It’s getting harder and harder to be a villain these days

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Sophie stood up in panic and stammered an excuse.

"The door is not closed... I'm here to clean... Do you believe it?"

As she spoke, she wiped the lab table haphazardly with her sleeves.

"..."

'Weikeli' looked at her silently, with no emotion on his face.

"Snapped--."

With a snap of her fingers, the lights came on, and the entire laboratory was revealed to Sophie.

The walls and floors were covered with intricate magic lines, and her eyes were attracted to them.

"Wow..."

Sophie, who has little knowledge, has no idea what the results of such a huge amount of calculations will be, but the only thing she is sure of is that these magics are full of dangers.

Sophie's face showed surprise.

"this..."

"If I hadn't been here today, you would have died under the defensive formation by now."

Vickrey's eyes were focused and oppressive.

"I'm sorry...Professor, it was because of that paper that I..."

Sophie hesitated to tell the truth.

"What? You're done?"

Vickery raised an eyebrow.

Sophie shook her head, then pursed her lips and spoke her mind.

"...No, to be honest, there is a lot of content in it that I can't understand at all, and it's too difficult to read it all in one month. I suspect that the paper you gave me is simply fake."

"Really? But you must have watched part of it these days."

Vickery's reaction was calm and not angry at her words.

"Looked..."

Sophie murmured.

"Then it's very simple."

Vickery snapped his fingers again, and a stack of dusty documents flew out from a hidden compartment in the laboratory.

"This is your father's original manuscript. You will know by comparing it."

Hearing that it was her father's relic, Sophie hurriedly took it.

When she took it apart, she found that it was indeed her father's handwriting on it.

After just a few glances at the beginning, Sophie understood that the paper Vickery gave her was true.

There is no difference between the two documents, even the one given by Vickrey is more detailed and complete...

Sophie's mood was a little complicated at this time.

It turns out that the real problem is her...

As a daughter, she couldn't understand her father's research.

"Do you still have any questions"

Vickery looked at her and said coldly.

"...I'm sorry, Professor, I shouldn't have barged in here."

Sophie lowered her head, ready to accept her punishment.

Breaking into a professor's laboratory is a serious crime, and if the circumstances are serious, you may even face the penalty of expulsion from school.

"It's good to know. As a new assistant, I will only forgive you this time. Now get out."

However, Vickery had no intention of pursuing him, not even scolding or symbolic punishment.

Sophie looked up in surprise.

Is he really not angry at all?

"why?"

"I don't want to say the same thing a second time."

Vickery narrowed his eyes, the warning meaning was very obvious.

"Yes, I understand."

Sophie sighed and then

Then walked out.

...

When passing by Kitty's laboratory, Sophie found that the lights inside were still on, and Kitty was still busy inside, seemingly unaware of what had just happened.

"..."

Sophie didn't blame Kitty for falsely reporting military information, she was just a little confused as to why Vickery was standing in the laboratory without turning on the light in the middle of the night.

And cultivated so many medicinal materials...

After leaving the mage tower and walking on the road to the club dormitory, Sophie kept thinking about Vickrey's recent actions in her mind.

Speaking of which, when Weekly held a lecture on rune magic a few days ago, his steps were a little weak.

At first she thought it was an illusion, but when she thought about what happened just now, it seemed like it was really the case.

The coercion of those in high positions is not so easy to hide.

But Vickrey's magic power fluctuation just now was very weak. Logically speaking, with his amazing magic power, he should have sensed it as soon as he entered the room...

There is no doubt that Wakeley is fading.

Suddenly, she thought of something Feld once said.

'The closer a wizard is to death, the more he can discern the truth of the world'...

Could it be that Vickery had an incurable disease?

If this is the case, does it make sense for Weekly to have some achievements in magic and changes in his personality in recent days?

Thinking of this, Sophie couldn't help but stop and turned around to look at the mage tower where Weekley was...

Under the dim moonlight, it seemed like another world.

---

On the other side, in the dim bedroom, the atmosphere was very solemn.

Olivia looked at the man in front of her without saying a word.

Since this morning, her father has asked her not to step out of the room.

"..."

Taernle knocked on the assistant application form on the table, which was the reason why it all started.

"Do you have to apply to be Vickrey's assistant?"

"...Well, this is an opportunity for me. I don't understand why you insist on opposing it, father."

Upon hearing this, Taen'er secretly clenched his fists.

He looked at his daughter, whose wife looked almost exactly the same, and sighed.

"...Olivia, as a father, I wanted you to grow up carefree. Those things are too early for you."

Taen'er said softly, but then added something.

"...But as the heir of the Pearl family, there are some things you must know."

"Conflicts between wizard families are bound to be accompanied by bloodshed."

Tyne looked at his wife's photo on the wall.

The woman named Leticia smiled very gently, but she had died long ago.

At this moment, Taen'er could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and his expression began to become ferocious.

"...Olivia, do you know what Weekley did back then?"

Olivia didn't answer.

She took a step back in fear and confusion. Her father felt very strange to her at this moment.

Taen'er gave Olivia a cold look.

"Letitia, she is a well-deserved good mother."

Hearing this name, Olivia's shoulders trembled slightly. This was the person she valued most and was also her most important spiritual support.

"Listen, Olivia."

Taen'er suddenly grabbed Olivia's hand and said word by word.

"...During the Wizards' Council back then, it was Vickery who killed her."

At that moment, Olivia's pupils shrank slightly, but she soon came back to her senses.

"You are lying."

"..."

Olivia shook off Tyne's hand.

"My mother doesn't know magic at all. She will never take the initiative to go to any wizard's council."

"What did you say?"

Taen'er looked a little stunned.

"My mother left a letter before she died. She said, father, you never loved her. You only married her because she had the blood of elves in her body. From the beginning to the end, you only had family in your heart."

"Father, you have been lying to me and to yourself."

Olivia yelled a little lost her temper. This was the first time she had spoken to her father in this tone.

"You took her to the Wizards' Council just to use her as bait!

"..."

Suddenly, Taenle laughed.

There was sadness and a hint of cruelty in the laughter.

"That useless woman only does unnecessary things..."

"Bronte."

Taenr murmured, this was the name of his younger brother, one of the current Ash Cultists.

"Yes."

From the shadows, a big hand suddenly covered Olivia's mouth and nose. She struggled desperately and looked at her father in disbelief.

After a moment, she passed out and fell to the ground.