Chapter 143: Confrontation
Glass flower room.
Lawson was busy in the alchemy room.
He began to extract water from various extracts, and tried the toxicity of various flower species and flower bulbs one by one.
The former was simple, and in a short time he had collected about seventeen liters of pure water, all in a clay container.
The latter is a delicate job, and Lawson tastes all kinds of flowers one by one, tests them for poison, and if they are safe and edible, he carefully hides them for later use. If it is toxic, the toxic ingredients will be removed, and the removed ingredients will be eaten first.
When testing the poison, Lawson didn't forget to fight with the monsters outside the house.
"I said, don't you bother, didn't I just accidentally throw dirty things on you. This little thing is also worth being angry about? ”
"It's easy to say. Why don't you let me do the same? As long as you let me get it back, I won't bother with you! ”
"Hey~ Why are you like this? I didn't have a heart, who told you to stand outside the window at that time? ”
"When no one is standing outside the window, you can just throw outside?! I ask you, what is the toilet for?! ”
"Okay, okay, I'm not going to quarrel with you. I ask you, who are you? ”
"I was about to ask you, who are you? This is the residence of the manager of the flower house, how can you be in it? ”
Hearing this, Rosen's heart moved: 'This guy must not have seen me, otherwise he would not have recognized me.' Since they didn't see me, it was even less likely that they could see Lilith wrapped in the quilt. He doesn't know who I am yet, and that's my advantage! ’
He continued: "I am an alchemist. In the flower room, I may not be your opponent. But if you dare to break into the cabin, I will definitely have the ability to let you in standing and lie down and go out! ”
"What a big breath!" The chameleon laughed angrily, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I have never been so humiliated in my life. No one would dare to humiliate me like that! No matter what you say, it's useless, you're going to die anyway! ”
"Not necessarily, I tell you, unless you've been blocking me in the flower room, but if there's a little relaxation, I'll know it. When the time comes, I'll run away, and you'll still be able to find me with the same smell as a dog? ”
As he spoke, Lawson opened the lowest drawer of the cabinet, ready to collect the flower seeds inside.
As soon as he pulled it away, his heart moved slightly: "There seem to be scratches on this floor?" ”
The scratches are very shallow and barely visible to the naked eye, but under the perception of the magic of alchemy, these scratches are not hidden. There are dozens of them, parallel to each other, starting from the left side of the cabinet and extending outward, at first glance, something has been formed by long-term friction.
A chameleon's sneer came from outside the house: "Hehe, wait three days, I'll see if you can talk so hard." ”
Rosen leaned down and began to scrutinize the scratches on the ground: "Three days? You really think too much, let me tell you, this glass flower house was built by Count Derek with a lot of money, the flower room is full of rare flowers, and it can't be taken care of by people for a moment, do you think he will let the glass flower house idle for three days? ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lawson found a small metal hole at the bottom of the cabinet, and there were a lot of worn scratches around the hole: "Keyhole? ”
For ordinary people, to open a lock, you must have a key, but for Rosen, as long as the power of alchemy is probed into the lock hole, it is easy to open the lock, especially in this era, the lock structure is very simple.
As soon as he thought of it, Lawson calmed down and tried to pick the lock.
Outside the house, the monster chameleon sneered again: "Count Derek? Do you still expect him to save you? Don't worry, he's been in a hurry lately, how can he have the time to take care of the flower room? Besides, it's a question of whether he will survive three days! ”
"Haha, so, you're going to kill him? That's right, I'll run away while you kill him! ”
After speaking, Rosen had already explored and understood the structure of the lock, his mind condensed slightly, and the power of alchemy turned into an invisible key, and with a slight 'twist', there was a 'click' sound, followed by a 'click' sound behind Rosen, and after a second, the floor on the left side of the alchemy room actually began to move, slowly retracting into the wooden cabinet, revealing a black hole.
Lawson walked to the entrance of the cave and looked down, and found that there were steps down in the cave, and if he listened carefully, he could hear the sound of water flowing from the mouth of the cave, and he could smell the smell lightly, and he could also smell a faint fishy smell in the air in the cave.
"This hole seems to be connected to the sewer, I just don't know what it's for." Lawson turned on his flashlight and stood at the entrance of the cave to shine inside.
Outside the house, the chameleon's voice came again: "Hehe, you can escape." I promise, as soon as you step out of the flower room, you'll lose your life! ”
Rosen replied absentmindedly: "Are you threatening me?!" ”
He continued to look into the cave, and then the light of the flashlight, he found that there was a very large basement below, and there seemed to be a complete set of alchemy equipment inside.
"This Linnaeus is still an alchemist. Yes, if he weren't an alchemist, he wouldn't have had such a deep understanding of the properties of plants. However, this underground alchemy room came just in time, hehe! ”
He was ready to go inside to see what was going on, but before he could get into the cave, he had to deal with the monsters guarding the house.
After thinking about it, he said loudly: "Monster, it may be said who will win and who will lose." Also, I don't regret smearing your face with! I'm sure I'll wipe it again if I have the chance, no, just pour into your mouth! ”
The chameleon's voice immediately came: "Humph! That's exactly what I'm trying to say. There's no point in bickering now, just wait for me! ”
Rosen stopped talking, and he flashed his flashlight and headed for the basement.
There are not many steps in the basement, and it takes a lot to get to the end quickly. The basement is not very high, look at the height of more than two meters, the area is about 20 square meters, there is a brass still, a set of expensive glass containers, and a stone mortar for grinding. There is also a small bed against the wall and a small desk next to the bed.
The bedding on the bed was still there, but the contents on the desk had been emptied, leaving only seven or eight pieces of torn papyrus and a bottle of ink.
Rosen searched around the basement again, and found a thick iron lid with a lock in the corner of the basement, and the faint sound of water flowing under the lid was faintly heard, and a trace of rancid smell was constantly coming from the cracks.
"It should be a sewer down there. It is said that in order to defend against the flooding of the Bishui River, the Nilogaard sewers were built very grandiosely, like an underground city. Perhaps, Linnaeus ran away from this waterway. I just don't know if that chameleon knows about the existence of this basement. ”
If not, then this basement can be used to house Lilith.
To verify this, it is very simple for Rosen.
He activated the alchemy magic again and walked slowly around the basement, and then he was sure that the chameleon did not know about the existence of the basement, because in this basement, there was only the breath of Linnaeus.
At the same time, Lawson also found a handle in the basement that could close the floor again as long as he kept pulling the handle.
"Very good!"
Rosen immediately returned to the bedroom of the cabin, carried Lilith into the small bed in the basement, and he moved the water and food he had purified into the basement and put them away. When he was done, he lit a candle in the basement and closed the floor again.
In this way, even if Count Derek came to the cabin, he would not find him, and even if he found out by chance, Lawson could escape through the sewer exit, attacking and retreating.
"Yes, very good."
He was also a little hungry, so he took out some flower seeds to eat, although the taste was very poor, but the nutrients were quite sufficient, after eating half a catty, Lawson filled his stomach.
Finally, he put some flower seeds in a stone mortar and ground them into powder, mixed them with water to form a thin paste, and then sent them directly into Lilith's stomach with the help of alchemic power.
After doing all this, all Rosen could do was wait patiently for Lilith to recover.
The good news is that he has an undying feud with the monster, and he doesn't have to worry about him leaving the Blue Moon Mansion after killing Count Derek. The downside is that staying in a dark basement and caring for a comatose patient is very, very boring.
After a moment of silence, Rosen felt bored, and his gaze wandered around the basement, and finally, his gaze fell on the papyrus and inkwell on the table.
"Hmm~ Anyway, there's nothing to do, so it's better to write and continue to write the manuscript." ’
What manuscript?
Nature is the book "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy".
So, for the rest of the time, in addition to taking care of the comatose Lilith, Rosen sat at his desk and continued to write the book "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy".
This book is particularly brain-burning, and it is also a good thing to kill time.
No, the book has only been written for five pages, and the papyrus has not yet been consumed, and two days have passed.
Two days later, in the afternoon, Lawson was lying on his desk and writing intently, when he suddenly heard Lilith's breathing on the small bed next to him become much heavier, and his eyelids began to move.
As soon as he saw her appearance, Rosen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "This aunt and grandmother can be regarded as awake!" ”