The Last Alchemist

The residence of Countess Adele Biggs is located in the commercial trade area next to the Clearwater Pier in Nerogard City.

Unlike those traditional earls who were awarded military merits, the title of the Biggs family was bought with money.

The Biggs family has been in business for generations. More than a hundred years ago, it was just an ordinary businessman. When it was passed down to Adele's grandfather, it only had some assets.

However, Adele's grandfather was a business genius. He seized the opportunity of the First Northern War and made a lot of money. After making money, he did not squander it wantonly, but took advantage of the difficulties of the Cowell royal family. , donated a full 30,000 gold dragon coins to the royal family as military expenses.

After the war, Biggs was granted the title of Earl of the Kingdom.

So far, the title of earl has been passed down for two generations. Adele's father still has the philistine atmosphere of many businessmen, but Miss Adele, who received an aristocratic education since childhood, has basically been separated from the low taste of the masses.

However, whether it was luck or misfortune, she was not interested in the traditional family business at all. Instead, she was fascinated by magic. She was very interested in anything related to magic and was willing to spend a lot of money on it.

Two days ago, she spent a full 100 gold dragon coins to buy a very powerful magic mirror.

After getting something good, Adele naturally wants to show it off to her friends. No, as Miss Adele's closest friend, Hill received an invitation from Miss Adele.

Hill is a student of Nerogard Academy, has magic talent, and is a trainee magician. While sitting in the carriage sent by Adele to pick her up, she heard the maid tell her about the magic mirror. After hearing this, her first thought was that Adele was treated like a fat sheep and stabbed to death.

'The magic mirror made by Master Parkland can only be sold for 15 gold dragon coins at most. An unknown alchemist made a magic mirror and dared to ask for 100 gold dragon coins. What a big joke! ’

As a good friend, Hill felt it was his duty to help Adele understand the truth.

The carriage left the college, passed through the wealthy district, entered the commercial trade district, and finally stopped at the door of a mansion on the north side of the trade district.

The trading area is very prosperous, and the land is very valuable. Every inch of land is precious. Ordinary people's homes are usually just a small, narrow room. A family of five or six people may be crowded into a dark and damp wooden house, but this law holds true. The Biggs estate is completely ineffective, and in fact, the Biggs estate covers more than 10 acres.

The carriage passed through the courtyard gate and entered a huge park. It then drove forward on the tree-lined road for more than a minute before stopping at the entrance of a spacious garden.

The maid opened the carriage door and said respectfully: "Miss Hill, the master is waiting for you in the garden."

Hill nodded. Wearing a trainee magician's short robe, she jumped out of the carriage and strode into the garden. She saw her friend Adele sitting at the stone table in the center of the garden.

Unlike ordinary aristocratic ladies, Adele does not like to wear those complicated and exquisite long skirts. She likes to wear clean leather armor and leather pants. Her hair is also cut short. From a distance, she looks like a Tomboy.

"Adair." Hill waved hello and walked forward quickly.

Adele immediately stood up and came over with a smile: "Hill, you came just in time, I miss you so much."

Hill shrugged and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Come on, I think you are anxious to show off your new baby to me."

Adele smiled and took Hill's hand and walked to the stone table: "Come on, let me show you my new magic mirror. Let me tell you first, my magic mirror is better than Parker's. The magic mirror made by Master Lan is ten times better!"

Hill turned to look at the stone table and saw a precious wooden box inlaid with jewels placed on the table. She tapped the wooden box lightly with her finger and said with a smile: "I believe this magic mirror must be very good, but I definitely don’t believe that the craftsmanship is better than Master Parkland’s. Also, you have to be careful not to let the master know this, otherwise he will definitely be very unhappy and may not sell you a magic mirror in the future. ”

If it were before, Adele would immediately pretend to beg Hill for mercy and beg her to let her go. But this time, she didn’t know what the evil was, and she actually said more seriously: "Hill, Master Parkland's magic mirror , I have one in my treasure house, so I have the right to say it. If you don’t believe what I say, then you can see for yourself.”

With that said, she opened the wooden box and took out the metal cylinder inside.

Hill took a look and said with a smile: "The double-barreled one is a bit interesting."

"Hey, I knew you would say that. But it doesn't matter. I forgive your ignorance. Come on, please close your eyes and look at the bell tower in the distance." Adele handed the magic mirror to Hill.

As the magic mirror turned, Hill saw the lenses installed at both ends of the magic mirror and took a look. She was slightly shocked: "What exquisite lenses."

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the appearance of this lens, it is indeed much better than the Parkland Master.

Adele had been paying attention to her friend's reaction. Seeing that she was slightly lost in thought, she immediately became proud: "Isn't this lens very nice? Let me tell you, this magic mirror was brought to me by Vincent. He specifically pointed out that this The lenses are made of sapphire-like crystal.”

"Vincent?" Hill was stunned again: "Are you referring to the unlucky guy you once pursued?"

"Who else is there besides that boring guy?" Adele spread her hands.

Hill suddenly realized and joked: "No wonder you spent 100 gold dragon coins to buy a magic mirror. I was worried that you would be cheated. It turns out that you are helping your lover."

Adele's face turned red and she immediately fought back: "You are still talking about me, but you are the same. I heard that there is a young man named Sandro in the academy. He is tall, handsome, and a magic genius."

Hill's face turned red before she finished speaking. She hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, okay, let's talk about business. Let me try your magic mirror."

Hill put the magic mirror in front of her and looked up at the clock tower in the center of the trade zone. After taking a look, she took a breath and couldn't move her eyes away.

She continued to look, not only at the clock tower, but also at the houses in the distance, and finally even at the clouds in the sky. She looked for more than ten minutes before she reluctantly put down the magic mirror. Looking at her expression again, she was a little absent-minded.

"How is it? Is it a good thing?" Adele looked proud.

Hill didn't respond. She murmured, "How is it possible? How can it be so much better than Master Parkland's magic mirror?"

It's better, but it's better. I heard that Master Parkland has been very busy recently, and the quality of the lenses he made is indeed a little lower than before, but this magic mirror is much better. It's not as exaggerated as ten times better, but anyone, even a beggar on the street, can easily compare the advantages and disadvantages of both sides by comparing them.

'When did another alchemy master emerge? ' Hill couldn't figure it out.

Adele was very happy. Although her family was richer and more prestigious than Hill, deep in her heart, she actually envied Hill because Hill had a talent for magic and could enter Nilogard College to study magic, while she could only spend money to buy magic tools in her life and had no chance to release magic in her life.

This has to be said to be a huge regret.

Feeling happy, Adele didn't hold back her words. She laughed and said, "Hill, that's not all. Vincent will come over later and give me a magic wand."

Hill had just come back to his senses, but was stunned again: "Magic wand? Do you want to collect magic wands?"

This hurt Adele's heart. She shook her head repeatedly and emphasized loudly: "Collect? No! I want to use the magic wand! Vincent told me that his magic wand is very special and is specially made for me. Can I use this magic wand to cast magic?"

"." Hill was speechless for a while. After a while, she said, "Adele, you are a member of the Squirrel Club. How can you believe such nonsense?"

The Squirrel Club is a folk organization in the city of Nirogard. The members of the organization are basically people who love magic but have no magic talent.

These people think that they are like the squirrels in the big tree outside the classroom window of Nirogard Academy. Although they have no talent and cannot learn magic, they are eager to listen to the teachings of the magic master and hope to be favored by the God of Magic one day.

Compared to ordinary people, most members of the Squirrel Club have good family backgrounds, they also have basic knowledge of magic, and their thinking is more rational.

That is why Hill's words are so serious.

Adele couldn't refute, because she knew Hill was right, but she was so thirsty for magic that she was unwilling to give up even if there was a glimmer of hope.

Hill saw her like this and said seriously: "My friend, you have to understand that Vincent is different now. He owes a lot of debts and is chased by creditors every day. Anyone who falls into such an embarrassing situation will inevitably try his best to get rid of this situation, even if it is..."

Adele whispered: "Vincent is not such a person."

Hill said angrily: "You are really blinded by love. I tell you, this magic mirror is very good, but it must be a bait, and the magic wand is the trap behind the bait!"

Adele still didn't speak.

Just when the two women were in a stalemate, the maid suddenly walked into the garden. She knelt down to greet the two and said, "Master, Mr. Vincent is here to visit."

Adele's eyes lit up and she blurted out, "Please invite him in!"

Hill kept a cold face and said nothing. She wanted to see what this Vincent was up to. If he dared to use Adele's affection for him to cheat money, she would definitely let him taste the real magic!