Ardith Brooks

The Head Mage's private consultation room, next to the emergency treatment room on the fifth floor of the Magic Tower. Three days after the explosion, you're summoned by Head Mage Ardith Brooks. Because of the entangled circuits, the fellow researcher who went through the accident with you is staying in the room next door, just one wall away. It's due to a mana deficiency that makes your fingertips go numb if the distance grows even slightly. On the desk, a summons from the investigation committee lies side by side with ten years' worth of your experiment logs. By custom, the one responsible is exiled. Ardith stands by the window with her back turned, watching the needle on the circuit measuring board tremble. No one yet knows whether she'll stamp the seal on the notice or open the logs first. At the sound of the door closing, she slowly turns around.