93. Metamorphosis
When he was in Halder's department store before, Merlin had asked Cinderella why she continued to wear the magic eye killer that made her feel uncomfortable, and the girl's answer made him slightly moved.
"I don't want to be seen like a monster...."
Hearing such an answer, Merlin was slightly distressed at that time, and there was a kind of empathy.
After all, he is a monster himself, and he is even worse than Cinderella, the girl's magic eye will at most make her look very different in the eyes of ordinary people, once she reaches the mysterious side, this is a good qualification that everyone envies, but he is still a monster even if he is on the mysterious side.
A monster that everyone fears and repels.
Although Merlin doesn't care too much about this now, after all, the dead house doesn't need to care about other people's opinions at all, and he also has Cynthia, a cheap sister, Vieris, a loyal maid, and Alice, a healing little angel.
These three people all know his identity as a demon king and will not dislike and fear him, so that's enough, the world of otaku is very small, and two or three inseparable family and friends are enough to support him to live this life happily.
As for other people's opinions, I'm not familiar with them, so I'll let them die.
But this is just Merlin's own opinion, the original owner used not to think so, which can be seen from the fact that the original owner actually showed a relieved smile after being taken away by him, an alien soul.
Although the arrogant original owner did not resent Cynthia, who had sent down the curse, he was extremely disgusted with the heart of the demon king in his body and the self who would become the demon king at night.
After all, the original owner was a real human prince, the purest blood human, but he was supposed to be the most orthodox human being, but he became a monster that everyone feared, and this result was difficult for him to accept.
And as a prince, his thoughts are different from Merlin's, Merlin only cares about the opinions of the people he cares about, but from the perspective of the prince, the original owner cares more about what his people think of him.
Leaving aside the people outside the castle for the time being, the deep fear and rejection of the servants in the castle who were cursed as furniture every time they saw his demon king posture was enough to make the proud original owner fall into self-sufficiency.
So, he shut himself up in his room every night and didn't come out, even from the only head maid in the castle who wasn't afraid of him.
In his fragile heart, he always felt that the head maid was taking pity on him, otherwise why would a promising future grand duchess always accompany him as a monster?
Compared with the fear and rejection of the servants, this kind of mercy is more difficult for the original owner to accept.
In a sense, the original owner's mental state has actually reached the limit, even if he uses learning and knowledge to numb himself every day, but this kind of self-paralysis will not last long, and it is about to reach the limit.
If Merlin hadn't crossed over, then the original owner might suddenly explode one day and become a demon.
Therefore, Merlin, who has absorbed the memories of the original owner, also has a deep understanding of what it is like to be treated like a monster, and looking at Cinderella, who has developed more and more like the original owner, he wonders if he can do something.
Although he was cheated by Cynthia, no matter what, this girl is still his first disciple, and watching his disciple fall into pain but not helping or guiding, then this teacher is a little too derelict in his duty.
So, when he was shopping yesterday, he bought some magic materials and went back, ready to try to make a new pair of glasses for Cinderella.
This was not too difficult for Merlin, a master of occult theory, who easily drew the blueprint for his new glasses, and then last night, he began his first attempt at alchemy.
Different from the magical idiot attribute in the human state during the day, he has an instinctive proficiency in magic in the state of the demon king at night, and it is obviously the first alchemy to use, but it turns out that he is proficient as if he has practiced it thousands of times, and he completed the production of this pair of glasses without making a single mistake in the whole process.
This is a bit unexpected by Merlin, after all, the learning of magic and witchcraft is not something that can be learned instantly by adding skill points like playing games in the previous life, and any kind of witchcraft actually requires a lot of practice before it can be mastered.
Take a novice sorcery apprentice like Cinderella, whose final exam for the first semester consists of successfully performing any basic sorcery.
Well, that's right, just learning one witchcraft in a semester is already qualified.
If a freshman in the first semester can learn three or four basic witchcrafts, he is already considered a good talent, and if he can learn five or six, he can already be called a genius.
So far, the best record of Aldrich Academy seems to be that a student learned thirteen witchcrafts in one semester, and the name of that genius student seems to have been recorded in the school's commendation column until now, and is used by the school teachers every day as a typical case of "someone else's child" to educate new students.
Although Merlin had the solid theoretical knowledge of the original owner as a foundation, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could succeed directly in the first use of alchemy, after all, alchemy was much more difficult than basic sorcery.
Normally, students will begin to memorize alchemy theories in the first year of Aldrich Academy, and will not begin until the second year when the practical course of alchemy begins.
In the same way, in the final exam of the second year, as long as the students can successfully shape a piece of metal with the alchemy array, they are considered to be qualified, and they are not expected to actually make any qualified alchemy equipment at all.
Being able to independently make a qualified piece of alchemy equipment is a graduation requirement for students who specialize in alchemy, and it is also the assessment standard for the national first-class alchemist qualification certificate.
Therefore, Merlin's first attempt at alchemy in the state of the Demon King inexplicably achieved the goal that others could only achieve after seven years of study...
Well, maybe it's more than that, after all, the design of the pair of glasses he designed is still quite complicated, and it involves the use of multiple magic, which is at least a third-level alchemist who can only involve the field.
This first attempt at alchemy has reached the level of a third-level alchemist, although a large part of the success factor is because the original owner has rich theoretical knowledge, but no matter how rich the theory is, it is not possible to use the hand remnant, probably maybe Merlin is really a magic genius.
But then again, there doesn't seem to be anything to be proud of about the fact that the Demon King is a magical genius, isn't that a matter of course? This would be even more surprising if the Demon King was a magical idiot.
But no matter how he got his talent, it's better to be a genius than a scrappy, so Merlin is still quite happy.
But then again, if it is successful at the first time, then what to do with those spare materials, you can't waste it.
So, he continued to toss the pair of glasses blindly, kept revising and upgrading the design drawings, and then put the glasses and materials into the alchemy array to strengthen, modify, and strengthen again......
So, after tossing and turning for most of the night, and waiting until the dozen or so materials in his hand were completely consumed, Merlin's first alchemy item was successfully manufactured.
A pair of magic glasses that enhance +15.
"Actually, I just wanted to make a simple glasses that can change the shape of your magic eye, but because I bought too many materials, I upgraded it."
"Now, as long as you bring it, and then input magic from different magic interfaces, you can stimulate different functions, input magic from the first interface can change the shape of the glasses, the second interface has the function of night vision, the third interface can be used as a telescope, the fourth interface can see through, the fifth interface is photography, you can shoot with the left eye, and the right eye can show ......"
In the carriage, Merlin introduces Cinderella to the abilities of his proud work.
To be honest, he had a bit of a fun time last night, which caused this pair of glasses to have a bit of a lot of miscellaneous abilities, and there are seven magic ports on each of the fixed arms of the glasses, adding up to a full fourteen magic interfaces, together with the most basic ability to change pupils, a total of fifteen abilities.
Even he was so bored that he even added the dust removal technique, which allowed the glasses to automatically defog and clean the lenses in winter and summer, and even as long as you input a little more magic, wherever you look, there will be automatic dusting, which can be regarded as a cleaning magic.
But don't look at the amount is quite scary, in fact, most of them are basic and practical little magic, these magic will be learned by Cinderella in the future, this is at most for her to try before learning it, it can be regarded as a practical magic toy, as a gift for the disciple is just right.
"Take it and try it, you can tell me if there is anything uncomfortable, and I'll help you modify it."
Reading the entire manual in one sitting, Merlin proposed to the girl with her head down.
"Hmm..."
The girl nodded, a choked voice in her voice.
The girl who has suffered since she was a child thought that she had become strong enough, and she had already vowed that she would grit her teeth and persevere in the future even if she was tired and tired, and she would not shed a single tear from the night when she cried at her mother's grave for the first time.
But now, tears are raining down.
She still couldn't hold back after all.
It is precisely because she is accustomed to suffering and darkness that this trace of selfless kindness from others will be so warm, so dazzling, and so touching to her heart.
"Thank you, Mr. Merlin."
The girl raised her head in tears, and she removed the old black-rimmed glasses from her mother on the bridge of her nose, revealing the delicate face that was usually hidden.
She then put on new glasses, and by the illusion on them, the golden sparkling magic eyes were obscured, and only a pair of black and white eyes could be seen through the lenses.
Although the magic charm of the golden magic eye is missing, the girl with black eyes is a little more delicate, with the delicate and beautiful silver-rimmed glasses, there is inexplicably a kind of intellectual beauty of the glasses girl,
"How's it going, teacher?"
The girl asked her young teacher with a smile on her face.
"Great."
Merlin gave a thumbs up, smiled and showed his snow-white teeth, and praised without hesitation.
He was a little surprised, did it turn out that the glasses lady was so praised? I haven't gotten it before.
So, the girl smiled even more happily, like a flower that had finally bloomed.
The ugly duckling's Cinderella girl begins her evolution towards the white swan....