Thump, thump, thump!

At the sound of rough footsteps from outside the door, Calon and Nisha exchanged glances.

They were on the fifth floor of the Ash Corporation building, a floor where no one but authorized personnel were allowed.

There was only one person who could make such a loud noise in such a place.

Bang, bang, bang!

Before the echoing sound of an uncertain knock even finished, the door swung open and the owner of the footsteps entered.

“I have arr… Ugh!”

Eno, who had been trying to enter, staggered as he was hit by a pile of documents.

“You, can’t you walk quietly?”

Nisha, who had become increasingly irritable due to recent late nights, precisely threw the pile of documents at his face.

“What’s going on? Normally, you would’ve dodged me.”

Calon spoke in a dull tone as he observed the scene.

Calon, Nisha, and even Eno had all received training to defend themselves. Among them, Eno was particularly specialized in that area.

He also served as Calon’s escort when he was at the main office.

Yet, he not only revealed his presence so blatantly but also couldn’t dodge what Nisha threw at him.

It was the first time Eno had looked so disoriented.

Yet, he managed to catch the falling documents with skill while still holding his face.

“Ah, come on. Isn’t that too much!”

“Be quiet. Why are you making such a fuss? If you’re going to be this noisy for nothing, I’ll hang you upside down outside the window all night.”

When Nisha spoke with sincerity, Eno’s body shuddered. But soon, he straightened his chest and spoke proudly.

“I’ve finally found them.”

“What?”

“What?”

This time, both Calon and Nisha simultaneously asked in a low voice.

“I mean, the task you entrusted to me! And the thing that’s been troubling all of us!”

At Eno’s words, both Calon and Nisha stood up.

“What?”

“Could it be?”

Seeing the surprised faces of both, Eno proudly declared.

“That’s right. I’ve finally found a genius in ancient languages and code-breaking!”

“What? Where?”

“No, who is it? How many are there?”

“It’s just one person.”

At Eno’s answer, Nisha grabbed another stack of documents.

“What do you mean? You said you found a genius in ancient languages and code-breaking. Why only one person?”

“Because all the talents are in that one person.”

“…What?”

Nisha looked at Eno as if he was talking nonsense. Poor guy. He must’ve finally lost it after being nagged by Lord Calon.

There was no other explanation. They had been searching for such talents for months. And now he said he found them? Just one person?

“Eno, do you need a vacation?”

Even Calon looked at Eno with pitying eyes, as if not believing him. Realizing that he was perceived as out of his mind, Eno spoke in frustration.

“I’m not making this up! I’ve really found her!”

“So who is it? What’s the name?”

“The name is… Aelfrie Lue Aradis. Aelfrie.”

At Eno’s answer, Calon froze. Aelfrie. A face immediately came to mind.

And those twinkling eyes that had asked him to teach her the Lehmankhart Laws.

“Aelfrie?”

“Yes. Do you happen to know her?”

“Um, maybe. Is she about this tall, with mature wheat-colored hair, and rather large eyes…and a cute face?”
Nisha and Ino’s faces showed confusion as they listened to Calon’s explanation. Nisha had a look that said, ‘Did he eat something wrong today?’ while Ino’s expression read, ‘Did the person I saw look like that?’

“First of all, the hair color is correct. The eye color was similar too.”

“Then it seems like it’s the right person. It’s unlikely that there would be two people with that name.”

On the evening when he met Aelfrie, Calon saw her name mentioned in a document related to Deneretum mythology.

A figure in this land’s mythology who was said to be the most powerful inheritor of the golden rule in the past.

Because she often changed her form using her power, it was unclear whether she was male or female, but as is often the case with heroes in Deneretum mythology, she was usually perceived as male.

To give such a name to a daughter would undoubtedly be an unusual case in Deneretum.

So it must certainly be the Aelfrie I know.

“Why hesitate then? Let’s go straight to her house!”

Ino spoke with force, darkening Calon’s expression. It reminded him of the atmosphere he felt when he had met the Aradis family.

The way they treated my daughter like a servant and openly disdained her.

Based on the conversation that went off on tangents about economics, she clearly hadn’t received high-level academy education.

If she had, she could have asked questions of my teacher, not me.

But Aelfrie had been very desperate that day, constantly asking questions.

As if she would never get another chance to learn if not from Calon.

So he casually asked her how she had studied, and to his surprise, she was mostly self-taught.

Other than the so-called ‘lady-like’ education she might have received, Aelfrie had never had a dedicated teacher.

Yet she possessed knowledge comparable to an imperial academy.