At night, in a luxurious mansion in Digo, an elderly man with white hair and a white beard sat before the fireplace in a fox-fur coat. A servant beside him was pouring tea, while a tall, thin man stood opposite him.
"Many people at the First Hospital, including Miss Louise, have shown significant physical and mental recovery. Most of them haven't even relied on alchemical potions."
The old man took the teacup from the servant, gently blew on the steam, and took a sip.
"But you said before that Louise was effectively beyond saving. Even if we did everything we could to prepare suitable materials and hired an Alchemist to make the finest Awakening Potion, she still wouldn't recover completely."
A trace of embarrassment crossed the tall, thin man's face.
"Yes. I personally examined Louise's condition before, as well as those of the other students. Dark power was entangled within their bodies. Apart from a handful of them, their mental resistance was extremely low. Their wills had clearly been eroded, and in extreme cases, they could even undergo aberration."
"Then how do you explain the situation now? As I recall, Mulan Jonester is a Radiant Knight, not a supernatural practitioner of the arcane arts or some unknown path."
The tall, thin man had already considered this question countless times, and he answered immediately.
"That's correct. Mulan Jonester is a Radiant Knight, but he is also the most outstanding genius since the Radiant Knight path was established. He had already demonstrated remarkable abilities before coming to the Imperial Capital, and the Holy Temple held him in high regard. If the Jonester Family's long-standing traditions did not ensure that its descendants remained loyal to Digo's royal family, he might well have gone to the Sacred Mountain."
"Judging by his various displays of