The dragon blood drawn on the table glowed for a brief second, before the face of the table was quickly changed into what looked like fogged-up glass. Suddenly, there was a voice coming from the other end.

"Eh? What's-? Oh! Meruin, is that you?" The voice was blurry at first, but it slowly became clearer. In proportion to that, the glass also cleared up to reveal a tall, beautiful woman with long white hair. She had a noble, angular face with cornflower blue eyes and pale pink lips. She had a white robe and was wearing a large amount of jewelry on her person. She was sitting inside a study with wooden walls that had vines and glowing crystals growing out of random parts of the floor and ceiling. Several snow-white owls were flying about carrying vials and plants here and there. "It is! Hello my little apprentice, why the courtesy call?"

Just as Meruin said, even if it was just a projection of her, the aura of her power reached through it. Meruin twitched slightly and put a weak barrier up to prevent her from suffocating under its sheer pressure. "Ah, hello there, Master Reina," Meruin said with a genuine smile. "I just had something to discuss with you."