A strange-looking helmet is placed on Alicia Pompeo's head.
The female chess player, whose consciousness was in chaos, sensed something in her soul. A "priest" chess piece deep in her soul was broken, and the power contained in it penetrated into her soul...
The memory-searching machine was activated, and the lightning flashed around, amplifying the magical power. The unreasonable power directly began to peel off Alicia's spiritual essence and peer into her soul.
The pain in the soul was unbearable, and Alicia's screams echoed throughout the interrogation room.
“Search Concept—The Philosopher’s Stone.”
The interrogator sitting in front of the console felt inexplicably excited when he heard Alicia's howl - he liked his job very much. Now that he was able to interrogate the once proud Foundation adviser, it made him even more inexplicably happy.
At this moment, Rabbi Lins had returned to the room, staring at the foggy mirror lit by electric light where he could see memories.
The first memory emerged...
One night.
Alicia, who couldn't sleep, walked in the corridor of her home holding her fox stuffed doll - she wanted to find her grandpa.
Usually, if little Alicia could not sleep, she could find her grandfather, Edgar Pompeii, in the lighted library.
In this case, Grandpa will look at her with surprise, love and a little reproach and say: "It seems that our little princess can't sleep again."
Then, he would hold little Alicia on his knees and tell her an ancient legend...
Today, Alicia found the library door closed.
Not only that, but the voice of a man speaking loudly came from inside the door.
That voice was very familiar to Alicia. It was the voice of her father, Rabbi Lins Pompey.
“…The Foundation’s rules regarding the use of the Philosopher’s Stone have long been clichés!
"For the benefit of mankind, why don't we use it more boldly?!..."
Alicia was a little scared because of her father's loud voice, but now she didn't know whether to go back to the room or stay here, so she had to guard the door of the library helplessly.
"The price? What price are you afraid of?!
“Which new technology, which powerful force, does not require a price?
“Gold mining costs human lives, oil fields pollute the environment, and light and heavy industries exploit ordinary people...
"If using the Philosopher's Stone is for the welfare of the most people, at a small cost, what are you afraid of?!"
Grandpa's voice was much deeper: "Rabbi Lins, as a senior executive of the foundation, why do you speak like a politician?"
"Father, what I said is true."
"What you said is not reasonable." Grandpa's voice was cold - Alicia had never heard him speak in such a voice. "It's an excuse."
"If you are willing, you and I, we can abolish the restrictions on the use of the Philosopher's Stone now! - With stronger power, the Divine Court will cooperate more thoroughly with us...
"Enough! Rabbi Lins! I don't want to hear any more words from you that whitewash your ambitions.
"Nothing will change regarding the rules regarding the Philosopher's Stone!"
Rabbi Lins's voice stopped, and after a moment, his tone was cold: "Restrictions, rules, forbidden areas...
"It is precisely because you old antiques only have these things in your hearts that the foundation will go downhill."
With a crash, the library door was opened.
In front of Alicia was her father's figure as tall as a mountain.
Alicia couldn't see his expression clearly because of the light behind her.
"dad……"
Before he could say anything, Rabbi Lins left as if he hadn't seen Alicia.
Holding her fox in her arms, Alicia looked at her grandfather sitting alone in the library.
Before Rabbi Lins ran away, Grandpa stood energetically.
After Rabbi Lins left, Edgar sat down in his chair, hunched over.
Alicia had never seen her grandfather look like this.
The first memory is over, and the search for magic begins.
In the interrogation room, Alicia, who had lost consciousness, had stopped screaming, just rolled her eyes and her body was twitching slightly.
The second memory begins.
A visibly grown-up Alicia angrily walks down a hallway.
She suddenly opened a door and saw Rabbi Lins in the room, his hands wrapped around the light of the philosopher's stone——
He was conducting experiments on the properties of the Philosopher's Stone.
"When grandpa disappeared..." Alicia could no longer suppress her anger, "You didn't care..."
“Did you do his disappearance!?
"Because you want to be the president of the foundation? Because among all the decision-makers, only grandpa is opposed to you becoming the president?!"
Alicia, who had been searching for the truth about her grandfather's disappearance, finally broke out and pointed at Rabbi Lins and asked.
Putting down the philosopher's stone in his hand, Rabbi Lins turned around and said, "Alicia, I won't bother with the tone of your words when you spoke to me...
He turned his head, but there was no anger in his eyes: "I just focused on my work, so I didn't distract myself from looking for Edgar...
"How could you think of your father like that?"
Without evidence, Alicia could only vent her conjecture.
She gritted her teeth and said, "No matter how long it takes, I will get grandpa back. I want him to prove that you did all of this!"
Alicia slammed the door and left.
The second memory is over.
Rabbi Lins, who was watching Alicia's memories alone, frowned...
The third memory seems not that far away from now.
Alicia hid outside a door, using ectoplasm to eavesdrop on the sounds inside.
Rabbi Lins's voice rang in the room: "...This is an excellent opportunity. I plan to use all the reserves of the Philosopher's Stone in exchange for the temporarily vacant god's seat in the Utopia...
"We can't hesitate anymore. To them, a vacant divine position is like a fresh antelope carcass on the grassland...
"If I don't take action, other gods will definitely seize this throne once they learn about the situation in Ocean City..."
Ralph Franken's voice sounded: "However, this may cause millions of deaths, and I'm afraid public opinion will..."
"What are you worried about about public opinion?" Ashur's voice was obviously contemptuous, "The president will already be a god by then. Can public opinion change this fact?
"He will always bless the Foundation. Whether it's the experiments you are doing or my projects, they can achieve huge leaps...
"We may even become an organization on par with the Divine Palace..."
The conversation continues.
Worried about being exposed, Alicia hurriedly left the door.
The magic of memory search cannot target a specific memory, but can only search based on "key concepts".
Therefore, what Rabbi Lins saw were the memories of the "Philosopher's Stone" in Alicia's mind.
Rabbi Lins, who was staring into the foggy mirror, held his face in one hand.
He didn't feel impatient, on the contrary, he felt a little excited in his heart - because he knew that as he watched, Alicia's memories of hiding the Philosopher's Stone reserve would be revealed...
