Alsha's home in Six-Ring Wizard City stood in the Third Ring, where the nobles of the Blizzard Kingdom and the Court Wizards lived.
Property there was expensive, though, so Alsha's home was no manor. It was an ordinary townhouse.
The three-story townhouse, with its white walls and red roof, had once been Alsha's ancestral home. Her family had fallen on hard times generations ago, and by her generation, the house had long since been sold.
After Alsha made her fortune, she bought it back.
Matthew told the servants to put away the luggage, then prepared to head straight for the heart of Six-Ring Wizard City: Court Wizard Headquarters in the Wizard Tower.
Before leaving, Matthew drank a bottle of Polyjuice Potion. When he used the Shapeshifting Technique for Human Transformation, he could not perfectly mimic the magical signature of the person he impersonated. Polyjuice Potion could.
Matthew had seen in Alsha's memories that the Wizard Tower entrance contained an instrument that detected magic, meant to stop people like him from sneaking into headquarters disguised as Court Wizards.
Fortunately, Polyjuice Potion could mimic magical signatures too. His disguise would be enough to fool the instrument.
Teleportation arrays were set up throughout Six-Ring Wizard City. Matthew went to a teleportation point near the residential district.
Two wizards sat on duty there. With Magic Sense, Matthew determined that they were only Level 1 or 2 Wizard Apprentices.
"Good afternoon, Lady Alsha. Would you like to use the teleportation array?" One of them stood as soon as Matthew approached.
"Good afternoon. I'm going to headquarters." Matthew showed him Alsha's officer badge.
"One moment, please." After verifying the badge, the wizard adjusted the array's destination. Magical runes lit up across it. "It's ready. You may step inside."
"Thanks." Matthew smiled and nodded, then entered the