Dr. Sowerby has been waiting for a long time for him to show up. He apologizes for not coming sooner. He says he's been waiting so long because the king is the new ruler of platina. He wants to know why Dr. Snodgrass is able to keep the black mist from attacking him. He's not sure why, but he thinks it's because he has more power than the other guy. He also wants to see if he can use his powers to help the king. So far, he says, he hasn't been able to do anything. But he does know that he can push back the mist. So he wants to find out why. He tells Dr. Svedgrass that the masked man was one of the men who attacked him last night. The masked man died this morning. He was kidnapped by the monster and became a member of the lapis army. The man's name is Zeikfried Renatus Edel Frau von Lapis. He explains that his father has been obsessed with black magic for eleven years. It all started when he was a kid playing on his father's phone when the masked guy appeared. He offered to help him with his research on black magic. His father became obsessed with it too, and the two of them have been working together ever since.