I was worried that something would happen and I stopped meeting with my husband, and I will definitely visit him in person to apologize in the future.

As for the matter of the alchemist, His Excellency Jepan of the Imperial Academy of Magic is well versed in this technique, although I do not have a deep relationship with His Excellency Jepan, but with the prestige of the Green family, I am sure he will still receive you seriously.

His Excellency Jeppan lives in the Imperial Academy of Magic, and he has a strange temperament and is not well received, but I have always considered His Excellency Jepan to be an Imperial Wizard, and it would be a blessing if Mr. Jeppan could be friendly with His Excellency!

Attached to the envelope is a letter of introduction from me, and if he has other needs in life, I cherish my friendship with him.

Yours sincerely, Hilda Green.

Zhou Han rubbed his temples, thinking that it was true that he hadn't seen Hilda for a while, whether his occult course could continue was a question, and he couldn't manage so much for the time being, he was only thinking about his cell reengineering project now.

Imperial Academy of Magic, Jiepan, alchemy, this seems to be Zhou Han's last glimmer of hope.

Before the onset of winter, it rained incessantly. The entire capital is shrouded in a hazy mist, and after a while, a cold snap will come from the far north, and the fog will turn into a snow country.

The dark carriage drove out of the Kanter manor, and the sky was raining so heavily that you could feel a chill in your breath.

The old butler Ode, cloaked in his cloak and black gloves gripping the reins tightly, was driving his horse forward, and the rain dripped diagonally from the brim of his hat and hit his ravine-strewn old face, and the two tufts of white eyebrows on his brow bones were covered with raindrops.

The path in front of the Kanter Manor is paved with black stones, and the Shelley Great Forest behind the manor is hidden in the rain and mist.

Faintly, deep in the haze of the rainy sky, the thunder is rolling, as if something is dormant.

Horse-drawn carriages travel from the forest trail to the official road.

The streets of downtown Shelley are lined with neat black stone slabs that have been wet by rain and reflect the blurred lights of the city.

Zhou Han sat in the carriage, closed his eyes and pondered, the carriage drove smoothly, and because there was a spring buffer device between the wheels and the body, Zhou Han did not feel a trace of bumps.

The whole city was quiet, and he heard the clatter of horses' hooves echoing through the streets, the sound of rain splashing on the black stone slabs, and the gurgling of water flowing down the cracks between the stone slabs into the sewers.

Zhou Han opened the curtain and looked out, in this wet afternoon street, time seemed to become sticky.

Due to the gloomy sky, the gas lamps on both sides of the road were lit up one after another, and the faint withered yellow light was like a mushroom in the rain and fog.

The whole city is the art of stone, the buildings are tall and majestic, row upon row, the spires of the roofs point to the sky, these buildings slowly pass in front of Zhou Han's eyes, and the glass walls under the buildings appear in front of Zhou Han's eyes, the nobles are dressed in luxurious costumes, holding exquisite tea sets, chatting happily, and under the eaves, the ragged beggars huddle in a ball, shivering in the wet and cold streets.

They exist, they live, but no one will stand up for them.

As the carriage drove toward the west of the capital, the buildings on both sides of the road became more and more sparse, and gradually a large wilderness could be seen, an endless wilderness, with undulating hills and soft curves, and the carriage drove on the hills, the wheels running through the lush grass, and the gray clouds covered the sky, pressing low on the roof of the carriage.

Suddenly, the terrain descended, and a huge lake appeared in Ode's sight, followed by the castle complex in the middle of the lake.

Zhou Han had never seen such a magnificent castle complex, the lake was deep, the ripples made up, the castle complex seemed to float on the water, and countless spires that stretched upwards were hidden in the rolling rain and mist.

The castle façade is full of traces of time, and these black stone bricks have not decayed due to wind and rain, but have perfectly blended into this rough nature.

Zhou Han visited this place on a rainy day, and the Imperial Academy of Magic showed its cold and stern side.

Dark green grass grows unbridled in the wilderness, the lake is vast, the waters are dark, and the castles rise majestically under gray rain clouds.

Zhou Han flicked the curtain and saw all this in his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh at the charm of civilization, that wild art is a kind of desire, each spire is as sharp as a sword, straight into the sky, because this can be closer to the sky, closer to the gods.

The carriage traveled on a wide stone bridge that connected the lakeshore to the gates of the Imperial Academy of Magic.

It took ten minutes for the carriage to reach the other end of the stone bridge.

Approaching the Imperial Academy of Magic, Zhou Han felt the majesty of this castle complex more and more.

The Imperial Academy of Magic has been expanding since the founding of the Shelley Empire, and it has gone through ups and downs to become what it is today.

The Imperial Academy of Magic only accepts the children of nobles, and students do not need to pay any tuition, and are directly funded by the Imperial Treasury, and if they have excellent grades, they can also receive high scholarships.

It is also Hilda's alma mater, where the Green family has been educated for generations.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Imperial Academy of Magic, and Old Oude opened the carriage door for Zhou Han, and Zhou Han slowly walked down from the carriage.

At the same time, a pair of guards were slowly approaching him.

Zhou Han only had a dress, a long brown windbreaker, a few pairs of shoes, and he also wore a black top hat today, not for anything else, because his hair was a little long and difficult to take care of.

Old Oude explained the situation to the guards, and the guards readily let them go.

Zhou Han met the dean of the academy in the waiting room, a personable gentleman named Dani.

"Your Excellency wants to see Jappan?" Dani's face was full of incredulity, and even showed some disgust, the name seemed to be a plague, and Dani, who was involved with him, avoided it.

Zhou Han nodded.

"Although you wear the family crest of the Grimm family, I also have the right to question your identity and the purpose of your search for Jephan. Dani said.

Zhou Han sighed, he didn't want to talk nonsense with this man in a purple mage robe, and he didn't know why this Jiepan was so unpopular.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Hilda's handwritten letter, Your Excellency, please take a look at it. Zhou Han took out the letter of introduction that Hilda handed him from his arms.

Dani looked strange, he took Zhou Han's letter of recommendation, looked at it for a long time, and then said resignedly: "Okay, since there is a recommendation from Her Royal Highness the Princess, His Excellency Stephen can naturally go to see Japhan." ”

Zhou Han followed Dani on the covered bridge between the castle and the castle, which was open-air, and there was gray sky and fine rain outside the castle.

"I would like to ask Dean Dani why people have such a big opinion of Japhan. Zhou Han asked respectfully.

"He? He's a very strange person, he hardly talks to you well, he's nothing but alchemy, his identity is neither prominent nor talented, he doesn't know anything about magic and fighting spirit, and he's very arrogant, he doesn't pay attention to anyone, he never says hello when he sees me, he walks away with his head up, he's a shame to the Imperial Academy of Magic, if it weren't for his ability to skillfully refine all kinds of mineral crystals and make all kinds of magic materials, I would have fired him a long time ago." ”

Zhou Han nodded thoughtfully, Jeppan may not be as unbearable as Dani said, he may just be immersed in his own world and unable to extricate himself, too focused.

"The most important thing is ......" Dani said again, his brow furrowed.

"What?" Zhou Han asked.

"You know when you see him. The Dean of Students said.

The two of them came to a slender black tower, in front of which there was a greasy black wooden door, just big enough for one person to pass through, and the wooden door didn't even have a handle on it, and it was tightly closed.

A strange smell emanated from the crack in the door, and Zhou Han smelled it, only to feel that the pores of his whole body had exploded.