At the top of the staircase was a corridor, dark as well but lit at intervals by yellow light shining out of small glass lamps attached to the walls. As they walked past doors and got closer to the end of the corridor, Rey took a closer look at one lamp. It was aetherglaze, specifically, what would have been the filament in a bulb from Earth was the aetherglaze crystal, a tiny piece of crystal that shone from within, giving out the bright light. Rey looked to the walls next. If the lamp was a magical bulb then where were the wires to connect it to the mana? The walls were smooth when she ran her fingers across them though. Nothing to see there. She filed the question away as something to ask Zaria later and then focused on Tilia.
Her aunt had stopped in front of the very last door in the
