Are you one of the people who work here? Go tell your superior. If he doesnt apologize for everything he has said to me, dont even think about coming near me again.

Adrian Rossinell. You remember him?

Eleonora burst out laughing at Noahs quiet question.

Ive never heard anyone say his name so carelessly.

It became clear through that ridiculous answer. The second thing Noah needed to check was Eleonoras memory. If she did that, all that was left was the third thing.

Eleonora popped a button on her fluffy overalls as she took one step forward. Curled up on the floor and waiting for her, something flashed like a snakes eye in the dark.

One step away from Noah, she looked down at her feet and found a magical orb filling the floor. A magical rope-like thing that formed part of the magic circle rose and wrapped her feet up.

Curiosity sparked in Eleonoras eyes as if she had realized something.

this power.

It was then that she turned her head to Noah and looked into her eyes. But her gaze passed her again, shifting to Muell by Noahs side.

A faint exclamation flowed from her lips. She scanned Muell up and down with chilly eyes. Shortly after, a cold smile formed on her face. That noble dragon, hes younger than I thought. Young and unimportant. She seemed to be staring a hole through Muell.

Muell tilted his head to try to understand what shed said, and at that moment Noah started to cry. Young and unimportant?

The witch, who took a glimpse at Noahs scrunched-up face, now began to be sarcastic, with her arms folded.

Youre only inferiors trying to borrow the power of an absolute. Losers who cant do a thing with your own powers. How long are you going to be drunk on ancient glory and beg?

She was certainly so full of herself. This was the moment when Noah came to respect Adrian, who had been with Eleonora for 15 years, and Kyle, who had been chasing her for 5 years. Noah, appalled, mumbled, Is that why you did business with a team of contract killers?

What?

You tortured hundreds of people and even gave them hallucinogenic drugs and put them in a comatose state. What kind of utopia is that?

It was a hundred times better to get the help of an absolute than to realize your own abnormalities in that way. That was self-satisfaction. However, Eleonoras response was a spectacle.

They were all abandoned by society anyway. The expelled workers, the half-retarded, and the abandoned children without parents. They werent even welcomed anywhere and begged in the lowest places. They would be useful if they knew their purpose. Their time spent with me was probably the most valuable time in their lives.

Abandoned children with no parents Noah had to force herself to catch her breath. At that moment, anger shot inside her, almost blinding her.

She could tell even through this brief conversation, through the look on Elenoras face, that there was no room for reflection in that woman. Most of the novels Noah had read about death failed to prove it, but only one fact about Eleonora was incredibly accurate.

She was the wickedest b*tch in the world.

Noah slapped Eleonoras hands after Eleonora grabbed Muells face and examined it. Then she held Muells small shoulders tightly with hands trembling in anger. A dark shadow permeated the crimson eyes looking up at her.

Barely regaining her composure, Noah retorted, You want to keep your hands off my baby? As his guardian, that makes me considerably angry.

so, youre the dragon master. Eleonora, who had been bent at the waist, straightened her back. Her eye level had risen sharply. The hands which had withdrawn from Muell were coming toward Noah. There is no dragon in the world I envision. So get out of here, dont interrupt me. Go back to where your species lives.

Im not sure what you are so convinced of. It is nothing for me to turn you back to braindead with just one lift of a finger.

When the womans calloused hands full of scars were about to touch Noah, a black spark appeared and wrapped around her hands. Her beautiful face pouted with pain.

You cannot do that.

But she didnt stop and kept babbling away.

You treated me like a murderer for killing people, didnt you? Since you said that, you cant at least kill me. Because you dont want to become the same human as I am. Scaredy cats like you are so typical.

Noah took a deep breath as she listened to Eleonoras whispering. What shed said was right. Noah despised becoming someone like Eleonora. Noah would not take her life with her own hands.

She had something else to do. Since Eleonora had woken up safely, it was time to check the third and final item.

Noah felt it clearly that Eleonora was operating a spell in her body to calm the black spark stuck on her hands. She said after taking another deep breath, Dont be so arrogant.

Noah was reciting the starting words from the manual.

Sit down, Eleonora.

At that moment, the true value of her experiment shone.

Eleonoras knees bent, and the two womens eye levels were reversed. The sound and vibration of a sharp fall leaked out of the hallway beyond the quiet laboratory.

Wh what is this?

The grayish-blue eyes of Eleonora, who had knelt down in front of Noah within less than a second, displayed astonishment.