“Come in.”With that, he turned and went back inside leaving the door open for us to enter.The Headmaster followed in first and then I followed after, making sure to close the door as I did.“careful.”“ow!” I exclaimed as I pulled back from the door knob.It was hot… a bit too hot.“avoid touching anything metallic in here.” The Headmaster warned as he walked deeper into the building.While nodding, I quickly realized that the atmosphere in the building was hot, causing me to sweat uncontrollably.As we walked, the stout man moved to what I could only call an oversized oven and with the flick of a switch, the fire within died down to reveal an unfinished work, most likely a sword.“So you are here for a Vestige, I presume?” The stout man remarked.The Headmaster nodded. “Indeed Madden, I was hoping to find a reasonable Vestige for Thomas’s boy.”He gestured to me while placing emphasis on the phrase, Thomas boy.The stout man… sorry, Madden, glanced at me, looking me over with a rai
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