Lucia carefully placed the three iron ingots on the floor in the bedroom, then closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and recalled all the past exercises in her mind before she stretched out her hands and released her ability to surround the target.
This is the practice method that Anna helped her come up with. The iron ingots are also three pieces of wrought iron specially made by Anna with different components, including silver, copper, lead, and some impurities. What she has to do now is to reduce it to elemental quality while retaining impurities, and find the iron ingot with the highest silver content.
This means that she has to control the mana output and only perform one operation on the target.
Otherwise, the impurities will be further dissociated, which is why she felt that her ability was difficult to control when she was at home in Jinsui City. It is also paper, but the restored product is completely different. It is because he does not understand the relationship between the magnitude of magic power and the effect of ability. As a result, some papers are divided several times in a row, and eventually most of the raw materials become water and gas.
After coming to Border Town, the first lesson the witches taught her was to control her magic power during practice.
Lucia didn't really believe that this invisible and intangible thing could be precisely controlled. It was not until Anna demonstrated on the spot how to measure the length with black fire, that she realized that she was really wrong. The other party can even change the size and thickness of the black fire by adjusting the magic output, and it can be accurate every time.
"Sister, are you practicing again?" Ling stuck her head out of the bed curiously, "I just finished my lunch."
Lucia's hand shook, and an iron ingot suddenly turned into several pools of powder.
"I said, don't disturb me when I use my abilities," she turned back and tapped her sister's head, "Concentrate on reading your book!"
"I don't understand," Ling pouted, "I don't understand the meaning of half of the words, and I'm not like my sister who can read and write."
"That's why you have to read more. Many words have similar structures, and you should be able to guess their meaning even if you haven't seen them before. Literacy itself is a familiar process."
"Okay," Ling retracted her head.
Lucia refocused her attention on the second iron ingot, controlled the slow flow of magic power, and imagined it as a layer of gauze in her mind, gently covering the target and wrapping it evenly.
"Hey, I'm here," the door was pushed open with a squeak, and a blond woman stepped into the room, "Hey, are you practicing your abilities?"
"Sister Nightingale!" Bell exclaimed cheerfully.
The second iron ingot was turned into powder again.
Lucia sighed and put all the metal scraps on the ground into her skin. She felt that she might not be able to practice this afternoon.
"Well, for you."
An ice cream with a strong milky flavor was handed to her.
"Thank you," Lucia took the ice cream, "but isn't this only distributed during afternoon tea?"
Nightingale patted her chest proudly, "This is the reward I specifically asked for from His Highness, by the way... You have a share too." She handed the other one to the bell, causing the little girl to burst into laughter.
"Sister Nightingale is the best for me!"
This guy, he left himself behind when he had something delicious, Lucia thought helplessly. But when the ice cream was put into her mouth, she felt that if she were her younger sister, she would most likely have the same mellow honey and milk flavors as the bell, and the icy and refreshing taste would melt the ice cream in her mouth. The two are mixed together to further magnify the sweetness. Even if you swallow it, it will leave a cool feeling between your lips and teeth.
No one can resist its deliciousness, especially on a hot summer day. No wonder His Highness only distributes ice cream during afternoon tea time on weekends. Such a unique style of food is probably worth a lot of money. At least she has never heard of this dessert in Jinsui City.
Thinking of this, Lucia couldn't help but ask, "How did you ask for it from His Highness?"
"Hey," Nightingale raised her mouth, "I ranked third in this test score, second only to Wendy and Ye Zi, but His Royal Highness Roland thought I couldn't pass. There is such a big deviation from the actual situation, I naturally want to He asked for a reward."
"So... so," she hesitated for a moment, "then, what about me?"
"Sixty-eight points, I don't know which one is in the ranking."
"Uh, so low." Lucia said in frustration. A total of 120 questions, I only answered a little more than half of them correctly, which is still based on the basis of literacy.
"It's not bad," Nightingale patted her head. "After all, you've only been following the lecture for a long time, and the math and natural parts will definitely be a little bit worse. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
"What about me! Can I ask!" Ling raised her hand.
"Of course," Nightingale replied with a smile, "You are welcome at any time."
"When I pass the elementary examination, will I be able to choose a job on my own?"
"You're still early, His Highness said that the minimum age to work is fourteen years old, you are only ten years old, what's the hurry." Lucia glared at her.
Not to be outdone, the little girl replied, "I also want to help you share the pressure earlier. Things like getting married and having children will cost a lot of money. If you don't have enough money, life will be very hard!"
"Who did you hear this from?" Lucia raised her forehead.
"Dad, he's going to be unable to support us because of his constant nagging."
"Pfft," Nightingale couldn't help laughing out loud, "If you were able to work, where would you choose to go?"
"Chemistry laboratory!" Ling raised her hand and said, "I want to become an alchemist, get the title of sage, and accept everyone's admiration and praise!"
"This... better not," she shook her head. "The laboratory is actually quite dangerous."
"Dangerous?" The two sisters asked in surprise.
"Yeah," Nightingale spread her hands, "Not only does she often deal with acid, but sometimes it explodes. Even Chief Alchemist Si can't avoid accidents. Last time, she broke four fingers. If it wasn't for Nana. Wah, I'm afraid Mr. Kemer Strayer will never be able to pick up those bottles again in his life." She paused, "and His Royal Highness seems to be planning to develop a new type of gunpowder recently, even he thinks that this The stuff is extremely dangerous, and a separate laboratory has to be set aside for formulation."
"Uh, in that case, do you have any good advice?" Lucia put her arms around Ling, making up her mind that she would never let her sister go to work in such a terrible place.
"Of course it's to enter the city hall and become a civil servant."
"Civil... clerk?" she repeated.
"Ahem, this is what His Highness said when he was talking to himself. In layman's terms, he is an official of the city hall," Nightingale coughed twice, "it is stable and safe, and the salary is medium-to-high, but the prospects are good. The head of the department should be paid no less than a witch."
"I see," Lucia said thoughtfully.
"Sister Nightingale, do you like His Highness?" Ling shouted, "There are many words in your words that Your Highness said. Mom said that only people who like it very much will always talk about it."
Lucia's face froze at her sister's question. Hell, how could such a thing be asked directly? It's so rude. Even ordinary friends can't ask directly, not to mention that the other party is a senior whom he admires. She hurriedly covered Ling's mouth, and when she was about to apologize, she heard Nightingale reply frankly.
"Well, I like it." (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)