episode_0015

“Are we going to talk like this?”

The guard who had been guiding us disappeared as if he was marching away.

There were only three people left in the room: me, Delua, and the academy’s chairman.

But then suddenly this old man started to notice.

Are you not going to let Deloitte out?

“She’s my escort, so I’ll leave her alone. Don’t worry about it and talk.”

I don’t know what secrets will be shared between this old man and me in the future, but in any case, my personal safety is the most important thing to me.

secret?

Judging from Adrian’s personality, he would not have revealed such an important secret to anyone, even if they were the academy’s chairman.

It didn’t seem like there was any conversation going on here that was important enough to warrant sending Deloitte out.

If there is something really important that needs to be shared in secret, we can call each other later, even if it’s not today.

From my perspective, it would be much easier to understand if I heard it when Adrian’s memories had become a little clearer, rather than listening to it now.

“Escort? Yours?”

The old man glanced over Delua’s body and then turned his mysterious gaze towards me.

“You’ve changed a lot since you left the academy.”

“Is that so?”

“Then, then. Even though it’s an escort, you wouldn’t let that go. Well, what else could you do? You’ve only dealt with students who can’t say anything no matter how much you swing them around, but now that you’re dealing with royalty above you, you have no choice but to change to survive.”

What a foul-mouthed old man, saying that to a person.

‘If I were to deal with royalty, I had no choice but to change…’

For all that, Adrian was a bit too wild.

Because they would conduct such experiments on a princess.

‘So, I guess I’ll be assassinated…’

“She is a trustworthy person. Feel free to talk to her about anything.”

“Really? Well, if that’s what you’re saying, then that’s what it is. Hehe…”

This old man, his smile looks like he’s laughing.

“So, what brings you here?”

“What’s going on? I read the letter.”

“You?”

You sent me to see this, you old man.

“Hehe, I sent it to you out of courtesy, but I didn’t know you would actually read it. I even less knew you would come looking for it.”

What the hell, Adrian.

What kind of life have you lived?

“I have to leave the capital for a while, so I’m going to erase as much of my past traces as possible.”

Well, that’s quite likely given Adrian’s personality.

“Oh, so that’s why you came? But, you’re leaving the capital? You’re the court tutor, right?”

“Well, that’s what happened. You don’t have to know the details.”

He’s still pretending to be calm, but as the story gets deeper, it feels like his true colors are being revealed.

That’s not true, because I don’t know anything about this old man or the Academy.

‘Did you come too soon?’

I guess I’ll have to shorten the conversation time more than I thought.

Before any strange suspicions arise.

“Let’s get to the point. I heard you have my stuff here. I’d like to take it all today. Is that possible?”

“I, all of it? Then, that, that’s right. How can I stop the original owner from taking it?”

“Please give it to me right away.”

“Hehe, that guy is really impatient. Listen to the end of the story. It looks like you came with the escort alone, so you don’t plan on taking everything with you, do you?”

“…?”

“Haha, I’m not just asking for it. I’m willing to pay the full cost.”

What is this old man talking about?

‘Is Adrian’s stuff so much that it would be difficult for two people to carry it?’

It seems like this old man wants something from my stuff and wants me to sell it to him.

It looks like they are quite valuable since they are offering to pay for them rather than just asking for them, but since they don’t even know what they are, they can’t even start negotiating.

Well then, there is only one way.

There is no choice but to make the other person speak for themselves.

“First, let me hear what you want.”

“Really? Then, if I tell you, will you sell it?”

“I’ll listen to it first and then tell you.”

“Ugh…”

The old man, who had been watching me, did not speak, but took a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to me.

“If possible, leave these behind.”

There were many names written on the paper.

‘ah…’

It wasn’t a person’s name.

These were the names of the tools.

‘These are…’

Memories come flooding back.

All magical tools made by Adrian.

“A device for moving between floors using horsepower…”

“Huh? You’re not thinking of taking that big thing away? Why are you like that, man? With your skills, you can easily make a new one for any building that needs it. It would take dozens of men to take that thing away. What kind of trouble is that?”

‘What… you were the one who made the elevator?’

“You may have just made them as a hobby, but my life has changed completely since I started using them. Half! Even just half, please leave them behind. I can’t live without these magical tools you made. This is an old man’s wish. Please. ”

I looked through the list.

‘This kid has no sense of naming things.’

An ice maker that allows you to create ice in the middle of summer without the freezing property.

A dryer that dries wet clothes in an instant

From massagers that are good for blood circulation when worn while sleeping to remote locks that allow you to open and close doors from a distance.

There were many magical tools, including some as grand as elevators, as well as very small ones that made our daily lives much more convenient.

‘If only they had made and sold things like this, they would have become famous and gained enormous wealth and fame…’

Why on earth would he touch something like a bio-enchantment?

Is this some kind of fate or inevitability for someone born with a genius brain?

“Is this the answer?”

“Then? Is there anything else? That’s all I know. If there’s more you’re hiding, I don’t know.”

“You’re keeping it hidden? When you make this and that, there are bound to be many things that you can’t reveal.”

“Really? I don’t know.”

The old man looked suspicious, but I didn’t pursue it further because it was my problem and I didn’t remember it in the first place.

“I’ll sell it. How much do you plan on selling it for?”

Anyway, if I remember something like this, I can just recreate it.

I decided to bet that my memories would all come back soon.

“Pa, you’re selling it? Really? Of course I’ll give you a good price. How about this much?”

The old man, as if he had already finished calculating, immediately offered the purchase price as if he had been waiting for this moment.

“How about it? This is equivalent to the operating expenses of our academy for half a year. It’s a huge amount of money that can buy more than ten luxury mansions in the capital.”

“Really? Then give me exactly three times this amount.”

I still haven’t gotten a feel for the currency values in this world.

So I called exactly three times the amount without even looking at the amount.

If you become a CEO, you’ll naturally be smart and quick at calculating money.

They probably didn’t offer a fair price from the beginning in order to gain an advantage in the negotiations.

Probably, I would have called about half of the amount I had in mind.

“Do you think that makes sense? Three times?”

Sorry, but there is no negotiation.

“If you don’t like it, just quit. I’ll take it all back within a few days.”

“……”

The old man can never beat me in this negotiation.

‘It’s you who’s in a hurry, not me.’

“If you’re not going to buy it, then just stop and give me the letters that say they arrived.”

The negotiations continued for a while in a lull.

As expected, it wasn’t for nothing that he had aged, as the chairman did not make decisions easily in order to avoid suffering even the slightest loss.

While the old man continued to ponder, I checked the letters I had just received.

“This is…”

“Ah, those are letters from the Floyd family. They sent them directly to you, but since there was no reply, they sent them to me instead. Oh, you know that, right? Your family and I have a very deep relationship. But that also puts me in a difficult position. Do you know how awkward it is for me to be caught in the middle because you ignore all my contacts? ”

I read the letter, ignoring the old man’s words.

It was the most recent and seemingly most important letter that had arrived.

To summarize the content,

[Youngest child. Why aren’t you replying? Your father is very angry. No matter what happens, make time to visit your hometown.]

It was called that, and the sender seemed to be Adrian’s older brother.

‘Adrian, you don’t seem to visit your parents’ house often. Isn’t being a court tutor not a bad job? Then there’s no reason to avoid it…’

I decided to read the rest of the letters when I was alone.

There is no need to reveal personal family matters to the chairman or Delua.

“How can it not be half price?”

“Absolutely not.”

“Ugh….”

After about an hour of wrangling, the chairman finally agreed to pay me the amount I had demanded.

It wasn’t such a bad deal from my perspective.

‘Should I have just taken some of them instead of selling them? There were some that looked quite useful…’

* * *

That’s how I left the chairman’s office.

Take the magic tool elevator made by Adrian in the past and arrive at the first floor.

It was time to get out of the building.

“Get behind me!”

It was so sudden.

Kaga River-

A spark flew right in front of my nose.

Loud metal rubbing noise.

Fortunately, the attack aimed at me was completely blocked by Delua’s sword.

“What kind of guy is that!”

Kagang- Kagang-

The flying insects that fly endlessly from an invisible place.

Clearly someone is after me.

“Don’t hide and attack cowardly, show yourself!”

Delua shouted, the veins in her neck standing out.

‘It seems like there are more than one or two enemies?’

This is really dangerous.

This is the middle of the academy.

It is a place where it is difficult to even ask for help from the queen, who is the patroness.

“Delua! Are you okay?”

“Back. Get inside the building now! Hurry up!”

The guy is right.

Once you enter the building, the attacks coming from the square will stop.

Then at least we can buy some time until the Academy security arrives.

With Delua’s escort, I was barely able to enter the building where the chairman’s office was located.

however.

“I knew you would do this. You use a woman as a shield and run away alone.”

“…!?”

“Haaat!”

It really happened in an instant.

The sharp tip of the spear flew straight into my heart.

Amazing speed.

It was a speed that I could never avoid with my quick reflexes.

‘Fuck. Dying like this is such a fucking death!’

That was the moment when the tip of the spear touched right in front of my chest.

-Thump!

A heavy impact.

Extreme pain.

But strangely enough, the tip of the spear didn’t pierce my chest at all.

‘This is…’

A complex magic circle appeared before my eyes.

Before I could even begin to grasp the situation, memories of the past began to replay again.