"What are your plans for the future?"

Sister Mary's hand holding the soup spoon paused in the air, her eyes were confused, and after five or six minutes, she began to slowly shake her head: "My lord, Caopo Village has been destroyed by robbers, I really don't know where to go?" ”

In the past, she was seriously ill, and she was tortured by the disease every day, and if it weren't for worrying about her daughter Alice, she would have committed suicide by jumping into the river early in the morning. At that time, she was tormented every day, and she had no plans for the future at all.

Although she is now cured, she only has one eye left, and her nose is rotten with a hole, and she has become an ugly monster, and no one will take a fancy to her if she wants to remarry.

Moreover, she didn't know anything except farming in the countryside, she didn't know a word, she didn't have the skills to make a living, it didn't work to stay in Sunderland, and she wanted to go back to Caopo Village to farm, and Caopo Village was destroyed again. Moreover, she can't do it by herself with such hard work as farming.

Her current situation can be described in four words as 'cornered'.

Anne also rarely did not speak, she has a good heart, but she has also traveled far and wide, and has seen countless human tragedies. She knew deep down that Rosen might be able to cure Mary, but he couldn't take charge of her life, and there were few people in the world who had the ability to do so.

But she also knew in her heart that if they did not do so, Mary's future life would be miserable and dark, and not necessarily better than when she was sick.

Little Alice felt the oppressive atmosphere, the smile on her face slowly froze, her little head lowered, her big eyes staring at her toes, silent.

Rosen did not notice the change in the atmosphere, he dipped the boiled potato in his hand in some grains of salt, and then took a big bite, and ate it with relish, and when he had swallowed the food in his mouth, he said, "If there is nowhere to go, after the Baron has repelled Blackbeard, he will go north with us." ”

Mary was stunned: "North...... Northern? ”

Anne was also stunned and said in a low voice: "Rosen, the road to the north is very difficult to walk. ”

Rosen nodded: "I know, so we have to buy a carriage and bring enough food and warm clothing." ”

Anne hurriedly said: "No, the dangers of going north are not limited to this. In addition to Blackbeard, there are also Whitebeard and Bluebeard, and the order in the war-torn zone in the north has completely collapsed, and there will inevitably be a large number of monsters coming out to make trouble...... I'm afraid I won't be able to protect all of you. ”

Rosen smiled faintly: "I've thought about all of this, so before heading north, I will build enough defensive weapons." ”

Seeing that Anne still wanted to refute, Rosen raised his hand and pressed: "Anne, you listen to me." ”

"You say." Anne nodded.

Rosen reached out and gently patted little Alice's thin shoulder: "My plan is like this. Take little Alice north and enter Nilogaard College to continue her studies, but little Alice is still young and must be taken care of. Obviously, Miss Mary is the best candidate. When we get to the college, I'll find a way to buy a bigger house next to the college. On the one hand, it is Alice's residence, and on the other hand, it is also our temporary stay. ”

"Let little Alice study in the City of Wisdom?" Anne froze.

Sister Mary was also stunned, she originally thought that Rosen was just teaching her daughter to read and write, but she didn't expect him to send his daughter to the City of Wisdom, and to buy a big house next to the City of Wisdom, which ...... She couldn't even think of such a thing.

After a while, Anne came back to her senses: "Rosen, the capital of wisdom is not Sunderland, and for a person to complete his studies, the cost of silver is calculated in 10,000 yuan. Houses there are also ridiculously expensive. Houses in slightly better places have to be at least 1,000 gold dragon coins......"

"Money is not an issue." Lawson nibbled on the boiled potatoes with a calm expression.

Anne shook her head repeatedly: "No, it's not just money. In order to enter the Nilogaard Academy, you must also have extremely high talent, have a clean family background, and if you are a commoner, you must also have a letter of recommendation from the great nobles of the north...... Wait, the conditions are harsh. ”

"It's just studying, how can it be so strict?" Rosen frowned slightly.

Anne spread her hands: "What do you think?" Every year, countless people want to enter the academy to study, but the academy is so big that it can accommodate 1,000 people at most. If the standards are not strict, the academy will not be squeezed out? ”

"Hmm~ This is indeed a problem, but it's not a big problem, and when we get to the capital of wisdom, we will find a way to solve it one by one."

Rosen was optimistic by nature, and Anne's question didn't deter him at all.

After eating all the potatoes in his hand, he quickly took a new potato and nibbled on it, and he continued, "Anne, don't be bitter. I promise you, before you go north, build you a powerful 'Warhammer', plus a magic mirror. ”

"Really? How awesome?! Anne's eyes lit up.

"At least as powerful as this big troll of mine, even if our previous opponent does it again, the two of us can easily spray him to death." Rosen slapped the spiral troll at his feet.

The attraction of powerful weapons is endless, and Anne is persuaded by Rosen: "Okay, if we can survive Blackbeard, we will go north together." ”

"Blackbeard....... Not a big deal. Rosen smiled slightly, and he turned his head to look at Mary again: "Sister Mary, what do you say?" ”

"Ah...... Oh~ I have no opinion. Mary nodded repeatedly.

"Well, that's decided." Rosen scooped up the broth and drank it, and continued: "Sister Mary, when you arrive in the City of Wisdom, in addition to taking care of little Alice, you have another task. ”

"Ah, please speak, my lord, I will do my best to complete it." Mary looked terrified.

Rosen smiled: "Relax, Sister Mary, it's not a difficult task, it's just that I need an assistant." ”

"Assistant?"

"Yes." Rosen said: "Look, I found the antidote to rosemacules, once the news spreads, do you think there will be countless people who will come to seek medical advice?" ”

Mary nodded again and again: "The adult's medicine is so powerful, there must be a lot of people who come to the adult for treatment." ”

Anne covered her mouth and chuckled: "When the time comes, I'm afraid the whole north will go crazy." Hmm~ In this way, little Alice's tuition is really not a problem. ”

Rosen said: "You think, when the time comes, I will have to dispense medicine and inject countless people, and I will be annoyed to death." I am an alchemist who explores the mysteries of nature, not a pharmacist who specializes in healing people. Naturally, the less trivial the better, so I need someone to help me with some of this. ”

Mary became more and more frightened: "But, my lord, this is too difficult for me to do." ”

"Don't worry, I'll teach you. As you'll soon learn, it's not that hard at all. Rosen smiled, seeing that Mary was still hesitating, he straightened his face: "Mary, in the bustling city, everyone must have a craft to make a living in order to live." I'm teaching you the craft now, if you don't learn it, how can you live in the City of Wisdom?"

"Ah~" Mary looked embarrassed, her heart full of fear of the unknown. After a long while, she finally made up her mind and said, "My lord, what ...... Then I'll try. ”

"Hmm~ very good. Later, I'll tell you how to prepare the liquid and the method of injection. Don't worry, it's very simple and you'll learn it as soon as you learn it. ”

After discussing the future, the atmosphere at the table soon became cheerful again.

Sensitive little Alice felt it, and at some point, she had raised her head, and sat down on the edge of the table like a kitten, sipping broth, and her big black eyes looked at her mother, sometimes at Lawson, and occasionally at Anne cautiously. Whenever she saw Lawson, Lawson would smile at her, her big eyes would bend slightly, her mouth would pout, and she would make a small grimace at Lawson.

It can be seen that the little one is in a very good mood.

After eating and drinking enough and putting away the dishes, Rosen took out two glass needles and put them on the table, and beckoned to Mary again: "Come, let's start." ”

"Hey~" Mary sat cautiously on the edge of the table, as if she was afraid that if she moved too hard, she would break the needle.

Lawson first picked up the needle and explained how to use it.

"Look, Mary, you have to hold it like this....... Pick it up and try it...... Don't worry, pick it up boldly, as long as it doesn't fall to the ground, it won't break. Yes, that's it, you see, pulling like this is pumping medicine, and pushing like this is injecting medicine......"

"There are three kinds of injections, one is subcutaneous injection, yes, it is to pull up the skin and put it in the skin. The second is intramuscular injection, yes, that's going to poke the flesh......."

Rosen explained very carefully, and Mary learned seriously. Anne listened to it for a while, and found it interesting, anyway, she had nothing to do, and she also followed alongside her.

Little Alice also lay on the table and listened carefully, her chin was supported by a pair of small hands, and her big black eyes flashed and flickered, and she couldn't do it.

The time for the explanation flies, as Rosen said at the beginning, the whole process is very simple, and Mary already knows the whole process clearly, only the final practice is needed.

Lawson looked at the sky and said, "That's all for today." Sister Mary, rest well, and follow me tomorrow to give the baron an injection. ”

"Good...... Good. Mary nodded slightly, she now had great respect and even awe for Rosen, in her eyes, Rosen was almost omniscient and omnipotent.

Rosen said goodnight to little Alice and Anne respectively, and then went to his bedroom with a candle.

'Squeak~' pushed open the wooden door, and after entering the room, he closed the wooden door behind his back, and then placed candles, spiral trolls, scales and other belongings on the table in the middle of the bedroom.

In the corner of the bedroom was a side of clean water, which the servant brought to him to wash. Rosen walked over, picked up a cotton towel, dipped it in a wet one, and began to wipe his face.

As he wiped, he suddenly felt the candlelight flicker slightly, and a breeze rushed towards his back.

Rosen was startled, and immediately turned his head to look at the window, only to see that the window was wide open, and he clearly remembered that when he entered the room, the window was closed.

He immediately turned around, only to see a bewitching woman in red sitting at the table in the middle of the bedroom, none other than Veronica, who was so powerful that she could barely solve it.

Ignoring the spiral troll, she reached for the glass bottle containing penicillin on the table, and carefully observed the white powder in the bottle.

"In Berkeley, the city of freedom, this bottle of powder can make the whole city boil. Countless people will lose their minds because of this, and countless people will go crazy to find you, some want to cure you, some want to get the formula from you, and some want to kill you. You will never be at rest until you are utterly destroyed. ”