“How’s the reaction?” Hwang Jung-Yeon asked.

“I’m not sure…” I answered.

“Maybe this isn’t it either… you sure there’s nothing wrong with your body?” she asked.

“Yes, I seem fine on the outside. Even from the data that I used for the last trial, there weren’t any physical issues, so you don’t have to worry about that,” I said, reassuring her.

“When did you have the time to do that…”

I used it when I was in the process of hiring workers while trying to recruit Sun Hee-Young to our party. I was able to achieve satisfactory results during that time, but since there were so many restraints, it was a test where I had to stop the research. I never imagined that it would come in handy at a place like this. It was as if that situation had prepared everything for us and the data that was in my head had finally become helpful.

“How about making the consistency thicker?” I asked.

“It’s not good to put in a lot. Considering how I may use magic later on, this is an appropriate amount. If we do put in more, you know that it’ll affect you physically, right?” she asked.

“I mean, if you think of it as using it to resist the curse, then it has to have an effect that’ll surpass the curse’s effects…”

“Are you trying to use poison to subdue the poison?”

“I don’t think it’s a bad idea to approach it that way,” I a...