You Can't Catch the Wind (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 152

[One hundred million guilders. Bring me the money I spent to bring you here.]

Lasis scoffed as he listened to Calon’s voice emanating from the square box. It was Calon’s voice, recorded days ago in the greenhouse at night.

Opposite Lasis, Ael listened to the same recording, her expression as if she were enduring pain.

Despite her obvious struggle, the slight upward curve of her lips caught Lasis’s eye.

‘It’s absurd.’

How could she feel joy while being hurt by those words?

Ael had said she was glad Calon wouldn’t suffer any loss. To Lasis, that sentiment was utterly incomprehensible.

Lasis stopped the recording and turned to Ael.

“Thanks to the clear recording, everything moved quickly. The payment will be finalized today.”

Lasis recalled the Imperial Minister of Finance, who upon receiving his message had again frothed at the mouth, exclaiming, “Another cash flow issue…!”

It wasn’t just the finance minister who’d lost composure. The academy’s financial officers present had reacted similarly—some clutching their foreheads, staggering, or even collapsing onto the floor.

But once Lasis told them he’d obtained an extraordinary alchemical formula worth well over one hundred million guilders, their expressions shifted to understanding. In that regard, they were truly people of the academy.

“Really… the one hundred million guilders are already ready?”

Ael asked cautiously, her eyes betraying a hint of doubt.

Lasis, seemingly displeased by her question, propped his chin on one hand and replied indifferently,

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