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    He poured the contents of the vials around with wild gestures and gathered them together in a single bigger vial. The mixture, which was created as a result, had a disgusting black colour and it began to emit a dark smoke cloud. With a quick sip he drank the entire contents and froze in place before us, falling to the ground just a second later as if he would have died.
    “Great, now he has dropped dead. I cannot say that I didn’t see that coming,” I said calmly, while Lucia leaned over him and immediately checked his pulse.
    It did not take long for his body to begin trembling and we were about witness a truly special transformation.
    From the old and frail he changed to a tall young man who no longer fit in his clothing. He stretched and stood up slowly from the floor. Even though he seemed to have survived the transformation well, severe headache and cramps still tormented him.
    “Excuse my rude behaviour. But you already know my father. My name is Isaac, Isaac Doyle,” he said and started to tear of the scraps of fabric from his body.
    “Would you mind putting on something new first? It is already difficult enough to understand this situation,” said Lucia and took a step back from him, while the young man could not resist laughing out loudly.
    He nodded and turned away from us. With a few looks around, he ultimately fixed his gaze on what he was looking for. He threw on his new wardrobe, which seemed old and dusted. And I was still unsure what kind of being Magnus Doyle truly was. But nevertheless there was now a new man in front of us in a noble suit. And when he finished fixing his tie and clearing his throat, the grey hair on his head began to fall out until nothing of it was left. And seconds later, new black hair grew from his scalp, until it reached down to his shoulders. He used his right hand to go through his hair and seemed pleased that it worked.
    “Believe me I always fear, that the hair may one day not grow back. I do not know exactly why, but apparently it can only grow after the transformation has finished,” he said with a wink and put on a lorgnette.
    “You wanted to show me something? Bring it to me, he said dry and sat down next to me as if an old man hadn’t just disappeared.
    It was very difficult to keep my composure. The more I tried to understand what was going on, the more I was at a loss.
    “It’s in the box. We hope that you can tell us what the contents are. There are some old pieces,” said Lucia and opened the wooden box.
    Isaac, as he now called himself, took out the compass first and put it to the side without comment. Also the map of the world and the apple were not of interest to him. But as he touched the small metallic rod, he took his glasses and whispered “Interesting”.
    “Oh really? What is so interesting?” I asked him, but he did not immediately answer.
    Instead he took the stone figure out and reviewed it happily, as if was a long lost toy he had found again. But when he saw the papyrus roll even the figure lost any value for him. He cast it to the side and his hand quickly went after the roll. When he opened it, he asked emphatically: “How did you acquire this? Answer me!”
    “My father has sent it to me. He has asked me to help him.”
    “If he is in possession of this he can use all the help he can get. This is a part of something. Do you know where the rest is?” he asked without disclosing anything.
    “Now, finally tells us what it is! If we knew where the rest would be, we probably would also know what it is, that we have here,” I demanded of Isaac who took a deep breath and lowered down into his chair.
    “This is from the first book,” he explained and it seemed as if he himself could not believe what he said.
    I pushed the bottle on the table to the side for a better view on the document, but I still couldn’t understand what he meant.
    “The first books were certainly not written on papyrus roles. What do you mean by 'the