With an excited heart, I read down the letter.

“I tried to find something that could contain magic as you suggested, but I couldn’t find an answer at all. So, I tried breaking the magic stone into smaller pieces and proceeding in that direction… but I failed. Unfortunately, it seems difficult to make this. What a pity.”

‘Huh?’

I blinked slowly at the unexpected situation. Did the invention fail?

After sending both Sophia and Delma away, I spent a long time pondering over Oliver’s letter.

‘That can’t be true.’

Oliver couldn’t possibly fail in his inventions. After all, rumors about him, the genius of the Kingdom of Valkandia, must have spread even to the Byas Empire.

That’s how extraordinary his inventions were.

Just to be sure, I carefully retrieved a notebook hidden deep under the desk.

It was my precious secret notebook where I had written down the events of the original story. I searched for the moment when Oliver invented the teleportation scroll.

‘Around this time.’

In the original, Oliver invents the teleportation scroll around this time. However, he still hasn’t found the solution?

‘Could the timeline of events have changed again this time?’

I bit my lip.

Since I came to the Ducal Residence, there have been differences from the original. Events that should have occurred as the original story began sometimes happened earlier.

‘I don’t care about anything else, but that shouldn’t change!’

The teleportation scroll was urgently needed. It was a significant problem that my family had to travel to the capital for days.

‘If I had that, I could easily go to the capital as well.’

What’s the issue? I scrutinized Oliver’s letter again.

“…I couldn’t find an answer at all. So, I tried breaking the magic stone into smaller pieces…”

It seemed that trying to break the magic stone into smaller pieces was the biggest factor in the failure.

‘No, no. It’s not about breaking the magic stone; it’s about infusing magic into the scroll!’

The paper used for scrolls was not the ordinary kind that we commonly see.

To be used for scrolls, it had to be paper that could contain magic. Regular paper wouldn’t do, and it had to be parchment made from the skin of a Wyvern.

Then suddenly, I realized.

‘Oliver has never met a Wyvern.’

Wyverns were magical creatures that only existed within the Keduaque. Their combat characteristic was absorbing the magic power of other magical beings to protect themselves. Therefore, Wyvern skin became an essential material in developing parchment that could conserve magic.

In that case, why hadn’t Oliver ever encountered a Wyvern? The answer came to me without much contemplation.

‘Oliver has never been to Hesera.’

In the original, Oliver starts the process of making the teleportation scroll when he visits Hesera.

Fortunately, the Levice Knights were waiting in advance, so Oliver was safe from the Wyverns.

Despite having no magic power, Oliver, who saw the Wyverns easily manipulating magic, harbored suspicions and began researching Wyverns.

Then I learned that the Wyvern’s skin absorbs and stores the opponent’s magic power, using it as attack magic.

Oliver immediately took a sample of the Wyvern’s skin and started researching. As a result, he created something called a magic scroll.

‘In the original, the Duke and Count Consta had frequent interactions.’

It was rumored that they exchanged formal letters a few times a year, but they didn’t seem to maintain such an intimate relationship as in the original.

Ironically, I exchanged more letters with Oliver than with Clements.

My family members were aware of this fact. However, none of them seemed particularly fond of the Count Consta family.

“I wonder what this guy has to say to you that he keeps sending letters,” Dad once said.

“Clement seems to have gotten quite close to Oliver. He’s not a bad guy. It would be useful to leverage him if you want to eat Valkandia,” Clements casually mentioned the occupation of the Kingdom of Valkandia.

‘…Should I pluck all those damn bird feathers?’

This remark was casually thrown by Dae-yeop, who was looking at Clements.

‘Why aren’t they getting along?’

There was no reason for them to have a bad relationship, not to mention that it was the same in the original.

Anyway, thanks to that, both Oliver and I were sending each other letters day and night.

Despite the high level of intimacy internally, in reality, neither of us had met each other.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t they say they were inviting nobles to a party this time?’

This could be an opportunity to invite Oliver and Count Consta.

Thinking about it, I decided to get up to send an invitation.

I swung the door open to leave the room, and I met eyes with a servant who was cleaning the corridor.

“Hueek!”

The servant was shocked out of his senses. Seeing the servant so startled, I was momentarily taken aback as well.

‘Is he a newly hired employee?’

I had heard that they had hired more staff to work at the mansion this year.

As I was about to pass by him, I suddenly stopped.

‘But why does he look familiar?’

Turning around, the servant was trying to flee with cleaning tools in his hands. He was considerably surprised due to his large build and untidy beard.

Despite his rough appearance, he seemed quite awkward, trying to escape from me.

“Just a moment.”

Calling the servant, he abruptly halted his steps. His legs trembled slightly.