Inside the cave, Murphy sat cross-legged on a blue-green stone, a delicate red sandalwood box placed before him.
The box was open, revealing small, Glazed Bottles arranged neatly inside. Each bottle contained a crystalline powder that shimmered with a faint golden luster in the dim light.
This was the Dust of Dawn that Margaret had sent via Richard.
A rare Secret Medicine used for the Cultivation of a Great Knight.
Murphy remembered Richard's deferential posture when he presented the box, as well as the note enclosed within: "My master must be preparing this for that lovely little sister of his, right?"
He glanced at it, then casually burned the note to ash.
Murphy picked up one of the Glazed Bottles and observed it carefully.
The powder flowed slowly within the bottle, twinkling with a faint light as if it were alive.
'A Great Knight's Secret Medicine...' he mused.
