While Lucen was preparing for the upcoming semester as a new instructor, back in Ironhold, Robert had just finished another experiment when he noticed something.
"Why hasn't my partner in the path of creation returned?" Robert removed his bird beak mask and looked around, and realized that he was the only one in the workshop.
The dwarves who were helping him were nowhere to be found, and the Barbarian Warrors he was using for test subjects had gone as well; still, the most important one, Lucen, had not returned.
Robert narrowed his eyes slightly as he tapped his chin in thought.
"That is, later than expected." Lucen had mentioned he was heading to the Royal Academy to look into something.
Robert had not thought much of it at the time. After all, Lucen rarely wasted time on meaningless matters.
"He should have returned by now..."
