Chapter 9: Moonlight Ink
Donald looked at the quaint and old scroll in his hand, the paper did look a little old, but it had nothing to do with whether it was a wizard scroll or not.
When he was in Psyston City, Donald had seen a specialized forger of strange things, and even strange things could be forged, let alone this kind of scroll, and the easiest way to do this kind of scroll with spells recorded on it was to test it.
"Burning Hand...... It sounds like a great name, but where did you buy it?"
Looking at the content on the scroll, it doesn't make sense, this so-called spell scroll actually just drew a magic circle, and then wrote some nonsense words on it, there is no description of the spell casting action, no description of the mental power requirements, and no description of the application and control of the spell.
Donald has a few spell scrolls in his hand, this kind of thing is like what Sir said at the beginning, he can only deceive these wronged people who don't know anything, and dare to take it out in front of real wizards, I'm afraid they have to be educated.
The one in front of him is a veritable wrongdoer, and Donald can't say that this spell scroll is fake at first glance, so he can only follow his words.
"The antique market, I just bought it last night, the seller said that it was something handed down from his ancestors, he couldn't understand the content of it, and his family had fallen into the middle recently, so he was forced to sell. ”
"Oh......"
It's too old, aren't you, aren't you? You can't even see this kind of thing?
In fact, this kind of market routine is really useful for dealing with this type of people.
"Do you think it's genuine?"
"Rather than asking me, who doesn't know anything about this, why doesn't the professor do some testing on it? There are so many instruments in the laboratory, there is always something that can be used to test the authenticity of this type of scroll, such as the material of its paper or when the handwriting on the scroll was written. ”
All Donald could give was advice, and Cook took the scroll and went downstairs.
When Donald went downstairs, he saw that Cook was stuffing a hand-held hexagonal jar into the back of a strange machine, which looked like a mechanical drill bit, but instead of an iron drill bit, it was a small round ball extending from a silver iron rod.
The scroll was spread flat on the test bench, then he pointed the round ball at the part with the writing, and pressed the button on the base of the machine, and Donald noticed that several small lights lit up green next to the place where the hexagonal bottle had been stuffed in the north, and then the whole machine began to hum very softly.
"Fake."
It wasn't long before Professor Cook was heard talking to himself in disappointment, and Donald walked to the side and bent down to look at the surface of the scroll, where part of the handwriting was blurred.
"If it is a really old scroll, the ink on it will definitely not melt so quickly after a long time of air-drying and storage, there is only one possibility, these words were added by someone recently, that person lied to me!"
Cook casually put away the scroll and wanted to throw it directly into the trash can next to him.
"Professor, aren't you going to return the money?"
"I don't want to see that guy...... And he said that the goods were sold and would not be returned. ”
"Professor, that's on the premise that the goods are genuine, and he took a fake piece to tell you that it was true, and he breached the contract first, how much did it cost you to buy this spell scroll?"
When the goods are sold, they will not be returned, and the underground market in Pston City also has this kind of rule, but it depends on who the buyer is, Cook is a professor at the Royal Deloreans, and his social status is much higher than that of the one who sells fakes, as long as he shows his identity, I am afraid that the other party will not hesitate to return the money.
"Ten gold pounds, otherwise, Donald, you help me return it, how much can you get back, you take half of it? If you can teach that bastard a lesson, it doesn't matter if you take all the money. ”
Professor Cook was obviously a rich man, and 10 gold pounds was not an unbearable loss for him, and he should have lost it on the road, but he was still a little angry at the man who had deceived him.
"Can you tell me more about where that man is?"
Donald was still very interested in the 10 gold pounds.
Donald, who came out of the laboratory, went straight to the shared laboratory in the academy, showed his teaching assistant ID, and was surprised to learn that the equipment they had here could be borrowed under the premise of detailed registration, as long as it was guaranteed not to be lost or damaged when it was returned.
This is undoubtedly a great convenience for Donald, on the spot according to some of the steps on the note, took a considerable part of the equipment, and took the time to ask the administrator how much such a set of equipment on the market cost, and the reply was that it was 8 gold pounds without buying any substitutes, which was only the most basic equipment.
For example, the equipment in Professor Cook's laboratory is worth 20 gold pounds or more if you take it out.
When I returned to my room, I cleaned up all the things on the desk next to the bed, put the utensils on one by one, and then took out a small suitcase from under the bed, which contained mostly small bottles and cans, containing the materials needed to prepare moonshine ink.
"Evening primrose powder, mix with water, ratio 1:3, boil until the water appears light brown, add root grass powder ......"
The process of moonshine ink Donald has already written down in a concise way in his notes, step by step, the process is very time-consuming, and the results are not satisfactory, Donald's operation will always be slow or wrong because of the rusty technique, resulting in the final product becoming a pile of black powder or transparent liquid.
However, Donald was not discouraged by this, and the first attempt, failure was allowed, and the Clock Meditation helped him calm his emotions.
Take off your jacket and wear only a shirt, and unbutton a few buttons on the top to keep yourself in the most relaxed state.
Boil evening primrose powder, the water is light brown, add the root grass powder, stir until dark brown, take out and let stand...... The previous failures made Donald more and more ripe for timing, watching the beaker keep changing the color of the liquid, and finally freeze on the pale gray viscous liquid, Donald had a thin layer of sweat floating on his forehead.
He placed the beaker in front of him and poured the last of Qingning grass juice into it, and in an instant, the liquid in the entire beaker emitted a silvery white light, and then a small vortex appeared under Donald's gaze.
Starting at the bottom of the whirlpool, the liquid gradually appears a hint of moon white, and continues to spread upwards until all the liquid is in this state, and the vortex finally dissipates.
Moonlight ink, done!
"Whew...... It's finally a partial success, otherwise it would have been a big loss this time. ”
At this time, Donald looked at the abandoned losers in the iron pot next to him, and began to fear that he had spent 10 gold pounds to buy back the materials of these moonshine inks, and if he didn't succeed once, the money would be wasted, because there was no possibility of reusing the scraps.
The first success of the first time, Donald hurriedly continued to make while his hands were hot, until there was a knock at the door, and Donald put in the last Qingning grass, and then suddenly woke up from his state of full concentration.
All 12 materials were consumed, and the final product was only 3 bottles, and the success rate of the inscription was estimated to be even lower later, and it was another round of consumption......
"Who?"
He asked towards the door, who would come to him at this time?
"We're the other teaching assistants living in this apartment, and you're Professor Cook's teaching assistant, right, do you have time to get to know each other?"
Today is Donald's first day of work, Cook introduced Donald in front of his students, so as to facilitate the communication of future affairs, and the other teaching assistants probably also heard from the students.
Donald got up from his chair and opened the door only to find that there were several people standing in the doorway, 3 women and 2 men, all young people.
"Hello...... What's wrong?"
After greeting him, Donald noticed that the eyes of several people were a little strange, and he couldn't help but ask.
The girl who knocked on the door before looked at Donald standing by the door in a daze, and their strange eyes were naturally because of Donald's current image.
The loose shirt, the small half of his chest and collarbone were all exposed, and the state of concentration of his whole body made the expression on his face very serious at this time, and his eyes were also shining.
This state is combined with his already handsome face and the mysterious temperament produced as a wizard, and the three girls in front of the door have invariably appeared in their hearts a deer jumping around, breathing faster, and their faces are hot.
"I'm sorry, I used to exercise in the room, so I took off my coat and was rude...... Is there anything you guys are up to?"
Donald noticed his situation, lowered his head and buttoned the button on his chest, and the eyes of several girls were full of pity.
"Do you want to go to dinner together?"
The girl at the head is not tall, but her heart is quite big, and the thoughts in her heart blurt out.
"Huh?"
When the door was opened, Donald deliberately looked at the clock on the wall, it was 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and although lunch had not been eaten yet, the meal should have passed.
"No, no...... I just wanted to ask if you would like to have dinner later, you're new here, and you definitely don't know a lot about the situation here, I've been here for two years and can give you a lot of advice. ”
"It's us, we can help you get acquainted with life in Tallinn faster, in fact, we're going to go out shopping now, do you want to go together?"
The girl next to her immediately added as soon as she heard that the topic was going to be taken to a separate dinner for the two.
The two young men behind them were a little dazed, what was going on? Didn't they say that they would come and say hello and leave?
"I'm sorry, I'll have to help Professor Cook sort out the lab equipment later, I'm on my first day of work, so I can't afford to slack off, so ...... Have fun. ”
Later, Donald was going to do one thing for Professor Cook, but instead of sorting out the equipment, he was going to teach the guy who sold the fakes a lesson.