Raise Your Head

Seeing Olga Marie standing on the edge of the sterile room's window as if she had given up on herself, staring at Mashu lying inside with her whole body seeming ready to tremble, everyone present fell silent.

Although the director had a terrible temper and fancied herself a noblewoman who could casually order people around from on high, earning her the dislike of many, she was not actually a bad person at heart.

As a Magus, anyone could resort to any means or inhumane act to reach the Root, and as long as they achieved their ultimate goal, no one would condemn them for it.

That was one of the reasons Luo Zhen hated Magi so much.

But Olga Marie was not that kind of person.

As a Magus, the girl was actually somewhat naive.

She did not reject killing, but she rejected killing without principles.

She did not resist research, but she resisted research without any guiding ideals.

She did not mind committing crimes, but she minded crimes without meaning.

She did not care about hard work, but she cared about hard work that went unrecognized.

A naive girl like that would probably be mocked by many Magi in the magecraft world and considered hopelessly immature, right?

Yet it was precisely that immaturity that had transformed the Chaldea that had once been a complete mess under the previous director into what it was now.

Even if the old Chaldea had undoubtedly been a Magus's legacy, at least the Chaldea of today was different.

Roman had always told Luo Zhen that, eventually allowing Luo Zhen to let go of his grudges against Chaldea and accept what it had become.

However, no matter what, some of Chaldea's negative legacy still remained.

Mashu was precisely such a remnant.

Olga Marie had resolved