The Last Alchemist

"What are your plans for the future?"

Mary's hand holding the spoon paused in mid-air, her eyes were confused, and after five or six minutes, she began to slowly shake her head: "Sir, Caopo Village has been destroyed by robbers, I really don't know where to go?"

In the past, she was seriously ill and tortured by the disease every day. If she hadn't been worried about her daughter Alice, she would have jumped into the river and committed suicide. At that time, she was suffering every day and had no plans for the future.

Now that the disease has healed, she only has one eye left, and her nose has a hole, she has become an ugly monster, and no one will look at her if she wants to remarry.

In addition, except for farming in the countryside, she can't do anything, she can't read, and she has no skills to make a living. Staying in Sunderland is not feasible. She wants to go back to Caopo Village to farm, but Caopo Village has been destroyed again. Moreover, farming is such a laborious work that she can't do it alone.

Her current situation can be described in four words: 'desperate'

Anne was also silent, which was rare. She had a kind heart, but she had also traveled around and witnessed countless human tragedies. She knew deeply that Rosen might be able to cure Mary's disease, but he could not be responsible for her life. Few people in the world had such ability.

But she also knew in her heart that if they ignored it, Mary's future life would be very miserable and dark, and it would not necessarily be better than when she was sick.

Little Alice felt the depressing atmosphere, and the smile on her face slowly solidified. Her little head drooped, her big eyes stared at her toes, and she was silent.

Rosen didn't notice the change in the atmosphere. He dipped the boiled potato in his hand in some salt, then took a big bite and ate it with relish. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he said: "If there is no place to go, wait for the baron to repel Blackbeard, and then follow us to the north."

Mary was stunned: "North, north?"

Annie was also stunned, and whispered: "Rosen, the road in the north is very difficult to walk."

Rosen nodded: "I know, so we have to buy a carriage, bring enough food and warm clothes."

Annie said anxiously: "No, there are more dangers in the north. In addition to Blackbeard, there are also Whitebeard and Bluebeard, and the order in the war zone in the north has completely collapsed, and there will inevitably be a large number of monsters coming out to make trouble. I am afraid I can't protect all of you."

Rosen smiled faintly: "I have thought about all this, so before going north, I will build enough defensive weapons."

Seeing that Anne wanted to refute, Rosen raised his hand and pressed: "Annie, listen to me."

"You say." Anne nodded.

Rosen reached out and gently patted Alice's thin shoulder: "My plan is this. Take Alice north and enter Nilogard College to continue her studies, but Alice is still young and needs someone to take care of her. Obviously, Sister Mary is the best candidate. When we get to the college, I will find a way to buy a larger house next to the college. On the one hand, it will be Alice's residence, and on the other hand, it will also be our temporary place to stay."

"Let little Alice go to the City of Wisdom to study?" Annie was stunned.

Sister Mary was also stunned. She originally thought that Rosen was just teaching her daughter to read, but she didn't expect that he would actually send her daughter to the City of Wisdom and buy a big house next to the City of Wisdom. She didn't even dare to think about such a thing.

After a while, Annie came back to her senses: "Rosen, the City of Wisdom is not Sunderland. To support a person to complete his studies, the cost of silver ronds is calculated in tens of thousands. The houses there are also ridiculously expensive. Houses in slightly better locations cost at least 1,000 gold dragon coins."

"Money is not a problem." Rosen ate boiled potatoes with a calm face.

Annie shook her head repeatedly: "No, it's not just money. To enter the Nilogard Academy, you must have extremely high talent and a clean family background. If you are a commoner, you must also have a letter of recommendation from a great noble in the north, etc. The conditions are too harsh."

"It's just studying, why is it so strict?" Rosen frowned slightly.

Anne spread her hands: "What else do you think? Every year, countless people try their best to enter the academy, but the academy is so small that it can accommodate at most 1,000 people. If the standards are not strict, won't the academy be overcrowded?"

"Well~ This is indeed a problem, but it's not a big problem. When we get to the City of Wisdom, we will find ways to solve them one by one."

Rosen is optimistic by nature, and Anne's questions did not deter him at all.

He ate the potato in his hand in one bite, and quickly took a new potato to bite. He continued: "Annie, don't look so bitter. I promise you that before you go north, I will make you a powerful "war hammer" and a magic mirror."

"Really? How powerful?!" Anne's eyes lit up.

"At least as powerful as my big sprayer. Even if our previous opponent comes again, the two of us can easily spray him to death." Rosen patted the spiral big sprayer at his feet.

The attraction of powerful weapons is endless. Anne was persuaded by Rosen: "Well, if we can survive Blackbeard, we will go north together."

"Blackbeard is not a big problem." Rosen smiled slightly, and he turned to look at Mary: "Sister Mary, what do you say?"

"Oh~ I have no objection." Mary nodded repeatedly.

"Well, that's it." Rosen scooped a mouthful of broth and drank it, and continued: "Sister Mary, when we arrive at the City of Wisdom, in addition to taking care of little Alice, you have another task."

"Ah, please tell me, sir. I will try my best to complete it." Mary looked terrified.

Rosen smiled and said, "Relax, Sister Mary, it's not a difficult task, I just need an assistant."

"Assistant?"

"Yes." Rosen said seriously, "Look, I found the antidote for rosacea. Once the news spreads, do you think there will be countless people coming to seek medical treatment?"

Mary nodded repeatedly, "Your medicine is so powerful, there must be a lot of people coming to you for treatment."

Annie covered her mouth and chuckled, "By then, I'm afraid the whole north will go crazy. Well~ In this case, little Alice's tuition is really not a problem."

Rosen said, "You think, by then I will have to prescribe medicine and give injections to countless people, which is annoying. I am a scout. I am an alchemist who explores the mysteries of nature, not a pharmacist who specializes in treating people. The fewer these trivial matters, the better, so I need someone to help me share some of them. "

Mary became more and more panicked: "But, sir, this is too difficult, I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Don't worry, I will teach you. You will soon know that this is not difficult at all." Rosen smiled, and seeing that Mary was still hesitating, he frowned: "Mary, in a prosperous city, everyone must have a skill to make a living in order to survive. I am teaching you the skill now. If you don't learn it, how can you live in the city of wisdom?"

"Ah~" Mary looked embarrassed, and her heart was full of fear of the unknown. After a long time, she finally made up her mind and said, "Sir, then... Then I will try it."

"Well~ Very good. Later, I will teach you how to prepare the medicine and injection. Don't worry, it's very simple and you will learn it once you learn it. "

After discussing the future, the atmosphere at the table soon became happy again.

Sensitive little Alice felt it. She didn't know when she had raised her head and sat obediently at the table, like a kitten, drinking broth in small sips. Her big black eyes, like black pearls, looked at her mother from time to time, looked at Rosen from time to time, and occasionally glanced at Annie cautiously. Whenever she saw Rosen, Rosen would smile at her, and her big eyes would bend slightly, her little mouth would pout, and she would make a little grimace at Rosen.

It can be seen that the little girl is in a very good mood.

After eating and drinking, and cleaning up the tableware, Rosen took out two glass syringes and put them on the table, and waved to Mary: "Come on, let's start."

"Hey~" Mary sat carefully at the table, as if she was afraid that she would break the syringe if she moved too hard.

Rosen first picked up the syringe and explained its use.

"Mary, look, you have to hold it like this. Try it. Don't worry, just hold it up. It won't break unless you drop it on the ground. Yes, that's it. You see, pulling it like this is to draw out the medicine, and pushing it like this is to inject it."

"There are three common injections. One is subcutaneous injection, which means pulling up the skin and injecting it into the skin. The second is intramuscular injection, which means injecting it into the flesh."

Rosen explained it very carefully, and Mary learned it seriously. Anne listened for a while and found it interesting. Anyway, she had nothing to do, so she followed and learned from the side.

Little Alice also lay on the table and listened carefully. She supported her chin with her little hands, and her big black eyes flashed, which was so cute.

The time for the explanation passed quickly. As Rosen said at the beginning, the whole process was very simple. Mary already knew the whole process clearly, and only the final practice was left.

Rosen looked at the sky and said, "That's all for today. Sister Mary, have a good rest. Follow me to give the baron an injection tomorrow."

"Okay." Mary nodded gently. She now respected Rosen very much, even in awe. In her eyes, Rosen was almost omniscient and omnipotent.

Rosen said good night to Alice and Anne respectively, and then went to his bedroom with a candle.

He pushed open the wooden door with a creaky sound, walked into the room, closed the door, and then placed the candle, spiral spray, ruler and other personal belongings on the table in the middle of the bedroom.

There was clear water in the corner of the bedroom, which was brought to him by the servant for washing. Rosen walked over, picked up the cotton towel, wet it, and began to wipe his face.

As he was wiping, he suddenly felt the candlelight sway slightly, and at the same time a breeze rushed towards his back.

Rosen was startled and immediately turned to look at the window, only to see that it was wide open. He clearly remembered that the window was closed when he entered the room.

He turned around immediately and saw a charming lady in red sitting at the table in the middle of the bedroom. It was the powerful and almost invincible Veronica.

She ignored the spiral sprayer, reached out to pick up the glass bottle of penicillin on the table, and carefully observed the white powder in the bottle.

"In the free city of Berkeley, this bottle of powder can make the whole city boil. Countless people will lose their minds because of this, and countless people will frantically look for you. Some want to find you to treat their diseases, some hope to get the formula from you, and some want to kill you. You will never have peace until you are completely destroyed."