The so-called alchemy, if explained in an easy-to-understand way, is to try to "transform" different substances or spirits, and the metamorphosis of wizards can achieve a superficial transformation, but alchemy can achieve a substantial transformation through the means of "understanding, decomposing, and reconstructing".

Therefore, a powerful Transfiguration master can even maintain the things obtained from his transformation for thousands of years, but there will be a time limit after all; And even the products of alchemy converted by the most ordinary alchemists can last forever over time.

Turning low-value materials into high-value products through alchemy has been the direction of alchemists who have been studying material transformation since ancient times.

For example, gold refining is the first goal on this path.

Of course, this goal alone has hindered generations of alchemists for thousands of years. To this day, there are only a few alchemy masters who have been able to successfully convert them.

As for the legendary immortality, that is the more ethereal spiritual transformation research direction in the alchemy system. At present, the only person in the wizarding world who has been confirmed to be successful is Mr. Nicol Lemay.

The "little game" in the attic that Maca is currently working on involves some basic knowledge in the refining of matter. It is said to be the basics, but the knowledge contained is extremely complex, and it is obviously not something that he, a beginner in alchemy, can solve.

Yes, he wanted to use the intersection of magic and alchemy - the study of the soul as a breakthrough. This line of thought was indeed fine, but unfortunately, after a whole night of inspection, he found that it did not include the study of alchemy in the spiritual direction.

"Madame Maxime, I think we need to find a suitable alchemist," Marca said to Headmaster Beauxbatons, who arrived overnight yesterday, "I'm sorry, but my knowledge of alchemy is too shallow to deal with the puzzle at hand. ”

No way, no way, just be honest. In the ocean of knowledge, everyone is a lonely boat drifting forward in the waves, and only by following the familiar currents can they sail normally.

As far as Maca knew, Dumbledore had studied alchemy, but Maca herself had not. Maybe in the years to come, he might learn a little, but it shouldn't be now.

The vast knowledge of ancient magic literature alone was enough for him to study for a long, long time.

"Oh, really?"

Madame Maxim and the old butler Edward both looked a little regretful, but they were both wizards with great knowledge, and naturally understood that this kind of thing was helpless.

"Thank you for your hard work last night!" Madame Maxim regained her spirits and said politely, "Then let's go back and rest first!" As for this conundrum, I think there will always be a solution. ”

Soon, they hurried back to Beauxbatons Castle in the light of the rising sun, and no one else knew about the night's departure and return. No one would have thought that the entrance to Nicol Lemay's alchemy laboratory would be hidden almost under their noses!

Not long after, Maca, who had just separated from Maxim and old Edward, came to the door of her room again. He didn't go in directly, but reached out and knocked on the door first.

Fanny slept in his room that night, just to keep an eye out for the other forces in the castle, so that she could show up for him once or twice if he didn't get back in time. Although Fanny used his appearance, it would be a little inappropriate for him to know this and rush in.

The door opened quickly, and it was evident that the housekeeper, who was extremely serious about her work, was already up.

"Good morning, Miss Blois!"

Maca greeted the door, but the other party hurriedly poked her head out and cautiously looked into the hallway after a quick response.

"Don't worry, no one."

Maca said as she turned sideways and walked into the room.

"Mr. McLean," said the housekeeper, Fanny, after carefully closing the door, turned to report solemnly, "no one came here last night, and the vigilance spell you left behind was not touched. ”

"I know," Maca stretched as she stood by the window, "I guess you haven't slept much all night, right?" You can go back to your room and get some sleep without having to stay here with me. ”

"How can this be," said Fanny earnestly, "since the head of the house has told me to follow you in action, how can I just leave your sight casually!" ”

"Oh?" Maca smiled and nodded, "Then I'll assign you the next task, no problem, right?" ”

"Please!" Fanny immediately responded.

"Go to sleep!" Maca pointed to the door and ordered, "Hold your spirits, there's something else to do tonight!" If you're not in a good shape by then, that's a bad thing! ”

"Okay."

Fanny subconsciously bowed, then turned around and walked to the door. In front of the door, she paused abruptly, turned her head and glanced at Maca with a strange gaze before twisting the doorknob.

Is there really anything else going on at night? Fanny wasn't stupid, Maca had already said that the main purpose of her trip was last night, and she hadn't heard of anything important to do tonight.

"Hey! Wait a minute! ”

Seeing that she was about to walk out after glancing at herself, Maca hurriedly stopped her.

"Mr. McLean, is there anything else?" Fanny stopped again and stood where she was, waiting for him to speak.

"You drink the antidote before you go out!" Maca pointed to her face and said, "If 'I' is seen in your room, God knows what kind of rumors will spread in the future-"

Fanny touched her cheek, showing a rare hint of embarrassment. It's a pity that she still uses Maca's appearance at this time-

For Maca, seeing 'herself' blush was not a wonderful experience.

After Fanny had drunk the antidote of the Polyjuice decoction and reverted back to her own form, she left the room under the watchful eyes of Maca. After that, Maca sat down at the table in front of the window and shook her head slightly.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that he had managed to enter Nicol Lemay's laboratory last night to find out, as long as he could know what the inheritance included before anyone else, and then there would be more room for manipulation.

It's a pity that after some research, he still couldn't succeed in solving that problem.

So in the future, he had to try to get the right to hold the alchemy competition without any shortcuts.

Of course, he not only had Hogwarts on his side, but also had the occasional support from Mr. Blois. With this confidence, he will be very advantageous in the head-to-head competition.

And in order to ensure that the advantage is completely on his side, he will have to find an "old friend" he has not seen for a long time.

……

While Maca was about to say hello to someone, the fat young man of the Hohenheim family was still lying on the bed in the soft bed!

This big fat man is not like Maca, who also liked to sleep lazily at the beginning, but in all these years of life in the wizarding world, he has gradually become accustomed to studying all night. Until the effect of the refreshing potion wears off, I'm afraid that guy won't be going to make up for sleep or something.

But we don't have that much to worry about! Sleeping is the biggest hobby in his life besides eating.

"Young master, it's time to get up—according to the rules, we have to go and say hello to Madame Maxim today—young master? Master? ”

The ghost Davide floated beside the bed, trying to wake up his young master, but he also knew in his heart that this was definitely a very difficult thing.

Since childhood, there has only been one person who can smoothly wake this fat young master out of bed, and that is his sister.

Young Master Hohenheim, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, only obeys his sister's words. As long as he is lying on the bed, even if his father comes, he can just ignore it.

"Young Master? Less—"

Probably a little unpleasant by the call that had been echoing in his ears, the big fat man waved his hand violently, and the palm of his hand passed directly into Davide's translucent body. Davide reluctantly stepped back and began to think of other ideas.

“…… Hey, find the fat man and I'll duel? Open...... Not...... Joke! You...... Wait for it......"

In the fat young master's dream, Davide couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Just when Mr. Ghost was still worrying about how to wake up the young master, a slight commotion suddenly sounded in the corridor outside the door, as if something had happened. Davide saw that he couldn't wake up the fat young master for a while, and after thinking about it, he floated up and went directly through the wall to the outside of the room.

The place where the sound came from seemed to be around the corner farther away, and he scurried all the way forward, and after a while he saw another group of wizards whispering around a corner, he realized that he was in the right place.

As a ghost, it's good to be able to go up and down freely. He easily passed over the heads of the wizards, and looked into the innermost corner of the crowd under the curious gaze of everyone.

"It seems that this open and secret struggle has begun...... I should ask the young master to be careful for a while. Davide frowned, and said secretly in his heart, "No, I'd better pay more attention to the young master!" ”

This time, the Hohenheim family let the fat young master come over just to give him some exercise. This guy hasn't liked to go out since he was a child, but he has to be made aware of all the worldly and dangerous things in this magical world, right? Otherwise, how will you be the master of your own house in the future?

It's just that this time the inheritance disclosure incident seems to be more dangerous than imagined. Because Davide happened, he actually killed someone on the first night!