Unexpectedly, it worked.
However, it's not in the way I thought it would be. Rather than the method Illiana used to open the Warrior Research Department, I seemed to have triggered a mechanism that kickstarted the slumbering manager of the whole Venerate Mansion.
Green, black, and golden lights started flickering on the previously plain walls. Shortly after, a stronger illumination lit up at the ceiling.
Kisara and her imperial lineage only put up luminescent crystals to brighten up the place but now, it's like the electricity had just returned, causing the installed lights to awaken.
As the sound of the crumbling passageways echoed all around us, making Kisara and Alwyn stare in rapt attention, a holographic figure suddenly materialized in front of me.
The figure was that of a young woman in a green and golden dress. Her shoulder-length chestnut hair curled at its tips.