Before Jason said anything, Nicholas had already made his way toward Brian to take a closer look. He did not need to use his hands to check Brian's leg. A faint glow shot out from his eyes and scanned Brian's right knee like an X-ray.
His expression shifted slightly, because he was surprised to find that he could not sense the presence of the magical beast's vitality inside the knee joint.
"This… I…" Nicholas spun around and asked, "Dorothy, how did you manage to do this?"
"Mr. Nicholas, you're mistaken. I didn't do this," Dorothy said honestly. "The procedure was planned entirely by Carl. I was just his assistant."
"What?" Nicholas was astonished. All this time, he had assumed that Carl was the one who needed Dorothy's alchemy skills, so the one conducting the procedure would definite
