Return of the Class 8 Mage
15. Highly antithetical alchemists (4)
Highly Antithetic Alchemist (4)
Sunset, a busy day in the village of Lloyd has ended.
The atmosphere of the village was calm.
“Douglas, are you sleeping?”
Inside the shabby hut Ledio lay on a hardwood bed.
Even though he was lying on the bed, he did not fall asleep.
“.....But.”
Douglas was lying on a small bed on the other side.
He can't sleep, like his father.
“Barton tells me that a witch came to our village.”
“Well, it looks like he's the same age as me.”
“I heard you risked your life again.”
“...... I just want to find that flower.”
“So you risked your life. Don't you know how dangerous it is outside? ”
At his father's rebuke, Douglas stood up.
He seems upset.
“Then what should I do! The witch told me. You'll be fine for a short time. Soon, you will suffer again! ”
After she woke up from the sleep magic, she could not think of anything, either,
except for the worry about his father, and the fear that he will be left alone.
“I'm fine. Now, we just need to find the Randor flower..”.
“But we haven't found it yet. We have spent more than a year!
Thas right.
To cure mana addiction, they moved to the north side a year ago, to find the Randor flower.
“Are you sure you can be healed with that flower?”
“Douglas ..”
“Well, does it really exist?”
Ledio could not say anything.
He understood his son's worries.
But he could not give a clear answer to his son.
“Indeed.”
Somewhere, someone answered.
That's not Ledio's voice.
“…….!”
They look around their homes.
The voice did not come from inside, but from outside.
“A..who is it?”
ask Ledio carefully.
With his body in pain, he stepped closer to the door.
Grabbing the axe with his hand.
“Randor.” Flowers
“……?”
“I heard you were looking for it.”
Ledio did not answer.
He opened the door slowly.
*scree….*
The rusty old door hinges make an uncomfortable sound.
The owner of the voice was standing near the wall of the hut.
It was a boy.
“What are you talking about...”.
“Excuse.”
The boy entered the house smoothly.
“Who are you....?”
Then Douglas recognized the boy.
“Mmmph!”
Suddenly, as if he was mispronouncing, he closed his mouth.
“Douglas? Do you know this kid?
“H..She is ma, the mage I told you..”.
“…….What?”
Thats why.
The reason Douglas shut his mouth.
He spoke without respect subconsciously, because the witch was the same age as him.
“So, sorry, sir! I made an m..error ....!”
“It's okay. By the way,”
After he calmed Douglas down, Ian spoke to Ledio.
“I Ian Page.”
Ian put something on the nearby table, while he spoke.
It was an ice ball the size of a fist.
“A... What is it?”
“You may need it.”
With his instincts, Ledio stepped closer to those items.
He probed the ice closer.
“This.....?”
Ledio opened his eyes wide.
With trembling hands, he picked up an ice ball.
He saw something trapped in the ice.
There was a frozen purple flower.
“Flower.... from Randor?”
Douglas was also surprised by Ledio's murmur.
Flowers they never found, even though they had been searching for a year.
Did Ian bring them flowers whose whereabouts were uncertain?
this witch?
“That flower, I'll give it to you.”
Ledio's eyes started to tremble.
“Before, I just wanted to ask you one thing.”
Ledio was ready to answer whatever he asked.
He suffered from mana addiction for too long.
Life's ticking.
He couldn't just die leaving Douglas alone.
“How do you know?”
“…….. Sorry?”
“The effect is unknown.”
With Ian's question, Ledio barely cooled his head.
That was not an answer he could say so easily
“It is....”.
A fatal potion for a witch.
A witch asked about it.
His life threatened.
“Please do not spend your time thinking meaningless.”
Ian read Ledio's mind.
He spoke calmly.
“I can find it whenever I want.”
Ian threatened Ledio indirectly, for the sake of young Douglas.
Ledio understood Ian's intentions.
What would happen if a witch decided to hurt Ledio?
That would be the end of Ledio. There was no way to prevent it, or escape.
The answer is something important.
“Of course, I don't dare.”
This witch saved his life twice.
From the hands of thieves,
From his mana addiction.
“……. Picture book.”
Ledio spoke as he decided.
“I saw it in this picture book.”
Ledio walked to the old bookshelf.
Most of the books on alchemy.
There are some children's books too.
*click!*
Ledio did not take the book off the shelf.
Instead, He removed the bottom cover of the shelf.
There, there is a hidden room.
Ledio took out a book from the hidden room.
It was a very old and thick book.
The cover is very old.
The pages wither to yellow, which indicates how old the book is.
“This is a picture potion book I inherited from my father.”
Ian opened the book.
It was filled with small letters.
It was all about the name and information of the herbs.
Their effects and their territory grew.
Illustration, and how to collect it.
‘Attracted.’
Ian's impressed.
That is the essence of herbal medicine.
“This, will you see this page ...”
There, he saw the Randor part flower.
Due to its rarity, there is not much information about it.
[It can neutralize mana.]
[It can only be found on the northern side of the continent.]
[A 12 petaled with an indistinct purple color.]
[The leaves and blue stems are poisonous.]
[It withered instantly every time it was removed from the ground where it grew.]
[It cannot be gathered on the basis of current knowledge.]
Even if the written information is accurate.
How, and who wrote this book?
“Is your father an alchemist too?”
“It is our family profession.”
“So this book is heirloom.”
“Serupa.”
A house that chose alchemy as its family's occupation.
It's a rare case.
Furthermore, the quality of the book was shocking.
Douglas inherited such a bloodline.
Ian wanted Douglas.
“That's the answer I want.”
Ice containing Randor's flowers.
While holding it, Ian spoke.
“Dan.”
The ice began to melt quickly.
Soon, only the soil and its wet flowers were exposed to the air.
“I'm sorry.”
*Pssss….*
The flower wilts rapidly when exposed to air.
To be exact, it not only withered, but was completely dry.
Even with a small movement, his body broke into dust.
“I have no choice either. I can only freeze it to keep its shape.”
He's not lying.
It was exactly the same as the illustrated book.
Each time it was removed from the ground, it turned into dust.
“Are you lying to me?”
“I showed you the proof, first.”
“What kind of proof ....”
“Proof that I can find Randor flowers whenever I want.”
A flower that neither Ledio nor Douglas could find for a year.
It only took half a day for Ian to find her.
Thanks to its ultimate application of magic and magic.
“Come make a deal.”
“Deal....?”
Ian jumped onto the main topic.
“Come on a walk with me.”
“What do you mean suddenly ...”
“I will inject you with mana periodically.”
A life threatened by addiction.
That means Ian will have Ledio's life.
“How to use flowers as herbal medicine. I'll find it for you too. By searching through every record of the Royal and Ivory towers. ”
There must be some kind of record about that.
As found by Ragnar and Douglas in his previous life.
“…….”
It was the perfect condition for Ledio.
But it was a deal.
There must be something he needs.
“What do you want to get in return?”
ask Ledio.
“Research, and brewing.”
“What kind of things?”
“Elicksir.”
“Elicksir?”
“The banquet focused on my body type, mana type, and all the other details of myself. Special elixir that is only for me.”
Special potion for one person.
ask Ledio suspiciously.
“If you want, you can ask other famous alchemists, right? I am not a great alchemist.”
“I know.”
It might sound offensive to Ledio.
Ian did not stop.
“Sometimes, the power of despair is stronger than talent.”
“Do I look so desperate?”
“You will not like to die while leaving your little son alone.”
Ledio could not say anything.
Of course, Ian's words hit his head.
However, what surprised him more than Ian's words were;
“He's not a kid.”
These are not words that a child can say.
There is no exception for witches.
The witch Ledio had met before,
They treated him, a man without a heart of mana, as their toy.
“They are all arrogant.”
Of course, they are far from wise.
Strength given at a young age.
It was like a loaded arrow, though,
An arrow held by a child.
‘But he's different. Who is he?’
Ledio felt that something was unnatural, which made him doubtful.
After a brief thought, said Ledio.
“Will you give .... some time to think?”
“As long as you want.”
Ian respected Ledio's thinking.
Ian took off the mask of a child.
Ledio must have sensed something unnatural.
He's gonna need some time.
“This time, will be different.”
thought Ian while looking at Douglas.
‘He will not lose his father, or become a slave.’
The boy froze at this sudden suggestion.
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His face contained no hatred, which Douglas had from his previous life.
“Especially, I will try to save your father.”
Ledio's life was just a tool for Ian.
Ian wants Douglas' talent.
“To have your talent.”