Episode 118
It has been 3 days since the exchange meeting was held.
In the meantime, Matop showed excellent research results and put pressure on him, and on the contrary, the academy’s announcement surprised him.
With the increasing heat of the exchange meeting, the high-ranking wizards simply watched the competition with a happy face.
For them, competition was a good driving force that fueled future development.
In the meantime, the high ranks of the Tower had quietly contacted the academy, but with the exception of a few, they did not notice at all.
Allen also took part in the space magic discussion once.
But it didn’t do much.
Because it didn’t need any attention.
‘They didn’t even know.’
He also suggested that Rachel would like to attend this exchange.
Enelia and Linbell stayed with Elpis for a while to help build the foundation for the top.
With their strength, they will be able to smoothly stabilize the trading network.
Allen arrived in front of the large building at the scheduled time before meeting with Francisco in the afternoon.
Excluding the 7 towers, the unrivaled high number of floors and spacious grounds.
Its prestige was so great that it was even said that the Alchemy School should be recognized as a horse tower in the front line.
It is safe to say that most of the alchemists working in Perta belong to this place.
Upon entering, he was immediately escorted to the drawing room after his identity and name were checked.
“Margol, Allen Reinhardt has come to visit us.”
“Please come in.”
When permission was given inside, the guide opened the door and stepped aside.
As Allen entered, there was a dwarf young man standing back inside.
As the door closed, he turned to Allen.
“Hello, my name is Margol, the head of the Alchemy School.”
“This is Allen Reinhardt, a student at the Galszdin Academy.”
“Isn’t there one more thing besides that?”
He smiled and guided Allen to his seat.
“Aren’t you a supporter of our school?”
It was a metaphorical name for those who had a business relationship with Allen.
He was half a span shorter than Allen, with light blonde hair, and looked a little different from what had been rumored.
‘I heard that he was not fit for the head of the school because he was stuttering… .’
Is that a separate look?
Perhaps there was a moment of wonder on Allen’s face, and he smiled bitterly as if he was familiar with it.
“You seem a little embarrassed because it’s different from what you say outside. It’s okay, everyone you meet for the first time has the same reaction.”
He continued without hesitation of Allen’s apology for his disrespect.
Because I was really used to it.
“Since I was young, I was immersed in experiments, so it became difficult to deal with people. It doesn’t matter if you’re alone… , in front of a large number of people, it is no different from a rumor.”
He said so and laughed, saying that it took a long time to fix this.
Allen was convinced as he remembered Margol who turned to him as soon as the door closed.
The fact that he has a deeper heart than he looks.
‘Maybe he’d spread the fact that he was stuttering more widely.’
People you meet for the first time will most likely look down on him.
He will use it to profit.
The reason for saying that in front of Allen was nothing less than a favor for passing over Elixir’s prescription.
“Then you have to be careful not to make a mistake outside.”
A smile spread across Margol’s lips as Allen seemed to have noticed the hidden meaning.
“Haha, after all, it’s always nice to see young talented people. It was rewarding to set aside time.”
The person who became the head of the school at a young age was also not easy to see.
“Would it be okay if I prepared the tea separately?”
Allen sniffed the incense that rose deeply, and started with an ordinary story.
“I don’t know if the dispensing book I sponsored was very helpful.”
“It really helped. Thanks to that, the demand has exploded these days, so I don’t know how much sales have been made.”
Stories that should be told in a general sponsorship relationship.
Elixir usefulness and effectiveness.
Identify your sales strategy and your relationship as a stronger supporter.
“If you wish, I will also give you a prototype of the potion recently developed by the school.”
“If you give it to me, I will be grateful for it.”
“I will prepare it for you, so you can take it with you when you go down.”
Allen’s meticulousness could be seen in his tone of tone that seemed to have been prepared even before he came here.
As the story came to an end, Allen opened his mouth.
Allen glanced at the door, as if talking about something difficult to say.
Margol nodded his head as if reassured by his attitude.
“it’s okay. You can say it, because no one is afraid to hear it.”
“Can I ask about Grandel-sama?”
“… Are you talking about Grandel?”
“Yes, because there is something I want to know about him.”
Margol’s expression turned serious at his question.
“Can you see why you want to ask that?”
A tone I’d like to hear first.
However, his attitude revealed that he was unable to answer difficult questions.
Allen opened his mouth in a light tone, as if nothing special.
“Ah, because my brother was Grandel’s disciple.”
“Grandel’s disciple… ?”
“Yeah, 13 years ago, when I was five… .”
But before Allen could finish speaking, Margol’s complexion changed and she shouted.
“Stop, stop. I know what you’re talking about. However, it is a question I cannot answer.”
Allen felt his attitude.
‘There is something.’
We haven’t talked about the details yet. However, he stopped his speech when he heard only a few years ago.
That said, it was a story that Allen was guessing his circumstances, even though he did not mention anything directly.
“There are more things in life that are better not to know.”
“You know, can’t you be more careful?”
“What you can’t solve will only add anxiety to your heart.”
“That is for me to decide.”
Allen and Margol’s eyes met.
Margol didn’t want to get involved in troublesome things, and Allen didn’t want to miss any clues he had caught.
“I do not intend to make Margol-sama in trouble. I just wonder why he acted that way.”
“… I wonder why you acted?”
“It’s not about telling the whole story. It’s just a small clue.”
Perhaps because he felt the obsession with Allen’s voice, a deep trough formed between Margol’s eyebrows.
“that… , let me think for a moment.”
Margol considered several things.
Business relationship with Allen.
Benefit from the recipe of a lower elixir that he provided.
Where he is now and where he will be in the future.
It provides information and the value you get as opposed to the risk you take.
He weighed in various aspects, pondered deeply, and finished his judgment.
‘… I can give you some clues.’
It was a story that could be heard if the information to be put in the mouth now was provided to others other than him.
“Then, I see. Let me tell you.”
Allen focused on his answer.
The information that will now come out of his mouth will determine the course of Grandel’s treatment.
“There is a secret rumor that only circulates among the high ranks of the Mato.”
Rumors that can be known by being the head of a school, but conversely, if you are not in that position, you will not be able to come across rumors.
“Some do not believe, some laugh at, some ignore… .”
No one is hesitant and doesn’t want to put it in their mouth easily.
At that time, Margol’s face looked like a fearful, curious scholar peeking into the secrets of the world.
“Rumors are simple.”
At some point, the sound of those words diminished and seemed to be muffled.
“It is no coincidence that the Great Fall happened, even before the age of dragons and giants, there were times that were not recorded.”
He gave strength to Allen’s hand. Bestla, who had been wriggling for a moment, turned into silence.
“But there is one prerequisite for the destruction of the world.”
A low whisper gathered in his ear.
“When the times reach a singularity… ,”
The gray doom awakens from its slumber.
Whis Arona was a reputed asshole in Perta.
committing violence and abusive language.
He was always close to alcohol and wealth.
Unusually, he did not touch the woman, apparently because of a warning from his grandfather, Grandel, rather than his own volition.
He knew from an early age that his power came from him, so he never disobeyed his orders.
Perhaps thanks to his appearance, Grandel covered the things he had bought, unless it was an accident.
That’s why it didn’t show up on the surface, but there were quite a few people who were actually hit by it.
“… Are you saying this is enough?”
Allen ended his private meeting with Margol and went to the address she gave her.
“Yes, this is only for people in the city.”
She said she had completed the investigation Allen had said, and led him into the room.
‘… I didn’t prepare for a day or two… .’
Did you fail to kill Grandel in your previous life? That’s why he killed only Whis Arona and ran away.
Without knowing his thoughts, Francisca handed him the materials he had prepared for a long time as if he had just researched it.
“It’s a huge amount for what we prepared in such a short time… , Have you prepared anything in advance?”
“Please. It’s just that you’ve been interested in it since a long time ago, so you kept it?”
She smiled and shook her head.
However, despite her denial, the amount of data accumulated directly contradicted her words.
“Even so, this is too much. Do you have any separate materials?”
The amount of documents piled up to his waist was so great that he could never look at it in a short time.
“Are you familiar with it?”
As if she knew he would say that, she pulled out several files thinner than the one she had just handed over.
“Usually, if you’ve done your research up to this point, all that’s left is to classify.”
Sorting and sorting things out was the basics of paperwork.
She said as she handed the first file.
“There, only those who were seriously injured by Whis Arona are marked.”
“A serious injury, right?”
“At least, a circle-breaking injury.”
“… Enough to break the circle?”
“Yeah, most of them are kids before they stand out.”
She nodded at Allen’s question and handed the next file.
“Yes, here is the list of missing people in the city.”
“What does a missing list have to do with it? It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it.”
“The missing people have one thing in common.”
“What do you have in common?”
The smile on Francisca’s lips grew stronger.
“It is precisely the prospect that they were expected to make a name for before their disappearance.”
Allen’s eyes deepened. She smiled gracefully at Allen’s reaction and pulled out her last file.
“The last one is the information that Confucius is most curious about.”
Allen’s gaze turned to the title of the document she handed over.
“… Those who are believed to have been killed by Grandel himself?”
The file folder was thinner than the one I had received before.
She turned the first page of the document without the slightest change of expression. There were fewer than ten names written on them.
“They are all people who can be called geniuses. They’ve all died since I met Grandel.”
Her eyes turned to the name at the top of the first page.
‘Eric, Leah.’
She did not reveal any emotional gaps in her parents’ names. She just stared at him with her eyes mixed with anticipation and fanaticism.
Allen recalled the rumors he had heard from Margol and organized his thoughts.
‘When the age reaches a singularity, the world perishes.’
It had to be assumed that all the high-ranking people in the tower knew about that rumor.
‘What if Grandel’s actions were related to him?’
The criteria for determining what a singularity is is not known.
However, if Grandel thought that the singularity meant the development of the times caused by one genius.
‘If it hurts talented people who can develop the world for that.’
Allen’s eyes scanned the three files. More and more hypotheses were built.
Children whose circles were broken by Whis Arona’s evil deeds.
Prospects who disappeared at some point.
Geniuses who died after meeting Grandel.
It was a similar situation.
great genius. The circle was completed in one day. She said she sees mana as a particle. magic book. Child. Is the circle broken? trap. death. prospect. and Julius. Julius. Julius.
‘If anything from 13 years ago has anything to do with it.’
Allen’s lips ripped apart.
At Francesca’s call, Allen’s head turned.
She approached him with a bright smile.
“how about it. Was it helpful?”
“… Surely.”
She smiled creepily and whispered.
reason to kill them.
His red-blooded eyes drew a half-moon.