Day after day, year after year.

In order to study, my father kept flipping through various books, and the books accumulated at home became more and more, and even the aisles were placed only in one person's passage.

However, the father's research was not going well, and the girl sometimes even saw her father smashing books in the studio.

One night, when the girl was walking past her father's studio at night, she found that the studio door was not closed as tight as usual, and a trace of light was revealed from the crack of the door.

Driven by curiosity, the girl looked inside through the crack in the door.

There was an unknown person in his father's studio in a black hooded cloak. Looking at the stranger's father's face was filled with impatientness and unhappiness.

"Oh, dear Chief Alchemist of the Holy See, please do not be so unhappy. Although I know that my uninvited entry is really a rude thing for you. However, you have not accepted invitations or met guests for a long time. My abruptness is entirely out of helplessness. Please forgive me."

"Hmph! Since I know I don't see a guest, why are you here? You are not welcome here, get out! If you want to kill me, then take action!"

"Please rest assured that I will not do anything unfavorable to you or your family. The only purpose of my visit here is to make a deal with you."

"Trade? Humph! You can get out now, I won't make any transactions with you!"

"Well, please don't be so arbitrary. Actually, I heard that you have been looking for a way to revive your dead wife, right?"

"...Yes, so what? What's your business? If that's all you want to say, get out of here!"

"Please don't worry. Of course, this has something to do with me, but can you ask you whether you have found a way in the secret books of the Holy See? I hope you can tell me clearly?"

"...You know a lot. Do you seem to have an insider with a very high position in the Holy See?"

"Well, I won't talk about this for now. I just want to know if you have found a way, which is very important for our next transaction."

"Hmph! You really disappointed! No!"

"Oh! No, no, no! Actually, you didn't find a way, that's what I expected. But you really haven't found a feasible way?"

"...I tell you the truth, so what if there is? So what if there is no? Do you think I will tell you a suspicious guy!"

"Oh! This is my negligence, please forgive me. Do you know the meaning of this ring?"

"The truth..."

"Oh! Since you know, you don't need to say anything below."

"I really didn't expect...you will actually come to me..."

"Of course, with your ability, you can be regarded as a talent we pray for!"

"You'll die this! I will never join you!"

"Of course, we will never force you to join, so I said that today I was just here to make a deal with you. So let's continue the topic just now. Do you find any way?"

“…yes, but…”

"But what?"

"Great prophecy..."

"Oh! Great prophecy! That miracle power that only God can possess can indeed revive your dead wife, but..."

"Yes, I miss you... no, you should know too. A long time ago, God had already taken back the power of the great prophecy, and the current Holy See can no longer reproduce the miracle that Moses had when the sea opened... let alone resurrecting the dead..."

"Well... But what I really want to ask is whether you have found any way in your field, that is, in terms of alchemy."

"Alchemy? Are you talking about the human body refining? No, you can't refine anything except monsters. Besides, even if you refine your body, what about the soul? What to use to refine your soul? There is nothing in this world that can be equivalent to the soul..."

"Well, I understand, that is to say, you have not found any way to resurrect your dead wife yet, right?"

"……Yes."

"Then we have the prerequisite and need to trade."

"What do you mean?"

"Please take a look at this..."

"Where did you find this?!"

"This is an excavation of some ancient ruins. Unfortunately, the best alchemist in our place can only see the function of this, but I don't understand how to use it. That's why we thought of coming to you, but judging by your devotion to the Holy See, you should never agree to us to complete this. So I would like to express my great apology to you for taking advantage of the situation."

"You are crazy! Do you know what this is for and still have to do? Refining God? Do you think God will allow humans to do this? God will definitely punish you!"

"Well, if you don't do it, how can you know the result? Besides, for you now, isn't this a good way? Only God can raise people, so you can create God to resurrect your dead wife."

"...You guys are really crazy... But I guess I'm crazy too... I actually have some ideas in my heart that agree with... You go, let me think about it carefully..."

"You will definitely figure it out. You must know that if you succeed, not only will your dead wife be resurrected, but you will definitely become the greatest alchemist in the world!"

"Stop talking! Let's go! Never bother me again before I think about it!"

"Okay, sir. Then I will stay with you. I believe you really want to study the possibility of this."

“…”

"So, please allow me to sue."

After saying this last sentence, the stranger in a black hooded cloak jumped out of the studio window, leaving only his father dazed at the stack of drawings placed on the table.
Chapter completed!