The Last Alchemist

After finishing his delicious breakfast, Rosen was refreshed. He walked briskly towards the study and gently opened the door.

The two people in the study heard the noise and turned back at the same time.

Rosen looked over and nodded to the apprentice magician Hill, then looked at the man.

The man was not tall, half a head shorter than Hill, a little fat, with a round face, and his clothes didn't fit well, tightly wrapped around his body. Standing there, he looked like a standing round potato. He was very hostile to Rosen. When he saw Rosen, he blew his beard and glared at him, as if he was ready to have a big fight at any time.

This man was unkempt, dressed ordinary, and had a bit of a wretched temperament, but he made Rosen feel very kind.

'Squirrel Club, not bad, not bad. Compared with the hierarchical and arrogant Nirogard magicians, this guy looked more like a scientific researcher on Earth. ’

Rosen remained calm on the surface and walked to the seat behind the desk. After sitting down, he smiled and said, "Ms. Hill, this must be the 'mathematician' Veitch you mentioned?"

He deliberately emphasized the word 'mathematician'.

'Round Potato' Veitch immediately jumped up and said loudly, "Boy, I have read your manuscript. Although you got the correct answer, your entire derivation process has as many loopholes as a sieve, and the whole article is full of nonsense! This time you can get the answer completely because of luck!"

Rosen smiled playfully, picked up a few pieces of parchment from the table, and threw them at Veitch: "Loopholes? It's just that the scroll is too small and written briefly. If you can't understand it, you might as well take a look at my complete version."

Veitch angrily reached out to take the scroll, calmed down, and began to read it seriously.

He was angry that Rosen was talking nonsense, but the argument between the two was about mathematics, and mathematical contradictions should naturally be solved by mathematics. Therefore, he was looking at the scroll now to find loopholes in it so that he could fight back against Rosen!

His attitude of not targeting people but the matter made Rosen appreciate him more and more.

Mathematics is a very rigorous and abstract subject, and loopholes cannot be found in a short time. Moreover, there is no logical flaw in the manuscript written by Rosen.

As a result, Vic fell into a big pit after reading it, and he did not speak again for nearly 2 hours.

Rosen would not sit around and wait for these two hours. He stood up and poured Hill a cup of hot tea, smiling, "Ms. Hill, I can see that you are very reluctant to come here."

Hill rolled his eyes at Rosen, "Isn't it because of your recklessness? You asked me to tell Vicki that the words angered him, and I saw that he was very emotional and was afraid that he would cause trouble, so I had to follow him."

Rosen apologized quickly, "I'm really sorry to bother you."

After a pause, he asked again, "What is the reaction of the college to Miss Adele's murder?"

Speaking of business, Hill calmed down his emotions and said seriously, "From what I saw, the college seems to There was no big reaction. The only action was to urge the city hall to do its best to solve the case and give an explanation to the citizens. "

"It sounds like the surroundings are completely different from the school's previous style."

Hill sighed, feeling a little depressed: "This can't be helped. You know, just yesterday afternoon, my mentor Cantor was sent back to the school, seriously injured, with a broken arm. As for my two senior brothers, they lost their lives directly. And this is just a small incident that happened recently. The school has also lost a lot of manpower on other issues. "

"It sounds like the situation is serious?" Rosen raised his eyebrows.

"It's unprecedentedly severe. All the problems seem to have erupted at once. I saw that many senior magicians who were usually high and mighty had worried faces. As for insignificant apprentice magicians like me, I was completely left to my own devices, and no one paid any attention to me."

Rosen asked knowingly: "Then there must be someone secretly against the academy. Who do you think it is?"

"I don't know." Hill shook his head: "People in the academy are in a panic, saying all kinds of things. Some people suspect it's the Flame Cult, some suspect it's King Cowell, and some suspect it's a monster organization taking advantage of the fire. The truth is completely hidden in a fog."

Rosen listened quietly, and also felt a sense of urgency that a storm was coming.

In the game, he only knew that the Nilogard Academy was defeated by the Flame Cult in a distance conflict, but how it was defeated and what conspiracy the Flame Cult used, Rosen was not involved in it and had no idea.

Hill sighed and shook his head: "Forget it, let's not talk about these. There are magic professors who can naturally find ways to deal with these things. A small person like me can only go with the flow."

"Well~what are your plans for the future?" Rosen asked.

He looked at Hill out of the corner of his eye and found that although the trainee magician's robe on her was washed very clean, the cuffs and collar were seriously worn. Hill herself looked only in her early twenties, and she should be young and radiant, but she was mentally haggard and had heavy dark circles under her eyes.

From these details, it seems that the life of this envied trainee magician is not as chic as others imagine.

"Plans?" Hill looked at the garden outside the window with a blank look.

"Stay in the academy? Or find a way out?"

A bitter look appeared on Hill's face: "A way out? I have no way out. Do you know, my father was a businessman in the kingdom. He died of illness six months ago. My brother inherited most of the family property, leaving only a lot of money for me. A little less. If I fail to be promoted to an official magician this year, I won’t have enough money to continue studying in the academy.”

"What to do next?" Rosen asked softly.

"After that? Are there two ways? I can either go home and accept the marriage my brother has assigned me. Or I can stay in Nerogard shamelessly and live a life as a tutor for a rich family."

She turned to look at Rosen, her eyes already red: "Mr. Rosen, I envy you very much. You have a strong talent. Your mentor is a master of alchemy. Unlike me, your talent is mediocre. No matter how hard you work, it's just like wasting your time." ”

Rosen asked again: "Are you sure you will be promoted?"

Hill didn't speak. She stretched out her hand, and a thin breeze appeared on her palm. After about half a minute, the breeze dissipated, and sweat was already soaked on her forehead: "You see, this is the limit of my strength. Although My magic theory score is almost the best in the academy, but my strength is greatly lacking. By the end of the year, unless a miracle happens, I will not be promoted. "

"In fact, your power is indeed very far away from that of a 1-star magician." Rosen commented. At this level of power, the elemental control ability is only about 200 points, which is just a little stronger than when Rosen first traveled through time.

Hill turned his head and continued to look at the garden outside the window, then quietly stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and said with a forced smile: "Perhaps, do you think I am a fool and not worthy of pursuing the path of magic? Just like you said that Vicky is not worthy of doing it. Like a mathematician?"

Rosen shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, how can you be an idiot? Didn't you just say that your magic theory results are extraordinary?"

"Yes. The college encourages students to learn magic theory. I knew that I was not strong enough, so I studied magic theory with all my strength. I dare say that in terms of magic theory, my level surpasses that of my mentor Cantor."

"Not bad~ Not bad~" Rosen clapped his hands gently, and then suddenly said: "Hill, I have a job here, the salary is 1 gold dragon coin a day, will you take it?"

Hill's eyes lit up: "Of course, as long as I don't betray the academy."

Rosen smiled and said: "That's right, I admire Nerogard Academy very much. Although I have a tutor, my tutor is very withdrawn, and he is obsessed with alchemy to the point of madness. He basically doesn't talk to me. Not to mention teach me magic. So, I want to learn magic theory, but you know, I am from the south. If you are willing to explain some theories to me."

Hill was silent and seemed to be thinking about it.

After a while, she gritted her teeth, as if she had made some important decision: "Although this is against the laws of the academy, I agree. However, I took a big risk by doing this, because once the academy knows about it, For this matter, I will be expelled from the academy immediately, so I ask you to pay me 3 gold dragon coins every day!”

"Deal!" Rosen agreed without hesitation.

As soon as he finished speaking, Vicky, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted: "Ah~~~ Incredible! Unbelievable! God-like wisdom!"