Eugene stood there for a few moments, reading Sienna’s research journal. When it felt like his head was about to start spinning, he closed the book and looked around. It felt like there were about a hundred volumes of books stored here. 

After glancing over all of them, Eugene opened his mouth and asked, “Aren’t there any of Sienna’s personal notes? Ones that don’t talk about magic.”

“There aren’t any,” Mer stated. “Right before going into seclusion, Lady Sienna erased all the personal notes that she had left in her mansion.”

“Looks like she was really thorough in covering her tracks.”

“That just shows how much she didn’t want anyone to know where she was going for her seclusion.”

“And what’s your opinion on that?” Eugene asked as he returned the research journal to the bookshelf he had pulled it out of. “There’s a lot of talk about where Lady Sienna might have gone into seclusion. Some say that she went to Helmuth, others say that she went to the Samar Forest… and a few even say that she was assassinated by the black wizards.”

“I believe that she went to Samar Forest,” Mer replied with a shrug. “Although many people think she might have gone to Helmuth, from what I recall, Lady Sienna wasn’t the type who would dare to do something so reckless and impossible. Of course… right up until Lady Sienna...