Austria, the land of the Göttingen family.

In the pure white building like a small palace, the atmosphere suddenly fell into an eerie embarrassment and silence.

I am...... Maid?

The girl with some baby fat on her face looked at Lu Mingfei expressionlessly, and her original good impression of this handsome guy burst like a soap bubble.

"I am the current patriarch of the House of Gottingen, Charlotte Gottingen, and I welcome you, distinguished guest." Charlotte specifically bites the word "contemporary patriarch" very hard.

"You? Patriarch? Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Don't lie to me, I saw the photo of the patriarch with Norma before I came, and the patriarch of the Gotingen family is obviously a white-bearded grandfather." ”

"The picture you see of my grandfather," said Charlotte, "not long ago my grandfather abdicated due to ill health, and now I am in charge of him, because for some special reasons, the external information of the patriarch of the Gottingen family has not been modified, so the information you get from Norma is lagging behind." ”

"I see, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just thought you were a maid." Lu Mingfei hurriedly apologized.

Can you stop mentioning the maid? Look at the old lady's hand-sewn dress, and my beautiful face, where does it look like a maid!

Charlotte was mad.

Originally, her impression of Lu Mingfei was quite good, after all, in her cognition, the S-level in the secret party was basically school directors and veterans, except for the principal and Tutor Flammel, these people were older than the other, and the average age was about to run to the triple digits.

And now that there is finally another S-class freshman Lu Mingfei of the same age as her, Charlotte inevitably feels that he is a little kind.

So in order to leave a good impression on the S-class who she had never met in this meeting, she specially prepared a set of dresses and skirts, got up early today, painted her makeup, changed her clothes, and even put down today's alchemy research, and waited for Lu Mingfei for a day.

As a result, Lu Mingfei treated her as a maid as soon as they met.

This is more insulting than throwing flattery to the blind man, this is the princess flattering the blind man, and the blind man sighed and said, "Which big family's maid is so beautiful?" ”

If it weren't for the fear of being scolded by her grandfather, she really wanted to teach Lu Mingfei a lesson immediately - she might not be able to beat this S-class freshman outside, but there is a powerful alchemy matrix carved in the family, and even three generations of ancient dragons will be strongly suppressed here.

Charlotte quietly sharpened her tiger teeth, thinking about the possibility of sneaking up on Lu Mingfei while he was not in the family with a few alchemy props.

Lu Mingfei didn't know that Charlotte was secretly plotting to trap his sack, and his attention was focused on something else—why did the Goettingen family hide the patriarch's information?

But after thinking about it, he understood that the huge Goettingen family could only let a young girl who seemed to be underage take over after the old patriarch retired, and this incident itself could be used as a motive for the Goettingen family to cover up the information - if it wasn't for the problems within the family, why let such a young girl assume the important position of patriarch?

However, Lu Mingfei didn't care about what was wrong with the Gaotingen family, he only cared about one thing: "Patriarch Gaotingen, when will we start the alchemy course?" ”

"Don't worry, I've arranged a place for you in the family, please rest first, the granting of alchemy will officially start tomorrow," Charlotte said, "In addition, it is also S-rank, so you don't have to be so polite, just call me by my name." ”

"Yes, Miss Charlotte." Lu Ming is not homeopathic.

"Speaking of which, although the family's information is kept secret to the outside world, it is not a secret to the school board inside, I also participated in the school board and met with Principal Angers, didn't Principal Angers tell you about my situation?" Charlotte asked.

"No, he didn't mention it to me at all," Lu Mingfei shook his head, "Maybe the principal is old and doesn't have a good memory." ”

Charlotte: ......

It was the first time she had seen someone who dared to blatantly say that the legendary dragon slayer of the secret party was old, and even the acting patriarch of the Gattuso family, the school director Frost, did not dare to say so in public.

……

The Göttingen family, where Lu Mingfei lived.

Lu Mingfei's residence was arranged in a small villa with a yard and fence, and Charlotte said apologetically that the Gao Tinggen family was scarce and could not specially spare a maid to serve Lu Mingfei, and if there was any need, just call the housekeeper directly, and the housekeeper would take care of it.

Lu Mingfei doesn't care about this, although in Tony's world, his family does have a lot of beautiful maids that Tony helped him prepare, but he has been supported by his aunt to run errands and do housework since he was a child, and he is not the kind of young master who can't take care of himself without the maid.

"Hey, Headmaster?" Lu Mingfei dialed the phone.

"Ming Fei!" The phone was filled with dynamic jazz music, mixed with Angers' voice, "Have you arrived at the Goettingen family?" ”

"I'm here, headmaster, where are you here, why are you so noisy?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I'm attending a music festival in Rio de Janeiro," the sound of dance steps can be faintly heard in the background of jazz music, "I'll be relieved if you don't arrive, I'll hang up if there's nothing to do, and calling will affect my dancing." ”

Lu Mingfei twitched the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but complain: "Headmaster, why didn't you remind me that the current patriarch of the Gaotingen family has been replaced?" I just made a big fuss because I didn't know the identity of the patriarch of the Göttingen, and mistook the head of the human family for the maid who came to greet me to meet the patriarch. ”

"Oh, you mean Charlotte, right? She's such a lovely child, and so pretty, how could you mistake her for a maid? Ange asked, puzzled.

"I've seen too many pretty girls, and I'm already a little tired of aesthetics." Lu Ming was dishonest.

In terms of appearance, the girl he met at the airport when he went to Viana Fort was the first, and the little goddess was the second, and she seemed to have become a little more beautiful after becoming a half-breed, faintly surpassing the girl in the airport......

"But don't worry, Charlotte's child has a good personality, don't worry about her holding grudges." Ange reassured.

"That's fine." Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief,

……

Meanwhile, Charlotte's private alchemy laboratory.

Charlotte was sitting at the lab table, concentrating on an experiment.

"Ah...... Ahh Charlotte sneezed heavily and whispered to herself, "Strange, how do you feel like you've been catching a cold lately?" No, I'm A+ blood......"

……

The next day, early in the morning.

The sunlight illuminated a small black building covered with green vines, and Lu Mingfei on the first floor of the small building was led by Charlotte to push the door in.

"I'm sorry, although according to the transaction, you have the right to read a part of the collection, but the library is an important family place, and outsiders are not allowed to enter, and I will take out the books you need, so during this time, please study here." Charlotte changed into a dress that hung down to her calves, which was not as elegant as when she first met, but a little more casual.

"No problem." Lu Mingfei nodded and looked into the room, the decoration furniture was very simple, only a long table, a few chairs, and a few bookshelves full of books.

"This is the place where the family used to hold meetings and discuss alchemy, but it was nearly a hundred years ago, and there were still many members of the family at that time, and they could communicate and discuss with each other, and by the time I was born, it had been idle for a long time," Charlotte sat down on a chair at the long table, "The books on the shelves are also about alchemy, but they are not precious enough to be included in the library, you can read them as you like, but please don't take them out." ”

Lu Mingfei sat down on the chair opposite Charlotte.

"I heard that you have taught yourself some alchemy and have a basic understanding of alchemy?" Charlotte suddenly became serious and serious, even though there was baby fat on that cute little face, Lu Mingfei still had a feeling of seeing the head teacher inexplicably, and the whole person was in good spirits.

"There are many schools and branches of alchemy, such as Jewish alchemy, Zurich alchemy, Vienna alchemy that originated in Europe, Chinese alchemy and Indian alchemy that originated in Asia, Egyptian alchemy, ancient Greek alchemy, and so on...... Each type of alchemy has different principles, philosophies, and pursuits, and they have intertwined with each other as the times have evolved," Charlotte said, "For example, the alchemy of the Goettingen family is a system of knowledge formed by combining several schools of alchemy in Europe. ”

"Although the alchemy of different schools of thought varies greatly, there are four basic elements," Charlotte said, getting up and walking to a whiteboard at the table, "the four elements are the formula, the fire, the vessel, and the spirit." ”

"Needless to say, any alchemical product must be carefully processed with raw materials before it can be formed, and these steps come together to form a 'formula', and every mature alchemy formula is priceless, and the way to get the formula is nothing more than to research and develop it yourself, excavate the ruins, and trade with other alchemists," Charlotte paused and continued, "And fire is literal, fire accelerates the change of matter, and plays an irreplaceable role in alchemy, Generations of alchemists have searched for different materials for combustion, pursuing higher flame temperatures. ”

"Isn't it possible to create a particularly hot flame with modern technology?" Lu Mingfei raised his hand like a good student and asked.

"That's right," Charlotte nodded, "so there are almost no restrictions on alchemy when it comes to fire, the only thing to note is that some recipes must be made with a specific ingredient to burn the flames. ”

"As the name suggests, a container is a place where substances are stored when they are transformed into alchemy, and most often they refer to furnaces and crucibles, the former extracting metals from ores and converting metals into alchemical metals, and the latter being used to refine some finer alchemical substances," Charlotte said, "In alchemy, the concept of containers is very important, and even has some kind of sacred nature. ”

"For example, some ancient alchemists thought that the process of alchemy mimicked the process of the birth of life, and compared the product of refining to a baby, so that the vessel for the birth of this 'baby' is equivalent to the concept of the 'womb' that gave birth to life," said Charlotte, "Sir Newton even explored the origin of the world by observing the movement of matter in the alchemical crucible." ”

"In short, in alchemy, the concept of containers is very important, the quality of containers has a great impact on the products of alchemy, ordinary containers are not difficult to forge, but powerful containers are very rare, almost all of them are dug up from the remains of dragons, or simply the spoils of war when they loot their treasures after slaying dragons."

Charlotte said, "The family will provide you with a set of high-quality furnaces and cauldrons, which are more than enough for general alchemy, but if the goal is to become an alchemy master, the quality of the furnaces and cauldrons provided by the family is far from enough. ”

Lu Mingfei nodded, and said in his heart that this transaction was worth it, and he also sent teaching aids.

"Finally, there is the most important 'spirit', the spirit here refers to both the spirit as the fifth element, as well as the spirit of the alchemist himself," Charlotte said, "In alchemy, the spirit will play the most important catalytic and guiding role, usually the alchemist uses his own spirit as a catalyst, but the spirit of the hybrid is limited after all, and cannot be compared with the pure-blooded dragons, so in order to take advantage of it, the Philosopher's Stone was born." ”

"History records that the first hybrid in Europe to study the Philosopher's Stone is Merlin, as a pure spiritual element, the hybrid can borrow the power of the Philosopher's Stone to carry out alchemy catalysis and guidance, and the Philosopher's Stone will not be depleted because of this, of course, if the Philosopher's Stone is used as a weapon to kill dragons, then the Philosopher's Stone will be consumed," Charlotte said, "Considering the preciousness of the Philosopher's Stone, we usually don't use it as a disposable weapon, which is really too wasteful, Unless the target is a Dragonlord-level object. ”

Lu Mingfei raised his hand and asked, "Isn't there a half-breed who has considered improving their spiritual strength?" ”

Charlotte glanced at Lu Mingfei with some surprise: "This is what I want to say next, in history, alchemists have never stopped their pursuit of 'improving spiritual power', but without exception, they all failed. ”

"All failed?" Lu Mingfei was a little surprised.

"Well, the power of the spirit is not like the 'qi' in the oriental martial arts can be improved by means similar to meditation and cultivation, its upper limit is fixed from the birth of the half-blood, and it strengthens as the half-race grows, reaching its peak in adulthood, and then gradually declining with the aging of the half-blood, the upper limit cannot be increased through any form of exercise, the only way to break the upper limit is to improve the bloodline, the higher the bloodline, the higher the upper limit of the spiritual power of the mixed-race." Charlotte Road.

"But improving the bloodline is an abyss, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will turn into Deadpool, and there are alchemists who are not willing to take risks who think that since the Philosopher's Stone is a pure spiritual power, it can theoretically be absorbed into the spiritual power of the half-bloods......" Charlotte said here, "Trying this kind of behavior, all the half-bloods died violently, and it turned out that the pure spiritual elements are not a tonic for the soul, but highly poisonous." ”

"But years of exploration are not for nothing, and gradually people find that although they can't increase the amount of spirit, they can improve the ability of half-breeds to control their own spirits in some ways, which can not only gain a huge advantage in alchemy, but also resist the erosion of dragon blood on the spirit, to put it bluntly, it is more difficult for people to become Deadpool."

"Wait, doesn't that mean that after stabilizing their mental state, the half-breeds can try to use some more radical means to improve their bloodline without worrying about Deadpool." Lu Mingfei exclaimed.

"That's right, but there are very few hybrids who can do this," Charlotte said, "There are many ways to improve the bloodline, in addition to the potion, I also know of an ancient black sorcery called 'Violent Blood', which releases the power of dragon blood by suppressing one's own human spirit, also known as 'Path to the Gods', because the people who invented this technique believed that by refining the bloodline in this way, humans could reach the realm of dragons, that is, 'gods'." But it turns out that this technique leads only to hell. ”

"But there are very few ways to stabilize the spirit, and it just so happens that the Goettingen family has a set of such methods, which can make the mental state of the half-breed continue to stabilize, and after reaching the limit in theory, as long as you don't use too dead to improve your bloodline, you can almost avoid the risk of becoming Deadpool."

"And this technology!" Lu Mingfei looked surprised.

Charlotte nodded: "That's right, it originated in Jewish alchemy and is known as the 'Road of the Fire Sword'. ”

(End of chapter)