From the day he found a stone of the right size in the middle of the night, he did not set foot outside of the lab.
Meals were hastily taken care of when the maids left them at the door. In fact, he often forgot and skipped them altogether.
The only thing in his mind was the new magic stone.
How can an ordinary stone be imbued with magic like the human weapon experiments conducted in the Kallua Empire, that was his only thought.
‘I tried writing the ancient language I found in the notes on the stone, but it had no effect.’
The thing that the original Tanashia thought was the most crucial part of Askan’s tattoo.
[Undying Flame.]He mobilized all of his knowledge and rummaged through all the books he had. If his judgment was correct, the original Tanashia’s thought was right.
But what was the problem?
There was no change even when the same ancient language was engraved on the stone. So he was able to reach the most basic question.
‘Why did the Kallua Empire specifically engrave the ancient language on humans?’
What’s the difference between a stone that doesn’t work and a human that does?
While engrossed in this thought, he was soon able to gain an insight.
‘Come to think of it, not everyone who engraved the ancient language became as powerful as Askan. Sadly, the majority of them died, and even if they gained power, they did not last long.’
Askan was the ultimate human weapon created by the Kallua Empire’s experiments.
It wasn’t just that stones didn’t work and only humans did.
When experimented on humans, power usually arose when the ancient language was engraved, but he was curious about why Askan could wield the most power among them.
‘Why was it Askan?’
It would have been nice if he could find a clue in the original novel , but unfortunately, it was not a completed novel.
Moreover, the content about magical engineering weapons was not treated importantly in the original, so he had to solve everything by himself.
He conducted countless experiments locked in his room.
He mobilized all the magical engineering machines in the lab and tried to connect the stone and the ancient language in all the existing ways in this world.
But there was still no change.
He lost all his will and lay sprawling on the floor of the lab. He couldn’t even figure out where it had gone wrong.
‘Did I think wrong from the start?’
He doubted whether his idea itself might have been wrong, but no matter how much he thought, it felt theoretically possible.
Suddenly, the compliments he had heard from people came to mind.
─So far, Lady Tanashia’s will was too strong to refuse, but don’t waste time on things like magic studies or spirit studies anymore. You are already a genius.
He heard the fact that he was a genius for the first time from Matella.
─You, you’re a magical engineering genius. I didn’t want to say this because you might be too arrogant, but you, who have grown up hearing that you are a genius, succeeded in decomposing the magic stone that took me ten years just by reading the book.
He was recognized as a genius once again from Barne.
After completing K01, there was nothing to say. Decain and Rohel, and many others, praised him.
─That young lady developed K01?
─How did she develop such a weapon at a young age? Really amazing.
─She is a genius in the field of magical engineering, isn’t she?
So, unknowingly, he seemed to think that he was outstanding.
The theory that a magic stone can be made artificially does not seem wrong, but no matter how much he thought, the solution did not come up.
Apparently, he was not an outstanding genius as other people said.
‘Should I give up here……’
Lying on the floor, he raised the stone engraved with ancient language high towards the ceiling.
The stone, showing no change, felt only cruel.
‘Well, if it had been an easy task, the scholars of the Kallua Empire wouldn’t have tried it.’
There must be a good reason why no one has succeeded.
Although he felt a huge sense of loss for not being able to solve the problem and just having to turn around, there was no way at present.
That’s when he was about to sluggishly get up from his spot.
He accidentally dropped the stone he was holding.
Thump.
The stone rolled and hit the table.
At that moment, something unbelievable happened.
Flash, the ancient language engraved on the stone emitted light, causing a momentary flash.
‘…What?’
As it was the first time he found an anomaly, he was surprised.
There was nothing special about what happened. The pebble just rolled across the floor and bumped into the table. That was it.
I quickly picked up the rolling pebble.
A thought that I had never considered before brushed past my mind.
‘A pebble is an inanimate object, and a human is a living being. The difference between the two is……’
There were countless differences that couldn’t be put into words, but if one were to take the current situation into account, one main difference could be identified.
‘It’s the presence of active energy.’
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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