Scholar Francis, as agreed with Kiger, provided me with a certain amount of magical metal solution every month.Although he has a somewhat eccentric temper and rarely communicates with outsiders on weekdays, he is a man who keeps his promises.From the Adamantite Solution needed in the Talisman Workshop at the beginning, to the Red Copper Solution needed in the Magic Seal Workshop, as long as I tell the specific amount I need and learn to provide Francis with the corresponding magic metal, he will prepare the metal solution on time and wait for me to pick it up.He was thinner than the last time we met, with deep sunken eyes, dark black bags, pale cheeks, and thin deep purple lips that were always drooping downward, and he was rarely seen smiling.He spoke harshly, except for Kige."
Why are you here?
Today is not the day to agree on a metal solution. ”Scholar Francis raised his heavy eyelids and said to me weakly.It seems that after taking a large amount of mental magic potions, the damage to his body is quite serious.It's just that this scholar has a very bad habit of becoming crazy once he focuses on a certain alchemical study, and he is the kind of person who can stay up all night trying to verify an answer.Qige has been secretly providing some forbidden psychotropic potions to Francis scholars, those potions contain a certain ingredient demon blood, which is a kind of black magic potion that is easy to become addictive once taken, after Qige's purification, although the side effects are much smaller, but it is not nothing.He has a very strange temper, and he knows that magic potions containing demonic blood will become addictive if taken too much, but he doesn't seem to mind.His study of alchemy had clearly fallen into a state of madness.However, in my eyes he is a respectable magician, and alchemy is like a demon in his heart, and he wants to find answers.I said to Scholar Francis, "Well, I'm early."
Scholar Francis, your face doesn't look good, isn't Sue's treatment effective?
”In order to prevent his body from being completely destroyed by the demon's blood, I asked Sue to help him treat his drug addiction.It didn't seem to be working well, and without the support of psychotropic drugs, his whole body became haggard, and his body was getting thinner and thinner day by day.Scholar Francis lifted his eyelids again and glanced at me, pursed his lips and said, "Why do you ask, didn't you recommend that beautiful priestess of Campbell's santary?"
”He sat down in a high chair next to me, and his magical assistant brought two cups of tea and placed them on the long platform.He picked up a cup to himself, put his hands to his lips, blew softly, and paused before he said, "Or do you have as little confidence in her treatments as I do?"
”He simply put down the teacup in his hand, leaned in front of me, and asked me like a cold poisonous snake, "Or did you collude and come to me just to treat me as a guinea pig on the experimental bench?"
”I stood there, a little speechless as he asked.Scholar Francis smiled faintly, pushed another teacup in front of me, tilted his head, and said to me with some emotion: "Hi, Jijia, in fact, I have always wanted to know what point of Qige favored you, and would actually give up the most promising royal general in the Grimm Empire, but chose you, an ice magician from a small border town, even if you have an outstanding magical talent that no one can match, it is impossible to impress that arrogant princess, this question I have thought about for a long time, and I have never guessed." ”I smiled and said to the Francis scholars, "Oh, or God's will." ”"Come on!"
This time he didn't even lift his eyelids, and sat in a high chair that looked like a crow perched on the shoulder of a scarecrow.There was a moment of silence, and just as I was about to say what I meant, Scholar Francis suddenly raised his head, frowned at me, and said, "That priest from Campbell's sanatorium has quite good treatment methods, don't you see that my complexion is still quite good lately?"
”"Well, if you think so."
I said.The Francis scholar turned his head away from me.Not far away, in front of the magic cauldron, his magic assistant was diligently stirring the viscous liquid in the crucible.Scholar Francis stopped talking, and it seemed that he was only going to accompany me through this cup of tea."
By the way, Scholar Francis, this is for you."
I pulled a roll of magical parchment from my bosom and handed it to Scholar Francis.Scholar Francis received it, unfolded it very casually, and said as he looked at it, "What is this?"
It looks like an alchemy recipe" But soon he closed his mouth, his face became solemn, and after reading it completely, he asked me with a serious face: "Oh!
Where did you get this thing?
”I said to him, "Snatched from a goblin, oh, in exchange, he gave this thing to me, and I allowed them to live, right?"
”Scholar Francis looked back at the alchemy formula, and said as he looked at it: "You actually found this thing in the hands of goblins, doesn't it mean that those goblins have degraded to the same virtue as those subhuman species, how can they still retain this precious thing?"
”I asked the Francis scholar, "Do you also find this recipe valuable?"
”Scholar Francis looked up, looked at me in surprise, and stubbornly said to me, "You should answer my question first." ”I spread my hands and said, "Well, actually our expedition team accidentally entered a cave and found a goblin tribe there, this recipe was found in a treasure chest, the chest was full of all kinds of gems, the recipe was spread at the bottom of the box as waste parchment, oh, this manuscript in your hand is my own hand-copied manuscript, the original drawing is full of goblin characters, not easy to read. ”When I had said this, Scholar Francis simply rolled up the magical parchment scroll, placed it on the long table, and reluctantly pushed it in front of me.Scholar Francis said to me straight to the point: "I need this alchemy formula, what do you want to exchange with me?"
”"If you want, I can give it to you."
I say.The Francis scholar refused without even thinking about it.He said to me, "Excuse me, and if you really want to give it to me, then make a condition that I can accept." ”I rubbed my hands together and smiled at Scholar Francis and said, "If you can make some metal softeners for me for free every month" Scholar Francis didn't wait for me to finish his words, and he preemptively said, "Deal!"
After three days, you come to me to get the first batch of metal softeners, and every month you can take these two potions together, and I will make a detailed list of the various magic materials you need to consume when you come. ”"Okay, that's it."
I said to Scholar Francis.After talking to Scholar Francis, I began to pack the boxes into my Magic Belt.The glass bottles of those sealed boxes were filled with red copper solution, and they were extremely heavy to carry.With the help of that magic assistant, it took me a lot of effort to stuff these magic chests into my magic belt.Nowadays, the magic printing machines in the Xinliu Valley Magic Seal Workshop need to use a brush to apply the red copper solution to the magic seal punch every time they print, and the entire substrate of this magic rune plate is an ordinary copper plate, only the magic pattern line on it is rubbed with a red copper solution.Because of this, the price of the Gathering Fire Talisman Plate and the Miniature Tornado Talisman Plate is so low.There are three major elements missing from the production cost of Gathering Fire, which is why the value is so low: the plating of magic metal, magic ink, and the processing fee of the Mingshi's drawing rune plate.For a long time, it is really because of these three factors that the price of the rune board has remained high.At present, the fire gathering spell and miniature tornado rune plates produced in the magic seal workshop have spread all over the imperial capital, large and small, and the stable magic effect and low price have allowed these two kinds of runes to quickly occupy the imperial capital magic market.There are almost no intellectors willing to draw the Gathering Fire Spell Plate and the Miniature Tornado Charm Plate now.Listening to Murray, some workshops specializing in exhaust fans in the imperial capital are being forced to find new sources of goods, and the shipments of copper hot pots and exhaust fans here in the rune workshop are gradually rising, and the old-fashioned exhaust fans cannot be sold in the market at all.By the time I returned to the Yerkes Scholar's Magic Laboratory, the Yerkes Scholar was sitting on the couch in the lounge area, excitedly telling Ma and Spee about the refrigerator.When I pushed the door and walked into the magic lab, I saw that they were chatting happily, and I didn't know what the Yerkes scholar said, and the three of them burst into laughter.When I walked in, I found that there was a magic table lamp on the coffee table, which was the kind of energy-saving magic table lamp that was put out at the winter magic item exhibition.They saw me walk into the magic lab and looked at me.Ma asked me, "Jijia, didn't you say that you are going to help you sell these magic items when I come to the imperial capital?"
”I sat down on the couch across from the horse and said, "Yes, I said so, but now that my magic firm lacks a trustworthy manager, you have to help me with this matter anyway." ”"Okay, I'll listen to you."
The horse spread his hands and said with a smile.I said to the horse, "Betty will take you with me to take stock of supplies in the trading house, and I will find a way to sell all the canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks that are backlogged." ”At this time, the scholar of Yerkes stood up and said to us, "Hey, all right, Ma and Spee have just arrived in the imperial capital, so let's not talk about these things about the trading house today, let's put down what we are doing, and have a good rest, I know that a newly opened tavern in the back street is very good." ”"Okay, then what are we waiting for here, let's go!"
After everyone had a little drink in the bar, Ma said that he wanted to take a magic caravan to see the night view of the imperial capital, and Ma and Spee temporarily stayed in the attic rented out in the third block