[Bonus chapter]A Healer and an Oracle

Exhausted and drenched in sweat, Adela's chills showed no mercy, compounding the agonizing ache in her joints as she lay sprawled beside the vanity mirror on the carpeted floor. The room's lights seemed to pierce her skull, intensifying her already throbbing headache and discomfort. Yet, the thought of extinguishing those lights while she toiled over her metalwork remained entirely out of the question.

"E-Egon..." She stuttered out his name, her body trembling as she struggled to stay conscious. This marked the onset of an experience unlike any other she had known. It was not difficult to recognize her hallucinatory state given the abrupt change in her surroundings and the absence of the intrusive lights.

"Adela, hurry and take a seat by the mirror; our time is limited," a woman's voice urged.