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CHAPTER 178
Flamel Pharmaceuticals was not a tower of pride but a fortress of silence. Spread across a thousand meters of concrete and glass, it stretched like an artery of human ambition. The upper levels were filled with sterile offices and white-coated researchers who whispered Jeffery's name with a mix of reverence and unease. But far below, beneath reinforced steel and coded locks, the laboratory breathed with a different rhythm—slow, steady, alive.That was his kingdom.The hum of the containment generators was almost musical, rising and falling like a low chant. The florescent lights above buzzed faintly, casting pale halos over surgical tables lined with relics of both science and faith. Crucibles engraved with runes. Beakers wrapped in talismanic wire. And at the center—a single, glowing containment orb surrounded by concentric circles of crimson salt.Jeffery Flamel stood in its light. His coat hung loosely around him, black gloves stained with the residue of experiments no one else dar
CHAPTER 177
The months had rolled by like waves—slow, heavy, and golden. The city that had once whispered Jeffery's name in disgrace now carried it in quiet awe. Flamel Pharmaceuticals stood reborn at the heart of the industrial district, a monolith of glass and steel frowned by the dragon insignia—his mark, his redemption.The morning sun poured over the tower like liquid fire, gliding every mirrored panel, every curved edge. From afar, it looked less like a building and more like a divine hymn—one sung to perseverance and pain, a declaration that ruin was never the end.Jeffery stood before it now, alone. The wind tugged gently at his long coat, carrying the faint scent of wet earth and metal after the night's rain. The rhythmic hum of traffic below mingled with the distant cry of gulls from the harbor—life returning to motion, as if unaware that something extraordinary had risen again.His reflection shimmered on the glass—olderz harder, yet strangely serene. There were fine lines beneath his
CHAPTER 176
The silence between them pulsed softly, alive with things neither dared to say. The lamps flickered over scattered blueprints and half-assembled instruments, washing the factory in a soft amber haze. Outside, night stretched vast and watchful—a velvet sea pierced by the silver glow of distant towers. The city breathed, constant and indifferent, while inside, two people hovered between rebuilding and remembering. Jeffery's eyes moved across the room—the faint steam rising from Rita's untouched coffee, the dust mites drifting lazily through the light, the sigil of the dragon gleaming faintly on the table. Every sound—the distant hum of a generator, the whisper of wind through broken windows—felt amplified in the quiet. He finally spoke, his voice calm but worn. "You shouldn't keep coming here at night, Rita. The city's restless lately. I don't trust what hides in the dark." Rita smiled faintly, brushing a loose strand of hair behind ear. "You've rebuilt a company from ashes, Jeffery
CHAPTER 175
Time has a way of healing what fire cannot. And in the months that followed, the ruins of Flamel Pharmaceuticals began to breathe again.The city had nearly forgotten the inferno that once painted the skyline crimson. Scaffolds now climbed its charred skeleton like vines reclaiming a fallen monument. The scent of smoke had given way to sawdust and ozone. Machines hummed. Sparks flew. And through it all, one man stood among the rebirth—sleeves rolled, gloves blackened, and eyes fixed on a future he refused to let die.Jeffery Flamel watched as a new wall rose, smooth and white, where the fire had left in ash. The sun broke through the grey clouds, striking the glass beams, scattering light across his workbench like shards of rebirth.Finally, he thought within himself. Finally everything is going to go smoothly like before..."Three months," he murmured, his voice barely louder than the wind. "And it's breathing again."He took a slow breath—the smell of metal and possibility filling h
CHAPTER 174
The silence lingered long enough to feel alive. It was so heavy that it seemed capable of weighing on the hearts of the two adults. Outside the tall glass panels of the Stirling family manor, the city stretched endlessly into the night—a sea of lights breathing like distant embers beneath a shroud of clouds. The skyline pulsed with life and indifference, its gleam catching faintly on the glass and painting them both in alternating gold and shadow. The world outside moved on, uncaring of the Strom that had just passed... or the quiet that followed.Jeffery Flamel stood there like a statue—motionless, bruised, his black coat still singed with faint streaks of ash—a man between endings and beginnings. The air between them was taut, heavy with things unsaid. Rita Stirling's voice still hung in it like a sacred echo, yet powerful enough to still his raspy breath."Jeffery Flamel..." her voice trembled only slightly. "...marry me."The words were simple—but they carried mints of pain, of tr
CHAPTER 173
The rain came softly that night—not in fury, but in remembrance. The ruins of Flamel Pharmaceuticals still stood on the city's east side a skeleton of glass and iron drapes in ivy and ash. A place where ambition had burned too briefly... and then fallen silent.Standing several meters from the former company was a figure dressed in a black suit. He was standing tall and dignified like a king, his demeanor cold and indifferent.It was none other than Jeffery Flamel, the young alchemist who had advanced to become a master—and perhaps the youngest master in the world currently.Several weeks had passed before he finally regained himself, waking up from his unconscious state. The first person he had seen was Rita Stirling as always. And she had been very thrilled to hear that he wouldn't be passing out anymore.The Ether within him had been stabilized, hidden away within his Dantian. And right now he had made Qi to circulate through his meridians once more. It was something which even gra
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