episode_0124

A dark room with only dim light coming in.

There, three people who had just arrived were talking with serious expressions.

“So? What happened?”

“That..That..That’s why… ”

A man who answers in a crawling voice to questions asked in a sharp voice.

The woman standing behind her responded with a quiet voice, seeming frustrated by this.

“I missed it. I searched the area thoroughly, but it seems like it had already escaped the encirclement.”

“Damn it… I never thought I’d stick my nose into a meal that was already cooked like this…”

“To begin with, it is a being that can break through such a defense alone. It would have been unreasonable to expect it to be caught easily once it escaped.”

“So? So we should give up on that guy? I absolutely cannot accept that. This is something that was barely completed after hundreds of experiments!”

The man who seemed to be the leader spoke sharply to the woman, and she spoke to him in a still calm voice.

“I didn’t say give up. What I want to say is that our power alone is not enough, so let’s contact our higher-ups.”

“Hmm.. Now that I think about it, that might be a way too..”

They are only in the position of conducting experiments.

For them, it might be better to leave the rest up to their superiors, as they could say they had achieved the desired results.

Of course, the best thing would be to present the results of the experiment to the person who commissioned it, but for now, it was something I had no choice but to give up on.

“I can’t. Then I’ll go myself. It would be easy for the sorcerers under his command to find the bastard’s location and capture him.”

The leader nodded in agreement with the woman’s words. She then spoke to him with some concern.

“Even so, please tell him not to let his guard down too much. His fighting ability is not bad, and he is likely to go wild if he gets excited.”

“Okay. Be careful. Damn it… I didn’t know things would turn out like this in the end…”

The leader left the room, complaining like that, and she let out a small sigh as she watched him.

‘Well… even so, if the sorcerers step in, there won’t be a big problem. The test subjects’ abilities are obvious. If by any chance something annoying happens along the way…’

*

The power of sorcery used by sorcerers

This was very different from magic based on magical power.

Unlike magic that uses the magical power contained within the bodies of witches and wizards as an energy source, the power of sorcery is based on contracts with beings called spirits.

Its type and power are determined by the innate abilities of the sorcerer. For this reason, unlike magic, which is developing as a specific academic discipline, sorcery has not been able to make significant academic progress based on such statistics and research because individual differences are so great.

Nonetheless, the utility of witchcraft was clearly great.

Although pure combat power based on spiritism is far inferior to magic, sorcery has its own special uses in various areas, including prophecy, healing, curses, and tracking.

Above all, since there are many people with the talent of a sorcerer among the people of the East, it was easy to see many sorcerers in the empire, especially in this island.

And, one of those sorcerers who are classified as high-ranking.

The sorcerer named Gamul nodded silently as he looked at the instructions he had received from his master.

“So. Find this guy and bring him to me. This is it.”

“That’s right. Someone like you should be able to solve it without much difficulty.”

“Of course. Then let’s leave right away.”

Gamuel bows deeply to the Lord and speaks.

Then his master looked out the window and spoke to him in a quiet voice.

“Make sure there are no mistakes. Also, if you make a fuss for no reason, things might get more complicated, so try to handle it quietly.”

“Okay, then I’ll stop here..”

With those words, Gamul quietly leaves the place.

However, despite his confident demeanor, his master looked out at the scenery outside, where the hot sun was beating down, with a slight sense of impatience.

‘It has to work out. In these chaotic times, if this gets out, it could cause trouble in one way or another. If possible, we have to wrap this up without the other guys finding out about it.’

*

“Are you really okay, Katlena? Why on a day like today? ”

“Yes, I’m fine, so go and have a good time.”

Katlena smiled with regret as she watched Lania and her friends ask with regret and concern.

Today is the day that many students go to see the Imperial Palace, a day they have been looking forward to for a long time.

However, Katlena, who had been looking forward to this the most, suddenly said that she was not feeling well and decided to stay.

“I’ll stay just in case, so you guys have a safe trip. Listen carefully to what Mr. Frigg says.”

“Ah.. yes.

“Okay, teacher.”

Although they have become quite familiar with each other as a teacher and student, Mr. Maeb still feels quite burdened.

Anyway, thinking that if she, the teacher, stayed, nothing bad would happen, Rania left the room to go with the others.

So, about 10 minutes later, the person who had nothing to do with this incident disappeared.

Maev nodded slightly as he looked at Katlena.

“Yes, then..”

With those words, Catlena slowly opens the door.

As expected, there, along with Zeros, was the little girl they had brought along, fast asleep.

“Nothing much seems to be going on?”

“Yes, for now. Freya and Frigg took good care of me.”

“That’s fortunate. Little 86 isn’t scared..”

“… Lisa… ”

“Huh?”

“Melissa… she said… the name this guy gave her…”

A girl who speaks somewhat shyly in response to Maev’s question.

At the sight of the doll looking ashamed, Maeb felt a strong desire to pet the cute creature, but she successfully resisted it for the time being.

Given the circumstances, expressing such desires had to be postponed for now.

“Melissa… At least it’s a better name than calling her 86.”

“This one sounds better to me too.”

After they had briefly summarized the situation, they began to cautiously discuss what to do next.

“I don’t know for sure, but I think they’ll come looking for this kid in some way soon.”

“That would be right.. Considering that there are so many sorcerers in this island, it shouldn’t take that long.”

Maev responded to Katlena’s words with a serious voice.

The overall plan that was discussed in advance.

Katlena and Maev were secretly quite interested in the current situation, as they were in a position to supplement it a little more and also make it workable.

‘It’s really fun to see things going smoothly according to plan. And in that sense, Zeros is really great. I think he’s better than me at drawing up the overall outline right away.’

The incident involving the successor to the Duke of Gongjak in the past, and the skillful handling of tasks shown while working as a student council officer, etc.

Even for Katlena, her insight as if she knew roughly what would happen in the future and her confidence in going ahead with it without hesitation were admirable.

“Okay, then Zeros, do as Princess Maeb said right away. There isn’t much time, so hurry up.”

With those words, Zeros waves to Melissa and then walks out.

The three women who were left in the room remained silent for a moment…

Whoever breaks it first,

It was Princess Maeb who was stroking Melissa’s head next to her like a cat.

“Okay, then, the difficult part starts here.”

“I hope everything goes smoothly without any problems..”

As she said that, Katlena glanced out the window.

A street scene that doesn’t seem like anything special at the moment.

However, since I didn’t know when or how the opponent would come in, I couldn’t let my guard down for even a moment until the work was done.

at that time..

“Hoo..”

“It’s faster than I thought…”

The next moment, Princess Maeb let out a small sigh, and Katlena also frowned slightly.