Genius Magician Who Eats Medicine Episode 573
Remnants of Memory (6)
Area 25 has been designated as a closed area and access has been restricted for decades.
The news that the quarantine measures in District 25, which was hidden by the Kurvas Dam and its existence was unknown, would be lifted, instantly stirred up a stir in the city.
There are even suspicions that the area designated as a green belt is being released as a development site in line with the commercialization of anti-gravity technology.
It was only natural that conspiracy theories and speculations of all kinds would run rampant in the press and media outlets.
[Class Admin Keegan Grimes, a known native of Area 25, has expressed his intention to resign. When the isolation of the closed area was lifted, it was predicted as the most likely candidate for the jurisdiction of the area… … ]
[Many research institutes are willing to actively participate in the city government’s plan to actively introduce aviation technology to District 25 in line with the commercialization of antigravity technology… … ]
[Rumours are circulating that assistant professor Evan Bylon may be invited to be in charge of this redevelopment project… … ]
“Evan, your name is coming up again over there.”
“….”
“Evan?”
“Ah, did you call me?”
At the words of Dean Cyolus, Lennok, who had been dozing off in the lab, raised his head.
A face that is out of focus, as if he was drunk somewhere, as if he was tired.
An expression that went beyond the level of being dazed and seemed half-fazed.
The dean looked at Lennok for a moment without speaking, then tapped him on the shoulder in silence.
“It must have been a lot of heartache. I’m sorry I didn’t pay attention to you.”
“…?”
“I will try my best to postpone the review schedule for the master’s and doctoral thesis, so focus on taking a break as much as possible.”
“Ah yes….”
Was there a thesis that I had to submit as Evan Bylon?
No, I can’t easily forget such an important event that could dictate Evan’s position at the university.
The submission of the combined thesis must have been a flexible schedule that could determine the timing depending on Lennok’s choice. Perhaps the dean’s misunderstanding.
Rather, the problem was the fact that Lennok was so tired that he couldn’t judge immediately after hearing the fact.
Lennok, who was scratching his messy hair with a dazed expression, looked at the object on the workbench and licked his lips.
“After all, there is no income here either….”
An old pocket watch quietly emitting light on a lab bench.
From the outside, it’s just an ordinary belonging, but this is the last legacy that Kaise Bajour left the moment it disappeared.
The magical power of reverse heaven that Kaise naturally possessed.
An artifact that can be used for the purpose of temporarily rewinding the time of a specific object by weaving that power with the concept of time.
Although it is subject to special conditions with a user named Lenok, it goes without saying how valuable an object that can be temporarily touched by time itself is.
In terms of actual value, among the relics of the old world, only the highest-grade nobles would be comparable, and it is difficult to even judge their value with money.
‘I didn’t think I’d be able to get something like this at the end of the operation in the closed area… … .’
This was only possible because Lennok lent his territory to Kaise and received a fragment of that possibility.
Since Lennok possesses the power of Kaisei’s domain, the [Taekyeokwagyeop], within the image of the kaleidoscope, he could also use the clock’s ability, which was materialized in his image, without any problems.
The problem was not with the watch’s capabilities, but with the Artifact’s poor fuel economy.
‘The power completely ran out after only two uses in a closed area.’
Lennok’s own magical energy alone did not recharge the pocket watch.
Isn’t it necessary to satisfy special conditions as much as controlling the retrograde spell that directly interferes with time?
The only thing that immediately comes to mind is how to restore the function of the pocket watch itself by replacing the battery inside the watch.
Thinking so, Lenok stopped by the university as Evan to get an alibi, while trying to charge various batteries from the university supply room, but all failed.
He ripped off the back of the watch and connected the battery to see if it worked, then fell asleep in the lab.
“I think it would be easy to find a problem if we could compare the same product as a pocket watch, but….”
[Because there are no similar items in the deep web and auctions. It might be better to think about an underground auction.] It
would be easy to find a problem if you put another fine pocket watch next to it and compare its functions, but the fact that there is one more like this is an absurd imagination.
I tried to find out the year of manufacture or the company of the watch, but there was nothing written on the back of the watch, probably because it was an item passed from time and space in the past.
Was it greed to try to find out all the power and operation method of the pocket watch in one or two attempts?
Rubbing my sore eyes, I grabbed my coat and stood up.
Perhaps, by now, the research in Aris’ lab where component analysis is in progress should have been roughly finished.
Since it was used decades ago, it is necessary to investigate the source and carefully store it.
Lennok, who manipulated the Magician to assemble Bajour’s watch back to its original state, took it and immediately left the lab.
I haven’t stopped by the bar yet, only briefly communicating with Jenny about this situation.
The blueprint of the unknown room written on the last page of the research log.
I was thinking of going to Jenny to hear information about the machine city, Makina.
* * *
As soon as I entered the bar, the sound of the news came blaringly from the screen over the spacious bar.
[The city government said they would spare no words about the lifting of quarantine measures in District 25… … ]
[It is said that almost all government agencies will cooperate with environmental investigations and safety inspections as it has been open for the first time in decades.] [The
Kurbas Dam dismissed the controversy over the exposure phenomenon and is waiting for the central council’s action… … ]
“Ban!!”
Jenny, who was watching the TV with her chin leaning against the bar table, waved at Lennok.
Several empty wine bottles were already neatly placed in front of her.
Seeing Lennok sitting across from her with a slightly red face, she pounded the table excitedly.
Lennok looked curiously at Jenny’s appearance, then turned his gaze to Jordan, who was sitting next to him.
“This is the first time I’ve seen him drunk.”
“Please understand.”
Jordan said with a smile along with his usual words.
“I’ve been in that state ever since I heard from you and checked some investment information.”
“You mean investment information?”
After thinking that far, Lennok nodded his head thinking about the fact that he had given Jenny the information that the closed area would be lifted from quarantine.
“Doesn’t it seem like things worked out better than expected?”
“It didn’t work out very well…!!”
Jenny whispered with a look of excitement.
She leaned her head forward in order not to hear anyone, and looked around quickly.
“With a really narrow margin, I succeeded in buying the promissory note hanging on the site in District 25 at a low price!”
“oh.”
“Immediately after the city government announced the lifting of quarantine measures in the closed area, my intestines were completely paralyzed. The deep web is not just a mess.”
Jenny said that and drank the liquor from the glass without hesitation.
Apparently, it seems like he emptied several bottles of alcohol in an instant at that speed, so it’s not incomprehensible that he would get drunk.
“Because there are a lot of things I can do just by holding the promissory note this way.”
Jordan replied, passing a glass to Lennok as well.
“IOUs and promissory notes are sometimes stronger proofs than city officials. In the past, many of the land in this city was treated that way… … .”
“….”
Come to think of it, Jordan was also someone who was with Kaise.
It seems that he was well aware of the importance of such notes even in those days when he and Kaise seized power in the shadows and took possession of the city.
Right now, he’s just sitting at a bar making drinks and taking care of injured people from time to time, but at one time he must have been in charge of a lot more than he is now.
But instead of joining Dead Rise after Kaise’s death, he chose to start working as a broker with Jenny.
What was Jordan thinking, staying by her side and helping her work?
Although they had worked together face-to-face for quite some time, it was still the same thing that they were people whose intentions were unknown.
“They have been ineffective for decades, so they are being sold with all sorts of funds. I bought various products without raising suspicion as much as possible, and even wiped out the bonds around the 25th district.”
Jenny sipped her drink and said.
“If we’re lucky, we might be able to eat the central area in District 25.”
“Right.”
“I’ll give you half your share at a rate that’s twice as high as the company’s. Even if there is no money coming in right away, once District 25 is opened hehehehe… … !!”
How much money was going through my head, why did I get so excited?
Lennok and Jordan look at each other and laugh as Jenny bangs on the table and laughs.
“I’m going to pack things in the garage for a minute. It’s not over yet… … .”
After emptying their glasses for a while, Jordan leaves and only Lennok and Jenny are left between the tables in the wide hall.
In a quiet atmosphere, they tilt their glasses at each other without speaking.
Jenny, too, was looking at Lennok rather calmly, as if she had calmed down her drunkenness before she knew it.
“half.”
With a slightly flushed face, Jenny called out to Lennox.
Her face had returned to a serious look.
“Ahead of us…Let’s refrain from directly accepting the work of the Balkan City Government.”
“….”
“I don’t know what happened in the closed area, but it must have been dangerous to bring this much information. no….”
Jenny shook her head, and her eyes shone sharply.
“The fact that the containment measures have been lifted must mean that you have finally solved the problem in that area.”
“You are not wrong.”
“To be honest…i don’t know how you can do that I wonder if it’s possible to solve the problems we thought were impossible by ourselves… … .”
Jenny spoke with difficulty while fiddling with her glass.
“But if you persist in such a risky way, one day the risks will outweigh the benefits.”
“….”
“Do you think I’m saying something unlucky?”
“no.”
Lennok laughed and shook his head.
“A person like that wouldn’t even say such a thing in the first place. I know.”
“….”
Jenny, who was silent for a moment as if speechless, opened her mouth again.
“You are very hurt. yes?”
“okay.”
“You didn’t get enough rest. Still working… … .”
Jennie frowned and shook her head.
“That is strange. I’m a broker who benefits from working with freelancers, but now I’m your business partner. There is reason to care about your health and future.”
Silence passed.
Jenny quietly grabbed the glass with both hands and glared at the liquor inside.
“What the hell happened in the closed area?”
“that….”
Lennok stopped inadvertently trying to come up with a suitable excuse for the remark.
About the Kaise Bajour I met in the closed area.
It was because he thought that Jenny deserved to know the full story of what had happened there.
Jenny, who has lived with the name of Kaise Bajour’s granddaughter, deserves to know how Kaise lived.
Because of that thought, Lennok gave Jenny information about Area 25 in advance and induced her to benefit.
And now, just the two of them were sitting and drinking like this.
“….”
But what would it mean to tell her about Kaise now?
Jenny has not been obsessed with the fact that she is Kaise’s granddaughter, and has been aware of the evil fate of Dead Rise, but has not cared about it.
Even so, isn’t it for Jenny to remind of Kaise’s existence and memories at this point, but for Lennok to get more information?
In the end, there is no right answer. In fact, Lennok already knew that.
There is only one’s own judgment and responsibility for it.
Putting down the glass, Lennok’s mouth opened naturally.
“There was a message left by Kaise Bajour inside the closed area.”
Jenny’s breath seemed to stop for a moment.
“I confirmed this while investigating the area and finding the cause of the anomaly and eliminating it.”
“…okay?”
“In the process, I found out that he conducted several studies independently of the project.”
Lennox replied slowly.
“He guessed his own death and thought of several possibilities. Kaise already from that time… … They knew the project would fail.”
“….”
Is this enough?
However, Lennok believed that this was best as long as he could not specifically bring up the story of research journals and space-time fixation research.
In the research journal, the story about Alkaid is written intact, and there is a possibility that Jenny will be in danger just by knowing its name.
Why does Lennok take care of his business in the closed area and come back and tell Jenny the story?
And why did you try to convey that fact while doing that? Just mentioning Kaise’s name would be enough reason.
Jenny was silent for a long time without saying a word, then brought another bottle of liquor and poured it into her glass.
She said quietly as she tilted her glass of wine.
“I started a broker business under that name, but I don’t have many memories of my grandfather.”
“….”
“I was raised by my mother, and that time wasn’t really that long…My father never saw his face.”
It was said that Kaise’s son died without a long life due to the peculiar punishment of heaven.
Considering that fact, it is not incomprehensible that Jenny does not know her father’s face.
“But I met my grandfather once while he was still alive.”
“You came to see me?”
Kaise, who had obviously been with Lennok, did not know that he had a granddaughter until then.
If so, did Kaise, who realized the existence of his granddaughter after a while from that time, came to visit her?
“You said you were wondering if your son’s face was still there. He asked me to go out with him. After meeting Yakseon like that… … .”
Jenny said that and took out an old box from under the bar table.
Faded notebooks and writing instruments, worn hairpins and gloves…A lot of things that seem to have passed a lot of years.
Jenny said, taking out a small object that had accumulated dust at the end of the floor.
“I left this one and left.”
“….”
Lennok looked at the item Jenny had put down and made no reply.
A worn-out pocket watch covered in dust.
It was because its appearance was almost exactly the same as the artifact Kaise had left to Lennok in the past.
