Duke went over the three issues again in his mind.
Baroque's old injury was the most urgent, and also the most concrete.
When that short, stocky old man had described his old injury in the conference hall, his tone had been so flat it was like he was talking about someone else, but the fingers gripping the edge of the table betrayed the unwillingness he had harbored for centuries.
For a problem involving damage to the Magic Circulation and physical repair, among all the experts in the Six-Ring Tower, the first person Duke thought of was Wilkinson.
This deputy head of the Magic and Alchemy Technology Department, a Level 4 Alchemy Master, had previously refined three Magic Potions to help him advance to Level 3; the refinement quality and professional integrity had both been impeccable, and having him custom‑tailor a restorative Magic Potion for Baroque was the most reliable choice.
