"Qianyu, what's the matter?" Merlin looked back, but it was a male apprentice of her age.

This Qianyu entered the academy a year later than her, but his qualifications are good, and the relationship between the two is also good, it is said that he will be able to successfully carve the eighth will rune in a few months and become a formal apprentice.

"You know, I want to become a pharmacist in the future, but my basic knowledge of potion materials is not solid enough, so I would like to ask you to help me talk about it. Qian Yu said with some embarrassment.

"No problem, the old rule, one lesson at a time, the course is one month, the time...... Just after dinner, you know, I've got things going on the rest of the time. Merlin said after a moment's thought.

"Thank you, it's the reward. A smile suddenly appeared on Qian Yu's face, and he stuffed a magic stone into Mei Lin's hand.

"Hehe, then I'm welcome......" Mei Lin took the magic stone, her heart moved slightly, but she put away the magic stone as usual on her face, and waved goodbye to Qianyu.

The magic stone is the most basic currency in circulation among wizards, and it is also the material for testing and restoring magical power. In the academy, most of the consumption needs to use magic stones to trade, as well as for attending lectures, buying test materials, or borrowing related classics, they need to use magic stones.

Generally speaking, informal apprentices only have a supply of one magic stone a month, at most they have a full meal, and if they want to meet their other needs, they have to think about another way to survive, and even those formal apprentices have to regularly go to the tasks issued by the academy to meet their needs.

Merlin also has her own way of earning magic stones, one is through her work...... Although her work is not very popular, she can get some herbs as a reward every month, and she uses the solid foundation she has laid in the basic course of elementary pharmacy, and after the basic treatment of these herbs, she can sell them to those pharmacists at a higher price; the second source of income is to use her strength as a third-level samurai, to serve as a bodyguard for those apprentices who go out on missions, or to go hunting or something, and exchange prey for payment; and the third source of income is substitute teaching, although she teaches basic public courses, she teaches more carefully than those teachers, and the fees are not high…… The academy will not interfere with this kind of substitute income, and the high-level formal apprentices do not bother to use this way to earn that meager income.

Turning the corner of the stairs, Merlin looked around at no one, took out a small paper roll from her pocket, and after she unfolded it and looked at it, her face suddenly became gloomy.

After a moment of silence, she went outside, found a no-man's corner, then tore the note apart, and took out a thumb-sized bottle from her pocket, from which a few drops of dark green liquid dripped out...... When the liquid rolled down on the confetti, with a 'snort' sound, not only did the confetti disappear without a trace, but even a small hole several inches deep appeared in the ground, and the air was filled with a strong sour smell.

At this time, I'm afraid that even most reduction witchcraft can't restore that note, so as not to affect the person who sent the message.

After adjusting her mood, Mei Lin walked towards the logistics department of the academy...... According to the regulations of the academy, the first day of each month is the day to go to the logistics department to receive supplies, and the official apprentices will naturally have the academy's servants to deliver them to the door, and those like Mei Lin have to pick them up themselves.

When Merlin arrived at the back office, there were already dozens of informal wizard apprentices waiting there...... Of course, I didn't look forward to her, but I was looking forward to the release of this month's supply as soon as possible.

Merlin came to the end of the line and stood silently, and someone in front of her looked back at her, but no one taunted her anymore...... The people standing here are all informal apprentices, and no one knows what their future holds until they have successfully carved the eighth rune of will.

'Squeak~'

The front door made a tooth-aching sound, slowly opened, and a deep voice came out from inside: "Line up, come in order, if there is a noise, the supply for this month will be confiscated!"

When the apprentices heard this, they immediately closed their mouths tightly, lest the slightest sound come out and cause dissatisfaction among the people inside...... There were only a few dozen people in total, and the speed was very fast, and Merlin was the last to walk in.

The little old man sitting behind the table raised his seat very high, and there was a condescending feeling when he sat on it, and he didn't know that he thought he was the dean, but in fact, he was a first-class apprentice, and he didn't know what path he had taken, and he was responsible for this work.

In addition to the sorcerer's own qualifications and efforts, the quality of the external cultivation conditions also has a lot to do with it, and it can even be said to be very important. For example, magic stones and auxiliary potions...... Especially the latter, if there are enough auxiliary elixirs when cultivating, entering the realm will be much faster, which can be said to be a shortcut. Of course, any shortcut has a price, and taking too much medicine will also cause drug poisoning, so every time you take a medicine for a period of time, you have to take some neutralizing medicine to remove hidden dangers in the body.

According to the rules, informal apprentices can receive one magic stone and two primary condensation potions each month. The role of the former has been explained, and the role of the latter is mainly to enhance mental power, and it has the effect of amplification and concentration when carving the will rune.

"Take it," the old man looked at her, with a look of contempt on his face, and took out a magic stone and two potions from behind the table, and pushed them in front of her.

"Thank you, senior. Mei Lin said as she spoke, and the corners of her eyes suddenly jumped, looking at the two potions, and the transparent test tubes contained light gray liquids...... Is this an end-of-life agent?

Potions are indeed very important resources, but the process of refining potions is very troublesome, even if you are a grandmaster in potions, you will inevitably miss a moment when refining, or completely discarded, or scrapped because the impurities are not removed...... In short, these two condensing potions are simply waste, and if you really want to drink it, you don't need any other assistance to report to the Grim Reaper.

Although the potions that are usually issued to informal apprentices are of slightly inferior quality, they will definitely not be filled with this kind of scrap potion, and a haze immediately flashed in Mei Lin's heart, knowing that the other party was deliberately targeting herself.

"Senior, did you take the wrong one, how can you take these two discarded potions?"

"Why can't it be used?"

The old man rolled his triangular eyes, and said coldly: "Anyway, a waste like you, taking potions is also a waste of resources. Don't you want to be a servant? Oh, don't say I don't take care of you, these potions are all for you. ”

As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from behind the table and placed it heavily on the table, which turned out to be full of discarded potions.

"Thank you seniors for taking care of you. ”

To the surprise of the old man, Merlin thanked her quietly, picked up the cloth bag and turned to leave.

"Uh......"

The old man was dumbfounded...... That's not how the script is written!