Chapter 147 (1/2)
As she stared at the wall before her, Noah could feel how much of a genius was Eleonora. Although she had committed fifteen crimes that would suffice for a death penalty sentenced to her immediately, aside from Adrian’s quick defense, she must have also contributed majorly to Laurent’s resurgence from its dying magical history.
Well, if it were Eleonora, it wouldn’t have been too difficult to put a soul into a machine to create a clone.
Noah blinked blankly at the thought she just had. Wait, what was I thinking? “If it’s Eleonora… I’m sure… I think…”
After a short series of incomprehensible mutters, Noah’s steps began to hasten along the wall. Her head spun as she ran.
Adrian was certainly a brilliant wizard, but he was one of the few wizards endowed with a gift for pure magic. In other words, it was not merely a skill in machining magic to design a mana device. Firstly, human clones were machines. Rather than assuming it was Adrian who designed it, it would be more convincing that…
A loud gasp almost slipped from Noah’s lips as she moved to the end of the long wall. How old was Eleonora when she died? Such a question was quickly dispelled. The writing on the right end of the wall, on the last glass case, sparkled gold.
Imperial power 578, 25 years old.
“…The last invention of Eleonora.”
Noah looked into the box, biting her lips. Before Eleonora Asil was killed, the glass box that was supposed to exhibit the magic she had last studied was empty. Had her last creation been incomplete before her death, she wouldn’t have had to make such a display case with her age written on it.
Certainly, it was something that had existed and stored inside but was removed. When and why was it removed? And where was it at the moment?
Noah recalled that the library was a place wherein one couldn’t enter without the Minister’s permission. It was said that it was a very private space for Adrian.
Downstairs, the floor vibrated at irregular intervals, demonstrating Muell’s continual rebellion. Noah thought over and over again and stared into the empty glass box, clenching her fists.
The last invention of Eleonora Asil… No, the size of the box, or the pedestal placed inside the box, clearly indicated what was stored: a bundle of paper, or a blueprint. And in context, what Eleonora Asil designed was a machine that mimicked a living person.
Who else could design a machine that embodied all the joints of a human being except her? Noah peered through the glass and only then did she discover a few words, describing the contents of the safe.
Replica Project – with A.R.
The Replica Project. With Adrian Rossinell. As soon as Noah saw it, the incomplete puzzle took form in a flash. It was a joint study. The best living wizard who mastered pure magic and the genius witch who specialized in processing magic had worked together to study a project on human cloning. Design and production must have been the role of Eleonora, while the role of Adrian was to replicate the human skin.