"It's true that the cost of materials is an issue."

Shimoda-sensei had a distressed expression.

The witches in the school who signed up for the Olympiad have enough materials and funds for them, and the funds that the school can apply for are limited, so they are definitely not enough.

Participating in this competition also has a certain impact on academic progress, and you have to squeeze out extra time to study topics that are not related to the final exam.

However, the qualification of a junior alchemist is tempting.

Witches who hold qualification certificates can immediately enjoy an 8.8% discount when they buy alchemy materials, 20% off intermediate qualification certificates, and 7% off advanced qualifications, which is a joyful thing for witches who like alchemy.

"I didn't think it through, sorry. But...... You are truly the most gifted student I've ever seen in this class. The last time I substituted for Class A, I mentioned that there were very few students who were willing to participate, and they were more willing to spend their time on getting admitted to prestigious overseas schools. ”

"So, I also want to spend my limited time on going to university. I have to fill out the pathway questionnaire next semester, and my qualifications and grades are not as good as others, and I really have no spare time for additional projects. ”

Ruiji declined Shimoda-sensei's offer.

In the future, her profession may not be related to alchemy, and no one can determine the course she will take in the future when she is in high school. Some witches struggle with whether to go to Oxford Witch University or Cambridge Witch University when they are young, and when they grow up, they find that they can't get into either.

She has no ambition to go to a prestigious overseas university, and her goal is to go to a university in Japan, preferably in Tokyo, not too far from home. Being too far away from home means that you can't eat Shizuru's cooking, so you can only eat soulless cauldron meals in the school cafeteria or buy instant noodles at a convenience store on the street.

That must not be allowed to happen.

"Well, then I won't embarrass you. Why does it feel like everyone is not interested in alchemy? ”

Shimoda-sensei couldn't help but sigh.

Of course, it's because others don't have the financial resources to buy the materials, Ruiji thought to herself.

"Maybe it's because alchemy is too hard to learn. It is the most difficult of many disciplines, requiring more energy than other disciplines, in order to understand foreign alchemy works, witches have to spend time studying foreign languages, such as Egyptian alchemy textbooks, Egypt's official language is Arabic, second only to Chinese and Greek in difficulty to learn, has been able to put down countless witches who want to get started. ”

"I proposed to the chairman of the board of directors to offer an Arabic language course, but unfortunately it was rejected."

"Actually...... English and Latin are enough, there are Chinese classes in school, teachers you should understand that contemporary teenagers, everyone's learning ability is really not as strong as you think. ”

The two chatted casually for a while about alchemy, and the time was close to one o'clock. In Japan, schools have a short lunch break, starting at half past one in the afternoon and finishing relatively early in the afternoon, leaving Miki with only half an hour left for lunch.

The two classes in the afternoon were Potions and Flying, and the two teachers were not enlightened enough to allow students to do a good job of solving a difficult problem.

If you don't hurry up, Shizuryu's bento will turn into a late-night snack.

If you don't eat lunch and don't eat at night, you will be reprimanded for not eating on time, and my sister is very good at teaching people, and Ruiji doesn't want to listen to her chanting the scriptures.

"So, Mr. Shimoda, I'll take my leave first. Thank you for the tea, there are still classes to go in the afternoon, and I have to eat before the lunch break is over. ”

Before Shimoda-sensei could persuade her to participate in the Olympic Alchemy Tournament, Ruiji quickly slipped away and left the extravagant office.

Leaving the air-conditioned space, she was surrounded by the heat outside. The sultry air licks the body, penetrates the skin, and overflows the salt and moisture in the body in the form of sweat.

She hurried to the floating platform on the third floor, rode the Aussie Star broom parked there and flew back to the second-grade school building, and bought three cans of Coke at the vending machine downstairs.

My wife and the dormitory official just sent a message, asking her to bring a drink by the way.

Lunch without Coke is equivalent to going to the beach without a swimsuit witch to see, no taste. Ruiji is deeply obsessed with this carbonated drink, which has no nutritional value and only makes the internal rush worse, and has to drink several cans every day to enjoy it.

The witch doesn't need to worry about osteoporosis, and she won't get fat if she drinks a ton of Coke a day.

The waiter used magic to heat up the bento box made by Shizuru for her in advance, and the table of the three of them was put together to become a large temporary dining table, which was very eating.

The two companions had already eaten two-thirds of it, and Ruiji had just begun.

"Have you ever been subjected to anything excessive?"

My wife lowered her voice and leaned into Riji's ear.

"No, Mr. Shimoda invited me to drink a cup of Earl Grey tea, and then asked me if I wanted to participate in the Olympic Alchemy Competition, my family has no money to buy alchemy materials, of course I have to refuse."

"I thought there was something really exciting."

"What do you want to happen?"

"Something that makes our cheeks and thoughts hot."

"Uh...... You're really a good friend of mine. ”

Quickly settling out of lunch, Ryji used the remaining ten minutes to brush up on the Potions lesson and glance at the new lessons. Today, I want to learn to refine the [Obsessive Potion], the effect of the potion can be understood literally, and it can make others feel obsessed with themselves.

Witches who can't find love but are eager for love will use this potion on the witch they like, and some witches who are tired of school will take a sip before studying a subject they don't like in order to be admitted to university, and become interested in it for a period of time, which is conducive to overcoming the common exam.

In the future, if you encounter a subject that you are not interested in, you may be able to give it a try, but Rydge is curious about the world and is also interested in the subjects taught in school, including alchemy, which everyone unanimously rated as boring.

The Potions class is divided into two parts, with the first 20 minutes explaining the theory, and the remaining 30 minutes forming an improvised group with other witches to refine a potion and turn it in as class assignments.

Witches are creatures that like to fight alone, but there are many times when they need to work as a team, and many things cannot be done by relying on the ability of one witch.

Rome was not built in a day, nor was it built by a single witch. Without thousands of witches who moved bricks and dust, it would have been impossible to create a magnificent city-state that stood between heaven and earth.

According to the number of people in the class, it is just enough to form 13 groups of 3 people. Riji completed her homework with my wife and the dormitory officials every time, and they both had a good attitude towards the Potions class, which was so important that no one dared not take it seriously.

Riji was assigned to count and retrieve materials, and she wrote the list of materials.

"The blood of the salamander, the volcanic lime, the sparkling water, the eyeballs of the human-faced fish, the wool of the black goat, the scales of the three-legged creeper...... Can something like this really be drunk? ”

Ryji is resistant to the finished potion, especially when she sees the Human-faced Fish.