Chapter 45.1

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nThank you raw provider: jarry.

nMikhail looked at the paperwork in front of him and clinched the quill, as if he was about to break it.

nIt was the same content as last time.

nNo, the contents of the documents have never been changed at all.

nDamn it

n‘Where the hell did these guys go?’

nWhen he woke up, Charon and Maxion were gone.

nLeaving a note telling him not to look for them.

nSomething was strange. At first, he thought it was a simple rebellious runaway.

nEven now, there were no other clues, so his initial inference was the most likely.

nBut… .

nIt was too clean. Why are there no traces— nor evidence?

nHe searched for over a week; there should have been at least one clue.

nBut there were no indications of their plans, he was very uncomfortable.

nIt’s better to simply think of them as free spirited runaways… … … .

nHe sighed as he shook his head in frustration.

nCaw! Caw!

nSuddenly a strange crow cried and knocked on the window with its beak as if it was telling him to open it.

nPeck! Peck!

nIt was a test subject he had made.

nIt was deemed an initial failure, but later became unexpectedly useful, so Mikhail ended up not disposing of it.

nWhen Mikhail opened the window, the experiment came impatiently, and circled the room in haste.

nCaw! Caw!

nThe crying was so loud that Mikhail covered his ears with both hands.

n“Shut up before I throw you away.”

n“No! Mikhail! Handsome idiot! Hate!”

nAt first, he wondered where his damn test subject had learned these words.

nAnd he soon realized.

nThose two runaway bastards had probably captured his experiment and taught it strange words.

nThe more he thought about it the more he couldn’t help but think it was those two troublesome punks.

n“Charon and Maxion. Did you find them?”

n“No! I do not know! I do not know! Caw! Caw!”

nAgain, the test subject howled.

nThen why did you come? Should I just get rid of it right now?

nMikhail glared at his test subject with irritated eyes, and his aura grew ferocious.

n“Master! Instead—this! Look! Caw!”

nㅤSpit!

nHis experiment spit out something from his mouth.

nFortunately the contents were clean.

nThe interior of the test object was empty, so the space inside was empty.

nSo sometimes he used this creature as a portable space box.

nMikhail picked up what his magic crow spit out.

n“This…….”

nA bloody handkerchief.

nThe handkerchief was familiar. Because it was something Maxion loved.

nFor Maxion’s birthday, Serina had embroidered it herself.

nIt was sloppy work, but Maxion cherished it because it was made by Serina herself.

nSeeing the handkerchief with the stitches sticking out of it, Mikhail had made fun of Serina, asking if this was all her skill amounted to.

n“Why is this… … .”

nThere was no way that Maxion would abandon his dearest possession.

nUnlike the youngest, Charon, who was notorious for being distracted and disorganized, Maxion was neat and managed things thoroughly.

nPlus….. it was still covered in blood.

nIs it Maxion’s blood? Or… … … .

nHe ran straight to his lab.

nNumerous instruments were placed on the laboratory desk.

nMikhail rummaged through them and found something.

nSmash!

nOn the way, a beaker fell and broke, but Mikhail didn’t care.

nI found it!

nHe picked up a crumpled and faded piece of paper.

nIn the past, there was a time when Maxion’s blood was tested. And at that time he had noted his blood information and type.

nMikhail looked at the handkerchief in his hand.

nFrom now on, I will try to find out if this is Maxion’s blood or not.

nAfter that… .

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nWhat are Charon and Maxion doing right now?

nEven when I think of other things, my two younger brothers come to mind.

nThe two younger brothers who were wandering around my head were really idiots.

nI hope you are eating regularly.

nAccording to the letter, they did not leave with a penny. So I was more worried.

nLooking at the lake illuminating my face, I leaned over and dipped my hand into the lake and washed my face.

n“Are you okay?”

nhe asked, while rowing. The current was swayed by the oars.

nHow many questions do you have?

n“I’m fine.”

nWhen I had first suggested we go out, he hadn’t answered right away.

nHe feared that a wound on my shoulder would open and jeopardize my life.

nWhen I asked again, he finally nodded after hesitating for a long time.

n“Why did you suddenly ask to go boating, Serina?”

nIn the past, I rode a boat with him amidst the flying lanterns, so I hurriedly rented a ferry.

nAt that time, there were a lot of couples vying for boats, so they had quickly sold out.

nI had suddenly gone up to the owner of the ferries and asked to borrow his own personal boat, which he had thought was ridiculous.

nWhen I think about it, it wasn’t all of a sudden.

n“There’s no particular reason. I suddenly wanted to go on a boat ride.”

nI couldn’t help but feel this might be the last time but those thoughts couldn’t come out of my mouth.

nEven if his feelings for me were lies, mine were sincere.

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