Chapter 36. Mobile Food Stall Restaurant Shelley Branch No. 2 (1)
[Fine. I accept the deal. Go on, tell me.]
Doctor Mozg spoke calmly.
Victoria answered carefully, her voice trembling.
“The Philosopher’s Stone isn’t at Restaurant Shelley anymore.”
Doctor Mozg was visibly startled.
[What did you say?]
“You should understand what that means, right?”
Victoria asked in a serious tone.
A brief silence followed.
Before long, Doctor Mozg burst into loud laughter.
[I see! So that’s what happened! Hahahahaha! Hahahaha! Incredible information! Hahahaha!]
Yukgap, who was standing nearby, could only stare in disbelief.
That was supposed to be information about the Philosopher’s Stone?
The Philosopher’s Stone is not at Restaurant Shelley anymore.
He could not understand Victoria for offering that as valuable information.
Nor could he understand Doctor Mozg for treating it as something precious.
[Good. I’ll give you the information.]
Regardless, Doctor Mozg seemed extremely pleased.
A nearby printer beeped, then spat out a sheet of paper.
[Leon, give that address to our guest.]
“Understood.”
Following Doctor Mozg’s order, Leon handed the printed paper to Yukgap.
It contained an address and a simple map.
“What is this?”
[There is a mercenary who maintained contact with Abraxas for quite a long time. He is retired now. But considering how long he worked with them, there is a good chance he knows something about the Archons.]
Doctor Mozg spoke as though simply informing him of a fact.
[Yukgap, you may find clues about your past there.]
“T-Thank you.”
[There is no need. I merely completed a fair transaction as an information broker.]
Doctor Mozg sounded strangely cheerful.
She even added something as though granting him a favor.
[Consider this repayment for the valuable information. I will help you exactly once in the future. Ask me for any information you want, so choose carefully.]
Yukgap looked down at the address in confusion.
“You’re really willing to do that?”
[The information Doctor Frankenstein gave me was worth that much.]
The wires connected to Doctor Mozg blinked and beeped.
Yukgap still did not understand, but whatever Victoria had revealed was clearly enough to excite her.
“Hmm. Does that mean I no longer have to take responsibility?”
Seryun, who had remained quiet until now, muttered.
Doctor Mozg asked suspiciously,
[Lee Seryun. You already knew, didn’t you?]
“I had a rough idea, but I wasn’t certain. Thanks to this, I’ve learned something valuable too.”
[Stop pretending. You introduced these people to me because you were hoping for exactly this.]
Seryun shrugged.
“I have no idea what you mean.”
Doctor Mozg grumbled sharply.
[You really are an irritating man, Lee Seryun.]
“Not as irritating as you, Doctor Mozg.”
Seryun answered without blinking.
Once everything had been settled, Doctor Mozg hurried them along.
[Anyway, if the transaction is finished, leave. A crescent-moon night does not last very long.]
“We got more information than I expected.”
Yukgap walked along while holding the address carefully against his chest.
Victoria, following beside him, agreed.
“Yeah. The location of a mercenary who was in contact with Abraxas until fairly recently.”
Seryun added,
“Doctor Mozg’s information is reliable. In the underworld, trust is life itself. If an information broker sells false information, the damage comes back to them tenfold.”
Yukgap hesitated before speaking to Seryun.
“Thanks.”
“For what?”
“You helped us. If you hadn’t been there, I probably would’ve ended up fighting Doctor Mozg to the death.”
Seryun had guided them to Doctor Mozg in the first place.
And when things were on the verge of turning into a full-scale battle, he had reported the situation to the Gatekeeper Clan, preventing it from becoming an even bigger disaster.
Most importantly, Yukgap had finally obtained a clue to his past.
A simple thank-you hardly felt sufficient.
“If anything, I should thank you. That irritating woman needed someone to teach her a lesson. I was hoping the Gatekeeper Clan would punish her properly, so I’m actually disappointed she only received a warning.”
Seryun smiled faintly.
At that point, Yukgap and Victoria naturally became curious.
“You really don’t get along with Doctor Mozg, huh?”
“You two definitely seemed to know each other.”
What kind of relationship could make them dislike each other that much?
Seryun answered as though it were nothing.
“Oh, that? Of course we know each other. She’s my ex-wife.”
Yukgap and Victoria screamed at the same time.
“Whaaaaaat?!”
“Your ex-wiiiiife?!”
Both looked as though a bomb had exploded in front of them.
Seryun stared at them as though their reaction was strange.
“Why are you so surprised? We’re divorced. We’re strangers now.”
Yukgap muttered in disbelief.
“I can’t even imagine you dating someone, much less getting married.”
“Seriously. You were capable of love?”
Even Victoria looked stunned.
“There was a time when warm blood flowed through my heart too. Though that was a very long time ago.”
Seryun casually began reminiscing.
