The plaque on the door was engraved with a line of concise script, "Cecil Astra, Level 5 Mage, Level 5 Arcanist, Deputy Minister of the Arcane Research and Knowledge Management Department."
Duke lightly tapped the door three times, and a calm voice from within said, "Please enter."
He pushed the door open and entered. Inside was a spacious circular study larger than Wilkinson's Alchemy Room. The walls from floor to ceiling were entirely embedded with bookshelves, densely packed with various styles of books, scrolls, and folders, permeating the air with a sophisticated scent of old paper and magic ink.
Cecil Astra sat behind a wide desk, in front of him, a thick ancient tome opened wide enough to serve as a weapon, a steaming cup of red tea beside him.
