“No, what the hell is in there! ...How much?”
Ryan whispered.
“They’re all gems, so I have to sell them where they’re worth a lot. If I do sell them, I’ll probably...”
I held up four fingers.
“Guess. The unit is gold.”
“400?”
Dudun dudun.
“...4 thousand?”
Dudun dudun.
Ryan whispered.
“They’re all gems, so I have to sell them where they’re worth a lot. If I do sell them, I’ll probably...”
I held up four fingers.
“Guess. The unit is gold.”
“400?”
Dudun dudun.
“...4 thousand?”
Dudun dudun.
“...”
Ryan's mouth opened wide.
I said, closing his jaw as if it were about to fall off.
“Receive and add one more zero.”
"Crazy."
Ryan looked around and scolded me in a low voice.
"Why are you walking around with 40,000 gold coins hanging from your skirt? Do you want to get in trouble? What if someone steals it?"
“Oh, of course not now~ I left it safely in my room at Belzer. It’s okay, since no one but the bear could steal it there~.”
"Ha...."
The annual salary of 20,000 gold was so generous that Kali gave up first place without hesitation and came to Wassenberg.
If you offer twice that much, the money-grubbing Kali will surely bring his mercenaries too.
Of course, money is money, but since we are bringing in the best talent on the continent, I am ready to open my mouth...
“What are you two whispering about?”
“I’ll tell you later, later.”
Ryan stuck out his tongue and waved his hand at the bewildered Revan.
At that time.
“Your meal is here. Sorry. You must have waited a long time. We had to wait a long time because we had to order...”
Amy, a neatly trimmed restaurant worker with a ponytail, brought in a trolley.
“Did you sleep well, little girl?”
"Yes~"
Amy smiled kindly and put the plate down.
I stayed here for four days and became quite close with my twenty-year-old co-worker, Amy.
Amy is kind, gentle, smiley, and...
'She's pretty.'
She wasn't a flashy woman, but she was pretty enough to attract anyone. And the restaurant staff, of all people, were beautiful. I quickly scanned her side with a sly glance.
‘He can’t date...’
Ryan, our hungry lion, is fixated on the food being served.
He doesn't seem to care much. Thank goodness...
“?”
But there was an unexpected ambush.
Revan was staring intently at Amy's face.
‘Love doesn’t work that way either...?’
I tapped the table with my fork.
“Brother? It’s rude to stare at someone’s face like that.”
“Huh? Oh, I’m sorry. I think you look a lot like someone I know...”
Wow. What kind of typical, uninteresting, uninspiring work commentary is this?
Dalgrak, tang!
"Oh!"
Then Amy dropped her plate, spilling half the soup onto the table.
“Oh my god! I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I’ll bring it back.”
“Oh, it’s okay~.”
“I’ve only been working for a month... I’m sorry. I’ll get it back to you right away.”
After Amy bowed her head four times and apologized, she returned to the kitchen. Revan said while roughly wiping up the spilled soup.
“You’re so pretty, young lady~.”
“Brother, please don’t say that because it’s a bad comment...”
“Huh? What comment?”
"You're saying she looks like someone you know? She must have hated it so much that Amy trembled and ran away."
“Huh. Did you see it that way? That wasn’t my intention, was it? She really sounds like someone I know...”
The expression on Revan's face, apologetic, seemed genuine. Ryan asked, tearing open a piece of bread.
“Who do you know? Who is it?”
“Oh, there was a professor who retired when I was at the academy. He’s his daughter.”
Revan's expression darkened as he recalled the past.
“I was close with my adoptive parents, so I often went to that professor’s house. He had a daughter, and I thought if she grew up like that, she’d have exactly that face...”
“Really? If they look that similar, aren’t they the same person?”
"Well, that's not right. A girl who used to live in the islands would come all the way here and work in a restaurant. And their names are different. That girl's name was Amy..."
Revan, who had been muttering, sighed and picked up his fork.
“Let’s eat. I’m feeling depressed just thinking about the old days.”
***
'Rambo' is a charming restaurant that combines accommodation and food service in the port city of Koenig.
Amy, a rookie employee who had been working at the restaurant for a month, was walking diligently with her arms full of groceries.
“Whew. I’m busy, I’m busy!”
Three blocks ahead, a red sign reading "Rambo" appeared. But Amy's steps turned into an alley far ahead.
Walk one more block from there, and there is another inn on the left.
Amy quickly went inside and knocked on the door of the room on the second floor.
“Father, it’s me.”
The door opened. Inside was Gustav Lettman, Amy's father and a former professor of magic engineering at the Imperial Academy.
“Are you here, Luna?”
Amy, no, Luna, put down the paper bag of groceries and spoke hurriedly.
"I can't delay any longer. I think Mr. Revan recognizes my face."
"What?"
Gustav was surprised.
Revan. The adopted son of the Schnells, who were Gustav's fellow professors.
It was as he feared. The problem was Revan, who was acquainted with Gustav and his wife.
"I was surprised that he recognized me even though it had been so long since we'd seen each other. We weren't even that close. It was a good thing I used a pseudonym to get the job."
“I told you, Revan is no ordinary guy. I’ve never seen anyone so smart...”
Gustav sighed as he remembered the Revan of his childhood.
"But that guy seems to have no pride. He knows how his adoptive parents died, and yet he's hanging out with that Wassenberg bloodline."
"He's so good at following him, calling him 'Brother, Brother.' But I understand. His life is at stake, so what can't he do?"
“No matter what, I’m going to stick with that devil who killed so many people...!”
“Father, calm down.”
Luna waved her hand in front of Gustav.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have time to get worked up. I'll bring the child out this morning, so please prepare a carriage nearby and wait."
“...Will that work?”
"Even if it doesn't work out, we have to make it happen. Don't be discouraged. This is for the greater good. Only Father can complete the 'Konrad Project.'"
12 years ago, the Konrad Project, an experiment in transplanting supernatural powers, ended with only the result of a terrible massacre.
Gustav, who retired at a young age, did not participate in the experiment. He was not even on the faculty list, so he was not accused of involvement.
But to him...
There were research materials left behind by fellow professors in anticipation of their own deaths.
So, at this point, he is the only person who knows the method of transplanting supernatural powers and can resume the experiment.
That was Gustav's mission.
To carry on the will of his fellow professors who sacrificed themselves and ultimately succeeded in the experiment to transplant supernatural powers.
Gustav, whose fighting spirit was burning, soon sighed and wiped his face.
“But I still feel bad about kidnapping a child.”
“Oh, Father. Please.”
The material needed for transplant experiments is a person with special abilities. Without someone with special abilities, the experiment can't even be attempted.
But how could powerless ordinary people kidnap someone with superpowers?
He was only able to try it thanks to the previous Duke of Wassenberg, who had helped him out in the past.
"Just make sure not to harm the child. You know our target is Ryan Wassenberg."
The person they could pin their hopes on was... the mastermind behind the Konrad massacre, the demon Ryan Wassenberg.
Because he was excommunicated from his family, he is easy to contact, and he can use him as a test subject without feeling any pangs of conscience.
But Ryan...
A person with a terrifying ability who burned down the entire land at a young age.
But Gustav and Luna, who could not give up, prepared and waited.
Just the day Ryan gets released.
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