Chapter 3140 Unexpected Request

"Ms. Portia, long time no see." Angel performed a standard greeting.

Portia took out a lace folding fan and opened it slightly. The pattern on the fan was the poker pattern that is quite popular in Sky Mechanical City nowadays.

Portia opened the folding fan and covered her lips with a smile: "Long time? Why do I feel that the last time we met was just yesterday."

Angel replied seriously: "Maybe Ms. Portia is too serious in her research and forgot the time?"

Portia smiled softly and did not answer. Instead, she looked at Orao next to Angel: "Hey, this tall and strong little brother, is he your newly recruited assistant?"

Angel: "I guess so, his name is Orao, and he will conduct alchemical research with me for a long time in the future."

However, Orao is the object of research.

Portia raised her eyebrows: "So, is little brother Orao someone you think you can trust?"

Before, both Antonio and Midora actually noticed Orao, but they did not ask about Orao's identity. On the contrary, it was Portia who asked about Orao first. It can be seen from this that Portia did not trust Angel very much. She could try to trust him because of his status as a member of the R&D Institute, but it was difficult for her to trust other people around Angel.

Antonio and Medora believed in Angel, so they also believed in Orao, who was brought by Angel.

The closeness and distance were all clear at a glance.

Angel did not care about this. He did not have much contact with Portia, so it was normal for her to be cautious: "Yes, he is someone I trust."

After a pause, Angel continued: "Don't look at Orao's young face, but in terms of actual age, he is actually very old."

The implication is that Orao is not a little brother.

However, Portia obviously did not think so. She laughed and said: "Age is not important, what is important is the heart. His eyes tell me that he still retains innocence and ignorance."

This is not ironic.

Orao is indeed very old, but he spends most of his time in the closed poetry room, and he cannot even enter the mirror area. To him, these ten thousand years were more like a dream.

His mental age should be calculated based on the time ten thousand years ago.

By this calculation, he may not be older than Portia.

Angel thought about it and did not refute, but smiled: "Today's theme should not be Orao, right?"

Portia smiled: "Of course not... Since little brother Angel is so impatient, let's get to the point?"

Angel nodded without comment, and muttered in a low voice: "... Can the suffix after my name be removed?"

Portia smiled and closed the folding fan, and nodded elegantly in the direction of the light screen: "No~ When your strength exceeds mine, I will change my words."

Angel: "..."

We are all alchemists, what strength! Look at the technical ability!

Angel complained silently in his heart, but in fact he also understood that even if he really looked at the alchemy technology, he probably couldn't compare with Portia in terms of the breadth of technology.

After all, Portia is a real alchemist, unlike him, who joined the R&D Institute at the beginning and relied on the backdoor to refine semi-mysterious objects...

What's more, Portia was chosen by the nail grandmother. She is the most talented alchemist in the R&D Institute except Muse.

In terms of breadth, she is definitely better than Portia.

But as for depth, that's another story.

However, it's useless to say all this now. Portia doesn't talk to Angel about alchemy technology at all, and only suppresses her with her own strength. He really can't refute it.

Who made him weaker than Portia... According to the rules of the Southern Territory wizard world, he can only passively accept this title.

Angel sighed: "Forget it, whatever."

Seeing Angel slightly frustrated, Portia laughed even happier.

However, this smile did not last too long. As Angel took the initiative to talk about Qi Li, Portia's expression slowly returned to calm.

"... This is what happened." Angel simply told Qi Li's story again.

Portia smiled faintly and said, "It's similar to what Regina said before... You care about this Qi Li a lot?"

Angel just smiled and didn't respond.

He knew this topic too well. Once a "senior" talked to you about women, it is likely that the next topic would be emotional.

If it were Rhine, he would already be thinking about how to match them up.

And if it were a witch like Portia, she would probably want to hear gossip.

Once Portia heard three points of gossip, she could gossip nine points at the tea party.

So, it's better to shut up and not answer.

He is willing to listen to other people's gossip, but he never wants to be the object of gossip.

Portia didn't embarrass Angel. Seeing that Angel didn't answer, she changed the topic: "How to help Qi Li get out of the current predicament, I have some ideas about this. However, we will talk about this topic later. I want to talk to you about something else."

Angel: "Okay."

He looked calm at this time, but he was silently saying in his heart: What should come, has come.

Portia sent a message to him through Regina, saying that she wanted to meet him. She must have something to ask him. Moreover, it is likely that she wants to use Qi Li's matter to make some kind of exchange with him.

Considering Portia's recent actions, it must be related to life alchemy...

Just when Angel was thinking this, Portia whispered: "I want to ask you to help me refine a hat."

"Sorry, I haven't..." Angel was about to say that he hadn't found the magic pattern yet. But halfway through, he stopped.

"Hat?" Angel raised his head in confusion and looked at Portia.

Hey, why is it different from the script he thought? Isn’t Portia going to ask about the magic pattern of life alchemy?

Portia nodded: "Yes, I want to ask you to help me refine a hat... Why, you seem surprised?"

Angel shook his head quickly: "I'm not surprised, I just didn't expect that Ms. Portia would ask me to refine a hat. As far as I know, Master Matthew and Master Gusiro are both in Sky Mechanical City. If you want to refine a hat, you can actually Go find them."

"Golden Touch" Matthew and "Moonlight Silver" Gu Xiluo are both members of the Research and Development Institute, and they are both masters of the blending school of epigraphy. In terms of alchemy level alone, they are definitely the best in the Southern Region. .

Although Angel is also a member of the Research and Development Institute, it is definitely impossible to say that his alchemy level must be higher than that of Matthew and Gu Xiluo.

This is also the current consensus of the entire alchemy circle.

How old is Angel? How old were Matthew and Cyrus? Just in terms of accumulation of knowledge, Angel is definitely not as good as the latter two.

Therefore, Angel was very confused about Portia coming to him to make alchemy. Is there some unknown gap between Portia and Matthew and Cyrus?

Portia: "Of course I have to consider who I choose to refine it with."

The implication is that she considered Matthew and Gusillo, but finally chose Angel.

Angel frowned and asked, "Can you tell me the reason? Why do you want me to refine it?"

The reason why he wanted to know the reason was because he wanted to know what Portia valued? Portia must have some tendency to seek him to refine it, and what could this tendency be?

Moreover, let alone Portia, even if other close friends came to him to refine props, he would still ask why.

This is a basic matter of principle.

Portia: "Yes, but the answer I give you may be ridiculous."

"Absurd?" Angel: "In other words, false?"

Portia shook her head: "No, this is the real reason, but it may sound ridiculous."

Angel did not interrupt, but looked at Portia quietly, waiting for her words.

Portia held a folding fan, nodded her eyebrows, and seemed to be sorting out her words. After a while, she said: "The hat I asked you to help refine was not for me, but for another person. This one Man, you should have seen her, her name is... Dong Liz."

Winter Lizzie? Angel was stunned for a moment, and a girl wearing a big hat flashed in his mind.

Angel did meet Dong Lizi, and he even talked to her. To be precise, it was Dong Liz who took the initiative to find Angel.

At that time, it was the Rising Stars competition stage.

As a referee, Angel does not go to every game. When he is not refereeing, he occasionally chooses a few games to watch.

Once, when he, his brothers Leon and Sarum were waiting for the game to start in the audience, a girl wearing a very exaggerated Heenan hat came over.

This person is none other than Dong Liz, who is also one of the contestants in the Rising Star Competition.

Perhaps because Dong Lizi was born in Xialu Hailing, the temperament she exudes is very contradictory.

Even though he has the most innocent expression and the purest appearance, he often utters the most vicious and cruel words.

Her eyes always flashed with blood, her cheeks were flushed, and the corners of her mouth raised a faint smile, as if she was mocking the world.

She totally looks like a yandere.

She has exactly the same personality as the "basket witch" in charge of Xialu Hailing.

Dong Liz came to visit because Angel mentioned the "Shadow Goose Girl" Siman when chatting with Salum.

And this Siman is from Xialu Hailing.

Dong Lizi looked at Angel with delicate eyes: "Sir, are you curious about Siman? I have some inside information about her that I can provide to you~"

Of course, Dong Lizi's information was not given in vain. She was looking for Angel in exchange.

Dong Lizi pointed to the hat that Angel was wearing at that time: "I just want a hat from an adult. Your hat, if my sister wears it, it will definitely look good."

Next, Winter Liz said some strange things, such as her sister's dream is to build a hat museum. And her sister's wish is her wish.

Dong Liz also pointed to the empty seat next to her and said she wanted to introduce her sister to Salum, but there was no one next to Dong Liz, and there was no "sister" as she called it.

It was as if she was living in her own world and imagining a sister, and her sister was instructing her to search for hats everywhere.

It would be fine if you just searched for hats, but Winter Liz was used to chopping off her opponents' hats and heads together, because in her opinion... the hat museum must have models to hold the hats, and the human head is a natural model.

It can be said that Lizzie Dong is one of the most cruel players in the Rising Stars competition.

Of course, Angel finally rejected Dong Liz's exchange request.

He mentioned "Shadow Goose Girl" Siman at that time purely because he saw that she was also in the audience, and he casually gave his brother Leon a popular science lesson. I didn't think about knowing more information about Siman, so there was no need to exchange it with Dong Liz.

After that, Angel basically never thought of Dong Liz.

But he didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, he heard Dong Liz's name from Portia. Moreover, the last time Dong Liz asked Angel to trade a hat, Angel refused. This time it was Portia?

"Ms. Portia knows Dong Liz?"

Because he had contact with Dong Liz, Angel could roughly guess Dong Liz's desire for the hat, but what he didn't understand was why Portia would help Dong Liz?

Portia: "I have only met Dong Liz a few times, but I am quite familiar with her mentor."

"Her mentor..." Angel: "You mean, the 'basket witch' Witch Xia Lu?"

Portia nodded: "Yes, it seems that you are not too unfamiliar with Dong Liz?"

Angel: "Dongliz once asked me to buy a hat, but I refused. The reason she asked me for a hat was that she hoped to open a hat museum...Ms. Portia said before that your answer would be absurd. Could it be that the 'hat museum' is the answer?"

Portia: "No, but it is indeed related to her sister."

"Her sister?" Angel was stunned for a moment: "Does she really have a sister?"

Portia shrugged: "I don't know, anyway, I haven't seen it. But she and Witch Xia Lu said that she has a sister, so let's just assume that she has one."

Angel frowned, wanting to ask something, but didn't know where to start, so he could only continue to look at Portia and wait for her to continue speaking.

Portia: "It all started with Witch Xia Lu..."

As Portia narrated, Angel roughly restored the whole story.

In short, Portia had something to ask Witch Xia Lu for help, and the condition proposed by Witch Xia Lu was that Portia prepare a hat for Dong Lizi.

In Portia's opinion, what's the difficulty in preparing a hat? Moreover, it was even easier to prepare a hat for an apprentice, so she agreed.

However, when Portia negotiated with Dong Lizi later, she found that the direction of the matter was a bit off.

Witch Xia Lu said that she was preparing a hat for Dong Lizi, but Dong Lizi said that the prepared hat was for her sister.

Moreover, Dong Lizi also said that her sister hoped that the person who would refine the hat would be Grandma Nail or Angel.

Let's not talk about who to refine it for now.

What made Portia speechless the most now was that she couldn't see Dong Lizi's sister at all, even if Dong Lizi said that her sister was right next to Portia, she couldn't see her.

Portia thought that Dong Liz was lying, but after using the Word of Truth, she found that Dong Liz was telling the truth.

She would not have thought anything of Dong Liz's request for a hat, but she insisted that it was her sister who wanted the hat, which made her speechless.

Moreover, Dong Liz also said that she hoped to communicate with her sister before refining the hat.

It is normal to communicate before alchemy. But refining a hat for an invisible "sister" and communicating with the other party, this argument is absurd even for Portia.

But this is the real reason.