Episode 791
Nilia quickly dodged as if she had expected it. She was quick to prepare, as she had seen Guy Nando get hit several times.
“Wind, to the wall!”
“…Why do you have to use magic to stop that?”
Lee Han looked at his friend in bewilderment.
Nylia quickly crouched behind the wall of wind to prepare for the second attack.
‘I pumped out the water myself earlier, thinking it was a waste of horsepower.’
“…I thought there would be a second attack. “That’s what happened when Gainando avoided it.”
“It’s because Gainando earns a little more. what.”
Lee Han used his telekinesis to shake off the magic aphids that had appeared.
It wasn’t difficult, but it definitely required patience and persistence.
“for a moment. Neilia. “Can’t I ask the spirit to do this?”
“You can do it, but the spirits don’t like it. “There is a slight toxic energy coming out of the mandragora.”
It wasn’t enough to harm a wizard, but it was toxic enough to make a lesser spirit feel bad.
Lee Han reflected slightly inwardly.
‘I thought I could just put up with it since it wasn’t life-threatening anyway, but I guess this is the difference.’
I thought there might be some reason why the spirits liked Nilia but disliked Lee Han himself.
Of course, the horsepower will be about 99%, but…
“Then I guess I’ll have to make it undead.”
pop!
Lee Han summoned Gonadaltes, a skeleton warrior, and ordered him to clear out the Mandragora.
Although a weak amount of toxic energy was released, Gonadaltes did not dare to disobey the tyrant’s orders and silently shook off the magic aphids.
Nilia was in awe when she saw that.
‘Dark magic…! It’s much more convenient than I thought…!’
* * *
The students came in one by one and sat down, and when the time came, Professor Willow began his lecture.
“ruler. “This plant…”
“It’s Barometz. professor.”
Bartrek raised his hand and answered confidently.
Barometz, a unique plant with sheep-like fruits that bloom like flowers, was a familiar plant to Batrek, who came from a family specializing in eastern alchemy.
The sheep-shaped fruit is full of nutrients, and the stem and leaves underneath are also used as ingredients for alchemy…
“That’s great. “Bartrek.”
When Lee Han praised him from the side, Bartrek wiped his nose with an embarrassed expression.
“I wasn’t asking for the name of the plant. “Kid.”
“……”
The humiliated Batrek glared at Lee Han. Lee Han shrugged his shoulders.
‘Did I tell you to speak?’
“Knowing the name is good, but as a second-year student, you should know a little more than that. okay. “Where are these barometz…”
“The stem is used as a reagent with blood-related properties, and the leaves are used as a buffering reagent! “There are so many uses for the fruit that it’s hard to tell!”
Bartrek spoke again. Lee Han clapped softly.
“…I think it would be a good idea to listen to the questions to the end. I was going to ask where it was sold in large quantities and what the price was. “The fruit.”
“yes?”
Bartrek was taken aback by the unexpected question. His students were similar.
<Oh! Is there a plant like this in the empire?> Although the plant name, habits, and uses are listed in the book, the current market price or quantity is not listed.
Professor Willow said with a slightly mischievous look in his eyes.
“Most students taking this botany class are probably taking alchemy. “Then you probably know that among the magicians of the Empire, there is no one who struggles with reagents more than the alchemists.”
The relationship between the alchemy school and the botany lectures was quite deep.
It was similar to the way many transformation magic students take zoology lectures.
Since collecting and managing ingredients is part of the realm of alchemy, botany lectures are semi-essential.
“ruler. “Then how do I get the reagent?”
“Shouldn’t you… get it yourself?”
Batrek answered as he had heard in the alchemy lecture.
Then Professor Willow shook his head.
“It can’t be like that for everything.”
“B-but Professor Thunderwalker said you should get into the habit of asking for it yourself?”
Professor Willow smiled.
“Well, you probably said that when you were in first grade. “But later on, you will find that you need to develop habits in your life as well.”
“……”
Surprisingly, Einrogard professors were also good at changing words.
When I was in first grade, I thought, ‘Oh, you’re going to become a wizard and buy reagents with money? Even the professor who used to say, ‘Are you still a wizard?’ By the third year, he was like, ‘Oh, you want to become a wizard and collect all the reagents one by one? He changes his words to ‘You’re still a wizard!’
In the first year, when relatively few reagents are needed, the habit of saving and the ability to collect are developed, but in the third year, when a lot of reagents are needed, the ability to secure them by any means necessary is fostered!
“ruler. Then you get it, right? This is why you need to know the market price.”
Professor Willow took out a small booklet and enlarged it. On the outside it was written “Journal of the Imperial Gardeners’ Club.”
“What kind of plants are popular where, what happens and the prices fluctuate, who you can get good plants from… You should not neglect these things and find out in advance. If you go later and try to learn in a hurry, it will be late. “Wizards are not kind enough to give good plants to outsiders.”
“Would it be a good idea to join the Imperial Gardeners’ Club?”
“That’s a good idea, but it won’t be easy. The Imperial Gardener’s Club has strict membership requirements… Try getting information another way. “Make a wizard friend, have an informant…”
The Imperial Gardener’s Club was an honorable club that not just anyone could join, but only horticulturists who had achieved outstanding achievements in the Empire.
Professor Willow recommended a relatively easy method to the students rather than such a difficult method.
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“ruler. so. Where are they sold in large quantities, and what is the price?”
“Well, I don’t know.”
“indeed. “Who’s the next kid?”
“I’m doing well too…”
“What about you?”
After many people, including Bartrek, failed to answer, the question came back to Lee Han.
Lee Han was a little embarrassed, but answered whatever came to mind.
“Wouldn’t a lot be sold in the southern Baltane Mountains by now? The price is… about twenty gold coins?”
“oh. The reason is?”
“The Walpurgis Festival is probably being held in the Baltane Mountains right now, and aren’t Barometz fruits popular at such festivals? And last winter, it wasn’t that cold in the south, so barometz probably grew a lot. Then, I don’t think the price would have risen much more than average…”
“I almost got it right. The price is a little more expensive. This is because the adventurers who collected Barometz are colluding and negotiating, but it will be difficult to actually know that.”
“We also took that into account. professor. However, since the local adventurer guilds were in financial difficulties, I thought they would not be able to hold out for long in negotiations and would compromise.”
“……”
Professor Willow opened the <Imperial Gardeners Club Journal> and checked.
Barometz Fruit – Current 25 Imperial Doubloons (Southern Baltane Mountains)
“That’s an interesting prediction. But it’s wrong…”
Barometz Fruit – Current Imperial Gold Coin 25 20 (Southern Baltane Mountains)
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Professor Willow was impressed for the first time in a long time.
“How did you expect this?”
“I always read the imperial newspaper avidly.”
“That’s great. Good job.”
“Ugh…! Wodanaz that bastard!”
Batrek stamped his feet in sorrow.
I never thought I would have studied that part in advance.
The wall at the top of the grade was really high and high.
‘It’s not like that…’
As an avid reader of the same imperial newspaper, Economy, Joner felt slightly embarrassed.
It seemed like Bartrek had a strange misunderstanding.
* * *
Professor Willow taught for half of the lecture time and allowed students to take care of Mandragora for the other half.
No matter how much time I used outside of class, I still needed the opportunity to ask questions directly to the professor.
“that’s right. Wardanaz. “Do you want to join us?”
“what?”
“For Mandragora to be effective, you need very strong sunlight, right?”
In order to raise a mandragora, you had to constantly water it, kill pests, expose it to strong sunlight, and do many other chores.
Even if you do that, the scary thing about the plant is that if Mandragora’s mood changes, it can wither or die.
‘A basilisk is better.’
Lee Han petted the baby basilisk. The basilisk, dozing in the greenhouse air, excitedly wrapped its tail around his finger.
“yes?”
“We create that sunlight.”
“……”
For a moment, Lee Han wondered if his friends were crazy.
Creating sunlight with the properties of the sun was on a different level from bringing about light or flame.
In order to produce a similar effect, you need to have at least a dozen attributes symbolizing the sun, as well as light and fire attributes.
“Have you thought about your graduation assignment just now?”
“What are you talking about. Wardanaz. “We are not you.”
“What did you just say?”
“I heard a rumor that there was an artificial solar artifact in the principal’s warehouse. “If you steal it, you’ll get a perfect score for making it this semester!”
“…Well, if you steal it, tell me. “I’ll pay, so lend me some too.”
“Wardanaz! Why are you like this this year? “You were much more energetic last year!”
Lee Han ignored the temptations of his wicked friends.
It was already dangerous and there were many enemies, so I didn’t really want to visit the skeleton principal’s warehouse.
“So, this way…”
“under. “This isn’t pretty.”
“What are you two doing?”
Lee Han, who found Ratford and Batrek whispering in front of the garden, looked puzzled and asked.
The two were talking with very serious and cautious expressions.
Batrek said as he hurriedly covered the garden.
“Nothing. Right, Ratford?”
“ah. “I was trying to make a mandragora leaf pattern.”
“hey!”
Batrek was furious at the betrayal. Either way, Ratford didn’t care.
“Why are you doing this when you are at best a business partner? “It’s up to me who I tell.”
“This is why the Black Turtle Tower guys…!”
“What? “What a pattern.”
“I heard that Mandragora has medicinal properties, but if it has a rare pattern, it is sold at a high price.”
Batrek blushed with shame at Ratford’s explanation.
You’re playing with patterns in front of the senior in your grade and talking about earning gold coins!
As expected, Wardanaz had a shocked look on his face.
“Are you two…geniuses?!”
“……”
“that’s right. It was like that. Why did I forget? shit. “I missed learning magic.”
If there are people like Lee Han who are obsessed with efficacy, there are also people who are obsessed with appearance or beauty.
There were imperial collectors who paid large sums of money depending on what pattern was drawn on the Mandragora leaves.
“How far have you completed it?”
“I made a potion and tried it, but the dots were…”
“This is common. I need to make more rare patterns! Batrek. “Is this all there is to it?”
“I’m sorry.”
After apologizing, Batrek suddenly wondered inwardly.
Why did I just apologize?
* * *
“Thoughts move from moment to moment, from moment to moment.”
“Very good.”
Professor Garcia said as he checked the magic that increases the perceived time inside the magician, <Low Level Body Time Extension>.
Considering Lee Han’s grade, his learning speed was incredibly fast.
Of course, I was dissatisfied, but…
“Ugh!”
“There’s no need to rush…”
“yes. All right. “Ugh!”
“……”
Professor Garcia considered hitting him.
“really. Student Lee Han. “Next week is club week, so a lot of outsiders will come.”
“All right.”
“This student has many clubs, so he will be called to many places.”
“okay. “What did you just say?”
Lee Han, who was concentrating on magic, flinched.
I think Professor Garcia just said something creepy.
