61. The Legend of the Werewolf
-Smart
“Who are you..?”
A journalist knocking on the door of the lab, Professor Prague stuck his head out.
It looks like he didn’t sleep well last night as he still has a pale face behind his big glasses.
It was a strange feeling that the dark circles on the white porcelain bowl-like skin added decadence to the image of a healthy elf.
Elves sleep less than humans, so how long do elves sleep?
Does he sleep?
“It has been inspected.”
“Aww?! Sponsor?”
As soon as Professor Prague realized that it was the money line that suddenly came to him, he was startled and almost fell back.
After that he came back to see what progress had been made.
“Are you making any progress?”
“Because I have to stick with the legendary dragon, I’m also looking into other legends.”
In Professor Prague’s laboratory, all sorts of materials other than drugs were strewn about.
I felt relieved when I confirmed that I was reading everything from papers to thick books.
It’s fortunate that I’m not the kind of person who eats money and lies down.
While looking through the materials, I picked up a paper that caught my eye.
Looking at the location, I think I was reading it until just now.
“The essence of a werewolf..?”
“Yes, yes, that is also a story that comes from many places, so I left it out because it seemed to have a possibility.”
Werewolves are monsters that exist in this world.
Werewolves, monsters that usually look like humans but transform into giant bipedal wolves on the night of a full moon, fight a lot with wolf beasts who usually wear wolf ears and tails.
There is a reason why werewolves are classified as monsters, unlike beastmen, who all recognize autonomy as an intelligent race…
Werewolves increase their numbers through infection, not reproduction,
It was because, unlike beastmen, all of them became monsters who lost their reason on the day of the full moon.
As long as they are real monsters, werewolves do not remain legendary by themselves.
The legend of the werewolf that Professor Prague tells is a story of a completely different kind.
“There was a specific legend about the essence of a werewolf, just like the sponsor ingested the essence of a dragon.
There has been a long time ago that this legend was created based on something that actually happened.”
Now, we can’t simply dismiss it as a legend.
As is the case with the many essences that reside in my body, the dragon’s essence is also something that only existed in legends.
I’m the master, so it doesn’t show much. If an expert who was growing up drank it, he would have felt tremendous growth.
What I wanted was not the essence of the dragon, but the elixir of growth.
As a monster, werewolves are troublesome high-class monsters, but compared to beings whose existence itself is a legend, such as dragons, they are shabby.
However, the essence of a werewolf that has been passed down as a legend is based on a mythical being, not a werewolf as a monster.
-Once upon a time, the god of wolves bestowed precious treasures on his temple.
In the temple, the young priest carefully guarded it, but after hearing rumors of the treasure that gave immortality and strength, blind fools coveted the treasure, burned the temple, killed the priest, and took the treasure.
At that moment, the ground started to rumble and the bodies of the foolish people who invaded the temple changed like wolves and lost their reason and scattered. They are the beginnings of werewolves that exist today.
“A legend that teaches a lesson about fools who coveted the things of the gods.. It ends here.”
“In fact, there was a time when the discovery of ruins presumed to be a temple for the god of wolves and the story behind it, which was passed down by word of mouth, became a hot topic in the academic world.”
“Is there a story behind it?”
“Yes.. Fools were cursed by God and turned into beasts, but there is a legend that the priest who risked his life to protect the treasure lived happily ever after with the treasure of God dwelling in his body… I mean.”
“What is eternal life… that’s really bullshit.”
“Right?”
“If you lived eternal life, you should still be here, but why are you hiding in the wilderness? … Well, because of that legend, there have been quite a few attempts to get werewolf powers.”
“You knew that.”
“You’re famous.”
Since this legend is passed down as a very common tale, there have been several attempts by humans to obtain the power of a mysterious werewolf.
Some people have eaten werewolf meat, drank blood, or attached parts to their bodies.
“There have been people who have tried to mix blood… but most of these have also failed.”
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Some people tried to have children with werewolves.
There was also an attempt to make a child in the form of a human when he turned into a wolf, saying that the characteristics of a werewolf would not be revealed.
I’m so afraid of humans that I’m thinking about dealing with a werewolf, a high-ranking monster that has lost its reason.
This is also familiar knowledge to me.
“But if you use the essence of a werewolf, you will definitely grow taller explosively!”
Yes, that’s it. It’s because I’ve come across it once when I was scrambling to find ways to grow.
However, most of them did not acquire werewolf powers from their generation, but passed on werewolf characteristics to their descendants.
It was either just turning into a normal werewolf or coming out as nothing.
“All werewolves found in real life have something in common. The fact that all of them are large, tall men… There is also a record of a thin, short man who became a werewolf and grew beyond recognition.
Of course, actually becoming a werewolf-like monster is a total turn of events, so the only way to take advantage of it… If only I could take the essence!”
Professor Prague’s glasses sparkled.
“So… Werewolves are all tall, so if I can only take their essence, I can grow too… You mean that?”
“Yes! According to the legend, that ‘essence’ is not the essence of a monster, but a treasure of a god. Then you will definitely be able to beat the dragon’s essence!”
“Ha.. Really….”
If you find the essence of a werewolf that may or may not exist, you may become a werewolf, or you may be able to absorb only the strengths of a werewolf…
No one has ever been short who became a werewolf, so let’s try it?
It’s really crazy and dangerous.
“You… Did you go too far… ?”
“That’s a really good idea. Let’s do it right now.”
When I looked it up at that time, I filtered it because it was about getting the power of a werewolf, not the essence of a werewolf.
If you can accept only the strengths of a werewolf while still a human, it was worth the risk.
“So how do I get the essence of that werewolf?”
“I have to look for it now.”
“Damn it.”
Should I start from there?
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As soon as she left the lab, she went on a field trip to the swordsmanship research department at the recommendation of her cousin, Hera.
The Swordsmanship Research Department is a club that is in charge of one axis of the academy, so the scale is large.
Just like the Newspaper Department, which uses an entire small building as a printing office, the Swordsmanship Research Department also uses an entire building near the academy as a poor office.
“You bastards, I won’t leave anyone who gives even one point to the Clover Kingdom!!”
“”””Your manager!!!!””””
Hera shouted at the members who were vigorously swinging their swords.
Anyway, winning is a matter of course, and it seems that he is honing his skills even more so as not to win even one point.
Since there are as many of them as I have, of course, their skills are very different.
Some of them are really new, but they are getting better as they go.
It seems that the position is decided according to skill.
I could hear the fluttering of the cloak, which was long enough not to bother me as I swung the sword.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but why are you wearing that cloak?”
“It’s a cloak that the first head of the Swordsmanship Research Department liked to wear. It was easy to distinguish from the other clubs, so I adopted it as a uniform.”
Hera was watching her crew members practicing from the railing on the second floor.
I had my auburn hair tied back and tidied up, and I was wearing the same cape, but maybe it was because I was inactive, so I was wearing a much more comfortable outfit than last time.
Somewhere, it felt like a uniform.
“Swordsmanship Research Department’s skill is the most important. I know what kind of bad relationship my younger brother has with the other members, but…
In the end, they quarreled first, and the younger brother won, right? Then it happened.
It’s just a matter of fighting each other with swords, and no one can say anything about that. If not, die to me.”
“hahahaha, if you’re really in a hurry, it’s possible to help, but it’s a bit like joining.”
“Let’s train together sometimes, brother.”
Hera seemed to have not given up on wanting to enlist me, and secretly continued to encourage me to join.
She refused with a good laugh.
Still, helping out in an emergency is always possible.
Hera, who was explaining the swordsmanship research department on the second floor where everyone was training, moved indoors to have a conversation.
When she arrived at the counseling room, Hera suddenly brought up a shocking story.
“And… I contacted my father yesterday.”
“Yes..?”
Her head went blank.
Since she’s not in the academy, I thought I’d talk about it face to face… So I thought she’d be safe until at least the break.
“I think I still need to prepare my heart to tell her mother.. So I contacted her father first.”
“Uh… What did you say?”
“I really euphemistically denied it. You’re making excuses… I’m so disappointed in my father. But don’t worry about Atlas.
Hera sighed her gossip about Count Nemea ever since.
‘I was scolded.’
No matter what she does, since she is not at the academy, I thought she would have time until vacation, but she didn’t think I would contact her directly ..
I have not been in touch with my uncle in my entire life, but I must write a letter quickly for the peace of her family.