Chapter 19 That’s it?

After lamenting the fickleness of fate, the sorceress began today's course - "Instruments and Furnaces".

“Alchemy is a precise art.”

"Even with the help of magic, we still need a variety of instruments for distillation, sublimation, filtration, and fixation..."

"From the witch's cauldron, to glass bottles, stills and kilns, wizards have always sought more precise tools to help them make potions..."

……

[Ding! Do you want to spend 9890 small experience beads to unlock the skill? ]

I have to say, it’s quite nice to be able to steadily reduce the unlocking requirements for alchemy every day.

At the end of the class, I had 10 more experience beads than yesterday.

Although the amount is not much, it is still progress after all.

“Just treat it as a daily task.” Ailin thought.

"Snapped"

A snap of the fingers.

The Instrument and the Furnace flew back into place.

The sorceress Vera looked into Aelin's eyes and warned:

"Since you want to make your own potions, I will remove all the non-alchemy parts of alchemy."

"This doesn't mean that these books are not important. On the contrary, if you want to go further in alchemy after the mountain trial, these courses are indispensable."

"I will write the omitted bibliography to you in a few days..."

Vera's explanation was very detailed, as if she was afraid that Ailin would miss some important knowledge.

But why?

His life had nothing to do with the sorceress, and if he missed these lessons, then he missed them. Why did she care so much about his future?
Ailin has always been a suspicious person, especially sensitive to the inexplicable kindness of others.

Past experiences have taught him that no one in this world does things without expecting anything in return.

This kind of personality certainly made him miss a lot, but it also allowed him to avoid more trouble.

Therefore, although Ailin was grateful for the sorceress's kindness, the vigilance deep in his heart never disappeared.

"Mary, bring the mushroom soup." Vera called into the inner room.

"Squeak~"

The door to the inner room was opened.

Mary came out of the inner room carrying the water bag.

Compared to the sorceress, the girl today is not much different from yesterday...

Except for a bump on the forehead.

But Ailin was not familiar with her after all, so he took the water bag, thanked the two politely, and left.

It was just noon when we left the tower.

Arlin estimated that Vesemir should still be in the apprentice training grounds, so he walked directly in that direction.

……

"Hey! The lucky apprentice is here!"

Leto was also at the training ground, leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest, seemingly waiting for Vesemir to finish the get out of class.

Vesemir was now facing away from Arryn, carefully checking the apprentices' sigil practice.

Hearing Leto's voice, he turned around and asked, "Alin, why are you back?"

"I came here straight after the alchemy class. Is the get out of class not over yet?"

Vesemir looked up and found that it was already late, so he said to the apprentices in the training ground:

"That's all for today. If you have time, Xiusi, you should still take time to practice more. You are the slowest."

"The same goes for other apprentices. They will be taught the Alder Sign the day after tomorrow. Don't expect me to slow down the progress because of someone."

Vesemir seemed to feel that his words were a bit harsh, and added:
"If you don't know how to do it, you can ask Ailin for help when you have time. His Quen Sign is very standard."

"Of course...if he wants..."

Ailin felt that the apprentices were all looking at him, and agreed:

"Of course, if you have any questions, you can ask directly. I will be happy to answer them."

Vesemir nodded with satisfaction, glanced at the water bag in the apprentice's hand, and said:
"Alin, drink your lunch here."

"Since your alchemy class for today is over, we will set off directly in a moment."

Aelin nodded and was about to open the water bag containing his lunch when he heard Laito's voice.

"Wait," Leto looked at Arryn in confusion and asked Vesemir, "What do those words mean? I know each word, but I don't understand them when they are put together." Vesemir seemed to have expected this and waved his hand.
"It has nothing to do with you, just follow me later."

Laito: “?”

Because he had to travel with Leto soon, Ailin explained, "Master Vesemir promised me that he would take me hunting water ghosts in the afternoon."

Laito scratched his head, still a little confused:
"Where do you find the time in the afternoon? Don't apprentices have to digest their lunch in the afternoon?"

"What do you think the witcher's eye is? Arlin digests the potion very quickly," Vesemir scolded, "You should read more when you have time, Leto."

Vesemir raised his hand to block Leto's tons of questions and said, "Don't worry about him, Arlin. Just finish your drink and we'll be leaving."

"Ok."

After roughly estimating the amount, Ailin pulled the cork and drank his share in big gulps.

Then he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth and put the cork in place.

Ailin was about to throw the water bag to Hughes when he looked up and saw that the five people in the training ground were staring at him.

"gollum"

Ailin swallowed and asked weakly, "What are you looking at?"

"nothing."

The five people said in unison, but still looked straight ahead.

Ailin: “…”

At this time, the feeling of pain and itching gradually emerged from the whole body.

Ailin quickly recited the "Demon Hunting Notes" and used up the heart essence of the last water ghost.

The cold liquid flows down and the warm current surges up.

Even if it doesn't work, the feeling is addictive.

Especially after the warm current disappeared, the feeling of strength expanding throughout the body made Ailin twitch slightly involuntarily.

Not only did the fatigue of the morning disappear, but he even had the urge to punch Vesemir.

Use your mind to bring up the character panel.

[Name: Ailin]

【Age: 13】

[Title: Child of Miracle]

[Demon Hunting Level: 3]

[Health: 100% physical strength 80/80]

【属性：力量6.1（+0.3），敏捷6.2（+0.3），体质8（+0.9），感知8.9（+0.5），神秘4.3（+0.4）】

[Special skills: Demon Hunting LV1, Appraisal LV1]

【技能：狼学派双手剑LV2（0/500）、昆恩LV1（0/100）】

[Recipe: Killer Whale (Unavailable)]

[Items: 3 pieces of rotten meat, 23 small experience beads, "A Brief Discussion on Twenty-three Cooking Methods for Water Ghosts"]

【Evaluation: Dish!!】

The increase in data made Ailin's mind inflated.

Reason, however, gave Vesemir a thumbs-up.

[Name: Vesemir]

[Attributes: Strength 46, Agility 57, Constitution 65, Perception 70, Mysticism 41]

All right.

Calm down.

The huge gap caused the volcano in Ailin's heart to go from alive to dead in an instant.

After putting away the panel, Aelin looked up.

The apprentice training ground was exceptionally quiet at this moment, and the people standing opposite Ailin were like sculptures, motionless.

As Arryn pondered what to say, Vesemir spoke.

He asked somewhat unsurely:

"Um... Ailin, are you done?"

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(End of this chapter)