Memories of the mage and the secretary

Arriving at the research Lab, Franz pushed aside the fingernail resting on the desk.

And in its place, he set down the small glass bottle containing the bug.

'It doesn’t look that strange on the outside…'

Its only notable feature was its small size, less than half the size of a fingernail.

And it looked ordinarily gross, meaning it looked like something that wouldn’t feel out of place no matter where it popped out from.

However, approaching it magically was a slightly different story.

“This guy sucks up mana, huh.”

Franz slowly sent a bit of mana toward it.

Then, the creature clung to the glass on the side closest to Franz and absorbed the inflowing mana.

That was the reason the mage had been suffering from a lingering illness...