Chapter Thirty-Four: Crooked
Baron Draco had a fascination with magic mirrors, and when he heard Rosen's words, his eyes lit up suddenly, his nostrils widened a lot, and his whole person became very excited.
"Really? How good is it? ”
Rosen thought for a while and said, "Uncle, this magic mirror in your hand can only see people's faces 2 miles away at most." The new magic mirror I'm going to make can see faces 10 miles away. ”
The baron's eyes widened like brass bells: "Ten miles? Can it really be so far away? ”
Rosen nodded confidently, and leaned into the baron's ear and whispered, "Uncle, if you take the magic mirror I built and go to see people 2 miles away, there will be a big surprise." ”
"For example?"
"For example, you can clearly see the tiniest hairs on the other person's body. Under the magic mirror I created, I couldn't hide any secrets, and it was as if everything was happening right in front of my eyes. ”
Rosen deliberately accentuated the words 'hair' and 'secret'.
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the baron immediately thought of some practical uses of this magic mirror, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, just eager to get the new magic mirror immediately, but he instinctively didn't believe it: "Can it really be so powerful?" Master Parkland can't do anything like that......"
Rosen immediately continued: "Uncle, you don't know this. Master Parkland may be very powerful in other ways, but in the realm of magic mirrors, he is far from the level of a master. You see, it took me less than a day to change it, and it was much better than the finished product he had carefully built. ”
The baron nodded in agreement: "Hmm~ What you said makes a lot of sense. The magic mirror you've improved is indeed a lot better than Parkland's work. ”
Seeing that the baron had been persuaded by him, Rosen's face showed a trace of embarrassment: "However, this new magic mirror is really powerful, and the production is very complicated, so ......"
"So what?" The baron immediately asked, and then, he took it for granted, "Does such a good magic mirror require very precious materials?" ”
Since the baron himself had come up and was ready to be slaughtered, Rosen was naturally not polite, he nodded: "Yes, not only do you need precious materials, but it also takes a lot of energy to build. You know, I'm still young and don't have enough magic power, and it will take at least a month to complete such a magic mirror. ”
"A month? It's not a long time. You just said that you still need precious materials, what kind of materials do you need? ”
Rosen stretched out his hand and broke down one finger after another: "I need two pieces of pure crystal about this size, half a catty of silver, half a catty of gold, soda ash, saltpeter, glycerin, diatomaceous earth, brass, iron, ......."
"Wait......." The baron's head grew when he heard this, and he waved his hand again and again to interrupt Rosen's words: "I don't understand these alchemists' things, you just tell me, how much runte is needed to buy these materials?" ”
Rosen knew that the baron would react like this, when he was on Earth, the mentor often used various professional words to fool the layman, and he could instantly make the other party raise his hand and surrender, hehe.
"Let me estimate." He made a silent calculation for five or six minutes, and then said, "Uncle, at least 800 runtes." ”
In fact, the cost of real materials is far less than 800 rums, 80 is about the same, and Lawson directly increased it by 10 times, he felt that he was already very greedy.
The baron's eyes widened again, and his face was full of disbelief: "What? What do you say? ”
Rosen's heart suddenly weakened: 'Am I going to have more?' I can't coax it, I must not coax it at this time, otherwise not only will the magic mirror collapse, but I will not end well! ’
His heart was pounding, but he couldn't bear it and didn't show it, and his face was still calm: "Uncle, I said that it will take about 800 rums to build a new magic mirror." If you're lucky, you might have some surplus. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the baron's face became dark, and he muttered in a low voice: "What a Diaz, you dare to lie to me!" ”
When Dias gave him the magic mirror, he said that he had spent 1,300 rontes to get it. For this, the baron was also grateful, and not only sent someone to help him build a wooden building, but also assigned the glassmakers and blacksmiths in the town to drive him, and helped him build a complete set of alchemical utensils for free, which cost him nearly 1,500 runds in total.
For him, 1500 Ronte is not much, if he really needs to spend so much money, he will not blink his eyes, but what he hates the most in his life is that someone lied to him!
The baron's words were very light, Rosen couldn't hear it clearly, and naturally he didn't know that he was hitting it crookedly, which hit the baron's trust in Dias hard, he saw that the baron's expression was wrong, and thought that he was in trouble, and asked cautiously: "Uncle, what's wrong?" Is it too expensive? ”
"No, it's not expensive, it's not expensive at all! Such a good magic mirror should be worth the price! The baron waved his hand heavily, then turned to his butler Matt and said, "Go, take another 800...... No, give Rosen 1,000 Ronte and let him build a better Magic Mirror. ”
Rosen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said busily: "Uncle, it's more than 1,000." ”
The baron only felt that the little guy in front of him had real skills, not to mention, he was very sincere, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it was to the eye, he waved his big hand, and said heroically: "Don't refuse, the extra 200 is my reward for you." If you can repair the magic mirror for me, it means that you are an alchemist with real skills. If you build me a better magic mirror, I will not only reward you with money, but I will also build you a good house in the town of Sunderland. If you wish, I can also make room for you in the Baron's Court for you to live in permanently. ”
"Ah~ Thank you, uncle, I will definitely try my best to create the best magic mirror for you."
After speaking, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to speak and stopped.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" The baron immediately asked.
Rosen smiled, scratched his head, and said, "Uncle, in fact, compared to building a magic mirror, what I am really good at is refining potions to treat various diseases. When I'm ready to build you a new magic mirror, I'm going to go to Nilogaard, the capital of wisdom in the north, to learn more about potions, but as you know, it takes a lot of money to go to school. So, the house ...... Can it be exchanged for more Ronte. ”
The baron's body shook slightly, and he began to look at Lawson carefully, and after looking at it for a long time, he spoke: "You mean, you are more proficient in refining potions?" ”
Rosen nodded repeatedly: "Well, yes." ”
The baron immediately asked, "What diseases can you cure?" ”
"That's not a good thing to say. I am good at symptomatic medicine, the same disease, different people, because of different body constitutions, may need to use different medicines. Some diseases can be completely cured, while others can only be controlled. Of course, if I have enough time to study it, none of this is a big deal. ”
"Oh, yes, really good...... Have you ever heard of rosemacules? The baron asked suddenly.
As soon as he heard this, Rosen's heart suddenly moved: "Sure enough, rosacea is already the baron's biggest heart disease. The Baron must have high hopes for Dias in this matter, which is very bad for me, and I have to guard against this hand in advance. ’。
Thinking so, Rosen smiled: "Of course I have heard that rosacea was first endemic in the north, and in recent years, similar cases have appeared in many places. In fact, I've done some research on rosemacula and have found the general idea of refining a cure. I believe that it should only be a matter of time before the antidote is found. ”
"Hiss~~~ Countless pharmacists are looking for an antidote to rosemacules, but they have all failed, how can you say that you can do it?" The baron's eyes were fixed on Rosen.
Rosen's eyes did not dodge: "Because I have a special talent in potion refining, when I was at home, my father had malaria, and I prepared the potion myself and successfully cured him." Because of this, I wanted to go north to study in the capital of wisdom and learn more about medicine. ”
Sir Laplace had malaria, it was true, and it was really cured by Rosen, but it was not Rosen who had the talent for alchemy, but the result of crooked fighting, although the old Sir was cured of malaria, but he was also tossed by the medicine for half his life, and it took half a year to recuperate.
When the baron heard of this, he pondered for a long time, and then he said to Rosen, "Yes, it is also good to be a pharmacist. I promised you that I would exchange the house for 500 rumbs. ”
Rosen looked happy: "Thank you, uncle." ”
Here, the baron's high mood dropped for a moment, and he sighed inexplicably and said, "I don't know if I can wait until you finish your studies....... Hey, forget it, you go get busy. ”
Rosen saluted again, took half a step back, and suddenly asked, "Uncle, you seem to have something on your mind, is it because of the deserters around the town?" ”
"Hmm~ sort of." The baron nodded.
"Are there a lot of deserters?"
"Not a lot." The baron replied, and then waved his hand again: "The matter of deserters is left to the uncle." Your child's family, don't worry about these bad things, just concentrate on building a magic mirror for me. ”
Rosen was unwilling: "But ......"
"Don't say it, go back. I'm tired and want to rest for a while. ”
After saying this, the baron did not want to speak any more, and he turned and walked towards the small garden not far away.
Rosen looked at his back, obviously a strong and tall person, but his back made people feel a little embarrassed, as if he had been drained of energy.
Since the baron was unwilling to speak, and Rosen had no way to force him to speak, he could only salute the baron again, turn around and walk towards the gate of the baron's palace.
He carried the 1,100 Rants in his pocket, and secretly thought to himself: "In the next time, the world will become more and more chaotic, and it is really impossible to feel at ease without a powerful weapon." But what exactly should I build? ’
He walked all the way, thinking: 'This weapon must be powerful, easy to operate, simple in structure, especially in materials, it must be low-grade and primitive...... Well, by the way, what was my first weapon in the game called? Oh, by the way, it's called 'Spiral Troll', and it seems to be very good. ’