Chapter 14 The Adopted Daughter and the Still Iron (4500)
Professor Alder seemed to be afraid that Locke would regret it. After giving Locke a list of materials and the refining process, he left without looking back. "You are welcome to come to me within this week. Dear Locke." Locke looked at the black leather notebook in his hand and frowned slightly. He glanced at the blood-like stains on the surface of the black leather notebook, but after thinking about it, he put it away and walked quickly to Dean Tunguska's office.
Old's deal does have a certain appeal to me.
It would also be good to master one more spell and increase some mental power before boarding the wizard ship.
Besides, I have two main conforming elemental particles. It would be a pity if I focused on the development of plant magic and gave up on the development of black magic.
He was still too shallow on the path of a wizard, so Locke decided to find Tungus to ask for relevant opinions.
This time, Locke went to Dean Tunguska's office. At this time, Patty was also in the office, and a little girl about ten years old with two ponytails was in the office, smiling and talking with Dean Tunguska.
The three of them looked at Locke who entered the office after knocking on the door, and a look of surprise appeared on Dean Tunguska's face. "Locke, congratulations, you have become a third-class wizard apprentice."
"Great."
"This is a great event. I will hold a banquet for you tonight to celebrate you." Patty was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked at Locke with envy. Her expression was complicated. Locke was the last member to enter their society, but he was the first to become a third-class wizard apprentice and officially become a wizard.
Patty thought about her second-level talent and Locke's third-level talent, and couldn't help but secretly sigh. In the world of wizards, the gap in talent is really disappointing.
The gap between the second-level qualification and the third-level qualification is so big, what about the fourth-level qualification and the fifth-level qualification?
What a huge difference in learning speed between her and these wizard seedlings.
Patty said to Locke: "Congratulations, Locke."
Locke nodded to Patty. "Patty, I believe that you and Cody will soon become third-class wizard apprentices. Come on." Locke's words encouraged Patty to some extent. Patty nodded, cheered up and said, "Well. Thank you."
h "That's why I came to find the dean's help. I'm busy, Teacher Tunguska explained to me about the scorching Mars, which made my progress much faster. "
Dean Tunguska used his mental power to press Locke, but Locke's mana automatically reacted, and although it could not completely rebound Dean Tunguska's magic power, it still protected himself.
Dean Tunguska nodded and said: "In Corfu, there is no tool to carefully check your mana for you."
"On the wizard ship, you will have a way to accurately measure your current mental power and mana."
“But according to my knowledge, your current mental power should be between 11 and 13 points, which is higher than the average third-level wizard apprentice, and your mana is very pure.”
"This proves that your hard work in the past two years has not been in vain."
"The completion of your first plant magic is very good, so your mental power is also relatively high."
Tonggu Dean Si smiled and said: "To be honest, your learning speed is indeed faster than I expected."
"If I hadn't known that you wouldn't have any magic resources to accelerate your growth in Corfu, I would have thought that you used a lot of expensive and rare magic resources for yourself."
Locke thought of the deep sapphire, but he could not explain why he could obtain so many magic gems on the low-magic island of Corfu, so he chose to remain silent.
Dean Tunguska pointed at the little girl beside him and said: "By the way, Locke, speaking of which, I haven't introduced her identity to you yet."
The little girl next to Dean Tunguska raised her head curiously and looked at Locke, with cunning, awe, and deep curiosity in her eyes.
Patty smiled and said: " This is Teacher Tunguska's new adopted daughter. Because you have been in seclusion to complete the spell during this period, we did not have time to inform you. "
Dean Tunguska said: "Yes. You, Cord, and Patty will leave Corfu in three months, leaving me as an old man on this remote island with no one familiar with my world around me."
"My students are also leaving."
"It feels like home."
Dean Tunguska said with a smile: "Julian Frank is a very cute girl, and she is also the sixth princess of the Frank Empire. But their father took the initiative to adopt this daughter to me..."
"Julian, quickly salute Mr. Locke. Locke is my most outstanding student."
Julian quickly walked out from Dean Tunguska, her knees slightly bent, holding the hem of her princess skirt with her little hands, and gave Locke a ladylike salute. "Brother Locke, please give me more advice in the future."
Locke nodded to her indifferently, his expression lukewarm.
Obviously, although this Julianne Frank is only about ten years old, she is not as innocent and simple as she seems.
The other party is willing to give up her status as a princess of the Frank Empire and become the daughter of Dean Tunguska, and her purpose is not purely pure.
But these Dean Tunguska must have considered it himself, so since he didn’t say anything, he had nothing to say.
When Julian saw Locke, he didn't like her very much, and an unwillingness suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Before she came here, her biological father, the Emperor of the Falak Empire, told her that she must not offend any wizard here, and for the sake of her mother country, she must work hard to win the favor of all the wizards here.
Especially to please Dean Tunguska.
Hence, after seeing Locke, Julian wanted to attract Locke's attention and make Locke have a favorable impression of the Falak Empire.
It's a pity that Locke is completely different from Patty and Cord, and he doesn't like her at all.
This made Julian even feel a little sad, fearing that she would be resented by Locke.
Julian said a little aggrievedly: "Uncle Locke..."
Locke's eyes flashed with impatience. He came here to look for Dean Tunguska, but he didn't come here to talk to this little princess who was too self-aware.
Dean Tunguska coughed and rarely reprimanded Julian, "Julian, you are a junior, how can you call Locke's name? You have to call me Uncle Augustine."
Dean Tunguska can still distinguish priorities. For Julian Frank, for him, it is more suitable to be a pet rather than a daughter.
And Locke is his most outstanding student at present.
In the future, Locke went to the wizarding world and was one of his connections, so his family would also be taken care of by Locke.
So, he will not let his outstanding students have any difficulties for the sake of a pet.
Julian felt the ruthless indifference hidden in Dean Tunguska's words. It came from the wizard's profound contempt for mortals, and it was an insurmountable gap.
Hence, Julian trembled, then gave a ladylike salute to everyone in the office, apologized with a tearful voice, and quickly left the office.
Locke said to Dean Tunguska: "Teacher Tungus, I want to ask you, what else do I need to do in the next three months."
Dean Tunguska thought for a while and said with a smile, "It's nothing else."
"I can't teach you a second spell in such a short period of time."
"Furthermore, most of my energy will be focused on Patty. Patty and Cord, they have not completed the first spell model yet."
Dean Tunguska's subtext is that he will focus mainly on Patty. As for Cord, he has let it go.
After all, as long as they have wizard talents, even if they are packaged as a gift, they can join a wizard organization. It just depends on the level of the wizard organization.
But Cord's wizard qualification is only level one and his talent is the worst, so Dean Tunguska gave up on improving his grades and left him to fend for himself. Dean Tunguska decided to devote his energy to Patty in the last three months.
This cannot be blamed on Dean Tunguska, it is just that the world of wizards has always been so cold and realistic.
Locke nodded. This was not much different from what Alder said before. So he glanced at Patty and said thoughtfully: "Alder, he wants me to help him refine a potion. Teacher, this is the name of the potion he wants to refine."
"Look, do I agree?"
Dean Tunguska took the black notebook handed over by Locke, glanced at it, and said: "Well, as I thought, it's the stone crab blood essence potion."
h "It should be that his lifespan has reached the limit, continuously. Using the life-borrowing ritual in undead magic forcibly extended his life, but it polluted his mana and pushed his already weak body to its limit."
"So he wanted to use the Stone Crab Bloodline Essence Potion to transform his bloodline, strengthen his human body, and use the bloodline of magical creatures in the wizarding world to strengthen his body."
Dean Tunguska sighed. "His own mana is too messy now, so he can only ask you for help."
"Because he has violated countless laws of the academy, so he can't trust me anymore, and thinks that I will do something to him to uphold the laws of the academy."
"Actually, I have already Try to tolerate him as much as possible. It’s not easy for everyone, so I won’t do anything unless I have to.”
Locke asked: “Then if I can really help him successfully refine the potion, can Alder’s life be extended?”
Dean Tunguska shook his head. "This is your first time refining, so the chance of success is very low. Refining magic potions requires a very high level of mana stabilization, which requires talent and at least ten years of hard practice."
"Unless you use expensive resources to forcibly limit the mana fluctuations within a certain range."
"But even if you are really lucky and successfully refine it, the ending will not be very good."
Dean Tunguska said: "This is essentially a biological transformation of one's own body. This is indeed something that a second-class wizard apprentice can do, but it usually takes decades and a long period of advance planning. Otherwise, it is easy to turn oneself into a monster or even lose one's reason. "He is too anxious."
I am not optimistic about him."
Dean Tunguska thought for a while and said: "However, I think he will give you a generous return on the transaction, so you can indeed make this deal with him."
"He has prepared the materials anyway, so you won't suffer a loss. Even if all the refining fails, you can gain some rare experience."
Dean Tunguska smiled and said: "Before boarding the wizard ship, you have the experience of refining potions, which may be your unique advantage. "
"You are already heading in the direction of plant magic. If you have experience in refining potions, you may be lucky and you will be favored by some wizard organizations in the direction of potions."
Locke nodded thoughtfully.
Dean Tunguska said: "Think about it, Alder can actually do nothing to you."
"Although he has more magic power than you, knows a few more tricks than you, and has more spell choices than you, he is too old."
"Even if he gets angry and wants to do something to you, he will not be your opponent."
"He will only ask for trouble."
"After receiving Dean Tunguska's analysis, Locke has firmed up his mind and he can agree to the deal.
Locke glanced at Patty and said, "By the way, Dean Tunguska, I still have some personal things I want to ask you about."
Patty left the office on his own initiative and with good sense.
Dean Tunguska looked at Locke gently. "Please say."
Locke took out the black iron ring he got from Count Augustine, which was the token left to them by the original owner's mother.
The reason why he didn't take it out before was because he didn't know what the ring represented.
But now he has become a wizard apprentice, and Dean Tunguska has established a profound master-apprentice relationship with him in the past two years, so he is now ready to ask Dean Tunguska if he recognizes this ring.
Dean Tunguska took the ring and wondered: "Well, it looks like an ordinary ring. What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
Dean Tunguska quickly realized something was wrong. When his magic fell on the ring, the ring did not react at all, as if it was insulated.
Dean Tunguska noticed the extraordinary nature of this ring.
Their magic power is extremely powerful. If they touch ordinary items, the items will definitely react.
But this ring, which looks very ordinary, is not as simple as it appears. It is so strong and almost completely insulated from mana, just like an insulator of mana.
This means that the ring is very strong and difficult to be broken.
After careful observation, Dean Tunguska returned the ring to Locke and his tone became serious. "Locke, hide this ring. Try not to take it out at will in the wizarding world in the future."
"This ring is not a magic item, but the material it uses is very special. It is probably static iron."
"It is a kind of magic insulator, a very expensive magic material, even for formal wizards. It is extremely expensive. Of course, the role of static iron is very narrow, and the ring in your hand is too small and cannot be used to make anything at all, so it is not that expensive."
Dean Tunguska said: "But in order to avoid trouble, you should let less people see it."
Your behavior in reminding Patty to go out just now is correct. This thing is a trouble."
Dean Tunguska poured two cups of tea for himself and Locke respectively. "Where did the ring come from?"
Locke answered truthfully: "Maybe it was left to me by one of my relatives."
Dean Tunguska nodded and said: "Well, I don't know the origin of the pattern on the ring either. It may be the mark of an organization or the emblem of a certain school."
It may also be a wizard. "This mark is most likely not from the southeast corner."
"Keep it well, I will keep it a secret for you. I can't leave Corfu anyway."
Locke put away the ring, and at the same time secretly wondered where the original owner's mother came from.
The material of the token she left behind is so expensive, does this mean that the mother of the original owner was not just a wizard apprentice?
Forget it.
Locke dismissed the cloud in his mind. It had little to do with him anyway. He would just look for news about the ring later.
If you can find it, you can give the Augustine family a response. If you can't find it, you can't blame yourself.