"Ah... achoo!"
In the laboratory, Derien sneezed.
Li Qi blinked and asked, "Professor, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Probably someone's cursing me... Forget that."
As he spoke, Derien slapped the damaged Magic Device onto the table and asked Li Qi, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
"Professor, I already explained it earlier."
Li Qi wore an innocent expression.
"So what you mean is, you used the Magic Device you replicated to cast Greater Fireball Spell, and under the Magic Device's amplification, that Greater Fireball Spell produced power far beyond Firefall Spell... Is that what you're saying?"
"Yes, Professor."
"Bullshit!"
Derien couldn't hold back the curse. "I know exactly how strong this Magic Device's amplification is! Unless you cast Firefall Spell, there's no way a mere Greater Fireball Spell could cause an explosion of that magnitude!"
"But I'm telling the truth."
Li Qi answered seriously.
Li Qi had lied about other things, but not about the spell he had cast.
Though he had cast Fireball Spell at the time, the amount of magic power that ultimately flowed from his body was, by all appearances, at the standard of Greater Fireball Spell.
That was only because Li Qi had enough magic power in his body.
Had it been any other official mage, this move would probably have drained them completely dry.
Li Qi spoke with such conviction that, seeing no sign that he was lying, Derien fell silent for a long while.
After a while, he opened the damaged Magic Device and attempted to study its internal structure. But when he saw the broken gears and Magic Crystals inside, crushed into a tangled mess, he grimaced again.
Using Mage Hand to remove the damaged components and place them on the table, Derien gestured over them for quite some time. Once he confirmed