After class, Caroso left the classroom directly. He had wanted to find Teresa, but the Vice Principal and Lord Merlin were waiting outside his door.
"Vice Principal, Lord Merlin." Caroso bowed to the two of them.
"Lord Merlin would like to speak with you. Do you have time?" the Vice Principal asked.
"Yes." Caroso nodded.
Merlin smiled faintly at that.
[Why is the old woman looking for Baby Caro? Don't tell me she has a thing for him?]
[Tsk, reject childish tastes, starting with you, her]
[Does she want to recruit Baby Caro?]
[Uh... could Baby Caro joining Utopia actually happen at this stage?]
[Don't celebrate yet. Baby Caro joining Utopia might not be a good thing.]
[Right. We still don't know what Utopia is really trying to do.]
Before long, they arrived at the Vice Principal's office. Caroso and Merlin sat on the sofa.
Normally, students would definitely be nervous when entering the principal's office, especially when facing an important figure like Merlin. Yet Caroso was not nervous in the slightest, treating it as nothing more than an ordinary meeting.
"Caroso, your cardmaking ability has greatly exceeded my expectations." Merlin looked at Caroso. "A student capable of mental simulation, and one who made such an outstanding card besides... At your age, your mental simulation ability can be called the best in the world."
Caroso gave a somewhat bashful smile.
He knew that although his talent as a Card Maker was quite good, it was probably still no match for Blank's.
Blank had relied on her own abilities to push the entire world's cardmaking system forward. The Hand of Greed had theoretically been Blank's original creation.
He simply possessed a kind of wealth no one else had: comrades from another world.
"Lord Merlin, please get to the point." Caroso said,