On the second floor of the Lord's Mansion in Qinsidun City, inside the classically decorated Magic Workshop, aged brown wood had been carved into staggered counters of varying heights, with barrier sigils engraved across their surfaces glowing faintly like breathing.
Sid sat in a lounge chair in the corner, holding the cat and watching Lanchi make cards with great interest.
Although this was the first time she had heard that a Magic Tool Master needed "someone to watch them while making cards," she was still happy to help Lanchi—or rather, she had already planned to see what her Holy Son looked like while making cards.
Even now, she still remembered the first time she met Lanchi during the Nirvana Branch examination at the Nirvana Knight Order in Helrom. She had already taken a liking to Lanchi's work then. Now, whether she watched him carve, paint, or make magical tools, she would never get bored.
At the innermost part of the workshop, beside the window, a thick sheet of silver Magic Isolation Velvet Cloth covered the workbench. It was meant to reduce the interference that the room's magical facilities had on the materials and tools. Under the warm yellow light, Lanchi's shadow fell around him, while his focused emerald eyes reflected the magical implements before him.
A row of small glass bottles marked with graduations sat neatly beside Lanchi's right hand. Each bottle held liquid of a different color and at a different level. They were Magic Core Liquid that he had personally refined and measured. After setting down a bottle of freshly prepared Magic Core Liquid, he immediately turned skillfully to the right and began a new mixture ratio with the same miniature balance and a set of precise graduated bottles.
"Why does he need so many materials?"
Sid lowered