Ophelia and Caspian were in front of the large box, observing the yellow and orange seals with black letters on the edges of the box that warned about the danger of its contents, as well as its misuse, "Careful, biological material", "Toxic to human beings", they were both tense, because their posture was rigid and they had been immobile, only standing, in front of the box for a while, like children who witness magic for the first time with the same astonishment on their faces and a touch of disbelief and a half was what could be noticed, until Caspian stepped forward and began to cut the seals that he thought would make it difficult to unpack the box, Ophelia, seeing the action of her partner, followed his actions and after a while they finished cutting all the seals in half.

Ophelia moved away and Caspian took the goat's foot and with a small push back, he jammed the goat's foot at the junction of the front boards and the upper boards of the box, but when Caspian made the lever movement, the board out, it creaked, resisted with all its strength to separate, the wood split in half and thanks to that the fact that there was a large block of solid foam as a solid armor that protected the main packaging was exhibited. The piece of wood, nailed to the foam, ensured military-grade packaging or even greater, since it was a block as heavy as cement, which explained its difficulty in moving it.

Caspian, confused by the unusual packaging that had been found, remained motionless for a moment, but then he continued with his task without hesitation, the boards squealed and twisted, begging not to be separated from the foam, but Caspian continued and continued ignoring all the moans with a steel soul until he could no longer and his arms gave up due to fatigue, and Ophelia who until now only limited to cleaning the debris, gave him the relay in the unpacking of the box, took the goat's foot and started with the task, but his short stature, coupled with his little strength and physical dexterity made him gradually begin to give in and be in the same situation as Caspian with just removing three wooden planks from the foam.

' Hey...' 'Caspian... you´re sure it's nothing dangerous... the packaging is more difficult to remove... than we thought, we should have waited for the captain' she gasped.

"The package is fragile and apparently of extreme importance to the government, seeing as its packaging the package must be very small the solid foam walls look very thick so we're fine for now," he said a little less panting.

"And if it's not dangerous, why don't they tell us what's in the box? Why does the government want to keep all this secret?"

"Don't be impatient, we are already unpacking the package, we will find out in a few hours and we will ask the captain for explanations"

"What if he doesn't want to give it to us?" he said in a worried tone

'Then he will have to work with others and we will return to our old investigations, calm...'

'While I was on the island I heard that its effect on humans is terrifying by some soldiers, but they never said anything about it being deadly, this must be special, either because of its properties or its wealth in magic, the government is so interested that they spent on us, to investigate this box thoroughly.'

"You think Caspian is like that."

"If not, I don't understand why?" 'were to send him to a magical laboratory.'

"Okay, guys, I'll finish the break," the captain said with a cheerful tone.

The captain had left his office with a smile and his renewed energy, he went with Caspian and Ophelia, he took the goat's foot and with an enormous force he moved his arms back, and snatched against the remaining planks and in less than five minutes he tore off all the faces that were left with wooden planks, it was so fast that the squeaks were barely perceptible, the planks did not have time to react, to complain about the movement, compared to Caspian that his movements were slow and the squeaks of the high and slow planks that sometimes hurt the ear, once the work was done, the captain released the goat's leg and went to sit on the nearest bench on the laboratory tables while Caspian and Ophelia collected and arranged the remains of the shattered wood.

Once they finished cleaning the esplanade of the laboratory, the captain got up from his seat and went to the basement, down and the noise of the footsteps on the pieces of glass was heard and how he threw whole boxes by groping around the basement, until there was a small silence, all the noise was repeated again until the captain left the basement with a pickaxe in his hands, walked and stood in front of the block of solid foam and with several firm thrusts managed to tear a piece of foam from the block that looked like concrete, but due to the force of the impact the block moved and had to relocate in the center, the process was repeated again but with Ophelia and Caspian holding the block, but still the block continued to move, and so they were until dawn arrived and prevented them from continuing to bite and tear the large block.

"Captain, I just crossed the block with a needle and I could notice that there are still 50 centimeters thick before reaching the third packaging layer, I propose that Ophelia use one of her spells to make an acid that can pass through the foam."

"That sounds good, the truth is after stinging for hours my arms don't give anymore, let Ophelia know about her new task as soon as she gets out of the bathroom."

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"Understood, Captain."

Caspian walked to the other side of the lab and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Ophelia, as soon as you finish, the captain says to prepare a spell to generate acid, that way we will advance faster with unpacking."

"Okay, but couldn't you wait for her to come out to tell me?"

"I want to finish this as soon as possible."

'Okay as soon as I get out I prepare everything for the spell.'

"Well, I'll clean up all the debris and dust made by the foam in the laboratory."

Ophelia went out and put the linen parchment on the table, her pastel brown tone so contrary to the cold gray, and gloomy of the table and the involuntary tremor in her movements, it denoted the little experience she had with this tool, unlike the inkwell, almost empty, the pen with the worn tip, it betrayed that the practical part was not her strong, given that she spent a lot of ink, Ophelia felt very nervous, the last experiment had gone very wrong, but this time she was more confident since Caspian supervised everything, despite not being able to help her Caspian is a diligent man who knows all the magical processes and theories, so at first there should be no problems.

Ophelia in front of the burnt adobe bottom, on the unevenness of the field and with the white light lamp in the corner of the table, Ophelia trembling with nerves due to the risk was her first time so nervous, usually she is very carefree and although the practices are bad for her she always ends up doing everything over and over again until she gets it, but this time it was not like that, her hands trembled, her feet felt weak, the sweat on her forehead, her clumsiness when moving added to her very poor pulse, plus the importance of the task made her overthink, she did not have a second chance, the package is unique in its class, if she spoils it she ruined her career, being a recent graduate and at 24 years old, her clumsiness could not beat her, her throat dried up and she felt a great terror, she did not want to make the acid.

* Stupid Caspian you had to propose using acid to undo the foam block, if it goes wrong your career will not be the one that ends.She thought to herself.

* The captain knows of my clumsiness with these things, why do I accept in the first place? He shouldn't trust me so much! She thought again.

Ophelia took a deep breath, with subtle strokes, but firm she began to draw the pentagram and symbols necessary to start the extraction ritual, she moved her hand to the right, upwards, diagonally in a straight line everything with a continuous speed and without removing her hand from the parchment she made the drawing in a single stroke, but the drawing went wrong, Ophelia has always been bad at this and it did not help her pulse, the lines always come out crooked, that always harms the process, and that is why accidents occur in the laboratory and the result is never as expected.

" Make it again, we can't start the extraction process with a stuff like that," Caspian said as he looked at the symbol

'I know!' you think I don't know what we would ruin everything if we used the pentagram like that. Ophelia thought with a certain exasperation.

Ophelia since childhood has always been bad at crafts and that cost her a lot while she was in school, she did not get along with the teachers in the laboratory and always ended up cleaning as punishment for her clumsiness, practices were what she hates most, she tried hard to improve and get her subjects through (with the minimum passing grade), that was her most important achievement in school, after finishing her career as a witch, her confidence and self-esteem were so high that she felt that if her self-esteem were a ladder she could reach the confines of heaven and space. But when she graduated and got her job in the workshop, she felt like she was about to lose her job multiple times because she could not keep up with Caspian or Captain Lucia, despite everything she had tried, it was still not enough, the competition was very strong and many times the laboratory supervisor wanted to replace her with someone who in his eyes was more capable, but the captain never left him, Ophelia knows that if she fails now she could be thrown out without problems, and this situation made her feel as powerless as if she were in school again.

'It will take me a long time to get the drawing right, do you have the other material ready?' Ophelia said slowly.

"Clean the parchment and try it until it comes out, I'll put things in order inside the laboratory and prepare some food, keep trying" Caspian said as he walked away.

Ophelia spent the whole night awake, making and remaking the pentagram and the surrounding ideograms, but due to the fatigue of the hours of work followed, coupled with her clumsiness, they made the task of drawing the ideograms more complex than necessary, and when she felt that the drawing was well done, she left her pencil and with heavy steps, her back hunched and her gaze lost on the way back to the house by the light of dawn.

After a short but well-deserved rest everyone was still tired, Caspian had prepared everything, and the Captain did all the paperwork and spoke to the laboratory supervisor who had not been able to be in the laboratory yet, due to all the matters related to this experiment and the government.

* Caspian, Ophelia! When they put the brine crystal inside the parchment and start the process of forming and spilling the acid all over the block, I want the other parchment with the piece of platinum to start throwing water on top of the block, just 2 seconds after the acid stops coming out of the parchment, in order to clean everything in time and prevent acid from penetrating more than it should.

Despite the commitment and energy shown a moment ago, the pace of work made them all taciturn in a matter of days, even Captain Luían who was popular for his always jovial attitude towards others, was serious, he was very emaciated by the lack of sleep and continuous work, which would end up affecting them all in the end, since when a person who has more than 48 hours without sleep, with intermittent small breaks, the brain begins to forget memories that happened within that period of time, the body experiences fatigue and pain everywhere in addition to the brain suffering from a loss of attention span, and movements are further hindered.

The accident happened as soon as the acid stopped sprouting directly from the parchment and Caspian and Ophelia threw the water, because they reacted very late to both fatigued and as soon as they threw the water, the acid had already pierced the foam, and the metal mesh the third and last packaging was in the process of undoing the thick glass box that protected the thing that was inside, the captain realizing what happened pale of the face ordered them vehemently to stop, but it was too late, submerged in water up to the ankles, the worms had escaped through the cracks made by the acid, which caused the water worms pushed by the jet of water to fall to the ground and escape through the drain, making the drainage.