＜ mutual aid (2) ＞
Mandarsha’s private laboratory.
[Leonard: It must be difficult to handle the medicinal materials alone. ]
[Leonard: Let’s do it together. I will help you. ]
Narsha, who was sitting at her office desk, stared blankly at the crystal ball. At first, I rubbed my eyes several times, wondering if I was seeing it wrong. But I didn’t see it wrong. The sender was obviously Leonard, and it was true that he was helping him.
If there is an error in the role assignment, please let me know. What kind of nonsense is this?
“·······”
As I looked at the crystal ball blankly with my mouth open, the music box approached me with a grin.
“why? Did you get any threatening texts? Or is it a lucky letter that says it started from the borders of the Empire?”
“Uh, huh?”
Narsha hastily terminated the crystal ball. I looked up at Orsol and smiled awkwardly.
“Similar. It is useless.”
“Well, there have been too many strange text messages lately. I got two of them today too.”
“I see. So did you find it?”
A music box in charge of data research for this project.
The reason she came to Narsha’s lab was to borrow some papers for reference.
The music box pointed to the thesis in his hand.
“I’ve found two, find the last one and you’re done.”
“okay. find it soon hurry.”
Narsha waved her hands and swayed the music box. As if asking why, the music box shrugged and went back to the thesis locker. After watching the papers being flipped through, Narsha turned on the crystal ball again. I checked Leonard’s text again.
Narsha’s eyebrows naturally furrowed.
“Write it…”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.
The things that had happened before——with a hundred concessions—was a situation that could suffice.
The reason he accepted the invitation was because he liked our group’s report.
Voluntarily participating in the experiment could be attributed to the smooth progress of the project. But this, this sentence now reflected on my retina, I couldn’t do that at all. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.
[Leonard: Let’s do it together. I will help you. ]
Why are you suddenly helping me?
out of the blue? You didn’t even ask for help?
It was confusing. A lot of thoughts crashed in my head, giving me a headache.
“after······”
Narsha took a deep breath. In times like these, you need to stay calm. I had to think carefully about each one. First of all, from the root cause.
What will Leonard get when he helps me? What benefits can you get?
“·······”
As a result of serious consideration, there was nothing like that. There was no congo that fell on Leonard for helping me.
It was just one more job for the already busy kid.
In other words, I will help you without any conditions.
That’s why…
“Aww…”
Narsha held her head.
It shouldn’t be like this.
Not even a day has passed since I made up my mind.
I keep getting weird misunderstandings. Do you have any children with me? I want to misunderstand you.
Narsha moved her gaze slightly. I looked at the music box, which was still flipping through papers.
But wouldn’t it be possible to know if it’s a music box? Because she’s a kid who’s good at human relationships, especially men and women.
I never give advice on my worries to others, but I tend to solve it by myself even if it means dying, but this time is an exception.
“hey.”
“yes?”
The music box turned its head.
Narsha said with repeated emphasis.
“Don’t get me wrong, listen. This is absolutely not about me, it’s about someone I know?”
“who? Are you a person from the Magic Tower?”
“no. It is not a mage tower.”
Technically speaking, Leonard belongs to the academy.
The music box’s face wrinkled when he was told that he wasn’t from the Magic Tower. I asked in disbelief.
“Eh? Do you know anyone other than the Mage Tower?”
“·······”
I was speechless for a moment.
Once because the reaction was absurd, and again because it was not wrong.
Since he did not know that he had dated Leonard, it was a natural question from the perspective of the music box.
Narsha quietly blinked her eyes before speaking quietly.
“Not really. It is a lie.”
“no wonder.”
It was worth asking if it was real, but the music box immediately agreed. Humming a song, I flipped through the thesis again. At the same time, for some reason, a sense of skepticism crept in.
Yeah, what kind of troubles are you talking about on my topic?
I’d rather not worry alone.
Narsha silently ended the crystal ball. Just in time, the music box also found the thesis.
“we are here! Phew – I finally found it.”
As if he had succeeded in finding a treasure, he shook the thesis with a satisfied face. Narsha grabbed some materials and got up from her seat.
“let’s go. It’s time for the project meeting soon.”
“Eh already? Oh yes.”
＊＊＊
Scheduled project meeting in the afternoon.
But I didn’t participate. I declared my absence on the pretext of another schedule, and instead headed to Yerina’s mansion, which I found out after searching.
Booo
A sedan that stopped smoothly.
“We have arrived, Master.”
The mansion that can be seen through the window is Yerina’s house. I didn’t know because I hadn’t decided on a specific setting, but it was a wealth comparable to that of a tolerable noble. After all, is it the right answer to commit crimes rather than living faithfully?
With that in mind, I approached the mansion. After talking to the Ministry of Magic agent waiting at the entrance, Yerina came out of the house. No matter how much I cried, my eyes are swollen like night sweats.
I said it as plainly as possible
“Aren’t you going to work?”
“I won’t.”
Yerina sniffed. His small, high nose was dyed red like a raspberry.
Rudolph-like appearance was cute, but it was a bad omen. Unlike the original, Yerina’s heartache was too great.
Yerina in the original work, at least, does not miss work. Although he suffered from love sickness, it was not to the extent that it interfered with his daily life. However, the current Yerina was a lung in itself. He seemed to have no will to live.
The reason is probably because of me.
Meeting with Yerina ahead of schedule to get the potion.
As a result, a close friendship was built up rapidly, and the timing of her coming out was delayed due to various causal relationships. Moreover, it also played a role in my role as security outside the wedding ceremony.
In the original work, Leonar, who was in charge of internal security, and Yerina, who attended as a guest, talked about their envy about Karios as an excuse, and that led to a deep conversation and came out.
In other words, Yerina has no one to pour her heart out to. That’s why I was experiencing a bigger heartache than expected.
I looked at Yerina with pitiful eyes.
“And if you get expelled from the Mage Tower.”
“Then I just have to live as an unemployed. It doesn’t matter if you have a lot of money.”
Impeccable perfect logic. I had nothing to say. Yerina looked up at me with swollen eyes.
“Did you come to talk about that?”
“······yes.”
“That’s Okay. Don’t worry about me, just go home.”
Then, sadly, he turned his back. I went back home without power.
I silently gazed at the sorrowful back.
“·······”
Yerina’s heartache is an obvious handshake of the novel.
It is not directly related to the black magician or the affair, but without her potion, ‘Lucadelos’ attack’ and ‘Frederick’s death’ cannot be prevented.
A situation where I have to somehow comfort Yerina’s heartache.
However, if I pretend to know first, there is a high possibility that it will have the opposite effect.
Yerina should regain her energy as soon as possible, and she should return to the Mage Tower quickly.
That way, I could prepare the medicine as soon as possible.
It wasn’t just that I was worried.
＊＊＊
“Then, today’s meeting will end here.”
The project meeting lasted about 2 hours. At today’s meeting, 4 ways to restore mana were deduced, and after researching the medicinal ingredients that fit them, I had to go to the Central Medicinal Herbs Management Center to get the medicine.
The work intensity is outrageous to do alone. But I couldn’t help it. Because it was decided fairly with rock-paper-scissors.
“Ehh…”
Narsha came out of the mage tower to borrow the medicinal encyclopedia. I was trudging toward the library when a familiar sedan blocked my way.
At the same time, the back seat window rolled down, revealing a familiar face.
“get on.”
It was Leonard.
Narsha’s shoulders trembled at the sudden appearance.
“What, what? Are you busy with your schedule?”
“It’s over, so get on.”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“·······”
Leonard got out of the back seat instead of answering. Then he grabbed Narsha’s wrist and got her into the car. After recklessly fastening the seat belt, I boarded the next seat.
“Let’s go.”
“I see, Master!”
boo woo woo-
Leonard’s sedan started like that.
Narsha stood in a daze at the kidnapping that took place in the blink of an eye. I looked out the window while half dumbfounded, and only then did I ask when the academy disappeared from sight.
“Where are you going?”
“Central Pharmaceutical Management Institute.”
“Why are you going there?”
“To get medicinal ingredients.”
Leonard replied calmly.
In an instant, I remembered a text from Leonard a few hours ago.
He said that it was difficult to handle alone, so he said he would help out of the blue? The one who didn’t even participate in the meeting and doesn’t know what kind of plan was drawn?
Narsha was dumbfounded, so she smiled.
“Do you know what medicines are needed?”
“You know that when you see it.”
Leonard snatched the magic recovery plan from Narsha’s hand. He scanned the contents with serious eyes, and then opened his mouth.
“Method A is the petals of Plovachi, the stem of Melosonia, the fragments of the king tree, and the tail of the Jacques lizard.”
At first, I thought it was some kind of nonsense.
Even as a professional researcher himself, there was no way that Leonard, a defense class, could find answers that could not be found without a herbal encyclopedia just by reading them.
It must be so.
“Room B is the root of the Magunghwa, the vinyl of Wonder Shark, the horn of the perforated goat, and the cornea of Ralph Plug.”
Leonard was unstoppable. He recited medicinal materials without a moment’s hesitation. Confidence as if he knows all the correct answers, without any obstructions.
“Room C is the twin tail powder, Sedna’s horn, and Rafsch’s body hair.”
The intelligent appearance gradually began to build trust. At the same time, a handful of questions ran through my mind.
If it was a candidate for the archmage, if it was a talent called an all-time high, if it was Leonar, who accurately matched the subtle change in the amount of magic recovery in the body.
Might it be possible? question called.
“And plan D is…”
The last solution that has finally arrived.
“Kissnets’ fur, Zeldinov’s bodily fluids, Tarofman’s spine, Eyepatch’s venom, Chazik’s tears.”
They were all illegal drugs.
Being subject to punishment by the Empire just for having it, but it was acceptable enough for this project.
Narsha, who had been lost for a while, came to her senses belatedly and asked.
“By the way, you need a permit to enter the Central Medicinal Drug Administration, right?”
The Central Medicinal Material Management Institute is an authorized institution that manages and stores all medicinal materials in the empire.
It was not a museum-like place that the general public could easily enter. With a clear justification, access was only possible with a permit from an authorized institution such as the imperial family or the Magic Tower.
In the event of a problem, the agency that issued the permit had to take full responsibility, so they were reluctant to issue the permit. In Group 2, permission was issued only to Narsha, the medicinal material team.
Narsha quietly lifted the permit from her neck.
“It looks like this.”
Then, Leonard took out the same permit from his bosom. It was a permit to launch a mage tower with Catherine’s seal on it.
“this?”
“what? How do you do that…?”
“I told the Master of the Tower, so he gave it to me right away. You can use it as much as you like.”
“What? Ha… it’s true.”
Narsha brushed her bangs and snorted. No matter how much I thought about it, it was absurd.
You gave it all to me, but you want Leonard to use it to your heart’s content?
What is discriminating against people?
Took-
Narsha put down the permit as if tossing it. Then he looked out the window and murmured.
“okay. Either go with me or not.”
＊＊＊
same time.
The headquarters of the Immortal Knights in Archinia, the capital city.
“finally······”
Knight Commander Terios looked at the wooden box on the desk. The box, the size of a toolbox, was tightly sealed with all sorts of chains and padlocks.
Eventually, when mana was applied, the chains and locks that had been wrapped around each other were released.
Thururureung—!
Therios carefully opened the box.
On the luxurious velvet, there was a potion that glowed green.
A potion that nullifies defensive magic, produced by paying a whopping 1 million per.
With this, you can kill Leonar.
He was able to easily eliminate Karios’ only rival, the main enemy blocking the family’s path.
It was the time Terrios smiled bitterly as he looked at the potion.
smart-
A knock rang in the captain’s office. After Terios stored the potion in the safe, he opened the door with 「Inferno」. Secretary Collan entered the director’s office.
“There is something I need to tell you urgently, Commander.”
“What is it?”
“That’s it. Karios-sama, well, on the honeymoon…”