Ancient relics (2)

"What makes them magical?" Axel asked Cassandra. No matter how he looked at those, they were ordinary.

Cassandra reached into a box and took one diamond-shaped silver brooch. "If this is normal, it would be affected by abilities. However, all these things will absorb the energy directed at them, change its properties, or repel it. I'm not sure if that classifies them as magical, but they were tampered with magic. I experimented enough to know that whatever was done with these, it's beyond our knowledge."

"And you didn't report this to Alphas?" Axel asked angrily while pointing at the chest.