Ron greeted Edith.
Edith returned the greeting, then walked over to the table and asked, "Didn't Prince Ron go looking for Harper? You didn't find him?"
"I found him. We talked for a long time."
"How is he? Is he in better spirits?"
"Yeah. He plans to resign. I'll build him a laboratory, just like your sister's."
Edith: "?"
This turn of events caught Edith completely off guard.
What on earth had happened over the course of this afternoon?
"What's going on?" Edith looked at Ilya in astonishment, only then noticing that she was writing a resignation letter. "Hey, hey, isn't this way too hasty?"
Ilya ignored her and silently continued writing her resignation letter.
Ron, standing beside them, had no choice but to explain the situation to Edith in detail.
A few minutes later, Edith sat off to one side, turning the Condenser over in her hands as she carefully sensed the changes in the Elemental Potato's elemental reserves.
Then she set the Condenser down, looked at Ron as he took a sip of water, thought for a moment, rolled her eyes, and said, "Then I'll resign too."
"Pfft—cough, cough!" Ron couldn't help spraying out a mouthful of water. Half amused and half exasperated, he coughed and asked, "Isn't yours the hasty one?"
"Anyway, I've made up my mind." Edith casually shook her head, found a blank sheet of paper on the table, picked up a pen, and began writing her own resignation letter.
"Professor Hicks's Meditation Potion 2.0 has already been developed, and there aren't any interesting projects left in the laboratory right now."
"Besides, if I stay at the academy, it feels like I won't learn anything new. I might as well resign and come along with you."
"Hey, hey..." Ron was somewhat helpless. He felt as