Remnants of Time (2)
Jenny’s Bar.
The scene of the bar with subdued lighting is exactly as Lennok remembered.
Lennok hung out with Jenny and Jordan for the first time in quite a while, tipping his glass.
For a while, I was so busy that I only kept in touch with her instead of visiting her bar.
Jenny also seemed to like Lennok’s suggestion.
“The Black Consumer Project….”
Hearing Mayer and his conversation, Jenny’s expression turns grim and Jordan’s face darkens slightly.
“It seems that the old woman told you strange nonsense. About that, it would be more accurate to ask the moguls who have been stagnant here for a long time.”
Jenny snorted and swept her tangled hair behind her back.
“Even if he were the chairman of the cartel right now, he would be the one who participated in the project.”
“As much as Jenny and I had a strong bond with Kaise, we have partly distanced ourselves from the project.”
said Jordan, sipping his glass.
“As long as the circumstances are clear that Kaise’s death is related to the project, there will be some who will try to check our attempts to access that information.”
Did he avoid collecting information about the Black Consumer Project in order to survive?
It is not incomprehensible.
Jenny, Kaise’s direct blood relative, would have had to give up a lot to survive as a broker in this world.
It was obvious how many people would be wary of Kaise’s lineage, which was said to have had the greatest influence on this floor.
Lennok looked at the glass he was holding and put it down gently.
The brown liquid slithered and spilled slightly out of the glass.
“jenny.”
Overshadowed by the raucous din of the bar, Lennok’s voice was quite muted.
“Do you want to reclaim Kaise’s legacy?”
“….”
Lennok’s words thrown in passing.
Jenny and Jordan shut their mouths at the same time.
They knew very well what Lennok was thinking when he had just said it.
The magician who is sharing a drink with them now is not a person who talks nonsense.
A 7th-level superman who has reached his current position by surviving on this floor where failure leads to death.
He is someone who knows the weight of his words better than anyone else.
What was the meaning of Lennok, who had never shown any interest in Jenny and Kaise’s situation despite hearing about it, now to Jenny?
“…no.”
After thinking for a while, Jenny shook her head.
“I have no interest in my grandfather’s legacy.”
“….”
“I was able to survive until now because I thought and forgot that it was not mine. I don’t need to borrow your help to get it back now.”
Does it mean that it is not necessary if it is done as a favor to herself or in return? Lennok was deeply impressed by Jenny’s determined attitude.
Even in the midst of the four years since the two of them started working together, she was trying to keep the line.
That must be proof that Jennie herself thinks of Lennok as a valuable partner.
She knew very well that since she wanted to be with him for a long time, she had to be more careful and considerate of him.
Did her past, which left Kaise’s arms and wandered for a long time, made Jenny like this?
Lennok wasn’t sure he knew her well enough to ask it yet.
“Right. But I didn’t say this for you, Jenny.”
Instead, it just turned the story in a different direction.
“I did a bit of research because there was talk about PMC Dead Rise, the last of the Triumvirate.”
Lennok turned his gaze to meet Jenny’s.
“The core leadership of Dead Rise. They were the henchmen who split off from under Kaise, right?”
“….”
“Even if it doesn’t matter now, you will come across it someday as you expand your business.”
Although Palgoong Fort, one of the Three Heads, has fallen and organizations continue to fight to occupy the vacancy.
Conversely, it meant that the authority of the Three Heads had not been lost in the slightest.
Cartel, a dinosaur company with thousands of subsidiaries on the border between the shadow and the sun in the Balkans, and Dead Rise, the most hardline and radical armed group.
Isn’t it because the power and scale of the two organizations are strong enough to be counted in one hand even in the shadows of this city?
Right now, Jenny’s company is walking on the sunny side with the cartel on its back, so it may have been pretending not to see it, but the growth of a company that eats up the scavenger’s underground distribution network and inflates its body is not normal.
Before Jenny and Lennok’s business engulfs the entire shadowy distribution network and expands its influence endlessly, the other side will surely intervene.
“that…Looking at Jenny
‘s troubled face, Lennok stood up.
The fabric of the shadow coat swayed heavily and covered her eyes like a veil.
“I’m not saying you have to make a decision right away. I also have business in the North Continent, so I have to leave.”
“It’s the North Continent.”
Jordan, who was quietly sipping his drink, opened his mouth.
He looked up at Lennok and nodded.
“Some of my old friends have recently moved to the North Continent. It seems that something happened there.”
“Because I haven’t heard the details yet….”
At Lennok’s words, Jordan tightened his neck and tore off the thin chain necklace.
A scalpel handle decorated with green emeralds. A blade is an object that is not attached.
“If anyone recognizes the item, maybe we can get some help. take it with you.”
“Would it be all right if I borrowed these things?”
“What item can you not give to the person who saved your life?”
Jordan laughed softly, tapped Lennok on the shoulder, and disappeared behind the bar.
“Please come back healthy.”
“….”
Jenny spoke as Lennok silently held up the necklace and looked at Jordan’s back.
“You know Jordan was a doctor, right?”
“…Roughly.”
“It seems that he has been wandering around the central front since he was young, learning medicine. It was after I turned 40 that I started working with my grandfather.”
Seeing the necklace in her hand, Jenny shrugged.
“You might think that Van will have a connection with you during the Central Front.”
“I think it would be fortunate if we didn’t meet as enemies, but….”
Lennok smiled bitterly, put down his glass, and turned his back.
“Come back before you leave the city. It won’t take long.”
“no. I hope you can make that trip a little longer.”
Leaving behind Jenny, who was waving her hand with slightly drunken eyes, Lennok immediately left the bar.
“Whoa….”
After counting down the night at the bar right after the meeting with Congressman Mayer, it is already dawn.
Although his mind was fine because he chain-smoked while chatting with the two of them, he could already feel his body drooping.
It looks like this even though I took a break without leaving the house for three days immediately after work.
I patted my cheek lightly with both hands and went out into the street.
Much work still remained to be done.
Battle with Treffen. Darby’s growth. A summary of the incentives for loot obtained from quest rewards and achievements.
Looking back on the past and refining oneself was always the driving force that kept Lennok’s own growth steep.
The figure of the wizard in a coat disappeared in an instant through the misty streets.
* * *
“So you’re saying it’s difficult to make additional modifications that focus on increasing power?”
-Are you going to continue what you said?
A laboratory workbench in the home.
Loud Palmer’s voice came pouring from the cell phone thrown in the corner.
-It is possible to increase the firepower of the rechargeable shotgun itself, but then you do not know when the stabilization work will be finished?
“hmm….”
clack clack.
Even in the middle of giving a rough answer, Lennok’s hand was constantly going back and forth between the worktables.
At the same time, blue magical light rises from everywhere, and dazzling flowers bloom and then disappear.
coo!!
Palmer’s voice grew a little louder as the noise grew louder.
-This shotgun is a special order item that is called a masterpiece even in my hometown. The power itself may have limits, but the performance itself, starting with efficiency, is said to be perfect for the purpose. I don’t know how you coaxed Mouser into obtaining this item… … . Damn, it’s really noisy, I’m going to die!!!
“sorry. You can’t apply noise magic to the cell phone network.”
-Then you should quit the damn job and talk on the phone, you cheeky bastard!!
The shouts echoed through the phone, but Lennok continued his work without raising an eyebrow.
After finding out that Lennok was acquainted with Mauser, the head of Machine City, there was no way for Palmer to do anything about it.
Sorry to Palmer, but Lennok didn’t have much time to deal with all these things at the same time.
muttered Darby, who had draped over Lennok’s shoulder like a scarf.
[master…. How long do I have to do this… … ? Huam… … .]
“I’ll ask you a few more times. Please bear with me for a moment.”
After returning to the metropolis, Darby’s sleep increased significantly.
To be precise, should I say that after awakening the spirit realm and increasing the number of tails to three?
Normally, she would force herself to get up and move along with Lennok, but when he got home, Lennok didn’t bother to see her cooing around the toad’s nest.
It was because Lennok knew that Darby’s behavior of sleeping excessively had something to do with her growth.
It is probably the process of her mind accepting and accepting the rapidly increased existence and vessel of spirits.
But still, at this point, there was one thing I needed to wake her up for help with.
[3 seconds until the temporary space occurs…. 3… … 2…One….]
BEAUTIFUL!!
With Darby’s slow words, the pile of carapaces on the workbench splits like a watermelon with clean cut edges.
The dazzling magic light rose up and then disappeared, and piles of split carapaces fell on both sides of the workbench, emitting a heavy impact sound.
Woooo!!
– Aaaaaaaa!! really!!
With Palmer’s annoying shouts in the background, a simple space for cleaning and reorganization is implemented.
Lennok was now concentrating on processing the carapace he had extracted from Apostle Walter’s body.
Until now, there was no way to process this pile of carapaces, which did not even crack with normal shocks, so I threw them roughly with summoning magic and used them as shields, but now it is different.
A faint crack formed on the outside of the shell pile from the battle with the croken.
In the meantime, he is pushing through the cracks in the carapace using the simple space realization technology he stole from the combatants in Gearside.
No matter how hard the armor is, it is impossible to withstand the force of space being pushed out from within.
The directions and roots of the faint cracks are delicately cut, and the interim space is exquisitely pushed in between them to split the carapace in the desired direction and texture.
Although it could not withstand the power of the croken and cracked, it means that it is a material that is hard enough to withstand if it is not that strong.
The end floating in the dark sea outside the world. The body of an apostle endowed with that power.
It is not yet possible to determine just how bizarre power and principles are contained in this bizarre degree of durability… … .
Just keeping a distance like now is enough.
The damage suffered in the aftermath of battle can also be used as a new tool if you think differently.
Lennok had no intention of making fun of this hard object as a tease.
“This isn’t bad enough.”
Looking at the countless results piled up on the workbench, Lennok breathed lightly.
Ten layers of carapace shields that can be added to the shield. Twenty throwing spears. And dozens of shrapnel the size of a bullet.
It would be difficult to carry all of these items around, but it was possible to engrave the seal of summoning on them and use them as weapons for fighting and defense.
There was no doubt that it was a move that could greatly increase Lennok’s endurance compared to now.
-So what are you going to do? Can we just repair the worn out parts?
“Please wait a moment.”
With that said, Lennok went into the process of finally splitting the fragments of the carapace pile.
It is possible to increase the power of a rechargeable shotgun, but it cannot be effective without parts that can withstand the power and recoil.
Shouldn’t Lenok just make the parts and bring them to me?
In the process of making a usable shield, Lennok intended to drastically increase its power by replacing even the parts of his shotgun with shell fragments.
“I’ll finish the preparations in three hours and go there.”
-Do whatever you feel like. I’ll be drinking, so don’t forget to bring some snacks when you come.
As expected, Lennok cut off contact with the blacksmith who was running errands and naturally picked up the remote control.
The process of identifying cracks in the carapace and splitting them according to grain is almost finished. All that remains is the simple task of measuring the size and fitting the angle.
When I turned on the TV to fill the quiet laboratory with at least white noise, the news came out as if I had been waiting.
[Discussions are accelerating at the central council of the city government to cancel the prohibition decree. It is the first time in nearly 20 years that an agenda that has been steadily raised in the House of Representatives has begun to be discussed in the Senate in earnest-] “
….”
At the news he couldn’t let go, Lennok stopped and listened.
[As the voices of citizens concerned about internal security in the city grow, the council will express its official position within a few days-] It is
natural for Balkan citizens to show resistance.
As the fact that the National Guard staged a coup was resolved and buried in top secrecy, most people would not understand why the ban was lifted.
What reasons would the city council try to convince of the current situation?
It would be a lie if you weren’t curious about Lenok, too, but unfortunately it seemed difficult to directly observe the process and results.
Clap!!
After processing the parts necessary for the modification and repair of the shotgun, Lenok immediately packed his things and left the studio.
The rechargeable shotgun, which amplifies power by preheating mana, has been of considerable help to Lennok.
No matter how much his body’s mana and magic level increased, Lennok had no intention of giving up this efficient firearm.
The last moment he was about to pick up Dabi who was dozing off and put him inside the coat.
[Master.]
The little fox raised her head.
Darby said at the same time as the three tails twitched slightly.
[cell phone. I got a message.]
“What?”
Darby, who doesn’t care much about anyone other than Lennok, doesn’t tend to make message notifications easy.
Lennok, who immediately took out his phone, realized the reason and broke into a cold sweat.
“…Something to come has come.”
[The moment has come to pay the price for ignoring me.]
Lennok, who had slightly squeezed Darby’s arrogant muzzle to shut it up, slowly began to prepare.
A very familiar name and message appeared on the phone screen.
[Aris: I have something to say. Can we meet for a moment?]
Genius Magician Who Takes Medicine Episode 334 Aris Richellen, the
Understanding
One, is a shrewd person.
You know how to listen to others while trusting your own senses and talents.
Even after reaching the level as a wizard, he strives to find joy and passion in it.
A person who knows how to see the reality but can regard the inner goodness as a value.
A righteous seeker of magic who knows that there are things that can only be obtained if they are shaken or not broken.
It would be a lie if I said that I didn’t catch the eye of him who regrets that he is not given an environment suitable for his talent, but does not hastily sympathize with him.
I tried to be close to him because he was a good person, and I tried to distance him because he was an excellent person.
I opened my heart to that innate goodness, because I always thought that I might make a mistake someday.
And Aris wasn’t a lax person enough to dismiss Lennok’s trivial mistake as a mere sense of incongruity.
[You’re nervous,]
Darby whispered in her arms.
[I’m nervous Master.]
“…Quiet.”
[Why is that? Aren’t you staggering?]
“I’m just not used to it.”
[Oooh.]
Lennok took Darby out of his arms and lifted it upside down, clutching her tail tightly.
[The spirit is dying~ The spirit is sick~ The Master is bothering me~]
Lennok sighed heavily as he watched the little fox swaying and humming as if singing a yodel song.
“done…. Take good care of the tail guard.”
Darby, who slept all day in the house, was finally able to hide the number of tails after three days.
Now, I wonder what this means, but doubt and certainty are completely different words.
First of all, as Aris suggested making an appointment first, Lennok needed to make preparations in his own way.
[As you can see, the preparations are perfect,]
answered Darby, crouching with her two tails tucked in her front paws.
“….”
[Joke. Joke.]
The fox cub, who had been humming eloquently, felt a familiar magic on the other side of the street, and at the same time, he made his two tails fuzzy and hid inside his coat.
Lennok naturally raised his head and looked at the other person who had arrived at the meeting place first.
The back of Aris looking up at the electronic signboard in the street with her hands behind her back.
Even among the crowd, the golden hair caught Lennok’s eyes clearly enough to be recognized at a glance.
As Aris turned her head, her blue eyes captured Lennok’s image.
I check Aris walking this way and quickly check her whereabouts. Lennok cleared his throat and spoke first.
“Long time no see.”
“is that so?”
“…It’s been over a week since I haven’t seen you in the lab.”
As she smiled and asked back, Lennok quickly changed the topic.
“Rather than that, I didn’t know that you would hold a place like this as a meeting place. I thought you would hate crowded places.”
It’s not a lie. Actually, the downtown area where the two of them were standing now was somewhat different from what Lennok had in mind the moment he got the call from Aris.
If Aris really just wanted answers, if she wanted to solve all the questions she had accumulated, she would have chosen a quieter place than this.
Aris nodded softly at Lennok’s words.
“Come to think of it, we’ve only met in libraries or research labs, right?”
“It is, but….”
“I called because I thought it would be good to refresh my mind as my research on spirit magic is slowly hitting a wall.”
“You mean ventilation?”
“yes. When I was living in the Mage Tower, Master often gave me this kind of experience. To experience and recognize worldly culture is also a skill of a wizard. Now I give Lennok that experience.”
Aris smiled slightly embarrassed as she said that.
“Among that, there are some things I want to say.”
“….”
Looking at Aris, who started walking ahead without waiting for an answer, Lennok let out a small sigh.
It’s an unfamiliar experience. I don’t have many memories of investing money or time to experience the amenities of this city.
But even that, if Aris wants it, she has to do it together.
Lennok followed Aris, who was walking briskly, as if slightly excited.
* * *
As if it was not a lie when he said he would give him a worldly experience, Aris began to walk around the downtown area with Lennok as if he had made up his mind.
“How do you like Lennok’s Introduction to Magic?”
“It’s a bad level. It is difficult for an introductory book, but shallow for a major book-”
“This is a book written by our magic tower elder.”
“I was surprised that it was not so deep and profound. A glimpse of the boldness of writing a theory that has not yet been verified in the introduction… … Whoa. Please stop teasing me.”
“Whoops…!”
Check out some books at the bookstore.
“The movie I just saw. The ending was so moving.”
“Is that so?”
“Unbeknownst to me, tears came out a little. How was Lennok?”
“It was a bit awkward that the male side couldn’t understand the female lead’s heart. It was amazing how he could be so careless.”
“….”
“professor? It seems that your steps suddenly became faster… … .”
I went out after watching the movie and talked about my impressions in vain.
“They said the cakes here are so delicious.”
“It’s not far from the library. Haven’t you been alone?”
“It’s a bit too much for him to eat alone….”
“….”
“…why.”
“it’s nothing.”
Looking down on the street view from the high-rise cafeteria.
Through the smoke of the thick mug of coffee, I look at the face of Aris, who is sitting across from me.
And I realized something I had known for a long time.
A smile came to her face. A smile similar to that was reflected on his face like a mirror before he knew it.
“….”
I never thought I would be able to experience a moment like this after waking up in this world.
Stopping my endless run and looking back, this time is not so bad.
The smile on Aris’ face seemed to be telling Lennok that.
“Thank you for coming to the troublesome call today.”
“no.”
and the end of the day. Library rooftop overlooking the night view of the Balkans.
Even in this city filled with all sorts of chaos and desires, the night view past midnight feels fleetingly beautiful.
Seeing Aris’ back as she looked down at the street lights at night with her hand on the roof railing, Lennok realized his heart was shaking.
Golden hair that shone softly even in the dark night sky. Blue eyes as deep as the sea.
Because I thought that this opportunity might not come again at this moment when I could fully capture it with my own two eyes.
do you know no i will be waiting
I tried hard not to convince her, but despite this, Aris followed the traces and mistakes that only she could have known about and reached this point.
Even though I had already reached the correct answer, I was putting off the moment of checking the answer sheet.
Only to hear the answer directly from Lennok’s mouth.
“….”
He pursed his lips.
I was still hesitating even though the moment that I had been thinking about hundreds of times was right in front of my eyes.
What should I say?
What words should I say first to convey Lennok’s thoughts?
Words are not perfect, they are twisted, distorted, and misunderstood.
However, Lennok knew that the truth that could not be conveyed even without speaking was an illusion.
that’s why i have to say
Because the person who deserved to hear that answer was always waiting for his words.
Even if I couldn’t tell you everything right away, I had to convince you.
If it was enough to let them know that Aris’ doubts and waiting were not in vain. Wouldn’t it be okay if it was just that much?
As soon as he accepted that fact into a corner of his heart, his mouth naturally opened.
“Aris.”
said Lennok in a low voice.
“I am….”
“There was something I was going to say before I came here today.”
Aris interrupted Lennok.
she turned her head.
“There were things I wanted to hear.”
“….”
“But I changed my mind.”
A faint smile on her face.
The smile that Lennok had seen many times every time he met her.
But Lennok no longer knew what Aris was thinking.
Aris turned her back and slowly walked towards Lennok and slipped past him.
Two people standing with their backs to each other. Aris quietly leaned her head on Lennok’s back and closed her eyes.
“Go back to that magic tower.”
“….”
“I will postpone all lectures and research scheduled for next semester and hand them over to other professors.”
“Is it because of the elders of the Mage Tower?”
“no. I decided.”
Her voice didn’t waver.
Aris asked.
“Did something happen?”
“….”
“Me too. I can’t make a living doing only what I want to do… … So I wanted to check before going.”
“check…You mean?”
“yes.”
she answered.
“The belief that there are things that do not change. Hope it doesn’t… … . Do those feelings still exist in me?”
“….”
“Actually, I already knew the answer, but still….”
Aris, who was speechless, slowly distanced herself from Lennok.
“I will come back after winter. Will you wait until then?”
Aris smiled without saying anything more.
Lennok, who had been staring at her blankly, nodded slowly.
“All right. When you come back after winter… … . I guess I have something to tell you then.”
Aris laughed.
“I’ll wait.”
“….”
Both Aris and Lennok knew.
There was definitely a moment when we could give and receive each other’s answers, and now it has passed.
Also, it was Aris, not Lennok, who delayed the long-awaited answer.
* * *
Aris looks down at Lennok’s back as he disappears through the streets at night.
Unlike before, her expression was calm.
This is the end of a moment’s pleasure. As if he was aware of what he had to do from now on.
Beep!
The cell phone’s ringing ring as promised. Naturally, I take out my phone and hold it to my ear.
A gentle, mature woman’s voice rang out.
– Aris. It’s been a long time since I heard your voice.
“Master.”
-Payment is all over. I sent the ticket to your address, so it shouldn’t take long.
“…thank you.”
-It’s strange to ask this now, but what’s the reason you’re returning to the Mage Tower?
The woman asked in a slightly puzzled voice.
-The old people at the top don’t care much about your situation and say they like it, but I’m different.
“…”
-I respect your judgment that you want to nurture younger students in a different direction than the mage tower. You are no longer a child, but a constellation mage who has formed a family. Or are you struggling with that part?
“That’s not it. but…There are issues that need to be addressed more urgently than that right now.”
Aris answered.
“I want to borrow the power of the Magic Tower to research ancient books in the academic world. In order to do that, you have to please the elders to some extent.”
-A request from you, who was reluctant to even enter the circle of order… … . can i hear the reason?
“that….”
Before answering the woman’s question, Aris stared into the darkness of the street where Lennok had disappeared.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to hear the truth.
Aris, too, has imagined this moment through hundreds of worries.
But the words he left at that time are stuck in a corner of my head and won’t leave.
hour. Did you say it was time left?
“….”
Aris Richellen is a shrewd person.
Enough to grasp the fragments of truth by tracing the slightest trace that others can never notice.
Any words that can be easily overlooked, she remembers and ruminates.
In a world full of mysteries and miracles, not many things were impossible, and
the Lennok she knew was not a man to say a single word.
If Lennok had a good reason for the ambiguous attitude he had shown her so far.
If there are circumstances that cannot be revealed even to Aris.
There was only one answer.
With an intuition close to certainty, Aris replied slowly.
“life span…Or, I need data on incurable diseases. About taboos that cannot be touched even with the power of the Aspect Wizard… … a solution.”
Genius Wizard Who Eats Medicine Chapter 335
