Chapter 294: Betty and Her Beloved Instructor
Not long after, Betty returned here again, but this time she had two little white mice in her hands.
“Wait, you just brought them in like that?” I asked, frowning.
“Ah, don’t mind the details! I’m just afraid of being discovered,” Betty replied.
She placed the little white mice on the table, and they quietly stayed there without running around. It seemed that these experimental mice had been tamed to the point that they didn’t know what rebellion was, but because of this, they could provide us with a great convenience.
At this moment, Betty held a sharp blade and picked up one of the little white mice, making a large cut on it.
“Alright, that’s quite a large cut. Are you sure you’re not trying to cut it in half?” I reminded her, watching the mouse in her hand squeaking in pain.
“True… I guess this will do for now. I just hope the potion is effective,” Betty said, putting down the blade and scratching her head. She had been a bit too excited and instinctively prepared to dissect the mouse, only to realize that she was meant to test the flesh healing potion.
“I hope the little mouse is okay…” At this moment, Betty took out a brand new dropper and drew some of the potion she had just prepared.
This potion was generally applied externally on wounds or taken orally, a dual approach.
After Betty dripped the potion onto the wound, the little mouse let out a series of tragic squeaks, followed by a hissing sound as if it were being corroded.
“What happened?” I leaned closer and asked.
“I… did I k*ll it? Ah?”
At this moment, Betty looked at the struggling little mouse in disbelief, seemingly realizing that the external application wasn’t working, she dripped a few drops into the mouse’s mouth.
Then, after a while, the little mouse completely died.
“You really are a genius!”
“Don’t… don’t say that! I don’t know why this happened!”
Betty was on the verge of breaking down. Everything was done step by step; why did she end up creating a lethal potion?
Although it seemed a bit troublesome to k*ll a little mouse, her goal was the flesh healing potion!
That was a life-saving potion, if this potion were to circulate outside, it would surely be snatched up.
Just as Betty was about to break down and cry, the laboratory door was suddenly opened, and a figure walked straight in.
I looked at the unfamiliar woman in front of me, who seemed to carry a sense of pressure. Without having to guess, I knew that this must be the Extraordinary Witch, and perhaps she was Betty’s instructor! She certainly couldn’t be her senior.
“Professor… Lola…”
At this moment, Betty’s voice confirmed my thoughts, though I wondered if the tremor in her voice was serious.
“Betty, what have you done this time?”
The Extraordinary Witch, whom Betty called Lola, only glanced at me and then turned her focus entirely on Betty. Her questioning carried immense pressure, and at this moment, Betty felt as if she were suffocating.
But when Lola walked up to us, she seemed to be attracted by something, turning her head to look at me, her deep gaze piercing into my eyes, making me feel a chill.
And in the next moment, she reached out towards my face, and just when I thought this Lola Witch recognized my identity and wanted to poach me or pinch my face, she instead grasped the glasses frame I was wearing.
The alchemical glasses given to me by Teacher Ji were taken away, and I instinctively swallowed.
“Do you know Xi Lan?”
“Xi Lan?” I was taken aback for a moment, quickly realizing that Xi Lan was another name for Teacher Ji.
“She is my advisor?”
After calming my nervous emotions, I quickly reflected on my memories of receiving these alchemical glasses from Teacher Ji… it seemed she got them from some witch, could it really be her?
“Advisor? Isn’t she in charge of the new students? You… oh, you look a bit familiar, Yang Yuelan, right?”
“Yes, teacher.” I nodded.
“You are Xi Lan’s student, so why are you here bothering me?” Lola carefully put the glasses back on me. “These glasses are my creation. Since Xi Lan gave them to you, don’t waste them.”
“Okay.”
Seeing that I agreed so readily, Lola stopped pressing me and turned to face Betty, who thought she had escaped punishment, but in the end, she couldn’t avoid her fate.
“Don’t… don’t hit me! Don’t hit me… Xiao Han is here, Xiao Han is still here… it’ll be embarrassing outside!”
Even as Betty pleaded, Lola truly started to spank her… it was real spanking… I couldn’t bear to look…
“Did you come in here without cleaning up? Did you even use a cleaning spell on my instruments? Can instruments be cleaned with magic? Aren’t you just adding wear and tear?”
“Still experimenting, and you didn’t even initiate safety measures, do you want to lose your hands? Don’t you care about the other instruments either?”
“Didn’t I tell you not to steal my little white mice recently? Didn’t I reserve a box for you? Why do you have to take the ones I had sealed? You must be itching for a beating…”
At this moment, Lola was lecturing Betty, and I realized that our entire experiment had been observed by this witch. I instinctively surveyed the area, eventually finding a “monitor” powered by Earth Vein Energy.
This monitor was beyond typical surveillance; it recorded not images but Earth Vein information, and after collecting that information, it could be reorganized and restored, essentially enabling it to observe from any angle…
It seems I must be more careful in the future; this kind of “monitoring” has no blind spots!
After some time, whether Lola was tired from scolding or Betty admitted her mistakes, this farce reached its end, and Betty’s rear truly ended up raw…
“Betty, you better remember this well. It’s been days since I spanked you; don’t tell me you’re itching again,” Lola said as she walked over to the side table and picked up the deadly creation from Betty.
“What a talent, is this how potions are refined? What have you done with the techniques I taught you?”
“This… this is my first time,” Betty groaned, struggling to get up from the floor, but even so, she leaned against the table, looking like Lola wasn’t easy on her.
This was real…
At this time, Lola glanced at the materials on the table and the potion in her hand, and began to refine it herself, explaining the reasons behind it and the mistakes someone made along the way.
This information would have been incredibly hard for us to uncover on our own, but Lola spoke very clearly and concisely. Even I couldn’t help but marvel at how good it was to have an instructor…
It’s true that what is taught and what is passed down can vary greatly…
This guidance was even more rewarding than paying to attend classes; even though I wasn’t her student, Lola didn’t shy away from my presence while she explained.
“Alright, drink this.”
“Huh? Drink this?” Betty looked at the potion offered by the instructor. Just a moment ago, she had used this to k*ll a little white mouse!
Although it was adjusted by the instructor, it was still quite unsettling!
“Isn’t your rear still hurting? Drink it and it won’t hurt anymore. Also, do you remember what I said earlier?”
“I… I remember.”
“If you remember, then do it again. If a simple flesh healing potion can produce corrosiveness, how did I end up with a student like you?”
“Huh? Do I really have to do it again?”
“Then drink this. Isn’t this your work? You drink it until you can make one yourself that you’re okay with.”
“I… I choose to drink this!” Betty exclaimed as she grabbed the potion. She believed in the instructor’s skill, even if it meant being gravely injured and bedridden, at least she’d spare herself from suffering so much.
But the next moment, Lola’s words nearly made Betty spit out the potion she had just swallowed.
“I’m not giving you an option; you have to drink this, and after that, you make another bottle until you can drink it yourself. I’ll prepare the materials for you.”
“Cough cough… uh?!” After choking on the potion, Betty finally managed to recover only to hear this.
“What are you sighing about? Do you think it’s okay to prepare six portions when you invite others to help make potions, but so measly for yourself? Go to my materials library to gather, but only materials for the flesh healing potion. If I find you took anything else, I guarantee your rear will be in trouble again!”
“Yes… yes!”
“As for you…” At this moment, Lola turned back to look at me, “If you like alchemy and really want to learn, you can join her, but don’t let her lead you astray. I can see your spark and talent for alchemy; don’t waste it.”
“Thank you, Professor Lola.” I quickly thanked her with a humble attitude.
What Lola implied with her words was that while I might not be a direct student of Lola, I could still learn alongside Betty. Wouldn’t that mean I could take advantage of Lola’s teaching?
This was free!
And it was even more beneficial than anything learned in those classes.
Those classes only teach the basics… still basics, but they don’t point out where the issues are specifically, as many problems actually arise from details; this is something that will never be taught in class.
Then… Lola left, without a trace, as if she came solely to provide Betty with a teaching moment.
“Is she gone? Really gone? Whew~ That’s great.” At this moment, Betty also breathed a sigh of relief. After Lola left, Betty completely let herself go, without any restraint.
“Xiao Han, did you hear? I’ve benefited from you! That’s my advisor’s material library! I haven’t been there many times, and now it’s completely open to us!”
“It’s only open for the materials for the flesh healing potion,” I corrected her. “By the way, how’s your rear?”
“What of it? My rear… is fine! The potion is indeed powerful, it doesn’t hurt anymore… but I should apologize for you having to see that.”
“It’s fine, I turned my head away at that moment and didn’t see anything,” I said.
But what I was more concerned about was the effectiveness of the flesh healing potion. Besides healing wounds, did it also have pain relief effects? This result truly surprised me.
“Alright, it’s not a big deal. Several of my seniors have seen me get beaten. Since you’ve also seen it, you’re my friend now!”
“Ah? Is that how you make friends?” I twitch my mouth a couple of times, not understanding Betty’s line of thought.
“Ah, don’t mind the details! Let’s go! It seems we should be able to make this potion today! Hehe~ This is my first attempt at independently refining a potion.”
With that, I followed Betty as she eagerly raided Lola’s material library, and Betty had also become wiser, remembering to activate safety measures before trying.
This attempt lasted a whole day. Since there were enough materials, I also personally tried several portions, and the first one succeeded. Although the purity was somewhat concerning, it at least had healing effects.
And once I became proficient, everything became quite simple.
Many things can seem difficult, but once you succeed the first time, it becomes easy.
Betty, on the other hand, had a bit of difficulty; she wasted quite a few materials. The six portions she bought were all exhausted, and after taking several portions from the material library, she finally succeeded in making her first flesh healing potion that night.
“I did it! I did it! Xiao Han, did you see?!” At this moment, Betty said excitedly, even the little white mouse whose wound had just healed hurriedly fled to avoid her.
“Yeah, I saw it. Congratulations.” I genuinely congratulated her this time.
After celebrating, she placed the potion on a nearby stand, but all the items on the stand were my finished products…
“Xiao Han… woo woo woo, it seems I still don’t have the qualifications to become an alchemist! I might as well become a potion master!” This sudden difference in success rates shattered her confidence.
“Alright, alright, Betty, don’t be so self-deprecating! You succeeded, didn’t you? This is just a day, you succeeded in one day.” I prepared to point out that she was comparing herself to the wrong person, but I thought better of it and chose a more tactful way to phrase it, “I just checked, most apprentices just starting with alchemy take about a week to independently refine a finished potion, so you’re still a genius, a genius who succeeded in just one day.”
“I… a genius? Then does that make you… a… a prodigy?”
“Alright, what prodigy? I had you to help me out earlier! Plus, with Professor Lola’s explanations, my success isn’t really noteworthy; you need to have a bit of confidence. Can’t you see how much Professor Lola cares about you?”
“You mean the concern of spanking me and making me drink my own potion?”
“Hmm… well, it’s a bit of that too. If she didn’t like you, why would she bother to scold you? Ignoring is the greatest disdain. A mentor wouldn’t even look at someone without talent, do you understand?”
“That makes so much sense… Xiao Han, are you really a new student? How about I let you be my senior?”
“Let’s not, but I have to go now; it’s getting late. Our goal is accomplished, so it’s time for me to head back. Aren’t you going?” I glanced at the time and asked.
“Oh right, I nearly forgot about the time, but I’m also responsible for the sanitation here, so I can’t accompany you… oh right, are you coming tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow… well, it depends on the situation. I can’t be here all the time; I still have an appointment with other seniors, especially as I still need to study rune literature.”
“Why are you still studying rune literature… fine… then see you, come visit me when you have time.”
“Alright, alright, don’t say it like you’re seeing off an elderly person.”
After bidding farewell to Betty, I prepared to head back.
Even though I spent the entire day delving into potion knowledge, I also kept an eye on the happenings at the academy.
Regarding the nightmare situation, it had been brewing for some time. While eating takeout during lunch and checking my phone, I found related posts.
Sure enough, the nightmare incident was picking up steam…
But when I shifted my gaze back to my class, I noticed abnormalities there as well.
“Ming Yun… I have a faint impression, the one who overslept on the first day… is it related to talent… it seems the academy head accidentally affected someone this time…”
But there was no way; I couldn’t seek out the academy head just for one person, and… this was part of the script, it’s better if I don’t get involved… however… there was still one thing that caught my attention, and that was Luxien.
I looked at the group chat content, could it be that Luxien was actually able to hang out with Ming Yun?
Thinking carefully, Luxien was also a Child of Fortune. In this light, is it truly just a coincidence?
It’s no wonder that those around the Child of Fortune often face calamity…
