RBD 116

Afternoon sunlight spilled softly across the world.

With a lunch basket looped over my arm, I hopped down from the carriage.

A modest three-story building with its front gate painted pure white.

This was Rudrick’s new workshop—the one he had opened after leaving the Mage Tower.

There was a system where outstanding researchers could receive private laboratories funded directly by the Round Table Council, and he had made use of it.

Of course, he was still technically affiliated with the Mage Tower, but...

Well, at least being able to keep some distance from them is a relief.

Personally, though, I had worried.

Without sharing information or collaborating with the other members of the Mage Tower, wouldn’t his research progress more slowly than before?

But Rudrick hadn’t seemed bothered in the slightest.

“Drawing a clear line might actually be better. It’s preferable to the Tower Master interfering unnecessarily.”

The expression on…