Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 880

“Just kidding, just kidding.”

A spine-chilling remark. Jenny waved her hands, watching Lapis, who had a sharp expression and was creating distance.

“Well, to be honest, I’m not exactly thrilled with this situation either. Personally, I respect the Blue Eye’s actions.”

Jenny laughed at Lapis, who still didn’t trust her.

“Maybe it’s because of my job, but I tend to prefer practical compromises. In that sense, I sympathize with the lighthouse keepers’ mission.”

“……”

“I’d like to say I’m sorry things turned out this way, but…”

At that moment, Jenny’s eyes, which had seemed somewhat listless, flashed sharply.

“Still, I’m on Ban’s side. So, I can’t grant your request.”

“……”

She understands and sympathizes with why the Blue Eye builds lighthouses all over the world, but her personal feelings don’t sway her actions.

She’s in charge of managing the tower, and if that crazy mage entrusted her with work, she’s likely a very skilled person.

The fact that she appeared before Lapis as soon as Kyonroe left was also clearly a premeditated action.

Is she trying to gain favor, or is she giving a warning?

What makes the woman who introduced herself as Jenny even more untrustworthy is that her words and attitude don’t lean in either direction.

Perhaps it’s because she’s very experienced and skilled in this kind of persuasion and distance control.

As Lapis thought this and took a step back, Jenny pointed to her own eyes.

“I heard your eyes aren’t very good? Don’t you need an artifact or an eye patch for vision assistance?”

“No. There’s no problem.”

Her eyesight has deteriorated a bit, and there are limitations on using her powers, but there’s no problem with looking around.

In the first place, Lapis’s own status was already complete, so she wasn’t bound by the act of seeing something.

“Well, if that’s the case…”

Jenny nodded lightly and then placed the bundle she was carrying next to Lapis.

“As I said before, you’re free to roam around inside the tower. Ban allowed it, so I can’t stop you. But I’d appreciate it if you refrain from trying to contact or communicate with outsiders.”

Jenny placed a small blanket, a water bottle, and some simple food next to the chair and turned to leave.

“I haven’t killed many people, so I don’t think I can send you off without pain like Ban can.”

“……”

The words of the woman who identified herself as Jenny were not a threat to scare Lapis.

It was a tone as if she was telling herself that she didn’t want to do it, but if it was necessary, she had no choice.

That’s why Lapis was able to be sure that what Jenny said was not a lie.

“The stairs to get out of the chamber are over there. I made them secretly from Ban, but he keeps tearing them down as soon as he sees them, so they don’t last long.”

Jenny said as she climbed the stairs, as if she had just remembered something.

“Oh, and you have to feed them every 30 minutes, so let me know when you run out.”

“……What?”

Jenny’s explanation was not like she was dealing with a kidnapped hostage, but rather like she was assigning Lapis a chore in the tower.

Moreover, feed them? Whose feed was Lapis supposed to take care of in this underground chamber?

Lapis, unable to hide her bewildered expression, hesitated for a moment before picking up the water and food placed next to the chair.

Behind Lapis, from the darkness of the chamber, a bluish light flickered.

[Gyaoo~]

* * *

[Kyaaak…!!]

Jenny wiped her face, hearing Lapis’s scream from the depths of the underground chamber.

If she left her with the tower’s guardian spirit, it would at least distract the lighthouse keeper for a while.

Before Lapis’s eyes could scrutinize every corner of the magic tower, there were still many people left to deal with.

“……I feel like I’m going crazy.”

The composed expression she had in front of Lapis was now worn out, as if it were melting away from fatigue.

Since Ban kidnapped Lapis and confined her in the magic tower, more than 500 official documents have arrived at the tower.

That was just from the city government’s direct public institutions, the area’s district offices, the police, and the military. If you added the underground contacts, how many would there be?

From the moment Ban appeared in District 21 and turned the city upside down, the phones of the people working in the tower haven’t stopped ringing.

“Requests for cooperation from district offices from District 18 to 26. Warrants, search and seizure content certificates. What else was there?”

Jenny tapped on her phone incessantly as she walked along the circular corridor of the towering magic tower.

She rejected all incoming calls and was revising and distributing the response manual to the tower’s members in real-time.

“We have to pretend we don’t know about this in our dealings with the Central Council. They need to understand that properly too……”

There isn’t much that Jenny and other tower officials can do in this situation right now.

No, considering the relationship between the tower and the city council, they shouldn’t do anything at all.

Regardless of how Ban handles this incident, the item business managed by the tower has already become too large to reverse.

It was possible because Jenny and Ban had successfully attracted cooperative projects within the tower, actively drawing in businesses from inside and outside the city.

Now, even the city council would have difficulty taking back the privileges it had granted to the tower.

Even if they forcibly reclaimed their authority, the Central Council must know that the demand that has been established will only go underground without disappearing.

Jenny took out a wireless earphone and put it in her ear, speaking rapidly.

“Belber, it’s me. Did you confirm where Ban is going?”

-I only saw him heading towards the 30s district. It’s where a large number of entertainment facilities that were recently confirmed for redevelopment are located.

“Then……”

-He knows that the guys targeting the lighthouse keeper will come looking for him. It seems like he’s really going to smash them properly.

There was a faint mix of fear and excitement in Belber’s voice as he said that.

-Hoo… If this speeds up the redevelopment of the 30s district, the real estate I invested in beforehand will also enter a bull market-

“You crazy bastard. Is this the time to be thinking about that?!”

-Hehe… I’ve realized it, Jenny. In the end, even in this city, the high-floor investment method is not a formless stock, but real estate that will never disappear-

“Die!!”

Jenny, who had spewed out abusive language, immediately cut off the communication and quickly reconnected to other mercenaries.

“Felix, I met Lapis. Tell Stella to raise the border level of the 40s district as a condition for an incentive……”

“Suryeon. The negotiations with the Three Young Masters are over, right? Let me know as soon as the castle lords decide on the scale of reinforcements. If necessary, we should also consider evacuating the tower’s personnel to the castle side-”

“Mila, it’s me. If you’ve contacted Dylan… He fought alone with Lapis’s guard mage and lost?!”

Jenny shouted, then quickly lowered her voice, worried that Lapis might hear.

-Yeah. I found him while tracking the mage’s traces you mentioned, and he was passed out like a dog on the outskirts of District 26. He’s in a terrible state.

“……Dylan is one of the most powerful regenerators in Balkan. He fought that guy and was only knocked out and ran away?”

-I don’t know how he fought.

Mila replied from the other side of the earphone, along with a rustling sound.

-But this guy, the smell of alcohol is really disgusting. Did he fight after having a drink? Suddenly, I feel like having one too.

Jenny’s expression momentarily turned strange as she listened to the explanation coming from the earphone.

“He fought after drinking? No, even if it’s Dylan… It’s so trashy that I can’t believe it. I’ll have to hear the whole story.”

-Yeah, I called a driverless taxi, so I’ll be there in the 40s district soon. I’ll be there soon.

“……”

Jenny, having cut off the connection with Mila, hesitated before calling the next person.

Usually, he acts like a rude thug and an alcoholic, but in terms of work, Dylan is a very loyal mercenary.

Even if it’s not a job that Jenny mediated, he’s quite diligent in his designated requests, so his rating and reliability are very high even within the deep web.

Moreover, Dylan often said that he had received a lot of help from Ban, even when he was drunk.

What are the chances that Dylan, who was so loyal, would try to ruin a job that Ban was directly involved in by drinking?

“……Let’s check when he gets here. When he gets here.”

“General Manager!”

At that moment, someone urgently called out to Jenny from the other end of the tower corridor.

Mages who had recently begun to be hired by the tower through a secret pact directly created by Ban.

Among them, Jenny quickly moved her steps at the call of a mage she had recruited for the external affairs and communication channel department.

“Miguel, did you get a call?”

“Yes, it’s them.”

The man called Miguel replied with a stiff expression.

“What’s the connection method?”

“They say they don’t need anything. They’ll connect directly, so they just want us to release the barrier in a space the size of a single blade of grass……”

Jenny nodded.

“……Release it.”

“Are you sure?”

“It’s a place we made to check for reactions in advance in this kind of situation.”

Jenny said as she followed Miguel towards a spacious altar at the end of the corridor.

“If they notice it first, we’ll have to respond directly. Start it.”

“……Understood.”

Krrrrrr!

The attendants standing next to Miguel turned the lever attached to the side of the altar, and the barrier formation split open, revealing an empty space.

It was a kind of gray area that Lenok had created a long time ago at Jenny’s request, where the tower’s barrier couldn’t reach.

The moment the tower’s barrier range deviated around the open space above the altar, briefly exposing it to external contact.

Sarak!

Numerous bushes began to grow rapidly on the altar.

It was a strange sight, as if it were reproducing the process of sowing seeds under fertile soil, germinating, and growing by supplying water and nutrients, compressed hundreds of times.

At the same time, an unknown power that felt tingling seemed to fill the four sides of the altar.

Jenny, who was not very spiritually sensitive, could only frown, but Miguel, who was a mage, seemed horrified and muttered.

“It’s an enormous magical power. This is definitely from the Great Forest…!!”

Drrrduk!

The bushes and trees that had grown on the altar became so lush that they seemed to cover the entire open space in an instant.

The altar of the tower was covered in the growth power maximized by the harmony of nature and magical power.

From among the tree trunks that had grown on the open space, something split and burst out.

“……”

The moment Jenny noticed that the split tree trunk had transformed into the shape of a living mouth.

The mouth made of tree trunk moved and uttered a low female voice.

[There’s one thing you need to know.]

“……”

[The reason we’re waiting for an answer like this right now is not because our patience is as deep as the sea of understanding.]

Contrary to the calm tone, it was a fierce tone that seemed to be boiling with suppressed emotions.

Knowing that she was barely suppressing the intense murderous intent that seemed ready to explode at any moment, Jenny smiled coldly.

“It seems that the Blue Eye enjoys using a one-sided method of communication with other organizations.”

[……]

“We deliberately prepared a space for you to communicate, but you don’t even have a simple introduction?”

[Grisha. Just a paltry shaman. But what does that matter?]

Grisha spoke through the mouth of the tree trunk.

[This situation itself is truly absurd for us.]

“……”

[Listen well, manager of the magic tower. I’m going to ask three questions now. If you don’t answer even one of them correctly-]

Crack.

The tree trunk twisted and made a bizarre breaking sound.

The moment Jenny sensed that Grisha’s thoughts were about to boil over and explode, she declared.

[The Blue Eye main force will now withdraw from the central front and return to Balkan.]