Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 9] by Tsukikage

Author:Tsukikage
Language: eng
Format: epub

In an Akashic Tower base of operations at a safe distance from the decaying district, Noctus had gathered nearly his entire research team: his apprentices, informants tasked with gathering intel throughout the capital and communicating with the headquarters, and bodyguards. Due to the secretive nature of the syndicate, this was the first time that so many members of his team had congregated in one place. Each of their faces was underscored with the severity of the situation, and their eyes were focused on a female Magus, Sophia Black, who’d just returned to base.

Flick Petosin, Noctus’s second apprentice, glowered at her. “It’s about time,” he snarled. “Where have you been while we dealt with this crisis without you?”

Sophia sheepishly said, “I’m sorry. I had to travel rather far to gather ingredients for an experiment.”

Her apology didn’t improve Flick’s disdain one bit. His eyes still shone with contempt and envy for an inferior Magus whom his master favored over him. In truth, Sophia was noticeably less adept at spell casting than the other apprentices; if she were to challenge any of them in a magic duel, she wouldn’t stand a chance. All Magi took pride in their spell-casting prowess, and Flick couldn’t stand that Sophia had been appointed as the first apprentice despite her inferior magic abilities.

If only Sophia had been better practiced at magic, she would’ve garnered more respect from her fellow apprentices. However, there was a good reason why Noctus had chosen her as his first apprentice over the others.

Noctus and his team had been backed into a corner. He’d called this meeting including everyone precisely because the decision they’d make would have direct effects on their plan. Not only had their experiment been brought to light, but both the Association and the empire had also each launched an investigation.

And to add insult to injury, the Thousand Tricks had located at least one of their bases. In addition to a large amount of time and money, Noctus’s project required a location that met specific parameters. Noctus’s experiment had only just gotten off the ground, but even if they were to abandon their lab underneath White Wolf’s Den and relocate the results they’d achieved so far, their research would be significantly delayed by their scout for a new location in another country.

But on the other hand, if the empire were to capture them and seize their lab results, the damage would be irreparable. Anyone arrested for these crimes would hang on the gallows without question, and the empire would reinforce security to prevent Noctus or any surviving members from ever experimenting within the empire again. A bust like that would most likely hurt the syndicate at large too. Noctus, driven only by his unending ambition for the truth, had no sense of obligation towards the organization that had given him a place following his exile from the world of proper academia as a result of his dealing with a taboo subject matter. But still, he didn’t like his chances against a superpower like the empire.

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