Chapter 42. Let's Find Out the Evaluation Assignnt
The next lecture was Alchemy.
I wondered if we would be pulling weeds again, but this ti the lecture was held inside the workshop.
Professor Cailin wrote a long list of ingredients on the chalkboard.
“Today is potion-making practice. What I’ve just written is the recipe for a Beginner Healing Potion, but just because you know this doesn’t an it will be easy to make it perfectly right away.”
After explaining how to prepare the ingredients and the direction in which to infuse magic power, Professor Cailin handed out hourglasses one by one.
Radel, who had practiced many tis with the Hayden-style Potion Brewing thod, knew how important ti managent was.
Alchemy was sothing you could fail with just a one-second difference.
It must be that difficult to succeed…….
Why is there only one set of ingredients?
Bang!
“Eek!”
A bang went off next to Radel, and he heard Inette’s short scream.
It ant she had failed at brewing the potion.
Bang! Bang!
It wasn't just Inette; other freshn also seed to have failed at brewing their potions, as bangs and smoke rose from here and there.
“Professor, could you give us so more ingredients?”
When the students who had failed asked, Professor Cailin smiled as if he had been waiting and rubbed his hands together.
“Of course, I can. In exchange for your labor, that is.”
“What?”
“The ingredients I initially handed out are all there is. If you need more ingredients, I'll give them to you based on the weight of the weeds you pull from the herb garden. Of course, you don’t think weeds have the sa value as dicinal herbs, do you? Let’s see. I can probably give you one dicinal herb for about twenty weed roots.”
“What?!”
The freshn were shocked, but Radel understood Professor Cailin’s words.
It wasn't like ingredients grew on trees.
No matter how basic a Beginner Healing Potion was, the cost would be considerable if he provided ingredients until everyone succeeded.
“You’d better go out and pull weeds quickly. Because I’ll only tell the alchemy evaluation assignnt, which will be held during the freshman adaptation period, to those who have completed a Beginner Healing Potion.”
At Professor Cailin’s words, the freshn, now in a hurry, rushed outside.
“Is this for real?”
“It is. Let’s go out.”
As Inette grumbled, Gusto replied calmly.
Since they had both failed, there was no other choice but to pull weeds.
Radel saw the two of them off.
It was because he hadn't made the Beginner Healing Potion yet.
“You guys go on ahead. I’ll be there soon.”
“Then I’ll watch you do it and go.”
Inette, predicting that Radel would fail soon anyway, sat down again.
However, Radel’s skill in swiftly preparing the ingredients and flipping the hourglass as soon as the cauldron boiled was reminiscent of a skilled alchemist.
“No way, is this your first ti?”
“It is. If it’s the Prince, it’s possible.”
Inette was flabbergasted by Radel, and Gusto's answer also left her speechless, so she just shut her mouth.
Radel carefully poured in his magic power and stirred the cauldron.
Compared to the Hayden-style Potion Brewing thod, a Beginner Healing Potion was not that difficult.
‘This should be enough.’
The feeling was good.
Radel transferred the potion boiling in the cauldron into a prepared bottle.
“Hhmm, hmhmm.”
Professor Cailin was in such a good mood thinking about the cleanly managed herb garden that he was even humming.
No matter how many weeds you pulled, they just kept coming back.
So, there was no choice but to keep pulling them.
What was needed at tis like this was labor.
It might be hard for the freshn now, but the day would soon co when they would co to love the herb garden.
Then they would also learn the true joy of alchemy.
Thinking this, Radel approached Professor Cailin, who was pouring tea into an alchemy flask and drinking it.
“Don’t tell you succeeded in making the potion?”
“Yes, Professor.”
“You did this all by yourself?”
“That’s right, Professor.”
Professor Cailin looked at the well-made Beginner Healing Potion, then glanced at Radel once more.
He had never dread that a student would succeed on the first try.
To think soone had already succeeded.
He had made a promise, so he had to tell him the evaluation assignnt, but his comfortable stomach started to feel sour.
* * *
Radel unfolded the note Professor Cailin had given him.
On the note were the ingredients and brewing thod for a Detoxification Potion, written in detail.
A Detoxification Potion?
He couldn't help but be surprised.
‘How did he know I was planning to use doping?’
It was a necessary potion for Radel, for whom detoxification magic didn't work due to his Status Effect Nullification trait.
He had been wondering how to get his hands on this.
Radel asked Professor Cailin.
“I have to find the ingredients myself, right?”
“Most of the things written there are in the garden. Pull so weeds and take them.”
“What about the rest?”
“You'll have to figure that out yourself.”
Radel nodded.
Just not having to wander around gathering dicinal herbs was a decent condition.
But as he looked over the ingredients, they seed strangely familiar.
If he changed just a few things here, the recipe was the sa as the Hayden-style Beginner Potion.
Co to think of it, what was the effect of the Hayden-style Beginner Potion?
According to Radel’s mory, it was only written as a beginner potion, and the effect was not stated.
‘I'll have to try making it again.’
Radel went out to pull weeds.
But things he hadn't seen before were flying above the herb garden.
They were flying golems.
Just then, Professor Cailin opened a window and shouted.
“You guys trying to secretly dig up dicinal herbs instead of weeds! If a golem catches you, your admission will be canceled imdiately, so be aware!”
At those words, sounds of tongue-clicking could be heard from here and there.
“Tch.”
“Too bad.”
It was unlikely that the freshn, exhausted from labor, wouldn't have thought of such a thing. Those golems, which seed to be like surveillance drones, flew around ceaselessly, guarding the herb garden.
Radel also thought it was a sha for a mont, then approached Inette and Gusto. He wasn't confident enough to move his hands quickly while avoiding the eyes of the flying golems scattered everywhere.
It was ti for diligent labor again.
* * *
For the first ti, Radel looked forward to a lecture.
It was because the next class was Cryptozoology.
To obtain the animal-based ingredients listed in the Detoxification Potion recipe, knowledge of cryptozoology was essential.
He wanted to get everything he could find in the mountains.
“Almond! I need to talk to you.”
Radel spotted Armandy and called out cheerfully.
Since it was Cryptozoology class, he thought it would be good for the team mbers to attend the class together and discuss things.
Armandy, called by his alias, was startled and then rushed over.
“What are you doing, calling that in front of people?”
“Didn't you ask to call you Almond last ti?”
“That's not it…….”
Armandy sighed.
While undercover, he had to erase his presence, and being close to royalty was by no ans a good thing.
If he stood out, carrying out his mission would beco difficult, and if other agents from the Ability Managent Bureau saw him, he would be in a perfect position to be reprimanded.
“Then what should I do? We’re on the sa team.”
Radel was oblivious to Armandy's concerns and remained composed.
It was just like the crazy prince who only thought of himself.
“Listen. During the alchemy lecture earlier……”
Armandy was a little surprised to hear from Radel that he had received the Detoxification Potion recipe.
He himself had not yet completed the Beginner Healing Potion. But that was because he had intentionally failed to match the level of the other freshn.
But what was wrong with this academy, it didn't just give ingredients to students. Even among the masters of the Mage Tower, notorious for being strict, he had never seen one who treated their disciples like this.
Armandy wasn't used to pulling weeds, so he was rejected by Professor Cailin several tis. When he was told that the condition of the pulled weeds was not good, he wondered if the professor was a scamr, not a teacher.
Did it make sense for the condition of weeds to be important, when they weren't even dicinal herbs?
The alchemy professor was clearly trying his best not to give out ingredients by making absurd complaints.
In the end, he ran out of ingredients and couldn't complete it today.
This was the situation even for a skilled magician like Armandy.
Since he had said he would only tell those who had completed the Beginner Healing Potion, most of the freshn who had never encountered alchemy before would not know the evaluation assignnt.
The three of them agreed that completing the Detoxification Potion was the first priority.
While they were discussing how to obtain the ingredients, the Cryptozoology professor, Donton Murr, appeared riding a wyvern.
“I bet you’ve been waiting for , fledglings! Shall we have another fun hike today? Haha!”
At his words, the expressions of the freshn soured.
When they thought of Cryptozoology, they usually imagined they would have a chance to ta magical beasts or befriend cute and pretty mythical creatures.
They never thought they would spend the entire lecture climbing mountains, searching for magical beast droppings or tracks.
“I heard there were so fledglings who collapsed trying to catch a Swamp Serpent! Why do you think that is?”
When Professor Donton asked, the freshn answered.
“Because the Swamp Serpent has high magic resistance.”
“I heard the poison spread faster than expected, so their health depleted quickly.”
Professor Donton shook his head firmly and shouted.
“Wrong. The answer is because they're weak! The weak have no right to survive in front of a magical beast!”
They had hoped for even a small hint about a strategy for the Swamp Serpent, but it was, of course, a long shot.
Professor Donton pounded his chest and laughed heartily.
“Haha! You all look terrified already! Good, then let’s do things a little differently today!”
Was a proper lecture finally starting?
A hint of anticipation appeared on the freshn's faces.
Professor Donton led the freshn and skillfully climbed the mountain.
“Until now, you might have been bored focusing on things like magical beast footprints or tracks.”
As Professor Donton opened his mouth, the freshn also began to get their hopes up.
Maybe today they could et a unicorn or so small fairies?
“But today will be different!”
Professor Donton shouted excitedly and guided the freshn.
“Look! Today, we have the carcass of a magical beast!”
The place he excitedly pointed to had the bones of a magical beast scattered around.
The expressions of the freshn, who had been even slightly hopeful, darkened in an instant.
“You must be amazed! A sight like this is hard to co by! Haha!”
The freshn, who couldn't bring themselves to get close to the magical beast’s carcass where insects had gathered, stood as far away as possible to listen to the lecture.
But Radel felt like a light had turned on in his head upon seeing the insects and small animals.
Blue corpse beetle, house snail, and even a poison frog.
All the ingredients for the Detoxification Potion were gathered here.
He had been wondering how to get them, but it seed he could make dozens of Detoxification Potions just by catching the insects here.
“Gusto, Almond! I found it.”
Armandy's face turned pale at the ntion of insects being ingredients, but Radel didn't care.
That was all money!
Outside the academy, he would have to buy them all with money.
And even inside the academy, there was no way to get them even if he had money.
In the end, how would the freshn who needed to make Detoxification Potions later obtain them?
Radel's heart pounded at the thought that selling the insects would be quite profitable.
This was Radel, who had received the Emperor's entrance gift as money.
He had quite a lot of money, though he had no use for it, but the more money, the better.
Radel, who had experienced the world of capitalism, knew very well how much a lot of money could enrich one's life.
Radel couldn't hide the smile spreading across his face.
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