Chapter 144
Fossils were displayed on the shelves. This was the study of Professor Gomon, where parchments of all kinds were stuck into jars, starting from blueprints. Gomon, who had been sleeping with his head down on the long table, opened his eyes. A magnifying glass was clutched in his hand.
“Huh? Oh, right, I was piecing together the bones.”
Scratching his head with a blank expression, Gomon tried to recall. His memory was a bit hazy, but he was certain he had been carefully sorting through the bones he had brought and aligning them in their proper places. During that process, he had cut his hand on the sharp horn of a skull. He had gone to the shelf with the mirror to get a bandage for the wound. But then, he had been startled.
‘W-What was that just now?’
As he glanced at the mirror, he had seen someone sitting on the table. It was a man with extremely pale skin. But when he turned his head, no one was there. Gomon slumped into his chair, letting out a deep sigh. It must have been a hallucination from reading too many old books recently. Shaking it off, Gomon grabbed the magnifying glass again to continue his work. However, the bones had disappeared.
“Huh?”
“You’ve already finished, so why not take a proper rest?”
A sudden voice broke the silence, and Gomon slowly turned his head. Surprisingly, he didn’t feel alarmed. For some reason, it felt as if he were about to have a casual conversation with an invited guest. Gomon blinked.
“Huh?”