Chapter 201: The Test of the Newcomer (2-in-1)
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When Chen Daolin followed Carmen out of the small building, when he came to the door, he saw the red-haired parrot standing on the platform - the birdman was staring at him, and the pair of small eyes were full of curiosity.
However, it was clearly afraid of Carmen, and cowered on the shelf, not daring to say a word.
Carmen, on the other hand, paused at the door, glancing at the parrot out of the corner of her eye.
"How many days are left of your punishment?"
"Six...... Seven days. β
"Six or seven days, as a magician, can't you even count?" said Carmen.
"Seven days. The parrot hung its head.
Carmen narrowed her eyes, she looked at the parrot carefully, and suddenly said, "The coat color is not bright enough, what have you become?"
"Golden, macaw ......"
"Idiot. Carmen snorted: "A purebred macaw should have red feathers all over it, not a single variegated feather, and two white feathers on your paws." Also, the hook on the beak is too curly, the tail is drooping, and the cheeks are a little white, is this also called a purebred macaw? As a Transfiguration cultivator, if you don't even know enough about the deformed species, what else can you change?"
"I ...... I was wrong. β
The parrot's tone was almost on the verge of crying.
Carmen was silent for a moment, then took a breath: "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll reduce your punishment, and you will be exempted from the remaining seven days of transformation and welcoming guests." Tomorrow you will be responsible for picking up a set of equipment for this Darling Teaching Assistant, and then from now on, you will be responsible for following Darling's Teaching Assistant and helping him clean the Darling Room for a month. β
After saying this, it was not only this parrot. Even Chen Daolin was stunned.
Seven days of punishment...... Turned into a month?
This, this is still called reduction?
The parrot was so frightened that it didn't even dare to speak, but just nodded again and again, and at the moment it still looked like a parrot. It's clearly the appearance of a live chick pecking rice.
Carmen then ignored the parrot. Striding out of the door, Chen Daolin cast a beam of pity at the parrot. Hurriedly chased after him.
"Do you have a place to stay in the Imperial Capital?" asked Carmen as she walked.
"I ......"
Chen Daolin was just about to answer, but Carmen had already quickly continued: "Follow me, the work is very heavy, you can move to the academy from today." You can pick a house by the lake. β
After speaking, a piece of paper had already floated into Chen Daolin's hand, Chen Daolin looked down and saw that it was a blank application form, and there was a line of signatures at the end, which was clearly the name "Su Li Carmen".
"This thing is for you, whatever you need, just fill it in yourself. Then hand it in directly, so as not to bother me again. β
This woman is resolute in doing things, but this kind of behavior makes Chen Daolin inevitably feel a little unhappy.
Although he himself originally planned to live in the academy. But this Carmen didn't even ask herself, and directly made a decision on her behalf, this domineering style that didn't take into account the feelings of others made Chen Daolin can't help but mutter.
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The Hogwarts branch is located in the southeast corner of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To Chen Daolin's surprise, there was a small square in front of the branch, but the flower garden was full of tulips!
This tulip field made Chen Daolin feel a little strange in his heart, and he couldn't help but take a deep look at Carmen's back.
The Hogwarts Sorting House does not have any courtyard walls, it is surrounded by a grove of paths through which the Sorting House buildings are located.
Two streams pass through the forest and finally converge into a small pond, and just beside the pond, a three-story building made of white boulders comes into view.
"This is my real room...... In the house, only our Hogwarts branch has its own real room, so you don't have to go to the public real yΓ n room to grab a room with those people. Carmen did not stop at all, and the words in his mouth were also fast: "But only the top students are eligible to apply for the real yΓ n room here, as for you, ......"
She suddenly stopped, glanced back at Chen Daolin, as if hesitating: "Wait a few days, if you can show the strength that meets the formula you just said, I will allocate you a real room that belongs to you alone, before that, I still need to test your ability, you can follow me to do chores first." β
Chen Daolin did not speak, but was silent - he understood that what Carmen said was not to discuss with him, but only to "inform" himself.
The woman seemed accustomed to this way of giving orders.
Walking into this white stone building, the entrance is a small hall with a corridor on the left and right sides.
"The place on the left is all for me to use, and your job is to help me organize all the materials I use on a daily basis, and do some simple mixing experiments according to my requirements. Carmen raised her hand and pointed to a door in the corridor on the left: "Now you can get to work, there is a list of all the ingredients I need this afternoon, a list of twenty-one recipes, I need you to prepare all these potions." β
After speaking, she glanced at an hourglass hanging in the corner: "I'll give you two hours." β
Chen Daolin was completely speechless, he nodded silently to Carmen, and then strode to the door on the left.
This room is really large, it is divided into two floors, it is a patio-like appearance, and there are more than a dozen large real yΓ n tables on the ground, and all kinds of magic test equipment - at first glance, it looks very similar to the kind of chemistry real room that is common in real-world universities.
The walls around it were large and small cabinets, piled with various materials, and there were two doors leading to the storeroom, where there were large reserves of various magical materials and potions.
Chen Daolin saw a piece of parchment nailed there on a whiteboard, and it was indeed a list on it.
Chen Daolin only glanced at it, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Twenty copies of the Intermediate Accelerated Synthesizer, sixty copies of the Fire Auxiliary Amplification Enhancer, twenty copies of the Vertigo Psychedelic Agent, and ............ Hell!"
Chen Daolin couldn't help but scold.
He's not an idiot who doesn't know anything. During the time he was in the Governor's Mansion in the East China Sea, he spent most of his time in the real yΓ n room with Lucius, and he was also very familiar with all kinds of things in the real yΓ n room.
According to his judgment, such a large amount of work, even a very skilled magic apprentice could complete the work on this list. It will take at least a whole day!!
"This ...... This is an impossible task at all!!After doing this in two hours, what are you kidding!" Chen Daolin suddenly wanted to curse!
"It's just that this fire-based auxiliary amplification enhancer, the synthesis of the potion needs to be heated and cooled and other drugs to solidify, which will take three hours!" Chen Daolin had the urge to tear this list to shreds and smash it on Carmen's beautiful face.
Thinking that he had thought he had come out of Liszt's wolf's den. I didn't expect to come to this magic academy. But it was like entering the tiger's den again. This Dean Carmen will be her own boss from now on, but this woman may not seem to be a good boss......
Let's take a walk and see!
Chen Daolin sighed. Then the work at hand began.
I have to say that at this time, the set of magical knowledge inherited by Lady Stone has highlighted its great value!
Madame Stone is a high-level alchemist, and an alchemist has been dealing with the magic room for almost his entire life. Make all kinds of magic and make all kinds of magic equipment - almost any alchemist will spend most of his life in the magic room.
And Lady Stone, such a master-level alchemist, has undoubtedly learned and accumulated experience in her life is extremely valuable.
Embodied in Chen Daolin's body, he is equivalent to having all the theories and experience of a master alchemist.
Any equipment in the room can be used directly without any problem. Almost all magic potions. He only needed to look at it to identify the type, and then all the relevant information naturally popped into his head: medicinal properties, characteristics, suitable formulas. The heat of refining and so on and so forth.
If Chen Daolin was two months ago, he suddenly threw him into such a real room, I am afraid he would still be blind, but after all, in the East China Sea Governor's Mansion, Chen Daolin already had more than a month of practical experience, and more than a month was enough to integrate all kinds of knowledge and experience in his mind with practical operation.
At this moment, Chen Daolin looks like a rookie, just like an old alchemist who has been immersed in the real room all his life.
He took the list, quickly found a pile of needed potion materials from the warehouse, and then started to work like a fly.
He can operate three sets of beakers while freeing his hands to select medicinal herbs. While he waits for the agent to cool, he can distract himself from operating the condensate. He can grind the powder while pounding the medicine. While synthesizing chemicals, you can also operate three real stations for medicinal property testing.
He even took the time to make himself a pot of tea!
He is like an octopus, almost every second is wasted, every minute is used to the fullest.
Two hours later, the door was pushed open, and Carmen, dressed in a red trench coat, appeared in the doorway.
Chen Daolin was holding a cigarette roll in his mouth, holding a beaker in one hand to see the color of the medicine, and spraying condensate into another bucket of potion with a watering can in the other.
Chen Daolin saw Carmen standing at the door, but he didn't say anything, just quietly continued his work.
Carmen walked in slowly, and the woman's face was as cold as ever at first, but as she saw the progress in the real room, her face finally showed a hint of shock!
"You...... How's it going?" Carmen's eyes were distinctly strange.
"On the third platform, the first platform is the stun agent you want, the sixth platform is the mid-level acceleration potion, and the first platform is the fire type amplification you want......" Chen Daolin quickly reported his results, and at the same time glanced at his hands: "The one in my hand is the wind neutralizer, and the bucket on the right is the Oclara stealth potion you want." β
Speaking of this, Chen Daolin was still holding a cigarette and deliberately glanced at Carmen: "There is hot tea in that pot on the table next to you, if you are thirsty, you can pour yourself a cup, use that wooden cup, I have washed it, it is clean." β
Carmen stopped talking.
She squinted her eyes, and then quickly walked to the front of the Zhang Shi stage, and after quickly checking it, she turned around, looked at Chen Daolin and frowned, "Fire system increase...... The potency seems to be insufficient. β
"Of course not! Your recipe is up to a standard that the potion must be heated and cooled three times. It's at least three hours, and not even a god can do it unless I know how to turn back time. However, I used a different method, only heating and cooling twice. Potency will be reduced by a small half. But I dispensed a standard dose of 100 servings. A third more than what you ask for. When you use it, you just increase the dose, and you can guarantee the standard drug properties - you only gave me two hours. This is the only solution. β
Chen Daolin replied unhurriedly, then he glanced at the color of the beaker potion in his hand and smiled lightly: "Well, the color is just right." That's it!"
He put down the beaker, quickly took out a row of small bottles and placed them on the table, and then poured the potion from the beaker into each bottle - the whole process was so skillful that not even a drop of the potion was spilled.
"That's it, call it a day!"
Chen Daolin clapped his hands and turned to look at Carmen.
Carmen's expression was wonderful, and the expression on the woman's face changed several times in an instant. There were surprises, accidents, doubts, and finally a deep, complicated smile.
"Mr. Darling. My list is a total of twenty-one recipes, and you've only done it...... Well, there are only sixteen recipes. What about the rest?"
Chen Daolin stretched out his hands: "I'm sorry, my ability is limited to this." That's all I can do in two hours. So ......"
He quickly stepped aside, washed his hands, wiped dry his robe, and then turned to look at Carmen: "So, if you are not satisfied with my job, then please cancel my teaching assistant job now, in fact, I am quite interested in working as a librarian." β
Don't even think about it!!
Carmen almost screamed out this sentence in her heart!
Yes, it's safe to say that Carmen is just embarrassing Chen Daolin!
She knew very well that the work on the list would never be completed in two hoursβeven if it was Carmen herself, with a master of potions like her, it would never be possible to complete so many potions in two hours, even if she was familiar with the properties of the potions, even if she could find many shortcuts, it would be impossible to accomplish them!
This checklist task is a test that Carmen has always used to test the newly recruited assistants around her.
She had experimented with her own hands, and even if she did it herself, in two hours, she would have done half of it at most!
And this young fellow, he's done sixteen! That's more than two-thirds of the way!
What he couldn't even do as a Potions master, he did better than himself.
This guy ...... Is it a monster?
Unless it's the kind of old monster who has been immersed in the real yΓ n room all his life, otherwise, who has such a strong medicinal proficiency?
"You...... Is it really only twenty-four?low-level mage?" Carmen's brow furrowed.
"Of course. Chen Daolin smiled, revealing snow-white teeth: "I'm not married yet--as for my magic level, I think next month, I should be at the middle level." β
"Oh?" said Carmen, raising an eyebrow.
"That's right...... I didn't have a chance to introduce you to it before. Chen Daolin was not in a hurry: "I just came out of the Magic Guild this morning, and I have already submitted an application for the assessment of the intermediate mage level, but they said that they can't find a suitable senior mage to be the main examiner for the time being, so they want me to wait for a month." β
"The examiner?"
Suddenly, the woman smiled.
She walked slowly a few steps to the side, picked up the teapot on the table, poured herself a cup of hot tea, and took a sip.
The woman frowned: "This tea is really unpalatable, why didn't you add honey?"
"............" Chen Daolin was speechless, thinking: Is Lao Tzu doing a good job in a race against time!
"I want to announce two things to you: first, you have passed my assessment, so tomorrow you will be officially appointed as a teaching assistant, and you will be free to come and go in my real room. β
Carmen was smiling, but there was something complicated in her smile: "The second thing...... You shouldn't have to wait a month for your intermediate assessment. By the way, I am also the permanent deacon of the Magic Guild, and I also have the right to be the chief examiner of the magic level assessment, so ...... I'll inform the union that I'm interested in being your examiner, and I think your exam will be scheduled in three days at most β hopefully you're ready. β
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When Chen Daolin came out of the magic academy and returned to the square outside, the sun was almost setting.
The Liszt family's carriage was parked in the square outside the college's gates. The guards and Hook waited quietly. The Liszt guards didn't look anxious at all, while Hook was there looking at the boulder in front of the academy gate, as if in a daze, thinking about something.
When Chen Daolin walked out. The Liszt guards immediately greeted him. It was Hook, who fell lastβhe saw a smile on the corner of Chen Daolin's mouth.
"Master, is the business done, shall we go back?" asked the head of the Liszt guard, in a low voice.
"Hmm. Chen Daolin smiled happily. Glancing at the guard, he knew, the head of the guard was the Eyes and Ears of the Fredees, who was watching over him, "I'll inform you of one thing, my entry into the House has been completed, and the House has appointed me as Assistant Professor of Potions at Hogwarts Sorting - to be Dean Carmen's assistant." Well. I'm going to live in the academy from now on, so we can go back and pack our bags now. β
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"Now, now, so fast?"
The wrinkles on Frey's face were all piled up, and his face was full of bitterness, and he looked at Chen Daolin who was standing in front of him with a smile, his eyes were full of incredulity.
"It's really fast. Chen Daolin smiled.
He was standing in the small courtyard of Liszt's house. Behind him, Hook had already walked into the room to tell the others to pack their bags.
Barossa and Xia Xia stood in the door frame and peeked out.
"I ......" Frey took a deep breath, "I thought ...... According to the tradition of the academy, even if it is an appointment and formalities, it will take at least half a month. β
"I can only say that I was lucky. Chen Daolin's expression remained unchanged: "Dean Carmen needs me to take office immediately." β
"Yes. But......" Frey seemed to be thinking of some excuse to stop it, and Chen Daolin had already said quickly: "Dean Carmen has already said that she needs me to prepare the materials for the class early tomorrow morning, so I must live in the academy tonight." β
He looked at Frey: "I don't have any salutes, but I need to borrow your carriage to take me out of town again, there should be no problem, right?"
Frey thought for a moment and said, "...... The gates of the imperial capital are closed at night, so I'm afraid I have to leave the city, and I have to wait until tomorrow......"
Chen Daolin smiled, his expression seemed to say: I knew you would be like this for a long time.
He unhurriedly took out something from his arms and raised it in front of Frey: "Look, the pass token given to me by the academy, with this token, you can enter and exit the imperial capital at night, without the restrictions of the curfew. β
β............β
Looking at Frey, who was speechless, Chen Daolin smiled, turned around and walked into his room.
As soon as he entered the room, he grabbed Barossa's waist with one hand, and then quickly kissed the elf girl on the cheek, and laughed in a low voice: "Let's leave here tonight overnight, and we will never have anything to do with this Liszt family again." β
Barossa's face was flushed, but there was some curiosity in her eyes: "That...... What the hell is it like in the Academy of Magic?"
"Well...... Chen Daolin thought for a while and said, "It should be a good place." Well...... Except for my boss, who was a little difficult to deal with, everything else was fine. There are beautiful mountains and rivers, we live in a house by the lake, I have also seen the house, it is quite big, we all live in it, it is still very spacious. β
After a pause, Chen Daolin smiled a little meaningfully: "And there are many fun things there...... Like, Quidditch, have you ever heard of it?"
......
Frey no longer had an excuse to stop Chen Daolin from leaving, so he could only helplessly ask the servants to help Chen Daolin pack up his salutes, arrange a carriage, and send Chen Daolin and his party out of the mansion.
As soon as Chen Daolin's carriage left, Frey immediately turned around and walked back, and whispered to a housekeeper beside him: "Immediately use our channels to send urgent news to the patriarch, just say ...... Darling's departure from the house!
......
In the evening, in the palace, the emperor was sitting at the table reading, when someone knocked on the door softly, and then came the voice of Pete, the minister in charge of the inner court.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you. β
The emperor frowned slightly, put down the book in his hand, raised his head, and rubbed his sore forehead: "Come in." β
Pete cautiously walked into the study and bowed.
"If there's anything important to pick up, don't go around in circles, I still have to read books. The Emperor glanced at Pete.
"Yes!" Pete immediately straightened up and said quickly, "I just received the news that the little mage you value has left Liszt's house overnight. The Academy of Magic,I have accepted his entry.,I heard that this little magician doesn't know how.,Actually got Dean Carmen's appreciation.,I only went to report today.,I was appointed as an assistant by Dean Carmen.,With Dean Carmen's special approval.,Half a day to do all the procedures.,Now at this time,Master Darling should have gone out of the city overnight.,Stay in the Academy of Magic.γ β
"Oh?"
The Emperor looked up again and glanced at Pete.
Pete hurriedly added: "I just got this news, so I rushed to ...... immediately."
"Pete, I ask you a question. The Emperor smiled suddenly, and he picked up the book next to him and rolled it up lightly in his hand.
"I don't know what His Majesty commands?" Pete hurried up two steps.
"I'm ......" The smile on the emperor's face suddenly faded in an instant! The face was suddenly covered with a layer of frost, and his eyes were like sharp swords, staring at Pete fiercely: "I...... When did you tell you to send someone to keep an eye on Master Darling?"
"............" Pete's body trembled suddenly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead at that time: "I, I, I thought ......"
"What do you think?" the emperor sneered, "You think I appreciate this little fellow, so I sent someone to keep an eye on him for me?" do you think...... Hmph, why do you think you can take my place?"
Poof!
Pete immediately knelt down, kneeling there, not daring to say a word, but paused again and again.
"Humph!!"
The emperor withdrew his sharp eyes, then picked up the book in his hand and slowly unfolded it, and after reading a few lines, he seemed to be careless, and said, "Was it appointed by Dean Carmen himself......?" It's funny, Dean Carmen has always been above the top, and this kid really seems to be a bit outstanding. β
Pete hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... I, I'm going to call them all back, again, again......"
"That's not necessary. The emperor said lightly: "Since they are all sent out, let's do things to the end." How many times have I told you, if you don't do something, you have to do it beautifully. β
He glanced at Pete: "You're in the Academy of Magic, there are people too, right?"
β...... His Majesty's words made me terrified! Where am I somebody...... These people are loyal to His Majesty, Your Majesty!" Pete felt his underwear drenched in sweat.
"Okay, then let 'my people' watch Darling in the academy, he's a little kid, don't be bullied. There's one more thing, you go and do it overnight!"
"Yes, yes! β
"News of Darling's entry into the Academy of Magic...... There is also the appointment of Dean Carmen, you can find a way to send someone to spread the news to Tulip's house. β
"But ......" Pete smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, Miss Messiah......"
"Bastard!" the emperor suddenly glared: "Miss Messiah, this title is also what you can call!"
"Yes, yes!" Pete hurriedly changed his words: "It's Lord Duke!, I mean, Lord Duke is not in the imperial capital now, but far away in the capital of the Tulip Family Territory in the northwest, this news ......"
"I know you have a way. The Emperor suddenly changed his gentle smile again: "I don't care what you do, anyway, what I want is: tomorrow at the latest, my little aunt will know the news that Master Darling has entered the Academy of Magic and has been favored by Dean Carmen." (To be continued)