Even loyalty could not compare to a Wizard's obsession with their own research, which was often far greater than their loyalty to other Wizards.
On this point, Augusta, as the master of the Tower of Dawn, had seen through it clearly in his dealings with the Formal Wizards under him.
Augusta said, "Leo, where did the Ink Gold in your hands come from?"
"I found it in the Crimson Sea."
Leo tried his best to keep his expression calm.
Leo had long prepared an explanation for the Ink Gold. He said, "Although I don't know why there was an extra share, I believe both the Ink Gold in my possession and the Ink Gold in Wizard Bess's possession are genuine."
Augusta fell silent for a long time before saying, "Since we cannot figure it out, then there must be something we have overlooked in our research on Ink Gold."
"Perhaps when Ink Gold is about to vanish, it triggers some mechanism and rebounds, producing a quantity of Ink Gold beyond the theoretical data."
As Augusta answered, he truly seemed to hold an ordinary researcher's attitude toward the increased production of Ink Gold.
Yet that attitude made Leo find it strange.
After all, Stofen's view of Ink Gold was that Augusta had tampered with it, restricting the quantity of Ink Gold and thereby controlling the number of people who could advance to Formal Wizard.
Was Stofen lying?
No.
Rather than lying, he seemed more like... a paranoid?
When that word surfaced in Leo's mind,
he linked it to Stofen's behavior.
He discovered that this guess truly seemed rather fitting for Stofen.
Leo felt that Stofen had repeatedly become suspicious whenever he faced him.
That attitude of seeing ghosts in every shadow really did resemble paranoia.
Augusta said, "All right, Leo. You