northernbook Chapter 184 Tossing around
Chapter 184 Tossing around
People were coming and going in the noisy cafeteria, and the sounds of students talking and laughing could be heard one after another.
At a table far away from the food pick-up area, a group of students were chatting animatedly, writing and drawing on papers from time to time to record something.
"I don't understand!" Sean yelled and threw down his pen, feeling that he was wasting his time with Lilith.
Lilith has been messing around again recently. It's an easy-to-make cold-resistant potion, but she insisted on figuring out the role of the spell in it. She wanted to try to make a version that doesn't require any spells, and even asked them to join in on the effort. After working for many days, Sean finally couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why do we have to do this kind of potion experiment? It's a problem that can be solved by just a spell!" Sean scratched his curly hair in pain, making it look more like a sheep.
Lilith was not discouraged after hearing this. Instead, she took out a huge teapot with a smile and distributed iced milk tea to everyone. Then she explained, "I just think that if I can use non-magical methods to neutralize the medicinal properties, then I can develop medicinal wine with the effect of anti-cold potion. As long as I can prove that there is no magic process in the production process, then all ordinary people can enjoy the convenience of magic potions."
"It sounds good, but... please let me go, Lilith. I'm just a junior magician, and I just got promoted. This kind of research is too complicated for me!" Sean rubbed his face in pain.
Yes, they had been gloriously promoted to junior magicians last week and could wear beautiful magician robes in the future. However, before they could feel the bright future of magicians, they felt the darkness of being squeezed by Lilith.
"I also want to hire some professionals..." Lilith sighed, "But I posted a job opening notice at the city gate, but there aren't any decent pharmacists who apply. There are even some scammers who want to rip me off because I'm a kid! So why don't we do it ourselves, right?"
"If you want to make a substitute for magic potions, it would be equivalent to asking pharmacists to give up all their years of learning to others. Of course they won't be happy about that." In Sean's opinion, this is tantamount to destroying his own job.
"We are just lucky enough to have access to this knowledge, but that doesn't mean we have the right to monopolize it." Lilith took a sip of milk tea and said seriously, "I heard from Teacher Luna that elves don't need spells when performing magic, and they created various spells to help other races understand and use the power of elements. If the elves had the idea of monopolizing magic knowledge, we wouldn't be gathered here to study now."
"The materials needed for the cold-resistant potion are actually very simple. Ginger, cinnamon, elderberry, and echinacea are all materials that ordinary people can easily collect. As long as we can make generic drugs...er, I mean medicinal wine, maybe we can help a lot of people."
"I agree with Lilith's idea." Jaina nodded in agreement. "Sean, you grew up in the city and may not understand that sometimes a minor illness can drag down a family. In the countryside, this is not uncommon."
Several other children who grew up in the countryside nodded silently. In their childhood memories, it was not uncommon for a disease to destroy a family. Anti-cold potions could both resist the cold and cure colds, which was very practical for ordinary people.
"Hey, don't be discouraged just because there are no short-term results. Just take your time. If you succeed, I promise that all the profits from the new product line will be shared by everyone." Lilith was giving chicken soup and making promises at the same time, making everyone dizzy.
"Okay, okay..." Although Sean kept complaining, he still accepted the experimental task assigned to him by Lilith. "I just hope that after we really make it, no one will dare to try it..."
Lilith smiled secretly, it seemed that the pie was really big and round. Even though there was no progress in the research of the potion, Sean was already worried about the sales problem.
"That's because they don't understand magic. It's normal for people to be afraid of unknown things." Lilith was still full of confidence. "The barrier was built by people, so of course it can be broken by people. Why can't that person be us?"
"Does this count as us taking advantage of the rules..." Hannah listened to everyone's conversation, still a little worried, "Will this offend the Magicians' Guild?"
"What are you afraid of? Even if the sky falls, our dear princess will hold it up." Lilith was fearless and looked at Catherine who was eating quietly at the next table.
The two of them even secretly grew magical hybrid crops. Lilith felt that Catherine could easily handle a small matter like making generic drugs.
Catherine paused her wrestling with Hardbread upon hearing this, glanced over calmly, and said nothing.
"See! Catherine doesn't think it's a big deal." Lilith has already finished her own interpretation. If she doesn't object, she certainly supports it! It feels so good to hug her thighs tightly!
Just as she was thinking, she felt her legs tighten, and a dark shadow suddenly pounced on her, slid to the ground and grabbed her calves.
Lilith was frightened by this sudden move and subconsciously raised her other leg to kick. She just wanted to hug the thigh, not be hugged!
"Lilith--" The black shadow raised his head, revealing a bruised and swollen face with no visible facial features.
Seeing this face, Lilith stopped her strength. She looked at the person in front of her who was almost swollen into a giant and exclaimed, "Wow! A pig-head can speak human language!"
“Lilith!” Regardless of how Lilith struggled, Pighead hugged her calves tightly and lay on her knees crying, “I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! I won’t dare to do it again!”
"Tsk tsk, what a classic, insincere apology." Since she couldn't break free, Lilith picked up the cup and leisurely admired the miserable state of the person in front of her.
"-Lucas? Oh my God, I was wondering why I haven't seen you recently, what happened to you?" Lulu could only recognize Lucas by the color of his hair.
"Lucas is a big star now!" Bobby also gloated, "He has to go to training with the seniors every day, so of course he has no time to eat with us."
Lucas's glorious deeds have spread to every grade and have been used as a negative example by the instructors, who use them to teach their students a lesson over and over again.
"I really envy you, Lucas. It must be fun to train with seniors." Lilith looked at Lucas' miserable condition and smiled unkindly.
"Stop laughing, Lilith. Can you please plead for me? I haven't slept well for a week. Those guys are simply devils..." Especially after learning that he had abandoned the magician.
"Yo——" Lilith sighed sarcastically, "Don't you always brag about how close you are to the seniors? Why doesn't it work now?"
"He, they..." Lucas' eyes were swollen and narrowed into a slit. He couldn't even express his pity. "Of course they are polite when they ask me to help run errands and carry things. But now they are already preparing for the graduation dance and have no time to practice. Suddenly I was pushed in to take up their spare time. Of course they are not happy with me--"
"Ah? Is the graduation dance coming soon again?" Lilith was very surprised when she heard that. Time passed too quickly!
Catherine couldn't eat anymore, she put down her cutlery and looked over.
"Lilith..." Winnie, who was sitting opposite Catherine, was speechless. "Guess what we were meeting about recently?"