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When he got home, Kemer Strell saw a black envelope on the dining table at a glance.
"What's this?" He looked at his wife, Sera, who was busy in the kitchen.
"Ah, by the way, officials from the city hall came to visit this afternoon." The wife wiped the oil stains on her hands and brought a pot of fragrant broth to the table. The pick-up boat will arrive in two days."
"Isn't he looking for trouble with his brother there? It's a waste of time to ask me to do something," Kaimo frowned. "This trip won't come in a week at all. His demands are getting more and more excessive."
"He's your prince, the lord of Neverwinter, my dear," Serra shook her head with a smile, "and the city hall official said that in order to express the importance, he also wrote you a special letter. This is already considered a rare honor, right? Remember to keep this letter well after reading it, so that it may be passed down as a family heirloom in the future."
What kind of family heirloom, if it were the full version of "Middle Chemistry", it would be almost the same, Kaimo pouted, "Eat first, then finish eating... He better have a good reason."
After the simple dinner, he got into the study and opened the envelope.
A small piece of paper fell out from it, and it was only about a finger long when spread out. Apparently it was a secret letter delivered via a carrier pigeon, and the outer cover was added afterward by city hall officials.
Kemo held the note with one hand and fumbled for a while on the table with the other, clipping the monocle to the bridge of his nose. The long-term exposure to the dim light of candles made his eyesight worsen day by day. Fortunately, life in the small town has been greatly improved. Five or six candles can be lit in the room at the same time, but he does not know when the home will be lit. Bright and clean lights like a chemical factory.
The content on the note was short, just one sentence.
Remember the Royal Capital Alchemist Association? Now is your chance to tell them what real alchemy is.
Kaymer's breath suddenly choked.
The Capital Alchemy Association is the place that all those who are determined to embark on this path and pursue the truth of all things are most eager to go, and of course he was no exception when he was young.
Only his wife knew that he had submitted an application to the Capital Alchemy Association to use the alchemy formula he had figured out by himself at the age of twenty as a stepping stone. However, during the review process, Kemo's formula failed unexpectedly. He failed to get a smoky brown acid after two attempts. The alchemist Laitning who attended the review was furious, saying that he did it on purpose. To waste the precious raw materials of the association, not only did he not give him a third chance to try, but also ordered the guards to steal his purse and threw him out of the gate.
At the entrance of the association, Laitning sneered and took out five silver wolves from the bag and threw them in front of Kaimo, saying that it was for him to return to Chishui City, and the rest was to compensate the association for the loss. After speaking, he turned around. Leaving, leaving only Kaimo with a back and a great shame. This incident became a scar on his heart, which he did not reveal to anyone except his wife.
Returning to Chishui City with a stomach full of anger, Kaimo did not give up alchemy. He spent the whole day in the workshop, trying to find a new alchemy formula and prove to the Wangdu Alchemy Association that their vision and level are nothing more than that. ... But he didn't expect this to be ten years. It was not until the age of thirty that he found the second alchemy formula and was promoted to alchemist in Chishui City. It took another six years to become the chief.
During this period, Kaimo regarded the Wangdu Alchemy Association as its biggest opponent, and had several industry exchanges with it. But the other party's performance was like a arrogant swan, and he didn't even agree with any alchemy organization other than them, thinking that the alchemist in Chishui City was just an apprentice level, at best a disciple, not worthy of this title at all. Most of the so-called newly discovered alchemy formulas are old things that the association has figured out for more than ten years.
The head of the association at the time also disdainfully said that there was no need to establish alchemy workshops in other cities. This skill required a lot of money and manpower, and it was simply not something that ordinary lords could afford. If there is a need for alchemy, you can directly turn to them for help. If the lord alone invests, it may be smashed with tens of thousands of golden dragons, and it will not be able to splash a single splash. Nine times out of ten, it can only raise a pile of waste.
Although it sounds a little embarrassing, Kaimo knows that only the Alchemy Workshop of Chishui City regards the Association as a competitor, and the latter does not take himself seriously at all. This is also the reason why he is ecstatic after the success of the double-stone acid method and the crystal glass firing. The former can produce a large amount of precious acid, while the latter is the most sought-after alchemy commodity on the market. With these two achievements, Even the Alchemy Association with its chin lifted to the sky can no longer regard itself as nothing.
In the end, no one could have predicted that what happened next would be so dramatic. His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon, who was far away in the borderlands, found him and opened a new door for him with a copy of "Elementary Chemistry".
From then on, Kaimo found that everything he had learned had become meaningless, that alchemy itself represented backwardness and became a skill destined to be eliminated, and a new path of exploration lay before him. The relationship between them is no longer full of chaos, but orderly; the past calculations have become worthless, whether it is the Royal Alchemy Association or those precious formulas that have spent countless efforts to get it, they can all be put down.
As it should be.
However, Kemer Strell found that when His Highness mentioned this word again, his heart was still pounding, and an indescribable excitement quietly returned to his heart.
In Kaimo's mind, the dismissive back, the dusty silver wolf, the door that slammed shut, and the rhetoric that other alchemy organizations other than the Capital Alchemy Association did not need to exist again appeared in Kaimo's mind.
Now is your chance to tell them what real alchemy is.
Kaimo glanced at the note for the last time, stood up involuntarily, and walked out of the study, "Sera"
As soon as he spoke, he suddenly stopped, and he noticed that there was an extra open package in the living room, with several pieces of his own clothes stacked in it, and his wife was bending over to take care of his packing.
"This is… "
"Of course you're going to the capital. I know you'll go even if you don't have your Highness's handwritten letter," Sera said with a smile, "Do you remember the stories you told me before? There's something there that you should get back. s things."
Kaimo froze for a moment, then laughed.
"I'll trouble you at home, I'm going to the capital." (.)