Compared to the Wandering Wizard's worries, which were merely about the possible arrival of a search warrant from Danghag and the damaged ceiling and windows of the Wandering Bar, the concerns of the Rat Immortal were far more complex.
Its lover was imprisoned deep within the Black Prison.
Its child was lost in a corner of the World in the Mirror.
Year after year, it wasted half of its time locking itself in the laboratory, seeking a cure for its wife, then spent the other half traversing the corners of the World in the Mirror, searching for Juice's whereabouts.
But to no avail.
Until it learned from an old friend's channel that a ancient tree in the Black Prison was about to bloom.
This was an opportunity.
The Rat Immortal told itself. The fruit of that ancient tree could not only help him go further on the path of Magic, but the uproar brought by that fruit also gave him a glimpse of dawn for rescuing his wife.
