Chapter 73 73. Help you go home
Lan En completed his physical recovery in the morning and arrived at the alchemy classroom at noon.
At dinner time, Aaliya came to the door of the alchemy classroom again.
In her hands were two smoked fish sandwiches, grilled ham, baked apples and an oyster chowder.
A big plate full of food.
This was actually the amount for both her and Lan En, because Aaliya felt it was a bit troublesome to eat after delivering food to Lan En.
Walking in the corridors of Arethusa College, Alia always looks left and right curiously.
Although her previous home was not the type that lacked lighting at night, it was certainly incomparable to the Magic Academy.
The candles in Arethusa College are so numerous and bright that the environment is so bright that it does not seem to be illuminated by the light from candles.
This is a small improvement made by the warlocks who discovered the principle of light reflection, using magic.
It is said that the master who improved lighting left a self-portrait on the wall of the academy because of his contribution.
Alia knocked on the door of the alchemy classroom and walked in.
Lan En has ordered that there will be no big-noise alchemy experiments today. Just knock on the door and come in. Nothing will disturb you.
"My lord, I have brought you dinner."
Because Aaliyah was holding a large dinner plate, she could no longer look in through the glass opening of the door.
So when she entered the door, she saw Lan En sitting on a classroom chair, rubbing his face with both hands, looking exhausted.
The whole classroom is not at all like "it won't be messy" as she said when she was given a break at noon.
The mortar was filled with various herbs that had been ground into a paste. There was half a bottle of liquid with an indescribable color in the distilling flask. The dregs of dried herbs were scattered everywhere on the table
"I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid. I only know that it takes ten hours to learn a potion, but I don't know how these ten hours are arranged. I'm so stupid."
This murmur to himself Aaliya was a little confused, so she tentatively shouted again.
"Sir?"
"Huh?"
Lan En lowered his hands rubbing his face and raised his head.
The black blood vessels on his face and the light black accumulation around his eye sockets made Aaliyah let out a small exclamation.
"Ah! Sir! What are you doing"
Lan En was stunned for a moment, and then realized what he was doing.
"Oh, don't be afraid. This is what happens when we demon hunters take too many drugs."
As he said that, he picked up a beaker from the table at hand, picked it up and drank it. Drink the milky white liquid inside.
Then those black blood vessels and orbital congestion subsided in a few breaths.
【Vitamin alcoholic drink with slight detoxification effect】.
This is what Mentos calls the defective [white honey] made by Lan En.
There were a lot of mistakes in today's practice schedule. After all, it was the first time.
Lan En did not expect that it was not enough to use his extraordinary senses to identify the potency of medicinal materials.
If you want to make a high-level potion, you have to recognize the ingredients when they are crushed, right? You have to recognize it even after it has been distilled, right?
Under these circumstances, you still need to have experience in estimating the potency of medicine, right?
What else is there to say? Taste it!
Then a large bag of rough-processed medicinal materials was shaped into various forms by Lan En.
Everyone has to be smelled and tasted to accumulate experience about the potency of the medicine.
Yes, [Alchemy] proficiency has skyrocketed, now reaching 44%.
As for the limited number of medicinal materials such as honeysuckle and black reed petals, Lan En can now know whether they are in good condition and whether the medicine is strong or not.
Combined with the alchemy formula, you can increase or decrease it as appropriate, and you can even produce some simple goods.
But the price is - even with the demon hunter's resistance to poison, after tasting this large bag of medicinal materials, the toxicity is starting to get a little bit high.
As a last resort, in order to maintain this highly effective learning method, Lan En changed the first item to be conquered from [Swallow] to [White Honey].
It’s like tasting the herbs while giving a simple antidote.
Fortunately, all Lan En's expenses are now borne by the 1,500 Orens, otherwise he would really not dare to mess with things like this.
Roughly processed medicinal materials are no better than wild herbs, so the price increase is a matter of course.
Without this money, Lan En would probably have to squeeze out toothpaste to improve his proficiency in [Alchemy].
When you have a small amount of money, you buy medicinal materials and equipment, then make them, fail, save money and start over again, and the cycle continues.
For a demon hunter who doesn’t know how many commissions he will receive in a month, it may take half a year for him to learn how to refine a potion. Work and study are two very time-consuming things, let alone rushing together?
Fortunately, someone is now paying for his learning costs.
"Don't worry Aria, eat first, and I will clean the classroom with you today."
Lan En said, rubbing his forehead.
I clearly promised that the classroom would not be too dirty, and even asked people to go back to rest, but in the blink of an eye, there was a puddle like this.
Although the other party is now his attendant, Lan En is still very embarrassed.
The two of them cleared a fairly clean table together and sat down to eat together.
The witcher glanced at Alia, who was acting normal, and narrowed his eyes.
This little girl knows many knightly etiquette and the responsibilities and rules of attendants.
Although it is a little different from the northern countries, judging from the complicated rituals, it does not seem to be fake.
At most, the differences are due to different countries.
In the final analysis, there is a set of aristocratic rules that serve as the logic behind it.
But at the same time, a servant who knows the rules naturally eats at the same table with the person she follows without any restraint.
I am familiar with the rules of aristocracy, but I can subconsciously ignore the class differences in these rules.
In other words, in this set of rules, she is rarely in a low or disadvantaged position.
A descendant of a top noble?
While eating a smoked fish sandwich, Lan chatted with Aaliyah.
"Tell me about your hometown, Alia."
"Huh?"
The little girl who bulged her cheeks to eat suddenly seemed as alert as a squirrel. Get up and look at Lan En.
“I don’t want to go back!”
The witcher smiled knowingly.
She was not resisting going home because of fear or fear, at least not entirely.
It’s more because it’s fun outside and I resist going home.
This shows that her family environment is actually quite good.
“I haven’t asked you how old you are, Alia.”
Lan En asked without raising his head while eating.
The girl ate and said nothing, and Lan En seemed unaware of anything.
"Look at your frame, nine years old? Ten years old? Oh, that's ten years old. It's indeed a playful age."
The little girl's movements gave the answer, Lan En He nodded and continued.
“You may not know how dangerous this world is for a ten-year-old girl, Alia. After all, not long after you were caught by the traffickers, I destroyed them and you didn’t even see them. Isn’t it like when they tortured the prisoners?”
"So, what you feel in the human traffickers' camp is excitement. Probably when you jumped off the ship, you were a little scared. But it was only for that moment."
"According to what you said, It has been four or five days since you left your family. In these four or five days, you have seen the witcher, magic, and alchemy. You feel that the world is novel and interesting, but your home is boring. Ya."
Lan tilted his head towards Aaliya who was sitting next to him.
"Did you really not feel the fear of being helpless or missing your family during these four or five nights?"
The little girl's chewing mouth gradually stopped. Next, she slowly put down the food in her hands, and she didn't talk back anymore.
"So, stop playing the knight's story game for a moment and give me some information, Arya."
The witcher stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of the little girl, startling her.
The witcher laughed.
"I want to try to help you go home."
The white matter has come to an end, and we kept vigil last night.
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