Genius Wizard Takes Medicine - Chapter 574



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Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine, Chapter 574

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A lab in the basement of a detached house in Lenock.

Lennok was moving his pen with only one small lamp on.

The complex blueprint spread out on the workbench simulates the shape of a pocket watch by analyzing it down to a very precise unit.

“Internal lubricant is Taylor Workshop, cog wheel is Jenkins Casting Company, second hand and graduation are manufactured by Hollinger Mold… … .”

Lennok, who had been writing down the origins of the parts while rolling his pen for a long time with a blank face, sighed and tilted his head.

“All of them are now discontinued products or items from companies that have disappeared.”

An old pocket watch that Kaise left for Jenny as a last present.

Unlike Lennok’s, Jenny’s watch did not have any ability, but was it a coincidence that there was another product just like it?

“Considering this case, Jenny might have more secrets that she doesn’t even know about.”

Could it be that this was the reason why he was strangely quick to master the basics of Ouroboros’ magic system?

If Kaise’s lineage is born with similar traits, it is not surprising that a similar influence exists on his granddaughter, Jenny.

But the problem is, how much did Kaise know about that fact right before his death?

“… … .”

It is unknown what Kaise was thinking when he left this watch to Jenny.

However, it is true that Lennok, who did not know anything about the origin of the pocket watch, had an option.

That’s why Lennok asked Jenny’s understanding and disassembled the pocket watch on the spot, tearing down the watch parts to the most precise unit and recording them.

[I searched by feeding different keywords about 500 times, but most of the manufacturers of the parts have stopped their official activities within decades.]

Darby, who was lying on the workbench, stomped his front paws.

[I wonder if it’s been too long since the organism called Kayse bought the watch.]

“I didn’t buy a pocket watch. Rather, it will be more certain if you come this far.”

Saying that, Lennok knocked on the Bajour’s watch that was lying next to him.

“From the beginning, Kaise purchased parts from different manufacturers and made the watch himself.”

A pocket watch made by bringing parts from different manufacturers from scratch and assembling them yourself.

However, the appearance of the artifact Lennok obtained was the same as the real pocket watch, but the origin of the product was not written, so it was impossible to guess its source.

It probably happened because it materialized in Kaise’s image realm and was left to Lennok at the last moment.

I accidentally found out about the parts of the pocket watch through Jenny, but the problem was that various parts, including batteries, were no longer produced.

“The company that produced the battery for this pocket watch is the Ultras Workshop in Machine City Makina… … .”

Lennok flicked his pen and shook his head.

“A company that went bankrupt and closed 28 years ago.”

[With that much, there would be virtually nothing left, right?]

Lennox’s thoughts were not too different from Darby’s.

Lennok, leaning back in his chair with his pocket watch in hand, nodded.

“Why did you make a watch in such a complicated way… … Was it an effort to understand the concept of time in more detail?”

[Maybe it was simply a personal hobby. Humans like to assemble things, right?]

Darby snorted cheekily as he said that.

[I can’t fully sympathize with the bizarre hobbies of organisms.]

“… … .”

It wasn’t an instruction that would come out of the mouth of a wicked brain spirit who was messing around with the community.

Lennok, who held the fox cub’s ears with both hands and pressed them down, fell into thought again.

[Quyeng.]

Lennok murmured as he rubbed Darby, which struggled and crumpled in his hand.

“If you collect parts from various manufacturers and customize them, it’s proof that you have attachment. It must have been something special for Kaise himself as well.”

There is no doubt that the legacy of the image left by the disappearance of Kaise in the past exists in the form of a pocket watch.

It must have been something that held special meaning to Kaise himself even at that time.

And what does it mean to leave such an item as a gift from the meeting with Jenny?

“What happened in the closed area was completely unexpected. Even if it was the real Kaise himself, it would be unlikely that he would have anticipated that and left the arrangement.”

[Do you think it’s just Kaise’s whim?]

“whim? Rather than whim… … Could it be a decision?”

That he left behind something that contained his heart.

Wouldn’t that be proof that the future Kaise had such a huge change of heart?

Perhaps, as Kaise himself said, the project failed and the person he reached right before his death might have been a completely different person than before.

That was all Lennok could guess right away.

“Whoa… … .”

[Where are you going?]

“Either Kaise’s research journal or the parts of the pocket watch all point to Machine City.”

Lennok rubbed his eyes, turned on the screen on one side of the lab, and plugged the data chip into the computer.

“I have received information about the current state of Machine City Makina from Jenny. I should check it once before going to bed. I’ll ask for a brief briefing.”

Originally, I had planned to ask Jenny herself about Makina, but

A considerable amount of time was wasted checking another pocket watch, dismantling and recording the parts one by one on the spot.

[Huh, it’s not difficult!!]

Darby jumped up on top of the lab projector with a slightly excited expression, wriggling his tail.

[The seaweed hair organism is a style that organizes data quite reasonably. Well, it’s not as good as my logic circuit, but it’s worth watching.]

“… … You better never say that in front of Jenny.”

He doesn’t show it, but he knows he cares about his curly hair.

If you are a person who can point out Jenny’s hair and work ability at the same time, it will be difficult for even a seasoned broker to manage her expression.

[But with the help of the community… … Abu couple!!]

While I was crushing the cheeks of the messenger who was talking nonsense, the data loading ended and information about the machine city, Makina, began to emerge.

ugh!!

The shape of a giant cog wheel floating in the cloudy sky.

And beneath it, the glittering city of machinery and metal.

[Machine City Machina.]

Darby jumped on top of Lennok’s head and said.

[Leader of mechanization. A pioneer of magic engineering. The birthplace of the automation industry. It is called a paradise for artisans and a sacred place for workshops.]

It is the first city to achieve integration by melting almost all parts of the city into a network system, and it is a unique city where each district of the city has not yet lost its autonomy.

Contrary to the inorganic image associated with the word machine city, it is also a place that has reached the pinnacle of bioengineering for humans.

[Like a megacity, each area of ​​the city is separated into zones and barriers, but the unusual thing is that the purpose, width, and location of the zones and barriers are reset at regular intervals.]

“You mean the area itself changes dynamically.”

[It is said that it is easy to get lost without guided AI, as the size of the city is often jagged due to the pursuit of efficiency whenever a new industry or company is created and disappears.]

Darby continued.

[The problem is that without a biometric code called a ticket, even the residents of the machine city cannot freely come and go.]

Each district of the city changes dynamically, and each district has a barrier, so even if you are lucky enough to infiltrate the outskirts of the city, you will be stranded without a ticket.

Even such unauthorized intruders are being weeded out by elite troops called enforcement officers.

[After the failure of the Ascension Gate Plan, the city itself became extremely closed, and in fact, most outsiders could not easily enter the Machine City.]

It was probably because the aftereffects left in Machine City after the Ascension Gate’s failure were so severe.

Didn’t Maiya Lenslett, who was called the best enforcer in Machine City, keep that incident in mind even while working with Pandaemonium?

As much as that, it seemed self-evident that the failure that originated in the city was a great pain for them.

With Darby’s help, Lennok, who quickly looked through the files Jenny had handed over, quietly touched his chin.

“Looking at it like this, there are quite a few parts similar to the Balkan administrative system… … Did you bring a motif when designing the city?”

[In fact, if you look around the related papers, there is quite a bit of speculation that order was taken from the big frame, and complete control was given up to increase the scale of the Balkans.]

Darby replied.

[I don’t know who the designer of the megalopolis is, but maybe he’s had similar experiences many times?]

“… … .”

a similar experience

Lennok knew that the concept of experience was not necessarily confined to this world.

“Anyway, in order to move legally in Machina, you need a biometric code called a ticket.”

After taking a break, should I try my best to find it?

Thinking so, Lennok turned to return the lab’s other systems to automation.

“It seems that the ironclad wings will be repaired sooner than expected if only the necessary parts and internal circuits are replaced… … .”

Since the wing itself is an artifact and has the function of assisting the spatial concept, it may be more useful than you think.

Lennok looked at Gileon’s wings restored through automated equipment in one of the labs, then turned off the lights and went up to the bedroom on the second floor of the mansion to lie down.

There was a lot of hard work, and there was little time to rest.

As soon as the situation is over, all the things that need to be dealt with are taken care of.

Lennok had no intention of wasting this time.

“I’ll just sleep for the next three days, so take care of outside contact.”

[Master, even healthy people will get bedsores if they sleep that long.]

There was no answer to David’s grumbling.

As if losing consciousness, Lennok’s breathing thinned little by little, and then it became quiet in an instant.

A habit from the days when I had to learn how to sleep without breathing in the factory.

Darby tried to say something more to such Lennok, but when he saw the thick dark circles around his eyes, he kept his mouth shut.

Instead, he sat curled up next to Lennok’s pillow, leaning his head cautiously.

The dark night passes, the dawn breaks and the dawn comes bright.

In the bedroom where the wizard and the spirit slept, there was only quiet silence for a long time.

* * *

“It’s really bad.”

said Murphy, pulling up his spectacles.

The vampire doctor’s icy gaze revealed his contempt for Lennok.

“Your health care skills are really poor.”

“… … Is there any reason I need to double-emphasize it?”

“It looks like I need to completely revise my prejudice against high-ranking wizards.”

As Murphy said, he tapped the keyboard keys nonstop with rather rough hand movements.

“Among the magicians I have met, there is only one sorcerer who is as indifferent to his health as you. How could it be worse than when you first came to me?”

“… … .”

Maybe it’s because that time was the peak when he took the archangel’s tears and improved his condition.

A battle with monsters that took place in a row in the past space-time. Alkaid’s arrangement that he faced with Kaise.

From unfolding the magnetic domain to develop his image and rewinding the space-time gap in the closed area to disappear.

None of this was easy, and there was nothing that wasn’t overdoing it by borrowing the power of medicine.

Although Lennok’s face was slightly shiny after taking a break for three days, apart from that, it was natural to suffer from injuries and the aftereffects of magical overload.

Murphy didn’t even look at Lennok anymore, he tapped on his keyboard to pull out a medical certificate and handed it to Lennok.

“Take the medicines listed there three times a day, within 30 minutes of eating. If you skip it even once, the effect will drop to less than half, so take care of yourself.”

“What if I don’t eat three meals a day?”

“… … .”

Received the indescribable gaze of the vampire doctor instead of an answer, Lennok did not ask any further questions and quietly stood up from his seat.

I visited on the day of regular inspection of the life support device used for the cane, but rather, only a few medical certificates were removed.

Lennok, who purchased the medicine written on the medical certificate at a nearby unlicensed pharmacy with an extra charge, picked up his medicine bag and walked away.

“You’ve just arrived, Van. I was waiting.”

The Three Heads of the Shadows, the headquarters of the Cartel.

Virgil welcomed him in the first president’s office located on the top floor.

After having someone serve coffee, Virgil, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa in the office, looked at Lennok’s bag and asked with a puzzled look.

“Why did you buy so many drugs?”

“The doctor told me to eat it.”

“… … .”

Virgil’s face turned slightly serious as he understood the meaning of the words.

He pointed to the male and female secretaries busily wandering around, setting up the cooks and chairs for the meeting.

“I should have heard, are you okay?”

“hmm.”

“I can cover your mouth if need be.”

Needless to say, how the president of the cartel will silence his secretaries.

At those words, the secretaries’ faces turned pale, but none of them showed up prematurely or ran away screaming.

It was only that the fingertips that set down the coffee cup were faintly trembling.

Lennok looked at him, then shook his head with an expressionless face.

“No, it doesn’t matter.”

Virgil stared at Lennok’s face, then leaned back on the sofa with a smile.

“okay. It doesn’t matter if there are rumors now, is this?”

At the same time, it feels like the atmosphere of the president’s office, which has been frozen cold, is being relaxed.

“Whoa, whoa… … .”

In the meantime, a sigh of relief escaped from the secretaries.

“I’m not interested, so let’s get to the point. Did you get information about the closed area from Jenny?”

“okay. I made sure.”

said Virgil with a grin.

“The timing was a bit tight, but we managed to get some of the bonds we needed before the containment measures were lifted.”

Jenny is under the assumption that if the company alone buys all the information, she can use it alone.

Even the cartel was allowed to intervene in the affairs of the closed area to share information and take advantage of it to some extent.

As the site of Area 25 is relatively vast, it is unlikely that Jenny and the Cartel will monopolize the entire area.

Nonetheless, it must mean that the cartel has also succeeded in taking profits in its own way.

“You can understand that the intention is to share the responsibility, but thanks to this, this side also benefited, so I will give you a reward later. Is there a price you want?”

“Where is Oliviera now?”

“Since you came back from the dam, you’ve been in the lab. They told me not to look for ships made with anti-gravity technology before they are mass-produced.”

“… … .”

“You seem to be quite interested in the anti-gravity technology recently presented at a conference. Sooner or later, the headquarters will also produce airships using commercialized anti-gravity engines. Evan Bylon, do you know about him?”

“To some extent.”

“If you know anything about Assistant Professor Bylon… … No, it’s done. You talked nonsense.”

Virgil smiled bitterly and waved his hand.

“Even though they have genius talent in the field of magic, their fields of expertise are very different. I didn’t get in touch with Evan Bylon himself, so I did it just in case.”

Did Oliviera also find out the value of anti-gravity technology and be interested in it?

After all, there must be no one who is not interested in the news that the sky road is opening in this city now.

While I was drinking coffee with that thought in mind, Virgil placed a small data chip on the table.

“This is a sample of the internal redevelopment plan for District 25, which was designated as a closed zone. It has all the city areas and resource reclamation maps of the 25 districts written 50 years ago.”

If you share information with the cartels and make profits, you can borrow their manpower and information power for free regarding the lifting of quarantine measures and redevelopment projects in closed areas.

Virgil must have naturally guessed that far, and provided this information to Lennok on his own.

“The planning office is discussing tickets for Machine City. If you wait a moment, you can even check if there are ticket holders in the headquarters.”

“Thank you, but that’s not what I came to the headquarters for myself.”

Saying that, Lennok picked up the data chip and shook his head.

“There is something I want to ask you. I want to see your president’s face in person.”

“… … About Kaise and the Chairman?”

“Tell them that you know how you obtained Chilchaebo’s Mystic Eye.”

There are a few things I learned about Oliviera while passing through the past time and space in District 25.

Chilchaebo’s Mysterious Eye, which Oliviera obtained, was created through the failure of the project.

In other words, the failure of the project is deeply related to the cause of the awakening of the Mystic Eye.

If the real Oliviera can’t tell Lennok the truth about the project because of her ban.

By focusing on Chilchaebo’s evil eye, it may be possible to talk about the project’s failure to escape the ban.

Lennok’s eyes glowed quietly.

“There is something I want to hear about Kaise. Then you will understand what I mean.”

“… … .”

What happened after the project failed.

Casey’s death. The last thing he did and what he left for maintenance.

Before heading to Machine City, Lennok had come to Oliviera to ascertain the truth about it.