Henova’s words were very direct, which was probably why the Large Clans had blacklisted him.

“It’s very important, and no one else can know about it.”

Henova realized that Yeon-woo was serious and put his pipe in his mouth. He nodded with a frown. 

Yeon-woo began to explain what happened with the Philosopher’s Stone. He left out some parts about Red Dragon and the Cheonghwado and focused on the materials listed in the Emerald Tablet and the research he’d done with Brahm.

The truth was, Yeon-woo was a bit hesitant to get Henova involved. Although he didn’t reveal his background to Phante and Edora, it wasn’t for the same reason he kept it a secret from Henova. He kept worrying that he was pulling Henova into a thorny path. However, when he’d expressed this, Brahm had told him without mincing any words, “All I can help with is theories and experiments. The only person who can actually carry them out is Henova. We need his help.” 

Something always went wrong in the process of invention and creation, and it was important to find and correct the mistakes. Henova was the...