Laenon was stunned and frozen in place, staring speechlessly at the scene before him. That speed made no sense.
It far surpassed any speed he had ever seen before.
Was that a beginner? To hell with beginners!
This guy was an extremely advanced alchemist!
'Is he pretending to be someone he's not?' Laenon shuddered at the thought. Why would he do that? Does he want to infiltrate the family? Or did he trick the young lady?
Countless questions flashed through his mind in an instant, but he pushed them aside and didn't pay them much attention because he was worried about not answering him quickly.
"Ah… Haha." Laenon stepped closer and cleared his throat before speaking. "That's not so hard. This is a test furnace; it was built carelessly and surely has some flaws. It's been used too many times, too—surely one of those uses affected it and caused it to have imperfections," he said with an embarrassed laugh, trying to pin all the blame on the furnace.
