Donico maintained his unchanged smile. "As an apology from our Reeves family, we are prepared to give Breeder Augustine a complete set of dium-quality standard seed screening equipnt, as well as a set of standard column chromatography separation equipnt."
Locke raised an eyebrow, showing slightly more interest.
dium-quality standard seed screening equipnt wasn't very expensive. A complete set cost about two hundred magic stones and was useful for both breeder assistants and breeders for screening quality seeds or selecting specific types of seeds from different varieties.
This was one of the items that the various alchemical workshops of Lilith's Cottage most liked to produce.
But column chromatography separation equipnt was extrely expensive, belonging to equipnt that both potion master assistants and breeders needed to use. A complete set would definitely cost at least fifteen hundred magic stones.
Potion master assistants might need such equipnt when brewing extrely difficult potions to extract pure components from certain substances.
Breeders might also need to extract pure components from certain plants in rare cases and use them on magical plants they were cultivating.
The things Donico was giving him were indeed items he would definitely use.
Locke hadn't expected the Reeves family to be willing to spend so many magic stones for an apology. This was nearly two thousand magic stones in expenses.
But Locke's expression still wasn't very pleasant. Back then, the Reeves family had co when he was at his weakest, trying to get him to sign an unequal contract. After being refused, they had made underhanded moves to prevent other wizard families from investing in him.
He hadn't needed it at the ti, but from a general perspective, most wizard apprentices from overseas worlds would have needed it.
This was enmity that blocked one's path.
Although he didn't care about the small Reeves family, he was now at least a first-class wizard apprentice, a student of Witch Sophia, and a genius breeder that was being talked about everywhere. Getting his forgiveness wouldn't be that simple.
The Reeves family had long since declined, with no formal wizards in the family. The remaining two first-class wizard apprentices had already lost their advancent potential and were aged and decrepit, with no possibility of actively standing out to oppose him.
If they really did that, he wouldn't be afraid either. After all, these people were all a group of white wizards not particularly skilled in combat, and their battle experience might not even be as rich as his own.
Seeing that Locke's expression still hadn't softened much, Donico's heart sank, knowing this matter wasn't that simple.
Donico sighed slightly in his heart. In fact, he should have co to apologize when Locke was still at the second-class wizard apprentice stage.
But at that ti, he had maintained his dignity, feeling that a second-class wizard apprentice couldn't cause much trouble, so he had only coldly watched his granddaughter's misconduct.
Having reached this point, he also knew that just two sets of equipnt could no longer resolve this matter.
Donico's tone beca even more gentle toward Locke. "In addition to this, our Reeves family will also permanently lend you one of our dium-small botanical gardens for free."
Locke was stunned for a mont. Now he was truly interested, as he hadn't expected the Reeves family to really put up serious money to gain his forgiveness.
They were actually going to freely give him a dium-small scale botanical garden.
Locke had originally thought applying for a botanical garden was a relatively simple matter, but after this month's delays, he finally understood how troubleso it was to apply for dium-small scale botanical gardens within Lilith's Cottage.
So he was surprised that this old man Donico was actually willing to give him a dium-small scale botanical garden allocation.
If this was the case, this matter could truly be put to rest.
After all, everything could be asured by value.
And he urgently needed a dium-small botanical garden.
He couldn't keep using Witch Sophia's botanical garden forever. Witch Sophia had her own things to plant, and for a formal wizard to use a dium-scale botanical garden was already quite cramped.
Generally, formal wizard-level senior breeders would have large botanical gardens.
Locke said aningfully, "Mr. Donico, you're truly willing to part with it."
Sensing the loosening in Locke's tone, Donico breathed a sigh of relief.
"dium-small scale planting gardens are indeed rare. Just going through the approval procedures takes a long ti, and they might very likely be held up due to certain non-compliant minor details."
Donico sighed. "It's just unfortunate that since the breeder first-class wizard apprentice in our Reeves family died, our family has never produced another breeder, and the other breeder assistants in the family gradually died as well, so all the botanical gardens we previously applied for have been sitting unused."
"Unworthy descendants, the family struggles to continue. We can only rent out the family's two dium-small scale botanical gardens and four small botanical gardens to other first-class wizard apprentice breeders for use, collecting so modest rent."
"The dium-small scale botanical garden we're prepared to give you happens to have its lease expiring recently, so we're simply giving it to you."
Donico truly felt sowhat lancholic and began lanting. "Good things should match suitable people."
"An excellent breeder like you, Mr. Augustine, deserves to own a dium-small scale botanical garden of your own early. I only hope that the misunderstanding between us can be resolved through this, and we can maintain a good relationship afterward."
Locke nodded slightly. "If this is the case, then the previous matter can indeed be written off."
Donico bead with joy. "Chrisselle, apologize to Breeder Augustine once more..."
"Breeder Augustine, the items will be delivered to you tomorrow."
Locke nodded slightly. "If there's nothing else, then that's settled. I need to get busy."
...
After Donico and Chrisselle left Locke's wooden house complex, on the road, Chrisselle couldn't help but ask her grandfather Donico, "Grandfather, you and he are both first-class wizard apprentices. Do we really need to pay so much just to restore relations with him?"
Donico looked coldly at Chrisselle. "Chrisselle, I spoiled you too much before. You actually went and did unnecessary things, inexplicably offending soone and causing the family to lose so many resources."
"You... you're truly a fool. We're both first-class wizard apprentices, but do you think I, this kind of Level 4 aptitude first-class wizard apprentice who got here by grinding through ti, can compare with him, this kind of first-class wizard apprentice who achieved this level in two years and has even developed two new varieties of magical plant works!"
Donico suppressed his anger, saying in a low voice, "You almost offended an enemy the family cannot provoke due to your stupidity."
"Our family has already declined. We have no formal wizards, and those past relationships and favors have almost been exhausted. And Locke is not only a genius himself, he's also Witch Sophia's beloved student. Compared to him, it's actually our family that's truly in a weak position..."
"Even in the realm of first-class wizard apprentices, our family is already among the weakest."
Chrisselle said regretfully, "Who could have thought that back then, soone who looked completely ordinary, just a country bumpkin from an overseas mortal world with a bit of luck, would grow to this extent after two years."
Chrisselle reflected slightly. "Perhaps I indeed shouldn't underestimate anyone. In the end, it was my willfulness that hard our family. I'm sorry, Grandfather."
Donico snorted coldly. "Fortunately, you weren't stupid enough to actually harm Mr. Augustine substantially. If that had really happened, it wouldn't be as easy to smooth over as today. This counts as your luck being decent, no, it's only because your own abilities were insufficient to actually do anything."
"From today on, you stay ho more."
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