Laura said she had not seen Bruno for some time, but he had returned home late last night.
“Why did you call?”
Filina asked in a sluggish voice as she stopped by the office at Gabriel’s call early in the morning. (*Gabriel is Filina’s father)
It was probably about Bruno, she thought. The fact that he was away for days certainly meant that Gabriel had sent him on an errand.
And as soon as Bruno returned home, Filina was called. So it must be related.
“I heard that tomorrow is the entrance exam for the Swordsmanship Academy.”
Gabriel let out a few dry coughs, then he held out a brown bag that was on the desk to Filina.
“It was very hard to get it from the Magic Tower.”
“What is it?”
Filina raised her hand and opened the satchel.
In it were three potions, each in a gorgeous color.
Filina looked at Gabriel with a surprised expression.
“I got it directly from the Lord of the Magic Tower. It’s very expensive.”
“Don’t tell me you sent Bruno to the Magic Tower to get this?”
Filina looked at Gabriel with a frown.
He seemed to be more concerned about the fact that the Lord sold the potions for a high price than the fact that he had sent his son to the Tower.
The selfishness was laughable.
The Magical Tower was located in a deep mountain range that existed at the far end of the Alvar Empire.
He chose the forest as his residence, where all sorts of bizarre forms of alien species lived together, just because the people behaved in a troublesome manner.
Filina reckoned that such a man could not be normal.
The man was known to occasionally come to the city where the people of Alvar gathered to live, when the need arose.
Most of the time, people communicated with the Lord of the Tower through the apprentices who worked as his assistants.
But Bruno came directly to the tower to get the potions. Filina stared at Gabriel in disgust.
“What if Bruno got hurt because of you?”
Gabriel gave a small chuckle at her words.
“And why do you say that it’s my fault?”
Filina furrowed her brow.
He continued to speak slowly with his raised eyes.
“It’s all your fault, to be exact. Because the person who needs this potion is not me, but you.”
“I didn’t say I wanted this.”
“You said you had to pass the test.”
Gabriel’s face hardened as he sat in his chair looking up at her.
“It was you who threatened me, Filina. It’s no use telling me now that it wasn’t your fault. I had to help you to pass the exams, and if Bruno got hurt, so be it. Because it’s all for you.”
Filina looked at him, biting her lip.
It was frustrating that she just couldn’t even argue with him.
