On the testing platform, a blue-robed mage stood before a massive ritual array, waiting in silence. Beside him stood a black-robed seer, quietly holding a crystal ball.
When the marquis and his entourage arrived, the mage hurriedly bowed his head, raised his right hand, and tapped his chest three times, forming a simplified upright triangle — the symbol of the Eye of Truth — performing a formal mage's salute.The seer at his side pressed the crystal ball against the left side of his chest and bent into a ninety-degree bow, offering a simple greeting.
The marquis nodded casually and stepped onto the testing platform, giving the ritual array on the floor a brief glance.
"Begin the detection."
The mage nodded, took out a crystal that shimmered with a faint azure glow, and placed it at the core of the array. Then he tapped it lightly with his staff.
The crystal released a hazy radiance; the bluish light spread outward from its center, illuminating the entire ritual formation.
Rheinschu carefully lifted the newborn and placed it within the array. With a swing of his staff, the blue-robed mage sent out an invisible wave of detection that pulsed from the array, slowly sweeping across the infant's body.
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