Academy Genius Tamer Episode 146
At the same time, Ha-eul Youn was engulfed in thought while chewing on the red bean buns she had bought at the store.
Without even dreaming that an engagement riot is going on inside the library, he organizes his thoughts peacefully as usual.
“Oh right.”
Then, suddenly.
She remembers what she missed.
“Oh, I should have told Han Si-ha.”
A patron of an unknown book that he heard from a librarian at the library.
Clearly, this is information that may be an important clue.
‘It says he came from the Willows. A total of 124 books including this book. You have supported me a lot every year. Those who are grateful.’
Shiha Han was suddenly on a trip to Castica, so she missed the time to speak.
Youn Ha-eul jumped up from her seat. I was thinking of going now and asking.
He may not know, but he may know Hanshiha with wide feet.
“The Willows. The Willows have sponsored over a hundred books… .”
Rolling that name out of his mouth, he hastened his steps.
“Willow… .”
Then, Youn Ha-eul frowned and stopped in place.
“Wait a minute.”
I thought it was a name I had heard a lot.
It was someone he knew.
“Natalie Willow?”
It was too close.
* * *
“A book sponsored by the Willows?”
Han Shi-ha asked, as if surprised by Youn Ha-eul’s words.
I’m glad I found a sponsor for the book, but I never thought it would be Natalie’s family.
After pondering the contents of the book, he nodded his head.
“It was a book about artifacts.”
It was a book about not only cubes, but also historically famous weapons and artifacts.
It is quite possible that the Nataline family, the Artifact Engineer’s family, owns related books. Of course, even this is just speculation.
“If I had sponsored a few hundred books, it might have been a book I had without much thought.”
“right. If I thought it was an important book, I might not have sponsored it.”
“What we are looking for is the author of the book, not the sponsor.”
Si-ha Han and Ha-eul Youn looked at each other and nodded their heads.
It is very unlikely that Natalie knew the author of this book.
It would be foolish to not even ask.
They had to cling to even the smallest clue.
Natalie was the clue.
“Would you like to check it out?”
Han Si-ha smiled and got up from her seat.
“I’ll ask you one more time.”
For now, I had no choice but to hope for a reasonable income.
* * *
Natalie Willow.
After Han Si-ha’s advice, she threw away all unnecessary work.
Perhaps because of that, Natalie’s face was full of vitality. After sending off the zombie Natalie, she’s back as the sunshine of all Natalie.
Natalie trotted to the bench.
There was a person reading a book alone on a bench in the still chilly weather.
it was timed.
“What are you doing here?”
He closed the book and smiled. In his hand was an untitled book.
“Are you reading a book?”
“I borrowed it from the library.”
Han Si-ha was reading an ‘untitled’ book that she pulled out of her subspace bag, and Natalie sat down next to Han Si-ha without saying a word.
Palang-.
Hanshiha clenched her chin and turned the thin paper over without a break, and the book had descriptions of artifacts that seemed difficult at first glance.
However, it is Natalie who has seen and played with such things since childhood.
She already knew the knowledge of the book.
“Do you like this? It must be quite difficult for Shiha.”
“It’s studying. Do you know what it is?”
“It’s a broom classification table. The purpose of the broom depends on how it is made.”
“aeronautics… Did you do well?”
“no. broom only. I’m not good at riding. This long one here is for home use. The short ones are for games.”
From brooms that can carry loads to brooms that maximize riding comfort.
The world of Artifacts was bigger than I thought.
Han Si-ha was in a position to ride a horse-drawn carriage, though.
“This is an artifact that strengthens the staff. My father helped me, so I made one.”
“Artifacts?”
“This is not very difficult. Basic artifacts.”
No, why did you go to the bottled water factory with that ability?
Just have an artifact manufacturing plant.
Hanshiha was surprised by Natalie’s abilities, but it was ridiculous.
I knew that she was the only wealthy daughter of an Artifact-making family, but I didn’t know that Natalie herself had a knack for crafting.
Of course, that doesn’t matter now.
Han Si-ha looked at Natalie’s eyes and turned the book page by page.
Staff, daggers, potions, and even accessories.
Each time an artifact she knew from each chapter appeared, Natalie laughed and explained.
“This is what it means. I’ve seen it before… .”
“A very rare artifact!”
“This is really expensive!”
when it’s been so long.
Hanshiha swallowed and checked the next page.
325 pages of ‘Untitled’.
It was a page with a description of the cube.
Han Si-ha stopped the hand that was turning the bookshelf with her eyes fixed on the cube picture.
Actually, I have no expectations.
Ordinary people will pass it on without much thought.
It’s an artifact that doesn’t exist that much, and it’s a virtually forgotten artifact.
It is unlikely that Natalie was aware of the Cube’s existence.
No, you shouldn’t know.
“… .”
Natalie didn’t really react at all, and Han Shiha laughed and turned to the next page.
It might seem strange to stay so alone here.
By the way.
“Cube… ?”
His voice trembled, but he said it clearly.
“Isn’t this a cube?”
“What?”
Hanshiha raised her head in amazement at Natalie’s reaction.
“Do you know the cube?”
I should have pretended not to know, but it was too late.
I was so confused, so I asked.
Natalie looked down at the book, confused.
That expression is not the expression of a person who recites the contents of the book without much thought. It was a look that clearly knew something.
“I know.”
Natalie nodded slowly. Then, with a surprised look, he added.
“But how do you know?”
I pondered for a moment at Natalie’s question.
I had to decide if I could say this.
Natalie was a sailor in Sulcademy. A character with no presence who does not participate in the main story.
However, the situation was too complicated to believe and judge only such fragmentary information.
Si-hyuk Han was not strong by nature, Natalie was never involved in anything related to the Cube, and Seymour was a warlock who betrayed the Academy.
So I don’t trust the data about Natalie.
I believe in Natalie I’ve seen.
“You know, because I have it.”
Natalie’s eyes widened.
“cue… Do you have a cube?”
It’s a bloody story that will make your neck run off if it leaks to the warlocks.
However, they must have already noticed to some extent.
It was clear that Natalie had nothing to do with being surprised that much.
So I needed to know more.
“How do you know the cube?”
Natalie frowned with a serious face.
“Yeah… cube… .”
“uh.”
“Because my grandfather made it.”
what?
“will do… Grandpa?”
This was not expected.
* * *
“Did your grandfather make cubes?”
“yes. You made it right.”
My head went blank for a moment.
It took me a while to organize my thoughts.
I asked Natalie carefully, holding on to my flaky hair.
“So… Your grandfather made the cube, so you’re saying it’s originally a human-made artifact?”
“Because most of the artifacts are man-made.”
When you think about it, it makes sense.
If the cube could not have been of natural origin, it was most likely an artifact. In other words, the person who made the cube must exist.
But I never imagined it would be the Natalie family.
Not only do you know cubes, you know everything about cubes.
“Then do you know this book?”
“I didn’t see… .”
Natalie took the ‘Untitled’ and flipped through a few pages.
“I think it was in our house when we were young.”
“Who wrote it?”
“I don’t know. Did your grandfather write… ?”
Although Natalie did not know the handwriting, she thought that the only person in her family would have known such a vast amount of information.
He shook his head when he heard that the book was brought to the library with the support of the Willows.
“This book has never been sponsored by us. that… So… I think it came with it by mistake.”
Needless to say, out of print in the first place, the one and only book made by the Willows was accidentally sponsored by the school.
A book that no one would have found originally was discovered by Ji Park-ryeong, Youn Ha-eul.
Before joining the gang, Youn Ha-eul must have passed that book without knowing what a cube was… .
In a way, it is a variable that occurred when Youn Ha-eul joined the group.
In any case, as long as that variable is in a good direction.
Natalie knows the Cube better than any of us, and I felt I needed her help.
“Tell me about the cube.”
“It was originally a power artifact. My grandfather wanted to make a mana train instead of a steam locomotive.”
“Magic train?”
There were definitely things that could be created with magical energy, and devices such as magic holograms were like that.
The reason why the science and technology here has grown in a jumble is due to the difference between what can be done with magic and what cannot.
The mana train was the latter.
“It takes a huge amount of mana to pull a heavy train, but it didn’t work, so it was a headache. Then I thought, what if there was an artifact that could produce almost indefinite magic and condense it into a small amount and use it?”
The Willows traveled all over the continent to create such artifacts.
In the meantime, he discovered the mineral that best met the conditions.
A glowstone with highly condensed magical power.
“I made a cube by grinding a huge amount of glowstone. As a result, completely different abilities began to manifest depending on the combination of glowstone… .”
“Is that Cube’s ability?”
“yes. Originally, I didn’t intend to awaken abilities, but to control them, I gave them unique abilities that were refined along with restrictions.”
“Why did you put the restrictions on?”
“I don’t know if I made it… The cost is also included when you add a rite to the original artifact.”
Even a small artifact is constrained.
In the case of the sword Han Tae-soo handed over, ‘desperateness’ was a limitation, and even ordinary wands do not seem to have certain limitations and costs.
“You can’t even use a stick for a long time. This is because it is equivalently exchanged for the lifespan of the cane itself. But in the case of cube… As the ability is enormous, a stronger constraint was added.”
The cube of life is an example.
He has the tremendous ability to revive the dead, but in return, he has to sacrifice his life.
I nodded as I listened to Natalie’s explanation.
“The early cubes were just artifacts with multiple abilities on the power plant.”
“yes. Yes.”
“not now.”
Sometimes things take a completely different path than intended.
Nobel’s dynamite was developed to make a safe explosive, but became a lethal weapon that killed many people.
Cube was also developed for the purpose of a convenient power unit, but someone’s greed corrupted it.
Natalie knows that the cube was stolen at some point and is being used somewhere.
I don’t know the details, but I didn’t bother to say it while watching my grandfather who was careful about the cube.
The truth that Natalie’s grandfather didn’t want to tell.
I had to let Natalie know.
“The warlocks are trying to take the cube.”
All in all, I was going to tell you.
* * *
Natalie joined the Order that day.
It was not in the plan to sign Natalie, but it was impossible to get to this point and continue to rule out Natalie.
After hearing all of that, Natalie thought with a blank expression on her face.
Natalie, who was always bright, disappeared for a moment. If it was my grandfather who made the cube, he seemed to feel responsible to some extent.
In any case, Natalie, well aware of the Artifact, was a solid support for us at this point.
“Are you here?”
“yes!”
and.
Natalie brought us to her home studio.