episode_0150

Three days have passed since I started the research, a week since I started the experiment, and ten days have passed since I received the letter from my nephew.

I quit now… … . Since it was a drug being studied for a different purpose, the research itself was completed quickly, but the experiment is a completely different story from the research, so it is taking longer than I expected.

However, it still didn’t mean that nothing was saved.

The experiments that we have worked so hard to carry out are bearing fruit.

“Now, it will be completed… … .”

After a week of being stuck in the lab and taking a nap while doing classes and experiments, my hands were shaking as I looked at the translucent liquid in the flask placed on the lamp.

Let’s calm down. Calm down. This is the last experiment using all the materials we have, so we can’t make any mistakes. We must succeed this time.

I took a deep breath with my hands together as if praying, and when I felt that my hands had stopped shaking to some extent, I sucked up the compound contained in the beaker with a dropper and placed it on the mouth of the flask.

Knock–

The liquid contained in the dropper fell onto the boiling liquid in the flask, and soon the translucent liquid disappeared.

“Ah.”

Did you fail? I immediately turned off the lamp, put on gloves, picked up the flask, and shook it lightly. I felt a slight but definite weight in my hand.

If it weren’t for the weight in my hand, I would have thought all the contents had disappeared in an instant. I lightly fanned my hand to try to smell it, but the smell of the ingredients used was so strong that I could only smell the ingredients I had prepared.

Thinking that I needed to move, I immediately closed the flask’s lid, opened all the doors and windows of the lab, and started ventilation.

And when I felt that the smell had disappeared to some extent, I immediately closed the door and opened the lid that was blocking the mouth of the flask.

Pong――

When the lid opened with a sound, nothing happened. There was no smell whatsoever.

“Finally… … .”

I put the lid back on the flask, stood up, and took the case containing the lab rat and the wooden stick.

I lightly dipped the wooden stick I had brought into the liquid in the flask, and after seeing that the wooden stick soaked in the liquid and changed color, I slowly took out the wooden stick and placed it near the lab rat’s mouth.

For this purpose, the rat, which had not been given a drop of water for two days and had been fed only potatoes, instinctively noticed that the tip of the wooden stick was holding liquid. He immediately brought the wooden stick to his mouth and started biting on it.

and.

“… … .”

The rat’s pupils opened in just a few seconds after it put the wooden stick in its mouth, and soon it started shaking and fell to the side.

Just as I was about to stab the rat with a wooden stick to see if it had fainted, the rat’s stomach grumbled and it immediately vomited blood through its mouth.

And soon after, the rat stopped moving, and died in less than two minutes with the wooden stick in its mouth.

“Ah… … .”

It wasn’t even a single drop, it was just a wooden stick in my mouth that I had dipped into the liquid for a very brief moment and then removed. With just that amount, one rat died.

done. This experiment completed my research. This is a colorless and odorless poison.

If you’re that stupid, the moment you give this drink back, you’ll drink it without any suspicion. There is no color or smell, so there is no need to worry about the wine being poisoned.

“With this, I can save my sister… … !”

At the laughter that escaped me without my knowledge, I giggled for a while and then touched my forehead.

Have you ever laughed this much in your life? Well, maybe not. That’s how I felt right now.

I felt like the headaches and fatigue caused by not sleeping properly were nothing.

“Ugh――!!”

I clenched my fists and trembled, and looked up at the sky as a bright light seemed to shine before my eyes.

The sun had suddenly risen and was burning brightly, as if to bless me after going through the long darkness.

The sky was clear.

“This is not the time to be like this.”

I mixed the poison I had made into the wine my sister had sent me until it was barely noticeable, then put back the cork I had removed.

Even though it’s barely noticeable, I put in half a cup of tea, so there’s no need to worry about not dying.

I felt a crooked smile appear on my face that I couldn’t show to anyone.

“No… … . I can’t show this ugly side to my sister… … .”

I covered my face with one hand and tried to calm down my boiling emotions.

After taking a deep breath and controlling my emotions, I closed the flask, put it in a corner, and checked the schedule for today’s lecture.

There were no morning lectures today, and all of them were held in the afternoon.

“It might be time to write a letter and get some sleep… … .”

Should I say relieved? As soon as I thought I had climbed a large mountain, I suddenly felt drowsy, perhaps because I was relaxed.

But the work wasn’t completely finished, so I patted my cheek, took ink, pen, and paper and wrote a letter to my sister.

Of course, it was said to be a letter to my sister, but there was a possibility that he would steal my sister’s letter and read it. The content was written in a way that anyone of my sister’s level could easily understand.

“This should be enough.”

The letter is a bit long because I twisted the content, but there won’t be a problem if the letter ends up in that guy’s hands.

After folding the letter neatly, I put the letter I wrote into the envelope I received that day, melted the sealing wax, and sealed the letter with my family ring.

I wrote all the letters and even prepared the poisoned wine. All that’s left now is to send this to my sister’s Rochelle mansion.

“Hu… … . okay. Let’s just get this far.”

I was tired to the point of death, but when I think of my sister who must have suffered to the point of death, I can treat this level of fatigue as nothing.

I blinked several times and tried to shake off sleep, took the letter and wine with me, and went out of the lab.

After leaving the main building, I turned to go straight to the east gate of the academy, where carts frequently come and go. As I walked a little, I slowly blinked at the sight of a familiar red-haired figure approaching me.

“Ah, Professor Priscilla.”

Seeing that he seemed just as tired as I was, I decided to stop for a moment and talk.

Listening to my nephew’s concerns is one of the things a good aunt should do.

“Good morning, Miss Charlotte. Are you on your way to a lecture?”

“Yes, professor… … . It doesn’t look like you had a very good morning.”

I laughed hard at my nephew’s words and shook my head lightly.

“I’ve been busy in various ways since I received my sister’s letter. So I haven’t been able to sleep at all lately, and this is what happened. Miss Charlotte, you look very tired. What happened?”

“Yes? iced coffee… … . No, it’s nothing.”

It’s clearly not a face of nothing, so why are they pretending it’s nothing? Is there really something big going on?

As soon as my thoughts reached that point, the fatigue weighing down my eyelids disappeared in an instant, and I felt something cold running down my spine.

“It’s a face that is nothing. If something goes wrong, I may not be able to solve it all. I will do my best to help within my reach.”

After hearing what I said, my nephew blinked and looked at me, then quickly smiled lightly.

The child who seemed to be having a hard time seemed to feel a little better when he smiled, but as he looked at me with his mouth closed, worried that I had said something strange, my nephew, who was laughing, looked at me and said.

“Thank you very much, but I don’t think it’s the right topic to talk about here, so I’ll tell you later.”

“Ah.”

Only then did I feel the attention of those around me, and slowly nodded.

I was so surprised that I lost sleep for a moment, but my body is still responding a little slowly, perhaps because it is tired.

“Hehe, I think the person who was worried that the professor might think he was giving preferential treatment to the student just by talking to him for a moment feels a little better because he took the initiative to worry.”

“I’m glad to hear that. And, this is not a privilege, it is a natural thing, so there is no problem.”

“Yes?”

“Mental care of students is also part of a professor’s job. So this cannot be considered a preferential treatment.”

At those words, my nephew blinked and looked at me, then smiled faintly.

“Is that so? It’s natural to care… … .”

My nephew trailed off, but then nodded slightly.

“Yes, it was helpful. Well, I’m going to be late for class, so I’ll just go.”

“Okay, then during the afternoon lecture… … .”

My nephew nodded, said hello, and passed by me.

“… … .”

It seems like I haven’t properly listened to my nephew’s concerns yet, but it doesn’t have to be now. Even if it’s not today.

After everything is over, I’ll have plenty of time to listen to your story, so it’ll be okay.

I watched my nephew’s back for a moment, then walked towards the east gate again.