135. Little Miracle (3)
It was a truly bizarre scene.
Warlocks proudly confessing in the secret lab of wizards.
It was a story that would be ridiculed by anyone who didn’t know it, saying it was an unbelievable, bad joke, or saying that it was a disrespectful thing to say.
But, to my surprise, it was actually happening in Mattel’s underground secret laboratory.
What is it? It was a very contradictory yet sacred sight.
The tormented boy was relieved of pain and fear every time he confessed, and the warlock, holding hands, recalled the scriptures and pleaded with God for forgiveness instead.
Everyone watched this absurd sight without a word. Especially Oliver.
His voice was as calm as if he had no emotion, but perhaps because of the darkness in the laboratory, his face was subtly covered in darkness, so no one could see what kind of expression he had.
“Finally·····. I couldn’t save my brother who went to the lab first. I asked for help, but I was so scared. I’m sorry. really sorry.”
The boy begged for forgiveness in tears. To my brother or to God.
Oliver, as before, pleaded with God for forgiveness in a calm voice.
“father. Forgive us our sins… We are weak and troubled beings. Father forgive us our sins. It’s raining like this for a father’s child. Mahala.”
“Mahalla . . . Thank you. Off, thanks-”
Oliver said, raising his hand softly over the boy’s swollen eyes.
“I’m fine now, so please sleep well. When I close my eyes and wake up… Everything will be fine.”
The boy didn’t answer, but fell asleep with his fears off, and Oliver held his hand until he was completely asleep.
“·················ogue.”
After a short and long silence, the boy fell into a complete sleep.
Oliver gently released his hand and told the children around him.
“everyone. Please wait here for a moment.”
Oliver looked out of the lab as he left those words.
Mattel’s researchers were standing there backlit by the lights.
Oliver looked at Rothburn and asked again.
“Can you wait?”
Rothburn nodded and, like the eldest, took the other children and put them on his back.
Oliver nodded and walked out of the lab.
As Oliver approached, Mattel officials stepped back and made room.
According to the information on the World Tree, the number was not large. About twenty people in all?
However, both the quantity and quality of magic power were enormous.
There were three wizards he encountered when he entered, and even one of them was stronger than all the other wizards combined.
Although he wasn’t the boss.
“·····Thank you for waiting.”
Oliver said to the man on the edge of the group of wizards.
The man’s age was in his mid-to-late twenties, objectively and subjectively, he was quite young.
He seemed quite surprised by Oliver’s actions, but he didn’t show it.
“How did you know I was in charge here?”
“I just knew it. Thanks again. Thank you for not disturbing me.”
“I am very grateful. I saw something funny. A black mage who confesses. I saw something really rare.”
Oliver agreed. I still don’t understand why he did that.
All I could say was, I just felt like I had to do that.
But apart from that, I felt uncomfortable.
It’s hard to explain, but maybe it’s a little annoying?
So Oliver said, without knowing it, straight-forward.
“··········I am sorry, but could you please help me out so I can pass by? I am very tired today.”
The man looked behind him once and shook his head.
“It must be difficult, but I can’t just let go of this mess. After all, those half-dead guys over there are my friends. He is also an elite within the school that graduated with high grades. I should be compensated for the damage.”
“That’s nice.”
“What?”
Oliver put the quarter staff aside, took off his jacket, and rolled up his hands.
“Actually, I was just about to go.”
With those words, Oliver placed a hand on his chest and extracted his emotions.
Shuha-
It was only a handful, but Oliver extracted his feelings. Without a pilgaret.
A very unusual moment.
At the same time, the eldest of the wizards was extremely vigilant and tried to gather magic power to attack Oliver.
Oliver was also willing to respond accordingly.
“Hell…”
Pahahahaah
That was then.
A huge light burst between Oliver and the wizard. without any premonition.
It didn’t even look like Mattel’s actions when I saw the startled reaction.
Then who the hell?
That was then. A familiar voice sounded in my ear.
“I’m here to collect the credit. young friend.”
An old man at a bookstore appeared from the air, with his bald upper hair, droopy hair like seaweed, an egg-like head, and old clothes.
***
Oliver was perplexed.
Seeing the old man at the bookstore here. How else did it appear?
And it seemed that it wasn’t just Oliver who was surprised.
Mattel Lab officials were all stunned at the appearance of the old man.
“What the hell are you? Are you with that guy?”
A wizard asked so.
Then, an elderly wizard who stood out in particular interrupted his fellow wizard.
Looking at his emotional state, he seemed to know who the owner of the bookstore was.
“Archive Merlin?”
“Ho-oh…. do you know me?”
The old man at the bookstore asked in an arrogantly confident voice, not the humble voice he had when he spoke with Oliver. as if it were someone else.
With him, Mattel officials, who were arrogant enough, began to shake violently with a loud noise.
Hearing the word Archive Merlin.
A relatively old wizard answered Merlin’s question.
“I saw you from afar 20 years ago. My name is Finn Russo, who has Theodore of the Life School as a teacher.”
“Ah, I remember. rare case. I thought I was going to die because I was under Theodore, but I guess I wasn’t. Congratulations.”
A man named Finn politely bowed his head at those words. Not just outward appearance, but sincere respect and courtesy.
How could the atmosphere be strange?
The atmosphere that seemed likely to have a fight faded away like a lie, and a whole new phase was reached.
A man who seemed to be the leader of the wizard group intervened in an unpleasant way.
“What are you all doing now?”
As the old wizard was about to speak, the old bookstore man, no, Merlin said.
“Let’s see… Blond hair that shines so artificially, and the inside of the walls, white skin with no blemishes, a build that is neither fat nor skinny, and tall, straight, upright, and not even wearing glasses… Ah, it must be Carl, the grandson of the talkative Theodore these days. nice to meet you Your grandfather’s friend.”
Karl looked at Merlin’s outstretched hand without hesitation.
Because of his temperament, he wanted to ignore him at once, but he hesitated as if he was pressed by Merlin’s spirit.
Seeing this, Merlin smiled and took his hand away.
“Not only does she look like her, but her personality is just like my grandfather.”
Carl was furious.
“Take care of your mouth. I don’t know what he had to do with Grandpa in the past, but he’s now the Grand Master, head of the School of Life.”
Merlin stared at him, not surprised or angry. As if it were pity.
“Hey, look, Rousseau.”
“Yes, Merlin.”
“It seems like my friends don’t know me these days.”
“Sorry, I’m sorry.”
“No, no. Forgetting is a great blessing. To be honest, I didn’t want to know… I’m just curious In that sense, I will take this friend.”
Merlin placed a hand on Oliver’s shoulder.
Everyone reacted astonished, but he didn’t want to change his mind.
“What do you mean all of a sudden?”
“That’s what I’m going to say. This is a friend I’ve been eyeing for a long time, didn’t you guys do the trick first?”
“Did you pay attention?”
“Aha·····. Looks like you didn’t properly review the project and just gave it a rough approval. Because you guys are the same. In some ways, he’s really smart, in others he’s really lame… Or the person in charge is at fault.”
Merlin narrowed his eyes and looked down at the knife.
As soon as Carl received the gaze, he expressed his feelings of anger, but he couldn’t say anything under the pressure of Merlin’s intimidation.
“I know the way you work.”
“yes····.”
“I would have been keeping an eye on this friend, but if you look, you will probably find a scene with me as well. Because I felt you.”
“·················ogue.”
“I was having a bit of fun with this guy. But did you trick this friend without asking my permission? ····Isn’t it something I can be a little offended by? Please answer comfortably. No matter what you say now, I won’t take issue with it.”
When Carl was about to say something, Rousseau stopped him. It was like a nanny drying a child.
“sorry. Merlin… I think we were a bit frivolous.”
“Heh heh, it’s nice to see him so innocently admitting his mistake. After all, wizards work, and accidents are the best. In the old days, for that reason, didn’t they say that they experimented on high towers? ····· Anyway, in that sense, can I take this friend with me? No one is dead, is it good or good? yes?”
Merlin asked, placing a hand on Oliver’s shoulder.
It seemed like a friendly question, but it was more of a notice disguised as him.
The other side was not aware of this.
Silence like a lump of lead pressed down on the surroundings.
Rousseau finally spoke.
“·····of course. Rather, thank you for understanding us.”
match-!
Merlin clapped. As if the job was finished.
“Good. So, would you like to cooperate?”
Merlin asked, looking back at Oliver standing behind him.
Oliver looked at Merlin, the emotions in his hands, and then the lab door behind him. Exactly, it was the kids there.
“Yeah, but can they go together?”
Oliver asked, pointing to the closed laboratory door. It was more of a request than a question.
The sword of the Mattel Lab roared.
“Whoever wants!!”
Rousseau panicked at the sudden shout, and tried to stop him, but Carl didn’t listen.
“Let go of this! The children over there are the ones who have recently succeeded in the experiment! You’re going to take it!”
Carl shouted.
It seemed to be a matter of more than mere self-esteem.
Merlin asked, as if he had noticed something.
“Well······. Are you guys involved in the Reincarnation Project?”
“That’s right!”
Callie shouted. Judging by the reaction, it didn’t seem like it was usually important.
Merlin thought for a moment, then looked at Oliver. I tried to ask something, but after seeing Oliver’s expression, I gave up and looked at the Mattel officials again.
“I will take it as alimony.”
“!! now kidding-”
“I am not joking. little friend… I’m not in a position to joke around with you, or to joke around with you. make sure to do it You have troubled me by stepping into my quiet realm. Whether you admit it or not, it’s one thing to me. I should be compensated.”
“················ogue.”
“What are you going to do? Should I accept my reasonable request now and everyone will part with a smile, or should I do it with my skills like a magician? By the way, I don’t really hate anything like that.”
At that moment, Merlin released a portion of the magical power that had been hidden deep in his body.
Magical particles flew through the air and scattered rapidly in all directions, sweeping through everything.
It is so powerful that my body trembles.
It seemed to indicate a difference in power.
It was simple, but it worked so well, Carl said in a cold sweat.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa…. Do you think this kind of thing is acceptable? Dare to share the research results of others—!!”
“Did you say tolerance? Little friend, it’s not that important. It doesn’t matter if you have the power to do that or not. Didn’t your grandparents teach you?”
“·················ogue.”
When Carl was speechless, Rousseau intervened again.
He was aiming to put the situation to rest as much as possible.
“You can take it. Merlin. But please make one promise.”
“····Something?”
“Please do not take away our research by examining the bodies of the children over there. I would like to ask you to be the same scholar.”
Carl was about to protest something, but Rousseau made an impression and stopped him.
“Okay. I promise to be the same scholar.”
That closed the case.
It has become an atmosphere where no one can object anymore.
Merlin said, turning his head to Oliver.
“Young friend, will you bring the children?”
“Yes.”
Oliver put his emotions back into the test tube, opened the lab door, and went in to pick up the children.
Merlin confronted Mattel officials alone.
In fact, the number of heads and the atmosphere were completely opposite.
Carl said softly.
“I will tell my grandfather about this.”
“You don’t have to. I will go see you in person.”