Episode 006
I was able to know this because Ihan himself was well-versed in fighting, having consistently been taught swordsmanship by the family’s old knight, Allarlong.
Yoner’s posture right now was like he was about to beat someone up!
“for a moment. for a moment.”
Lee Han intervened between the two and stopped them.
“Don’t ignore alchemy. Gainando.”
“But alchemy is trivial.”
Gainando spoke with a face that had no clue at all about the atmosphere.
“Where is the wisdom there?”
Magic was an endless and infinite science. Even within it, schools were divided into dozens.
Illusion magic, summoning magic, transformation magic, elemental magic, etc.
And even if it is the same elemental magic, fire, water, light, darkness, etc.
The world of magic is so profound that it would be difficult to pick just one field and delve into it for the rest of your life.
And in that world of magic, alchemy was sometimes neglected.
In the eyes of rookie wizards who don’t know anything about alchemy, alchemy is a bit…
It is very simple.
While others were swinging wands, summoning angels of light and tearing up the earth, I was locked in the lab, mixing herbs and mixing drugs…
“that…”
“wait for a sec. Wardanaz. “Just get out of the way.”
Yoner asked Ihan for a favor.
“Because I won’t do anything.”
“okay.”
As Ihan stepped aside, Yoner walked over and stood in front of Gainando.
Gainando tilted his head.
“why?”
“Don’t go to the hospital room and ask for a potion. “It’s also made through alchemy!”
Sigh!
Gainando fell backwards with a dull sound.
It was such a wonderful punch that Lee Han was impressed.
* * *
“But was it okay to lose?”
“It doesn’t matter if you apologize after a day or so.”
It seemed like this wasn’t Yoner’s first time beating Gainando.
They say cousins often fight, but I never thought it would be okay to lose like this.
‘I stopped you for no reason.’
Lee Han promised himself that from now on, if the two fight, he will not stop them but just watch from the side.
“…for a moment. It’s difficult if I misunderstand, but I don’t hit people easily. “You know what I’m talking about, right?”
Yoner must have misunderstood and quickly made an excuse.
The nobler the family, and the more traditional and large-scale it was, the more important etiquette and dignity were.
It wasn’t classy to throw a punch just because you had an argument with someone.
“If you get angry, you can throw a few punches, right?”
“???”
Yoner was even more embarrassed by Lee Han’s words.
‘Is there such a rule in the Wardanaz family?’
It may be a knightly family, but one of the most prominent families in the empire advocates such punching.
I didn’t quite understand.
‘I guess this guy has a special attitude.’
Yoner was convinced.
Lee Han certainly seemed to be the most dignified among the nobles who came with him.
They say they all come from noble families, but they are just newbies who have just become adults.
Among those novices, Lee Han stood out. From the way he behaved to the way he spoke, there was something special about him.
As expected, he was from the Wardanaz family.
Yoner changed the subject. He said that Lee Han would get over it, but there was no need for him to hold on to that.
“Anyway, are you sure it’s okay to take alchemy? “If you go with me because of me, it’s really okay to go alone.”
“no. “I’m also interested in alchemy.”
“Oh… are you tempted by the offer to do business together?”
“I’m thinking about that too.”
“!”
Yoner was rather surprised by the reaction that was different from what he expected.
I never thought my mind would change in such a short period of time.
“What happened?” “Hmm. that is…”
Lee Han wondered what to say.
-It seems like I’m surprisingly not talented at magic, so I think I should seriously consider starting an alchemy business.
… to say that would be too trivial for someone from an aristocratic family.
“no. are you okay. I understand even if you don’t say it. “I guess you realized the value of alchemy after thinking about it.”
“huh?”
“Alchemy is a really fun subject, right?”
“Uh… well… right.”
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Yoner seemed excited for some reason, so Lee Han chimed in.
“People often think of alchemy as something that is confined to an underground alchemy workshop, but the world of alchemy is much broader and more profound.”
“Yes.”
Lee Han was not embarrassed.
Listening to stories that one is not interested in is a skill that has been cultivated since graduate school.
-Do you like hiking?
-yes? that is…
-okay. Hiking is really good. Did I tell you about going to Mt. Seorak last year? Clouds break through the morning fog…
-yes. yes.
-…I never thought it would be so much fun. I think you too will enjoy hiking. Let’s go together sometime!
-……
Compared to that experience, Joner’s story was on the fun side.
“Did you study alchemy beforehand when you were in the Makin family?”
In response to Ihan’s question, Yoner looked around without realizing it.
“…huh. But this is a secret. “He didn’t let me learn magic in advance, but he didn’t strictly prohibit alchemy either.”
“You could study in advance.”
“……”
Yoner looked at Ihan in confusion once again.
It’s okay to punch, it’s okay to ignore the rule about not learning magic until you’re an adult…
He was a truly unique person.
‘It’s good that you studied in advance.’
Lee Han knew very well how helpful it was to have a friend who was good at studying.
If Yoner knows alchemy well, he can get good grades with help.
“Then maybe you can teach me too?”
“…of course!”
When Ihan said that he wanted to learn alchemy, Yoner smiled broadly and tapped Ihan on the shoulder with his palm.
* * *
<Understanding Basic Alchemy>.
Since Lee Han had met a half-troll professor in his understanding of basic magic, he didn’t seem to be that surprised if any professor showed up.
And it really wasn’t surprising.
‘It looks quite ordinary, doesn’t it?’
The person sitting there was a short dwarf. The dwarf, dressed sharply like a hunter or ranger, even had a crossbow on his belt.
“Are they all there?”
“Ugh. “There are also students at Black Turtle Tower.”
Yoner muttered.
It wasn’t that Yoner looked down on the commoners, but it was true that he felt uncomfortable.
When the Blue Dragon Tower students listened to each other, there was no inconvenience as they could talk to each other…
When other top students listen together, it becomes nerve-wracking in many ways.
Moreover, it looked like there were more students at Black Turtle Tower.
‘I’m worried about the stares.’
When commoners met nobles, there were usually two reactions.
One is afraid and doesn’t want to get involved.
The other shows hostility.
Outside of school, the latter would be hard to see, but this was inside a school where ‘equality’ was the ideology.
I already had a grudge against the condescending attitude of the nobles, but even after entering the school, the new nobles from <Blue Dragon Tower> laughed at me as if they were looking down on me, so I couldn’t help but feel hostility.
“hey. Stop staring. Plus, there’s someone from the Wardanaz family over there.”
“whatever? Even the Wardanaz family cannot touch the inside of the school.”
“You’re not going to live in school your whole life. “What if I get retaliated against when I go out?” “You can stop thinking about it then.”
“……”
Lee Han clicked his tongue.
It wasn’t very pleasant to bear resentment for something you didn’t do.
‘If I pretend to be friendly, it will only have the opposite effect.’
I felt like I had to hang out with the students from <Blue Dragon Tower> for a while.
“Everyone be quiet.”
The short dwarf professor opened his mouth. Although he was short, I could feel his power just by hearing his voice.
“My name is Thunderstep Geumdar. Feel free to call me Professor Thunderstruck. Everyone is probably thinking the same thing. “There are such wonderful school buildings behind us, so why are we gathered here in the grass without a single desk?”
It was like that.
Surprisingly, the place where we gathered to listen to <Understanding Basic Alchemy> was not the school building, but the hill outside.
The princess, Aden Arth, raised her hand. Thunderwalk shrugged his shoulders.
“It wasn’t a question I specifically wanted to hear an answer to. okay. “Tell me.”
“It’s to feel the mana of nature.”
There was a prejudice that you could just mix reagents and herbs as prescribed, but alchemy also required magic.
Feeling the mana of nature and realizing what forces exist is also important for an alchemist.
“It’s not?”
…But the dwarf professor looked at Aden Arth as if he was saying something absurd.
Aden Arth lowered his head with a slight blush on his pale face.
Ihan asked Yoner without much thought.
“I told you to gather here because I like collecting ingredients, didn’t I?”
“Is that really the reason?”
“oh. answer!”
“……”
Ihan and Yoner looked at the dwarf professor in bewilderment.
However, Thunder Gaet looked at Lee Han with an expression of admiration and said.
“It’s rare to find cast iron heads that fit correctly.”
“Not an iron head, but a freshman…”
“okay. okay. Iron-headed freshman. Well done anyway. “You have the talent of an outstanding alchemist.”
Yoner looked at Ihan with envy at the dwarf professor’s praise.
And Aden Arth also glared slightly at Lee Han.
As if he had seen a rival.
‘…No, this is not something to aim at.’
Lee Han was dumbfounded.
If nothing else, do you want to be jealous of being praised for an answer like this?
“The reason I asked you to gather here is to teach the Ironheads what abilities are needed for alchemy. This is probably what the iron heads here think. ‘The abilities required for alchemy are excellent intelligence and delicate magic control.’”
‘uh? ‘Does alchemy also require delicate magic control?’
Lee Han, who was listening, flinched.
“But the reality is different. “The most necessary ability for an alchemist is the ability to collect ingredients.”
“……”
“……”
The wizards gathered at the meeting were taken aback by the dwarf professor’s words.
It was a completely unexpected ability.
Aden Arth raised his hand and asked as if he was not convinced.
“professor. You can grow materials and reagents yourself, or you can ask adventurers to get them for you. “It seems absurd to say that an alchemist should save it himself…”
“He, he, he, he, he’s like an iron-headed brat who doesn’t know anything about actual fighting!”
Ardenart’s already slightly red face became even redder. The dwarf professor, Thunderwalk, tsk tsk.
“Do you know how much of the ingredients and reagents used by alchemists can be obtained by growing them? Less than 10%! Everything else has to be purchased with money. And will it be worth it if you spend that money to buy it? Do you know why wizards bring their party with them when they hire adventurers? It’s not because I have too much time, but because if I leave the adventurers alone, they won’t be able to dig up herbs! “You’re just roughly pulling out the roots of herbs that need to be dug up carefully and preciously!”
The thunderbolt was talking very fiercely, probably because he had a lot of resentment.
“In that sense, an alchemist must know how to obtain ingredients and reagents on his own. An alchemist who only relies on others will never succeed. “If you whine later that you don’t have the materials for research, who will find it for you?”
The students gathered at the dwarf professor’s words nodded with expressions of some degree of sympathy (and expressions of despair).
“ruler. I guess this explains everything. Then go and find it.”
“yes?”
“What are you doing? “Spread out and find the ingredients.”
Thunderstruck waved his staff. Paper appeared out of thin air and flew towards the wizards one by one.
On the paper was a picture of a greenish-looking herb.
