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Chapter 154

At that time, Lakis didn’t even know what that unexpected weird sensation was .

“Um, Mr . Lak…I mean, Mr . , have I maybe done something bad to you without realizing it?”

Anne-Marie was quite confused, but she apologized to Lakis first anyway . And she tried to go along with his stubborn request of not calling his name casually .

“I’m sorry if I did anything that made you feel uncomfortable . ”

The part of Anne-Marie’s personality which could be so pure and kind that it made the people around her frustrated was very obvious here . But even if she did so, Anne-Marie wasn’t intimidated or frightened by his fierce words or actions .

“But I still have to check where you got injured . It will be dangerous if it worsens . ”

When she worked at the clinic, she dealt with a lot of stubborn patients like Lakis, so she had a lot of experience and familiarity with this .

Anne-Marie firmly tore off the blanket covering Lakis . Naturally, the energy around Lakis became more turbulent .

“I don’t need it so get o…”

But for some reason, just as Lakis opened his mouth to say something more to Anne-Marie, he paused .

Anne-Marie suspiciously looked down at Lakis who had gone quiet .

“Ms . Anne-Marie?”

The reason for his silence was apparent the very next moment . It was because Yuri had just come in through the open door .

“Is something wrong?”

“It’s nothing, Ms . Yuri . ”

As soon as Yuri asked, Lakis replied like he had been anticipating that question .

“She is just taking a look at my injury like she did last night . ”

Lakis’ expression and tone suddenly turned as gentle as a lamb .

He took away the blanket in Anne-Marie’s hand in a natural manner and covered himself again like earlier .

Anne-Marie watched Lakis act like this with slight absurdity in her eyes .

And she was wondering why he suddenly grew quiet, could he have noticed Ms . Yuri was coming?

Anne-Marie turned to look at Yuri, feeling like she finally understood how children who tattletale felt .

“Ms . Yuri, that’s not…”

However, Anne-Marie didn’t continue speaking and her sentence cut off in the middle . The thought occurred to her that Ms . Yuri might get worried for no reason if she told her about Lakis’ careless outing .

But actually, Yuri heard Lakis leaving in the middle of the night, so she already knew about his outing . And she had even realized why Lakis and Anne-Marie were acting like this . Not only that, she had heard Lakis’ sharp response to Anne-Marie some moments ago .

“That’s not it…I still haven’t done more examination . ”

In the end, Anne-Marie hid her dissatisfaction and replied evasively like that . But she didn’t plan on letting Lakis sneakily get away with not getting any examination .

Anne-Marie made a look of determination and ripped the blanket off Lakis again . Instantly, Lakis’ gaze grew sharp, but she did not retreat .

“Patient-nim, you have to get treated properly to recover faster . Only then can Ms . Yuri relax and feel at ease, don’t you think so?”

Her additional words also helped to rein Lakis in a little .

“Mr . Lakis, Ms . Anne-Marie is right . ”

Yuri walked deeper into the room and took Anne-Marie’s side . Lakis had been exuding a sharp aura ever since Anne-Marie took away his blanket but once Yuri approached, his gaze softened a ton .

“Don’t give the person who is helping you out of their goodwill too much trouble . ”

At Yuri’s words, Anne-Marie turned to look at her like she was touched .

Lakis furrowed his brows in dissatisfaction for a moment . After hearing what Yuri said, he seemed to also be aware that he had been rough to Anne-Marie earlier .

Lakis changed in a flash and turned to look at Yuri with droopy eyes, like a dog drenched in rain .

“Yes, I won’t do that anymore . ”

Anne-Marie’s lips flapped open and close in surprise when she saw Lakis suddenly acting sad, like he had a split personality .

Like before, she wanted to say something to Yuri but couldn’t decide what so for now, she put the conflict in her mind aside and began to examine Lakis .

Lakis obediently allowed Anne-Marie to touch him and he was so docile to the point that it was hard to believe he was the same person . But from time to time, his eyes twitched, or he clenched and unclenched his fist like he was suppressing something .

Still, because Yuri was next to him, his murderous intent didn’t leak out, but Yuri’s sharp eyes captured Lakis’ strange behavior .

She watched the two people in front of her with narrowed eyes .

* * *

It seemed Lakis had been busy all night with things he needed to do but Yuri also had work to do tonight .

So around sundown, Yuri left Lakis in Anne-Marie’s house and went out by herself . As she ran through the shadows with the dark-blue sky behind, several thoughts floated around in her mind .

Yuri didn’t know Lakis’ plans but she felt he might be going out often in secret like he did yesterday . But she didn’t plan on stopping him .

As of now, Yuri felt they should each deal with what they had to do . Honestly, Lakis should know that Yuri had sensitive ears so he must have known from the start that he couldn’t hide the fact that he was going out .

The fact that he was still sneaking out at night despite knowing that was cute in its own way .

After Lakis took a look at Odin yesterday, Odin no longer acted strange . That didn’t mean Odin was fully recovered, he still had a gap in his memory .

However, Yuri was satisfied with that much improvement and stopped Lakis because she felt it might be dangerous if Lakis worked on his brain any further .

Then she suddenly began to wonder if Anne-Marie’s power could heal this kind of mental damage too .

‘On that note, what is up with Lakis’ reaction to Anne-Marie . ’

And so, while thinking about various things, she arrived at her destination .

At some point, the sky had gotten completely dark .

Fwip!

Yuri leapt off the ground and landed lightly on the high wall in front of her . A tall spire towering into the dark sky came into her sight .

Before Yuri was the East’s very own Alchemist Tower .

Yuri’s mind pulled up the contents of the request she got not too long ago .

[An investigation of the Alchemist Tower . Proceed alongside the previous request . Will double the advance payment . ]

She had not even completed the request to get a philosopher’s stone, yet she had already gotten the next quest . It had never happened before . And definitely…

‘The distance wasn’t that far away . ’

There was a close link between Yuri and the marks she created . So she could roughly tell whether the mark came from afar or nearby .

But for some reason, this time, the client sent the request from a place that was incredibly closer to Yuri than before . Some time ago, she had a passing thought about investigating her client, but she never put it into action all this time .

Strangely enough, things that took her attention away kept popping up and on the other hand, she didn’t particularly want to break her rule and investigate her client’s background . But at this point, it would be strange to just let it go .

‘That’s after I complete this request though . ’

Yuri jumped down, letting herself fall gently .

Even without this, she had been wanting to investigate herself because she had a few questions pop up in her mind ever since she saw Damon use alchemy up-close . So this was actually a good opportunity .

Surprisingly enough, she couldn’t see any other security devices installed around the wall . The land around the Alchemist Tower was very large .

Yuri approached the tower, avoiding the dangerous devices hidden all over in the ground .

There appeared to be three doors .

But judging from the energy she could sense from them, she felt it would be dangerous if she were to touch them carelessly .

Yuri looked at the tower from top to bottom .

Indeed, the Alchemist Tower was worth its prestige; even the external wall of the building was exuding a dangerous energy . However, there seemed to be no device installed at the topmost part of the tower . Then again, to be fair, the average person wouldn’t be able to get all the way up there .

Shhuk!

Yuri shot a long thread to the top . Then she grabbed it and reached the top of the Tower in one swoop .

There, she saw items that seemed to be observation equipment lying around . However, the door that led down the Tower was shut tight and there were even some traps installed on it .

A thin thread extended from Yuri’s hand and went into the device . A soft rattling sound emerged from within . What she was doing required precise movement, so it took her about 30 seconds to dismantle the device .

Click!

Yuri quietly opened the door and went inside the Alchemist Tower .

‘This feeling is…’

And the moment she passed through the door, Yuri’s eyes sharpened .

A sticky energy, invisible to the naked eye, clung to her skin . This feeling was certainly familiar to her .

‘Just like the Carnot lab . ’

After a brief pause, Yuri began walking again .

Even though it was late, there were still some people in the Alchemist Tower . However, they were probably each doing their own research because most of them seemed to have locked themselves in a room, so Yuri didn’t feel the need to pay much attention to them .

And after a while, Yuri ended up seeing some familiar faces in the Alchemist Tower .

“Come on, is this really the best idea? That was a close call earlier, we almost ran into someone else . ”

Yuri stuck to a shadowy corner of the ceiling and watched the people who were passing in front of her .

“We are moving in secret right now . I mean, you’re always boasting about how you know everything about the tower, there should be some secret passage only you know about . ”

“What did you say, you punk? You better get lost right now if you’re going to say nonsense like that . In the first place, whose fault is it that I am here at this time when my body is in this condition . ”

The people quietly arguing with each other were none other than Damon and Genos .