The Transmigrated Professor

Chapter 12: The Recipe

The day after I came back from my trip, I resumed my classes. Miss Misa seemed to have taken care of my classes properly so I didn't have any problems.

Though something unexpected happened when I came.

"Mr. Ray Laxon. Are you here?" A member of the HR department came to find me in the staff room. He called me out so that we can have a private conversation.

"Sir, have you not been responding to any of your family emails?"

"I haven't really checked my mail, why?"

"Sir, your father's secretary asked me to inform you of an invitation that you must have received. You should check it out as soon as possible."

"Thank you for the message. I will do so after my class."

Once the classes were over, I went back to my apartment and started to check my mail. There really was a message from Heron Laxon's private account in my mail. I quickly clicked on it and read the contents.

Looks like it was an invitation to the family banquet that was taking place at the end of next month. Executives of the Aurum Guild would be joining along with their families. It seems my presence was required since Heron wanted to keep the façade that he gets along with his legitimate son.

"Fucking politics." I swore.

'Well, this was a good opportunity for me. In this meeting, I would have to break ties with the Laxon Family and the Aurum Guild.'

I felt bad since I knew how much the original Ray wanted to prove to his father that he was a worthy son.

The now very familiar face reflected at me from the glass on my office desk.

I couldn't say I understood what Ray felt for his father, even though I had inherited his memories. Ray may have wanted to gain his recognition as a form of love or as a way to prove himself worthy. But all I felt for him was sympathy. He was unfairly thrown out of his body, had it possessed by a total stranger, who was now going to waste all his efforts.

'I am sorry, Ray. But I don't want to die when the Laxon family is executed for conspiring with the Chaos Alliance. If ever the chance comes my way, I will make sure to repay you.'

The next day, since it was the weekend, I decided to go visit Ray's house. It was also the one where Ray's lab was.

Ray's house was located at the Cobalt Road, one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Capital City, southwest of the Star Academy. There were many mansions lining up the street, each one more beautiful and lavish than the last. They all looked as if none of them costed below a few hundred million R. Almost all of these mansions belonged to the families of Guild Leaders or their top executives since the Hero League Headquarters and the Top Guilds of the Human Realm were not far from this area.

I soon reached Ray's mansion. The mansion was a large two-storey white manor. Its front lawn consisted of a large swimming pool. At the centre of the pool lay a small pavilion with white sofas and a coffee table on it. The pavilion was bordered by exotic flowers. I could sense slight amounts of mana emitting from them.

'They don't seem like ordinary flowers.'

The mansion didn't seem ordinary either. The main door had a biometric lock on it instead of a doorknob and keyhole. I placed my right palm on it and the light blinked green.

'Whoosh'.

The ten-foot tall doors swung open and the entrance hall lightened on its own. The hall was equipped with multiple couches around a glass table. To the right, it led to a kitchen and a dining room, and on the other side was a bedroom. In front of me was a staircase that led up to the guest bedrooms, and another pair of stairs led a floor down to Ray's lab which was connected to a mini greenhouse outside.