Journal of a Refinery Worker
The success in controlling the unstable Axium, and furthermore, the ability to produce high-purity refined Axium, was thanks to the advice and support of the Council of Magisters. The skill of the artisan-class dispatched under the Council's leadership was astonishing, even frightening. They selected the most suitable catalyst to harness the energy of Axium, and the material composition ratio to maintain the optimal level was near perfection.
I felt a helpless realization that my view of them as untrustworthy traitors who had betrayed the Vulgus and sided with humanity was nothing but arrogance. As a scholar, I deeply respect them. The tradition of master and apprentice in ancient texts. I am wholly willing to become their apprentice. If they would accept me.