Genius Wizard Takes Medicine - Chapter 257



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Remnants of Fanaticism (3)

Lennok immediately told me that two people from the necromantics department had been expelled for performing a Guido cult ritual, and that he had discovered that one of them was acquainted with Priscilla.

After hearing the whole story, Priscilla put on a complicated expression.

“Penia… … .”

“Our lab is looking for traces of the Guido Church for some reason. I would like you to tell me what you know about a student named Fenia.”

“… … We were roommates when we were temporarily assigned a dormitory after admission to Rabatenon was confirmed.”

Priscilla said with a thoughtful look on her face.

“I heard that he was from Machine City Makina, but his life was clean and his personality was not angular, so we got close.”

“okay.”

“But Fenia must have been a member of the Machine Church, not Guido… … . I have no idea why Guido is being talked about.”

“… … .”

Lennok was also lost in thought at the slightly different story than expected.

Mechanic Cult.

Unlike Guido, who worships the monster of the open sea as a god, they are an android-type religious group that prioritizes machine reason and logic over humanity.

As you can guess from its name, it is strong in the machine city of Makina, and even though it cannot be compared to Guido, it is quite radical.

“It’s quite often that necromancers depend on a particular faith.”

Mila intervened from the side with a plaintive expression.

“They said it was because the beings summoned to use the spell felt so great. Doesn’t that sound like a rare thing?”

“The problem is that it is far outside the realm of guidos, machines, and ordinary beliefs.”

Guido, who worships the monster of the open sea as a god, and the Machine Church, who worships the logic and rationality of machines.

“There is no way that the university administration would have expelled the two of them based solely on suspicious circumstances, so there is a very high probability that they were caught trying to do something.”

said Lennok.

“Even if the object of worship is two members of different cults who come together to commit an act, it is highly likely that it will not be an ordinary incident.”

“… … I haven’t been able to contact Penny for almost two months.”

Priscilla said with a slightly distressed face.

“I thought he would be absorbed in his undergraduate assignments and studying for exams, but I didn’t expect this to happen… … .”

In the end, Priscilla also doesn’t know why Fenia did such a thing.

Lennox nodded lightly and opened his mouth again.

“Priscilla. Do you know where Penia lives?”

At least we have to find out where her residence is.

* * *

District 37.

A shabby apartment complex located near an industrial complex.

An area that lacks the average security of a megalopolis, but doesn’t have serious violent crime either.

Considering that Fenia lived alone here, it seems that her life was not as difficult as it was.

Priscilla followed Lennok and looked around with a dark expression.

“It must have been around here… … . The road is so complicated that I can’t remember the specifics.”

It’s not easy to properly remember a street you’ve only been to once eight months ago.

Even here, the streets were as complicated as they were cramped, so it seemed easy to get lost.

“Do you remember what floor it was on?”

Priscilla was lost in thought at the words of Mila, who secretly followed Priscilla, saying that she was free because it was a holiday.

“I don’t think it was that high. About 3rd floor… … ?”

Lennok and Milla looked at each other in silence.

Isn’t the height of the floor very vague even to specify a place?

In the end, you have no choice but to find out by yourself.

“ha… … .”

Pajijiji!!

Lennox sighed and silently took Darby out of his arms.

“Dabi!!”

Priscilla’s face lit up at the sight of the wiggling fox, and Mila tilted her head.

“What is this little animal?”

“Assistant Professor Evan is a very good elementalist. Darby is a spirit summoned by assistant professor.”

Priscilla hugged Darby who turned her head slightly and said with a slight smile.

“How popular they are in our department.”

“okay? Why do I think I’ve seen it somewhere… … .”

Mila frowned slightly in thought, and Lennok turned his head slightly.

When I was in class, I thought I had never taken Dabi out in the form of a fox cub, but looking at her reaction, there was a corner where I could guess.

‘That’s when we first met.’

The magic Lennok used when he discovered her presence hiding in the undeveloped district using a druid’s amulet.

The encirclement of the three foxes running and drawing a huge net of lightning was still not forgotten in Mila’s mind.

Although Lennok’s magic had changed a lot since then, it was unavoidable that the image was associated with Darby as the spirit whose motif was taken from that shape.

‘I can’t not take out the Dabi as much as I’m disguised as a spiritist… … .’

There was no reason to stop Mila from following, so it was preferable to cut off Mila’s memories in an appropriate way.

[…] … .]

He was wagging his tail while looking at the faces of Mila and Priscilla again.

“Dabi.”

Pajijiji!!

Darby, who emitted electricity from her body in time with the words, released a huge wave of magic power from Lennok’s arms.

Whoa!!

The energy of magic search was so intense that even Mila, who was standing crookedly, flinched.

In reality, it was Lennok’s power, but since he was disguised as an elementalist, this amount of sincerity was essential.

In an instant, Lennok awoke in the sensory sphere that covered the nearby area for several kilometers.

After awakening to magic, Magical Sensing was used only for detecting presence and searching for danger.

However, Lennok did not simply increase the range of the sensory sphere while raising the level, but focused on what he could accomplish within that range.

The important thing is not how many things you put in your eyes, but how accurately you put them in your eyes.

Ignoring the enormous amount of information pouring into his head and choosing what he wanted cleanly was a matter of survival, not preference, for Lennok.

In a corner of this vast apartment complex, he passes by rotting corpses, bloodstains, stolen items and various living spaces, chasing only the reverberation of magical power.

Filter out the miscellaneous mana mixed in artifacts and items, and find and confirm traces of liveliness.

Dabi opened her mouth.

[As a result of detection, there are seven magic users living in this apartment complex.]

“oh… … Do you know how to do that?”

Mila gave a small admiration, but Darby neatly ignored it and continued.

[Three life reactions among them are staying on the 10th floor or higher, and two are underground. The remaining two live on the 4th and 7th floors, respectively, and are all currently out.]

“… … .”

Both sisters shut their mouths at the ability to search beyond their imagination.

Of course, both Milla and Priscilla were capable of detecting high-level magic power, but they did not have the ability to accurately distinguish only magic users within such a wide range, even the traces of those who were away.

Mila muttered with an embarrassed expression.

“He was a very sensitive friend. I will have to be more careful in the future.”

“First of all, it would be nice to find a place on the 4th and 7th floor elevations.”

“I heard that there are two people in the basement. What is that?”

Darby answered Priscilla’s words.

[Detected under a cement floor in a newly completed complex near here. It seems that the life reaction will be cut off sooner or later.]

“… … .”

Darby probably had no emotions, but the content of the remark was terrifying.

“… … I don’t want to get entangled.”

Mila muttered with an awkward laugh.

If a living human being was buried under cement, it’s a shadowy side. It’s also a way of dealing with a lot of gossip even on this floor.

There was a possibility that things would become a nuisance if I got tangled up with them.

Following Darby’s detection, the party headed straight to the magic user’s residence on the 4th floor.

Standing in front of the front door with the number 402 written on it, among the long hallways, Lennok asked.

“how is it?”

“… … I don’t think so.”

Silas, who was worried, shook his head, and the party immediately headed for the 7th floor residence in another apartment.

In front of the front door with the number 704 written on it, Silas clapped her hands.

“Ah, here it is. I remember Fenia saying she was uncomfortable with the paint on her doorbell coming off.”

“good. So what do we do now?”

Milla asked.

“You don’t intend to wait here for that friend to come home, do you, wizard?”

“… … I don’t think that’s necessary.”

As Lennok said that, he naturally grabbed the doorknob.

I didn’t even have to use Dabi to unlock the lock.

At the same time as he turned the doorknob, the door opened gently, and a thick bloody smell came out from inside.

It took an instant for the two sisters’ faces to harden.

“This… … !!”

Naturally, Mila took the lead, followed by Lennok with Darby floating.

Complex 704 with three rooms.

It is an excessively large space for living alone, but it is less like that because of the clutter in the house.

Bone fragments of unknown names and worn leathers of unknown origin.

Artifacts with a faint scent of magic and even faded ores.

But first of all, the first thing that catches your eye is the mysterious characters written on one side of the wall.

The letters written in bright red blood gave off a thick fishy smell.

The scene in this room, which has turned into a mess, points to only one fact.

It was clear something was wrong.

“Penia!!”

Priscilla, who had a pale complexion, started searching the house, calling Fenia by name.

Lennok looked at her like that, then dipped his finger in the blood dripping from the wall and touched it.

“It is too greasy. It’s not normal blood.”

[As a result of component analysis, it was confirmed that it contained 4% of Tenzier oil, which was not found in existing blood components.]

Tenzier Oil. Searching for the word with Darby’s help, it seems that it is mainly used as a lubricant by androids or those who have attached machines to their bodies.

It is an oil that does not burden the human body, so there is no major health problem even if a certain amount is mixed with the blood.

Darby continued.

[As a result of invading the network of the Blood Institute, entering the composition structure and detecting the sample data, it was concluded that it was a woman of the same age as Priscilla with a probability of 71%.]

“Then I am sure. The owner of this blood is Fenia. Considering the ingredient called Tenzier Oil… … She must be a member of the Machine Church.”

Mila opened her mouth at the fast-paced conversation between the wizard and the spirit.

“No, wait… … . This is completely different from the spirit magic love I thought of. Are you really a wizard right?”

It is not strange that a spirit hacks into the laboratory’s network and uses the system to detect blood components, even if it is the first sight of Mila’s life.

But Lennok put the iron plate on his face and laughed nonchalantly.

“Because this is the field I am researching as my major. Involuntarily, they are beholden to various places.”

Now that it’s all like this, putting Darby in the front and Lenok sneaking support would be much more helpful for Ban and his image to not overlap.

rather good Once he had solidified his status as an elementalist under Aris, there was a high possibility that the constantly pouring checks around him would become much less.

There were not one or two annoying things because of the thesis, but if you show that your skills are also in a similar position, the number of flying flies will be reduced.

“Ha, I knew there were many eccentrics in this city, but… … . I never thought there would be a wizard who could use spirits like this… … ”

While Mila muttered with a dumbfounded face, Darby waggled her tail and continued.

[The mysterious characters engraved on the wall were also identified through image matching on the network. There are not enough samples to guess the specific meaning, but it is certain that it is a character used by the Guido Order.]

“good job.”

It was impossible to borrow her power in the Mage Tower or the Dominion, where there was no special network, but in the megalopolis, Darby could do it infinitely.

The fact that Lennok instantly gathered together the information that he had to scramble to find out the clues, summarized and organized them was not enough to be called a brain spirit.

“These are the letters of the Guido Church written in the blood of members of the Mechanic Church. There are many possibilities I can think of, but… … .”

Wouldn’t someone other than Fenia hold the key to all the correct answers?

“So Fenia was taken advantage of.”

Priscilla walked out of the room and said with a stiff face.

It is not difficult to guess what it means to see the scene of a messy house somewhere and the landlord’s bloody writings.

Lennok stared blankly at the mysterious character and murmured.

“This letter… … . I can’t make out the specific meaning, but it’s cut off in the upper right corner of the living room wall.”

“… … .”

“It’s as if the remaining blank spaces were filled with letters.”

“Did you mean to conduct a ritual?”

“It seems very likely. Maybe for some reason, I was trying to work at Fenia’s house, but I gave up and moved.”

If there were no circumstances to proceed with the work, where would the culprit in this case find a new place?

It was not difficult to draw conclusions.

“I should go back to school.”

muttered Lennok as he adjusted his spectacles.

“Perhaps the consciousness itself has never been interrupted in the first place.”

Did you say that the bottom of the lamp is dark?

If the necessary preparations for the ceremony had been made inside the school, the culprit was highly likely to reappear on the scene.

* * *

smart… …

The sound of dripping water echoes slowly.

Fenia stared at it while feeling the sensation of her limbs becoming stiff.

Hanging in the air, she turned her back and called the name of the person standing there in a dry voice.

“Lanpei… … .”

“why.”

“Let’s stop here.”

The first time I helped her was out of curiosity.

Suggestion that it would be nice to borrow the laboratory of the Necromatics Department to assist in the process of carrying out the ritual.

It is true that Fenia was interested in the fact that she would prepare a ritual with a precious catalyst she had never seen before and a considerable cost.

However, after knowing the identity of the necromancy, it was irreversible.

“A lot of people will die.”

To build a huge altar for the Guido Church in the basement of the Necromatics Department is truly insane.

Although Fenia was a member of the Machine Church, she was baptized a couple of times due to her childhood environment and was never influenced by that idea.

However, Lanfei was already a faithful member of the Guido Church who followed the doctrine to the core.

Hearing that, Lanfei slowly turned his head.

“I am really sad too. My undergraduate life in Lavatenon was more fun than I thought.”

“… … .”

“If you hadn’t interrupted me back then, I wouldn’t have gone this far.”

“that… … .”

“As a result, both of us were expelled from school because the ritual was discovered… … Of course someone has to take responsibility.”

Lanfei looked up at Fenia, who was hanging in the air, and said.

“I don’t want to die.”

“… … So do i.”

“Then you shouldn’t have interfered with my work!!”

Patter!!

As Ranpei roughly grabbed Fenia by the collar, the sound of dripping water accelerated.

The water droplets that continued to fall down the knot tying Fenia were bright red.

“Even if the interruption didn’t blow up the ritual preparations, there was no reason to go this far.”

Ranpei, who was breathing heavily, murmured.

“After filtering out all the nasty oils from your blood, we will begin the ritual. If even that is not enough, I must fulfill this duty even by borrowing the blood of others.”

“… … .”

“Thanks to you, Penny. Because of you, I also made up my mind.”

I let go of my collar and stepped back.

“Even though the form is different, I thought that a follower would understand my feelings… … Still, this city is full of uncivilized people.”

Ranpei slowly turned his back and began washing his hands at the sink.

The moment Penia was about to give up everything and helplessly close her eyes.

[Complete control of the powerhouse system.]

With a unique tone that is somewhat heterogeneous,

[The operation begins.]

One step ahead, the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

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