Several of Selina Pendragon's companions gathered around, staring blankly at the diadem floating before Wizet.
One companion asked curiously, "What exactly is that? It doesn't... look like a Dark Magic artifact."
"Did any of you see how it appeared?" Another companion rubbed his eyes, sounding utterly confused. "I only saw a flash of bright light, and then it was already floating here?"
"Didn't see it..." The third companion shrugged. "Honestly, it's not that surprising... It's Ritual Magic! Things like this happen all the time. There are plenty of bizarre outcomes."
When Wizet had studied Ritual Magic, he had indeed read many similar accounts.
The origins of quite a few magical artifacts had been accidental products of some Ritual Magic, with alchemy developing from them later on.
Selina Pendragon suggested to Wizet, "How about... trying it on your head?"
"After all, I remember Ravenclaw's founder... seemed to have had a diadem too, right? And you two are Ravenclaws."
Before Wizet could look at Luna, she beat him to it and asked, "Luna, what do you think of this thing?"
"It feels like..." Luna tilted her head as she examined the diadem. "A spider crouching on a web?"
"That's quite an interesting way to put it..." Selina Pendragon said approvingly. "It was formed from 'mediums' that flew here from so many places and fused together. Doesn't that make it just like a spider weaving a web?"
"Wizet, will you consider my suggestion?" She turned to Wizet with a teasing smile. "Luna says the diadem is a spider. Don't you want to experience having a spider on your head?"
Wizet did indeed want to study the diadem, which had formed from the fusion of countless spherical containers, in greater depth.
More importantly, two things had happened almost simultaneously: first, the Isaiah Society had