096 – Sisters are best friends! #5

096 – Sisters are the closest friends! #5

laboratory.

The Bondi Research Institute was a place where a solemn working environment and research environment had to be maintained.

However, the laboratory in Frisia was open to people every weekend, and thanks to that, they were somewhat accustomed to being crowded with people.

“Look at this! It’s the latest protective clothing!”

“cool!”

There were especially many children today.

It was because Graham Academy’s first graders were on a picnic.

Since all the researchers were kind people, they explained things to the children.

“This becomes a lightsaber when you press the button like this. Its cutting power is about that of an ordinary iron sword, but it can be used instead of a lantern in a dark cave.”

“wow! cool!”

lightsaber.

When the children flocked to that sparkling majesty.

Naru, Cecily, Elizabeth, and Tywin were looking around the laboratory.

“weird. Morumoru is definitely underground… .”

Morumoru escaped from the syringe.

Morumoru’s friend and familiar, Naru, felt that Morumoru was somewhere underground in the laboratory.

However, no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find a way down from the research facility to the basement.

There are no stairs and no lift.

Maybe it’s because the research center is so large that I couldn’t find the way down.

As she was thinking about that, Cecily spoke to a female researcher passing by.

“excuse me.”

“yes? What is it?”

“Is there any way down underground?”

“underground?”

The researcher crossed his arms and was lost in thought for a moment.

Then he shook his head with a serious expression.

“There is nothing underground in this lab. The ground on this land was weak, so we couldn’t build an underground facility. Of course, there are rumors that you can sometimes hear something underground. Oh, are you guys asking after hearing a ghost story?”

“A ghost story?”

Cecily frowned.

Ghost story.

laboratory.

It was because it reminded me of events that had happened a while ago.

The female researcher with impressive scarlet curly hair looked around as if everything went well. Then, he spoke to the children as if he were disclosing a taboo that should not be said.

“There is a terrifying ghost story in this laboratory. Like a researcher who couldn’t get off work dozed off and woke up and all the meters changed to yards. Like converting kilograms to pounds. Or that someone is copying their own talk… !”

A strange ghost story, Cecily thought to herself.

The researcher, who was chattering as if he was excited about scaring children, also shouted from a distance, “Naples. It’s almost lunch time, so I have to go to work!”

“Naruya, it seems there is no basement?”

Elizabeth tilted her head.

Naru’s friend, Morumoru, said that the facility was underground, but the researchers said there was no underground facility in the laboratory.

“Naru is Molu.”

Naruto also did not know what had happened.

Then the only thing left to do is wait for Morumoru to take care of himself and return to Naru.

Morumoru had no sign of returning to Naru, probably because he hated syringes.

At this rate, my free time would end, and then I might have to take the anvil off and go home.

Then, it would take a few days for Morumoru to return to Naru’s 「Miscellaneous Mansion」, and during that time, it was clear that there would be no friends to help Naru with his math homework!

Therefore, Naru had to find Morumoru in his free time today.

“Hey, what do I do? Morumoru.”

If there is no Morumoru, Naru’s math grades will go down… !

While thinking about that, when Naru was very worried, Elizabeth was moved by seeing Naru, who seemed to be struggling by herself.

‘Naru is very worried about Morumoru! I packed Tywin’s lunch and shared side dishes with me, who only brought sandwiches. Naru is also nice!’

In Elizabeth’s opinion, Naru was an absolute angel.

How can I help such a naru?

“Cecily, don’t you have any tricks? An aristocrat-friendly solution.”

At Elizabeth’s question, Cecily fell into deep thought.

underground that does not exist.

The presence of Morumoru felt underground.

According to Cecily’s experience, it was better not to approach things like this.

Because you can see something scary!

But Naru was both a friend and a sister.

How to get through a sister’s crisis together.

He remembered what Cecily’s mother had said.

‘I can’t believe that hunter is still Cecily’s mother… .’

Everyone who is immersed in worries in many ways.

After that, Tywin sighed.

“If you stay like this, your free time will be over. can’t do it It’s a return gift from Professor Brigitte. If you have a piece of anvil hair, give it to me.”

“Is there?”

Naru tilted her head.

Then, I started rummaging through the bag, and I found a hair from Morumoru among the snack bags and crumbs that Morumoru had eaten.

“Why is this?”

“I will make a compass.”

“Compass?”

Naru tilted her head.

Seeing this, Tywin said slightly condescendingly.

“Naru Baryu. And Cecily and Elizabeth. If you’re going to raise a familiar, learn to make a compass to find a familiar. If you lose it or leave it alone, you will be lonely. Then focus.”

Mumble-.

Tywin grabbed the tip of Morumoru’s hair and recited an incantation.

Tywin Cladeko is gradually falling into the inner world.

Tywin had some skills in making magic tools.

I haven’t been able to do anything lately though.

Now that I think about it, when Tywin was just about three or four years old, his mother, El Cladeco, also had memories of making Tywin make things.

-You make it well. Then, what about the deepening process?

-Failure? After all, isn’t it like your older sister who opened a portal at the age of four?

– Another failure.

“… … .”

Perhaps because I focused on my inner magic, various memories came rushing up like bubbling bubbles.

Of course, Tywin said while ignoring those droplets of memories.

“Compass!”

1 circle. The magic of one-word sentences.

When I shouted it out, Morumoru’s hair finally radiated light.

Seeing this, Elizabeth was greatly impressed.

“Tywin, you’re a freshman, but it seems that being able to use magic was real. Does this have to be enough to be called a genius at Graham Academy?”

Elizabeth had considered Tywin as her rival, but today she genuinely admired him.

Of course, Tywin took a deep breath and explained as if nothing had happened.

“Things that are the same have a tendency to merge into one. The anvil’s hair and the anvil’s have the same properties, so they attract each other. You can use it to find Morumoru’s main body.”

“Ow, shack… ! I don’t know what you mean, but let’s go!”

Salangsalang-.

The direction in which the anvil’s hair tip vibrates.

The children walked slowly toward it.

* * *

“Ah, follow-.”

Brigitte’s lab.

Watching the dripping blood, Brigitte brought her thumb to her lips.

“Sewing, it’s been a while since I’ve been doing it, so it’s not going well.”

Brigitte was sewing her friend ‘Aru’ again.

Then I got stabbed with a needle and it hurt more than I thought.

“It’s a body that can’t die anyway. Because you feel the pain.”

Although her body became immortal due to the curse of exhaustion, there were many inconveniences in many ways.

It was the same as normal people except for not dying.

“Still, it’s good that wounds heal quickly.”

Before I knew it, the hole in my thumb had healed.

The blood also stopped.

External wounds heal so easily.

However, the wounds inside did not heal easily.

Aru, a teddy bear that has been torn here and there.

Looking at it, Brigitte felt very sad.

Because it reminded me of the old days.

A large, terrifying mansion.

Brigitte feared her family more than ghosts and demons.

However, even in that large, prison-like mansion, there were some good memories.

It was like that when I met Aru.

“—I will steal you. From this useless large prison— Ugh, just do this!”

It was Brigitte who made a fuss while imitating a man’s voice.

Thanks to that, the needle pricked my finger again.

“Ah, follow me! eww.”

You shouldn’t play with the needle while holding it.

While thinking about that, Brigitte fixed Aru perfectly before she knew it.

It was speckled here and there because of the padded fabric, but it was much better than the scruffy look it had before.

“Guy Judas, you’re trying to look out of place for no reason. Aruya, don’t you think so too?”

Brigitte asked the teddy bear.

Of course, the teddy bear didn’t answer.

“… … .”

that moment of silence.

Brigitte felt the presence of the orb in her pocket.

It was “the core of the homunculus.”

It might be possible to use this to make Aru move again.

“perhaps… , It might be possible to break my curse of immortality. Maybe we can go further and solve the problem that Judas is suffering from… .”

Of course, it was an impossible study by Brigitte alone.

However, this Graham Academy was the best research institute on the continent of Pangea.

And there are geniuses called ‘the best in the world’.

“… … .”

Brigitte was troubled in many ways.

Then, as if he had finally made up his mind, he moved his hand.

Brigitte’s hand is a crystal terminal.

It was the latest magical engineering invention that allowed you to talk to someone far away.

Brigitte was also a gift received a while ago.

Shuk-.

As I operated it, I heard a familiar voice.

-Professor Brigitte, what happened?

“El Cladeco. Let’s talk.”

El Cladeco.

A woman who holds the answer to many things.

When the silence continued over the terminal for about 5 seconds, an answer was soon heard.

– I like it. meet and talk

Brigitte immediately moved on.

Entering the dean’s office at El Cladeco, the gray-haired woman who had been waiting for Brigitte to come was drinking fragrant herbal tea.

“It’s herbal tea. It will stabilize Professor Brigitte’s curse a little.”

“Thank you. But I’m not here for tea. El Cladeco. You said you could help me, right? I said I could help you too.”

El’s hand, which was pouring tea, stopped.

She looked at Brigitte, but the eyes behind the glasses were quite warm.

“Professor Brigitte is impatient. It means you are a passionate person. Professor Brigitte reminds me of my sister. He was a very affectionate and nosy kid.”

younger sister?

Brigitte heard for the first time that El had a sister.

After all, El Cladeco was famous for being from a ‘facility’ that raised orphans.

From an abandoned child to a magician endowed with color—.

Indeed, El was a self-made man and an icon of human victory.

Perhaps reading Brigitte’s thoughts, L was the first to get lucky.

“He is a younger brother who is not related by blood. I’m from a facility. But that child was undoubtedly my family. Professor Brigitte would understand, right?”

Brigitte thought of Aru.

Although they were not related by blood and were not even human, Aru belonged to Brigitte’s family.

It seems that El also had such a precious person.

And that the family resembles Brigitte.

“So what happened to your brother?”

“He passed away two years ago. in an unfortunate accident. It’s sad. Losing my one and only family. I was so sad that I couldn’t even eat for a few days.”

the sorrow of losing a family member.

Brigitte recalled her experience with Aru not long ago.

Then I got puzzled.

Only one family——.

Doesn’t El have a daughter named Tywin?

“Isn’t there a Tywin in the rest of the family?”

Brigitte asked directly.

Soon, El said, “That’s right. Tywin is also my precious daughter. When I said that, I meant sisters.” She smiled.

As Brigitte was making a subtle expression, L added a few words.

“It will be time for Tywin to leave school soon. I’ve been so busy these days that I couldn’t take care of it. I’m always sorry that I’m a child who grows up well despite having an ugly mother… .”

“… … .”

Brigitte thought of the morning as she listened to El’s talk.

This morning, Brigitte packed lunches for Naru and even packed lunches for Tywin.

Because today was a picnic day.

In other words, Tywin’s dismissal time was still far off.

And that meant El didn’t even know that Tywin went on a picnic today.

‘… It’s not something I would say, but there are plenty of cases where wizards neglect their children and throw them away.’

Awarded in many ways.

Woo woo woo-.

At that time, El’s terminal vibrated.

El said, “Excuse me,” and then distanced herself from Brigitte.

It looked like she was trying to talk to someone, but the call and voice were low enough that Brigitte couldn’t hear her.

Of course, Brigitte eavesdropped on this and that while living in the Walpurgis mansion, and she had a pretty good relationship with Judas, the worst thief.

I knew how to secretly eavesdrop on conversations.

“… The children go to the basement of the laboratory… .”

“… I will go… Still… please.”

children?

underground?

I heard several keywords.

L immediately hung up the phone.

She said.

“It seems that there is a problem with the delivery of this meal.”

cafeteria. Delivery.

It was a clumsily overheard story, but it was never such a conversation.

“El Dean. He’s called a genius, but he seems clumsy at lying. Who do you think I usually live with? Such a clumsy lie doesn’t work.”

“Five… .”

“As far as I know, there is no basement in the laboratory. underground that does not exist. There’s even a secret lab. If you do anything to the children, I will not stand still.”

Brigitte spread her palms.

It’s ready to fire magic at any time.

El Cladeco was well aware that he was no match for Brigitte the Black in the savage act of ‘combat’.

Would a clumsy lie be poisonous?

“Yeah, you look like my sister. Except for not dying.”