"You look around on your own for now. I'm going to help the other researchers with an experiment."
She waited and waited in the room, but even after more than two hours, Orochimaru still had not returned.
Akeibi could no longer sit still and left Orochimaru's office.
Once she reached the experimental corridor, she saw that the Lab was quite large.
"How am I supposed to get out? I wonder whether Father and Uncle have finished arguing yet. They argue all day over this stuff."
Akeibi had no interest in scientific research whatsoever.
When she was little, Sanzu Amado had tried teaching her as well, but she had never developed even the slightest interest.
Still, Father no longer needed to teach her now, and that made her feel very free.
After asking around and stumbling about, she finally managed to leave the Lab.
The sun outside was already beginning to set.
"Has that much time really passed? I wonder if Father and Uncle are done talking. It's probably already time for the dinner Lord Torikaze arranged."
Following the path she had taken before, Akeibi returned to the Factory in the back mountain.
She found that the two Amados had stopped discussing things and were instead focused on their own work.
Uncle Amado was making a huge rectangular block. Akeibi had no idea what it was.
Meanwhile, Father was studying the blueprint.
"Father, Uncle Amado, isn't it almost time for the dinner Lord Torikaze arranged? Shouldn't you stop what you're doing first?"
Hearing Akeibi's voice, both men looked up.
"Akeibi? Didn't you go to the Lab with Orochimaru?" Amado asked.
Akeibi scratched her head. "The Lab was too boring, so I came back on my own."
Amado pulled out his phone and checked the time. "It's almost five already? Then it