episode_0208

The structure of the work building was simple.

The first floor is currently being used as a lounge by Carla and her group.

Since that was where the entrance to the building was located, there was a small lobby that took up about a third of the space, so there was plenty of space for outsiders.

But when you go up, the story is different.

After climbing the stairs and reaching the second floor, there were only hallways and several doors large enough for people to pass through.

A small door for people to enter and exit, and sometimes a large door for large items to enter and exit.

When you step inside, you finally see a large interior space.

Since the original goal of the work building was to use the large space efficiently, the initial space utilization plan was to divide the large space into several small rooms, which was the reason for the existence of multiple doors.

However, when we actually tried to use it, it was used as a large alchemy workshop and a laboratory for magic demonstrations, and even as a chapel where people gathered for worship, so the reason for dividing it into small rooms disappeared.

At least until Carla and her group graduated and the magic laboratory and chapel were removed, it seemed like the work building would continue to remain in its current form.

So, what they were trying to say was that Heloise was wandering around the hallway on the second floor with a distressed expression on her face.

That doesn’t mean she came to this work center without knowing anything.

Eloise had heard of the work building she had to go to being divided into several floors, and of the passengers occupying those spaces first.

‘The third floor is the theological department’s chapel…

A place where a theology student named Yeriel presides over worship…

It was said that the second floor was a workshop for students from the alchemy department and the medical department… …

A place that has nothing to do with you.

Why did the person sending the letter send himself down here?

At least for now, Héloïse had only two guesses.

One is that the person who sent him to the second floor and the officials on the second floor are related.

Or, like now, he might be sent down to the lab and look through research results.

If it was the former, there might be some hope that could spark a counterattack for later.

But if it’s the latter, it’s the worst for her.

While Heloise spends time on the second floor, her works are openly stolen.

‘rather… … If only that were the case… … ‘

As a talented young female professor and researcher at the Department of Magic Design, Eloise had many experiences with the need to dismantle various conspiracies against her.

It turns out that he was a teaching assistant who was trying to steal his research results in exchange for money from a businessman with no ethics, or a professor who was trying to steal his or her research through subtle talk and lobbying.

Although she felt that her love for humanity was being shattered at that time, she wanted to live by trusting and relying on each other as much as possible as a researcher and educator.

Her response was generally very gentle.

How many people have been influenced by their efforts and reawakened their conscience in their hearts as they tried to correct those who had wronged them and confronted them with all their sincerity?

I won’t say who among the assistants it is, but the assistant at the time who committed the crime out of need for money was helping Eloise by devoting herself to research more diligently than ever.

Sometimes, he recalled old memories and gave Eloise an apologetic look.

But this case was different.

There was no time to talk to each other and persuade the other person.

All that came back to her was a letter containing a few short lines.

The letter that threatened her as if human malice had been melted into the letters was the only window of communication connecting Heloise and the criminal.

She was pacing in front of the hallway on the second floor, and was fidgeting in front of a door, biting her nails out of anxiety.

Mentioning the second floor clearly means that this hallway is not the problem, but rather come inside the room.

But does this mean that he knew what was inside and plunged himself into the tiger’s maw?

‘but… It has to stay like this…

Nothing is resolved… ‘

In the end, it was Heloise who closed her eyes tightly and knocked lightly on the second floor door.

But at the very moment when I was about to put my hand on the door again when the cold silence returned.

“Who… … ?”

“Ah… … ”

The door opens and the face of a young girl appears inside.

A girl with cute short curly hair greeted her wearing a gown and safety glasses, as if she was concentrating on the experiment.

“Half… Go…

My name is Héloïse de Fantigny…

I came down from the 4th floor for a moment… ”

“Ah!! It’s the magic lab on the 4th floor!?

I heard you were new!!

Are you an official there?”

“That’s true, but… therefore…

I am a professor in the Department of Magic Design… ”

“Wow!! Were you a professor?

This is Carla von Sterben from Warmhausen!!

What about magical elements that can be linked to alchemy?

Maybe I can get some advice sometime?

therefore!! Not now, but later!!”

“Jo… great… … But maybe…

Is something being done inside… ?”

“Yes!! I was doing a molecular compound reaction experiment.

if… If you don’t mind, would you like to take a look?”

I can’t believe they were concentrating on this experiment even in the middle of the night.

At least, seeing the girl who seemed quite sincere on the outside, some of the tension in Héloïse’s eyes was dissipating.

I still don’t know why I was sent to the second floor, and I also don’t know the hidden intentions of this girl I just met, but at least it might be an opportunity to achieve my goal of going to the second floor.

Behind Eloise, who followed the girl inside, the door to the workshop was slowly closing.

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Four pairs of eyes were hiding in a corner of the ceiling, looking into the workshop like CCTV.

The spider’s legs were shaking as it held on to the ceiling with the sharp tips of its legs.

‘Good good… First of all, we succeeded in getting them to meet each other.’

It showed two women looking at the liquid boiling together in a flask.

Heloise, who was smiling slightly as if she had relaxed, and Carla, who had been bright from the beginning, seemed to be talking to each other, using all kinds of jargon.

“It’s a pollusen melt, right? I know.

I’ve seen it in joint research at the Department of Convergence Magic.

Because the magical power conservation threshold is high, it is used to create magic power-charged magicjins…”

“I heard that it is used that way too.

In alchemical terms, it is a substance with a very stable molecular structure, so it is used as a stabilizing medium in various experiments.

If it contains magic power and is mixed with magic reactive substances, it will show various magic reactions.”

“That’s right, it’s a substance with a high magic coefficient.

It is the optimal medium for stably mixing magic and materials.”

‘Am I stupid, or is it natural that I don’t understand?’

I felt this way when I took a lecture in college.

I almost dozed off due to the conversation being so incomprehensible to a topic that I normally don’t sleep on, but when one of my legs fell from the ceiling and fluttered around, I came to my senses and held on to the ceiling again.

As I endured the storm of sleeping language, the story seemed to come to an end only after a long time.

“Ah… Are there any impurities? ?

Air bubbles appear… … ”

“Alchemy is a more meticulous field than I thought… …

That’s how you know that impurities have entered… Tsk… … ”

Feeling that the time had come, I gently dropped the wad of paper on Héloïse’s head while Carla was paying attention to the flask.

Eloise, who was startled when something fell on her head that wasn’t wearing a witch’s hat, found a piece of paper on the floor and hurriedly picked it up and put it in her pocket.

“Ah… It’s late at night…

I have to leave today.”

The fact that a new piece of paper appears means that there is something else to do.

Heloise, who had learned this through some degree of patterning, was slowly withdrawing with the thought of getting out of this place.

“Ah!! Do you really lose track of time?

It was fun today, Professor Fantigny!!”

“Yes, then… … ”

However, an urgent voice was heard coming from behind Eloise, who quickly turned towards the door as if she was being chased.

“Professor… !! If you don’t mind, next time…

There’s still something I’d like to ask… … ”

“A student in the Department of Alchemy is looking for a professor in the Department of Magic.

It’s unusual, but nice, Miss Carla.

Next time, if time permits, I will stop by.

If necessary, you can come to the lab on the 4th floor.

Well then… bye… … ”

Still, Eloise, who liked students who worked hard regardless of whether they were from private or other high schools, was nodding her head while trying to smile.

Heloise, who had become acquainted with Carla, left the workshop and quietly closed the door.

And it was Eloise who looked back at the closed door with a curious expression.

After confirming that it was safe, she took out the piece of paper she had put in her pocket and looked at it against the magic light that was illuminating the hallway in a dim light appropriate for the night.

『1st floor, women’s bathroom.』

If you think about it, Carla was next to you even when this note fell.

But contrary to what I was worried about, Carla seemed to have no idea about such things.

‘What are you thinking…? … ?’

I don’t know who it is, but it seems like the person sending this letter wants to control me.

If you go to the trouble of making someone move by threatening them, shouldn’t there be a reason for it?

Anxiety lingered in Héloïse’s eyes as she could not find a connection to the instructions given to her.

This time it’s the women’s restroom again.

‘ghost… … ‘

As she was thinking about the ghost in the women’s bathroom in Mado-dong, she was walking tremblingly with one certainty coming in this time.

Of all the instructions given by anyone, this is the only one that even if you hate it to death, your body tells you otherwise.

I hate it, I hate it to the point of death, but nevertheless, it is a pleasure that is gradually engraved in my body and becoming clearer.

Remembering that, Heloise walked half in subtle anticipation and half in primal fear.

The very moment she opened the door to the women’s bathroom and stepped inside, she lost consciousness and fell to the floor of the bathroom, accompanied by a stinging pain in her neck.

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