Adventurers Make Their Move, and Operation: Continental Reharmonization – Part 07

The building that housed the Royal Institute of Magic Research was a sturdy stone structure. Part of that was to maintain the dignity expected of a royal institution, but it also served another purpose: containing the damage if magical experiments went wrong. In other words, the kingdom fully recognized that the place was packed with dangerous materials.

“I’m so close, though.”

Late at night, magic lamps still lit the spacious laboratory.

Metal plates engraved with magic circuits were spread across the table. Beside them lay sheets of paper detailing experimental results, while scraps of notes filled with scribbles were piled up nearby. The researcher—a young girl—furrowed her brow and studied the circuits.

“Using four different elemental magic stones to detect the movement of ambient magicules sounds logical, but it actually isn’t. The magical energy within the stones interferes with each other, making it impossible to detect faint traces of