The corridor was shrouded in dim light, with flickering lamps every few meters casting faint and eerie glows, stretching their shadows long across the floor.
After a few dozen seconds, they halted in front of a silver-white lift.
"Did Barton give you a secret key?"
Tolyado asked Nikola.
"He did."
Nikola handed over the crystal card Barton had tossed to him earlier, after repelling Maquiel and the Saint of Decay.
Tolyado operated the control panel simply, the magical sensor scanned and confirmed his identity, and the lift door creaked open slowly, inviting them inside.
"That Viscount Carmel we captured last time while looking for Elsa should still be down here."
Lanci stepped into the lift and recalled.
"He's probably already fallen victim to Isatia's poison."
Tolyado shook his head and sighed.
"Isatia couldn't be that cruel..."
Lanci still stubbornly saw Isatia as pure and virtuous.
He couldn't imagine her committing acts of cruelty.
"Who is Isatia?"
