from the lab table, a faint golden Energy Thread still wrapped around his fingertip.
At the end of the thread, a drop of dark red Gale Falcon Blood Essence was slowly taking shape.
