The alchemy club I visited after a long time was quiet as always.
Still, except for Cars Lyle, the head of the department, I saw a few students, but today I really didn’t see a single one except for him.
No one knew if it was because of the absence of his supervisor, Alice Blesbuck, or if the timing was simply right.
“Oh, it’s you.”
Cass Lyle, who was watching something carefully from her seat, found me and waved goodbye.
And immediately, he bowed his head and began to rattle and continue what he was doing.
“Senior, have you heard anything from the professor?”
“It’s always the same.”
He added with a sigh as he was fiddling with the inside of the strange device with a slender needle.
“Anyway, you’ll be fine wherever you are. From the beginning, there was a quirk… You’ve often traveled and explored on your own, and you’re not weak enough to be subjected to hardships wherever you go, so you’ll be fine.”
“It seems like nothing really happened.”
“Even the academy says it can’t be said because of internal circumstances… .”
Cass Lyle, who was muttering like that, suddenly turned her head and looked at me.
“But why do you think I should know? On the contrary, doesn’t Jihyuk know you better than me? Because he’s your professor.”
“Well, yes, but… .”
I smirked and replied that way.
The reason he thought he knew for sure was because he knew how deep their relationship was.
Alice Blesbuck and Cass Lyle, the relationship between the two was not easily expressed.
For Alice Blesbuck, Cass Lyle was born through her own mistakes and believed that she had taken his life and her entire life.
Therefore, he must make atonement for him for the rest of his life, and he is described as always ready to give up his life if he so desires.
It was no different than Cass Lyle.
As a homunculus, he was originally born in a flask and should have died in less than a year.
Alice Blesbuck risked her life to save her, taught her the meaning and reason to live, and kept her alive by giving her blood so that she could literally go on living.
To him, she was a benefactor who had to repay the favor throughout her life.
… Of course, it was not possible to reveal this relationship to others, so on the surface the two were merely advisors and students.
If Cass Lyle didn’t know what she was doing, no one would have known about her.
“Still, just in case. We haven’t heard anything about it either, so we’re just telling you to live your life as usual… .”
“Yeah, what… You must be very frustrated too. Because this doesn’t happen often.”
He nodded his head slightly.
As I put down the bag I was carrying, I could see a letter lying on the table.
“Urea?”
“uh? Ah, this?”
It was a kind of request from Urea.
In the letter, what it would be like to come to Urea as exchange students and exchange with each other was written.
“He also came to me. I thought it would only be sent to children who were wizards, but I really didn’t know it would be sent to an alchemist like me.”
He glanced over the letter, as if he had no intention of hiding it, and handed it to me.
“If I’m curious, would you like to see it too?”
“No, it’s okay. It probably won’t come to me even if I die, well.”
“You never know, who knows who will awaken your magical talents at the end of the day.”
“I have a really bad head.”
While chatting with him while laughing, I asked him as if he was skeptical.
“So, would you like to go? It must be a good experience.”
He was probably well aware that Alice Blesbuck had previously taught at Urea.
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Originally, this would not have happened, but as Professor Blesbuck’s disappearance has been around for a long time, he might have slipped away to find even the slightest clue about her.
It was a situation I wanted to avoid.
“No way.”
But Cass Lyle shook her head as if to dismiss my concerns.
“If Professor Blesbuck goes there, I will follow him, but I have no intention of going alone. The reason I came to this educational facility in the first place was because he talked to me… .”
As he spoke up to there, he looked at me with a sad expression on his face.
Shortly thereafter, he gibberish and began to make excuses.
“Oh, no. What does that mean… Actually, that’s Alice. So Professor Alice Blesbuck is my teacher. Originally I was going to go to another school, but he asked me how about going to Orge here.”
“Yeah, I kind of expected it.”
He stood up at my words, stopped talking and looked at me.
He looked at me for a moment and then licked his dry lips.
“… Did you rub a lot?”
“Even though I don’t have a clue, I have a little experience with that… It’s been a long time since I’ve been there. I was just guessing that the two of you might not be just a professor and a student.”
He nodded and gave me an awkward smile.
“Hey, you can keep this a secret… ? If the rumors spread that the professor is personally close to the student… .”
“Why am I going to tell other people about this?”
“Yes, thank you. If there are strange rumors about me… .”
He had a look of horror on his face just thinking about it.
Shaking his body, he glanced at the letter in his hand, then folded it roughly as if he was not interested, and threw it aside.
“By the way, it’s been said that we exchanged students by sending letters like this from the beginning, but this time it’s quite rude and aggressive.”
“is that so?”
“Yeah, I guess it all went to the kids at the top of the list or the kids with a special corner? So this time, I was a little bit annoyed at the top. Originally, it was only sent to a few people. You’re telling me I’m going to take all the students out there.”
There was no problem in negotiation, but… Because it’s too aggressive.
While he was muttering like that, he snapped a small finger.
“Okay, but within a few days, the professors from there also come here in exchange form. Originally, I had said that I was planning to expand the exchanges between students.”
“Five… That’s really the first I’ve heard of it.”
“Well, urea is overwhelming when it comes to magic. You won’t lose anything by taking that class.”
So I started having a light conversation with him.
He continued talking with me, carefully organizing what he was doing next.
In the meantime, a fact that came to mind suddenly came to my mind and I decided to ask him, who is no other than an expert in this field.
“Me, senior. May I ask you something?”
“What?”
“You know what Mandragora is, about that.”
Then he looked at me like he was curious.
“I am very interested. Mandragora.”
“Yes. What… Are you attractive? It’s an herb that heals everything.”
“Well, when I say make it, the first thing that comes to mind is the cry of instant death that even the Wyvern will be killed… Whatever it is.”
He coughed a little.
“Mandragora is a legendary medicinal herb that has been discussed a lot in both East and West since ancient times. In fact, there are only a handful of cases that have actually been discovered… There might be some talking about putting it all together. That’s why they have so many different names. Mandrake, Alaune, Mandarake, Circe’s grass… .”
I was listening carefully to his explanation.
A call signal came from the watch that was tied to his wrist.
I heard that the academy only rings when there is something important to the student, but this was the first time it actually sounded.
“Uh, what?”
“It’s a call signal.”
Cass Lyle looked at it as if curiously, and said.
“It is very rare. Come on. Perhaps there is a sign telling you where to come?”
“Okay, then I’ll get up first.”
I got up from my seat and headed straight to the place where I was called.
What the hell did the call come from?
Nothing was expected at all.
The place where I was called to come was not the office of the professor or the lab of the professors, but the visiting room when an outside guest came.
When I opened the door wondering if it was Lee Myung-joon or Lydia, I could see a person I had never expected.
“long time no see.”
As soon as the man with bandages all over his body looked at me, he politely bowed his head.
Wooseok Shin.
He was Lee Ye-eun’s henchman.
“I would like to ask for your understanding of the fact that I visited you without a word and dared to call you, Master.”
“What else is the master?”
This man must have taken care of everything from manipulating the genealogy and post-processing to creating my identity.
When I asked him with the meaning of “What is the reason for calling you that way even though you know everything?” he gently lifted his head and looked at me with serious eyes.
“He is a relative of the head of the family, he is a member of the family, and he is also the younger brother of the head of the family, so it is correct that I call him the master.”
“… … .”
As I continued to stare at him because he didn’t know what to say, he quietly opened his mouth.
“I am very glad that you are in good health. To put it bluntly, the reason I came this time is no different, it is because of the order of the head of the family.”
“Are you Ye-eun? What happened all of a sudden?”
But Shin Woo-seok didn’t say anything.
And he bowed his head as if he was really sorry to me.
“… I’m sorry, Master. The head of the family, please, if the master calls you senior, never say anything and wait until he calls you differently.”
“her.”
He gasped out of absurdity, and he still spoke in a quiet and respectful tone.
“You put an oath on me, saying, ‘If you don’t fully carry out your orders there, don’t even think of coming back alive.’”
“… Sister, what did you send him for?”
Hearing my words, he lowered his head once more and pointed his hand at the iron case placed on the table.
It was a very large iron case.
“The head of the family ordered me to airlift in a hurry. In addition, as it is a sign of sincerity to my family, my younger brother, and my new clan, I earnestly requested that I hope that you can accept it and use it without any hesitation.”
With a click, a click, the lock on the iron case was released at his fingertips.
And what was inside was revealed.
“What… .”
“I am very sorry to give this to the master, but please use it temporarily until the proper one is prepared… .”
Inside were a spear, a sword, a bow, a pair of daggers, and even a protective suit that could be worn underneath.
When I took a sneak peek, I found that they were superior to the daggers of Yado that Jin Ye-seul had given me before.
“… No, all of a sudden, without a word.”
“He said that the academy would definitely use supplies for supply, and the thought of that would break your heart.”
This was when I was about to say that I couldn’t get it because it was a burden.
As he immediately realized what I was trying to say, he opened his mouth one step at a time.
“The lady said, “Please, even if you think about the future, please accept it. He also said that sometimes small differences can have big consequences. He also told me to remind myself of the word “Yubi Muhwan”.”
I shut my mouth at his words.
It was definitely what she said.
An excellent weapon was a law that made a huge difference just by its existence.
And all I had was Nidhogg’s fangs.
Seeing me like that, Shin Woo-seok said quietly.
“… And this is my sad story to be honest, but now you are one of the representatives of our clan. That means you need to have things that you deserve.”
Because the actions of the master will soon become the steps of our clan.
Having said that, he carefully closed the case.
“I will send you to the room where you are tied up.”
“… Please tell me that you will pay off this debt later.”
Upon hearing my words, Shin Woo-seok smiled a little.
“I would like to tell you, but it seems that there is some ambiguity in what you are saying. young master.”
I looked at him as if to say something, and he looked at me.
“After all, it’s all about using something that will be yours later, so why do you say it’s debt?”
“… … ?”
For a moment I wondered what he was talking about.
He quickly bowed his head and greeted me.
“Then let’s go. Please feel free to contact me if you ever need me or if there is anything that bothers you or bothers you. I will clean it up.”
and… .
He paused for a moment and then added.
“I look forward to the day when I will be called Master, not Master.”
With that said, Shin Woo-seok was afraid that I would reject him, so he grabbed the case and immediately disappeared as if running away.
I stood there for a moment and held onto my flaky hair, then quietly promised myself.
If possible, it’s best not to use those weapons either.
However, despite this determination, it was not long before the use of the weapons that she had given her came to be used.
The date of the match with Ahn Do-hoon was set.
It was two days after Professor Grossman said he would adjust the Dalian date.
* * *
Not long after Shin Woo-seok broke up with Yoo Ji-hyuk, a text message arrived on Lee Ye-eun’s cell phone.
She checked the attached file, along with a report from her henchman that she had succeeded.
Yeeun Lee, who looked at it with a hawk-like eye, took out the earphones and carefully connected them.
After a while, she muttered as if she couldn’t help it.
“Sister, there is still a long way to go.”
Still, wondering where this is, she carefully saved the audio file and continued the paused paperwork.