Finally, Matella, who had spread out all the luggage she brought, wiped the sweat on her forehead and answered.

“Oh, you mean about Magic Engineering. To put it simply, it’s a field that focuses on developing weapons to be used in wars.”

Weapons for war, there was something that suddenly came to mind when I heard that.

‘What if I develop a weapon that can stand against the Calua Empire?’

As long as Askan was in the Breloff family, the human weapons experiments conducted by the Calua Empire would not easily succeed.

However, I couldn’t help but think of the worstcase scenario.

If the human weapon experiment succeeds in some way, the Calua Empire will start a war, and if I create a weapon that can counteract it before then, I could change a lot.

‘This is it!’

Something I could surely gain with effort.

The first meeting of Noxia and Rohel at the royal ballroom was about to unfold, and it was uncertain how the original would change.

In such an uncertain situation, it felt like a lifeline had been thrown to save me.

“There seems to be content about Magic Engineering because I tried to bring various materials. Don’t look too carefully, miss. It’s a fringe field and for you…”

“No, I’ve made up my mind.”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to study Magic Engineering from now on. So I’m going to create the most powerful weapon in the world.”

“Huh?”

Matella seemed surprised by my unexpected words. The disconcerted her quickly showed me other materials and opened her mouth again.

“But you should look at other things too…”

“I’ve decided my career path to be Magic Engineering. Even if I look at other things, my mind won’t change.”

Matella had no choice but to nod at my firm determination.

I was the eldest daughter of the Breloff family. Since I had a fortune that I couldn’t use up even if I used it all my life, there was no reason to choose a promising field.

Of course, Matella probably didn’t have that in mind. She probably hoped that as a noble young lady, I would engage in a more elegant academic study.

If my lifespan was long, I might have chosen a plausible field, but now, survival was more important than anything.

If I could help prevent the war, there was no reason to hesitate.

“Teacher, when will the classes on Magic Engineering start? I don’t mind starting right now.”

Actually, I was immersed in different thoughts during each of Matella’s classes. Now it was a 180degree different class attitude from then.

Whether my attitude had not yet adapted or not, Matella spoke with an awkward smile.

“I didn’t know that you would make a decision so quickly, so it might be difficult to start class right now. I need to bring a teacher who is an expert in Magic Engineering…”

“Yes, please bring the most skilled teacher.”

I didn’t care how much the tuition fee was. If necessary, I was willing to build a lab.

I would only know how good I would be in the field of Magic Engineering after I tried, but now, I was passionate about my new goal.

“I promised to tell my father first when I decided on my career path, so I need to write a letter about this and ask him not to spare support for my studies.”

“Oh, the Lord will be very pleased to hear that you have chosen a career path.”

“Can you wait a little while since there is no class today?”

So I started writing a letter to Orland.

The war was a long time away, but I was in a hurry every minute, every second.

Arwen Empire, a slum.

Two unidentified men appeared in a village near the border.

In just half a day, they scanned all the boys around the age of 15 here and said.

“It doesn’t seem to be here either.”

His name was Tendai. The man with a large scar on his face was a seasoned swordsman, who had belonged to the Calua Empire’s Knights in the past.

Andro, standing next to him, kicked the ground in anger at the thought that he had missed again.

“13th, where the hell is this ratlike thing hiding!”

Unlike Tendai, who was a formal knight, Andro had been a mercenary for a long time and had a thick backbone in tracking skills as much as his excellent sword skills.

The number 13 they were calling for was a number assigned to Askan in the Kallua Empire’s laboratory.

There was no particular meaning. They simply assigned numbers in the order of the experiments, and Askan was the thirteenth child to enter among thousands of subjects.

Yes. They were the pursuers looking for the escaped Askan.

“I thought it was extraordinary that he managed to break through our encirclement and escape from the lab, but I didn’t expect him to disappear without a trace.”

Calm Tendai’s words were met with a gritting response from Andro.

“Even just counting the colleagues that No. 13 killed while escaping, there were dozens. Just try to find him. He will be completely ruined.”

“Put aside your personal feelings. I heard from the top that the abilities No. 13 displayed back then were miraculous. If we can capture No. 13 again, we can push forward with the experiment.”