Chapter 517 True Alchemy

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When he returned home, Keimo Stryer immediately saw a black envelope placed on the dining table.

"What is this?" He looked at his wife Sera who was busy in the kitchen.

"Ah, by the way, officials from the city hall came this afternoon." The wife wiped the oil stains on her hands and brought a basin of fragrant broth to the table. "His Highness said that he planned to ask you to go to the royal capital to take charge." The pick-up boat will arrive in two days.”

"Isn't he there to cause trouble for his brother? It's a waste of time to ask me to go there," Kaimo frowned, "I can't get there within a week of this journey. His demands are getting more and more excessive."

“He is your prince, the lord of Neverwinter City, my dear,” Sera smiled and shook her head, “and the officials from the city hall said that in order to express his importance, he even wrote a letter to you. This is already considered a rare honor, right? Remember to keep this letter well after reading it. Maybe it can be passed down as a family heirloom in the future."

What kind of heirloom is it? If it were the complete version of "Intermediate Chemistry", it would be almost the same. Kaimo curled his lips and said, "Eat first, then talk after eating... He better have a good reason."

After the simple dinner, he went into the study and opened the envelope.

A small piece of paper fell out of it, spread out and only about one finger long. Apparently it was a secret letter delivered via carrier pigeon, and the outer cover was added as an afterthought by City Hall officials.

Kaimo held the note with one hand, fumbled on the table with the other for a while, and clamped the monocle on the bridge of his nose. Reading under the dim light of candles for a long time has made his eyesight worse day by day. Fortunately, life in the small town has improved a lot than before. Five or six candles can be lit in the room at the same time, but he doesn't know when the light will be available at home. Create bright and clean lights like a chemical factory.

The content on the note was very short, only one sentence.

"Remember the Royal Capital Alchemist Association? Now you have a chance to tell them what real alchemy is."

Kaimo's breath suddenly hitched.

The Royal Capital Alchemy Association is the place that all those who are determined to embark on this path and pursue the truth of all things desire to go, and of course he was no exception when he was young.

Only his wife knew that he had submitted an application to the Royal Capital Alchemy Association - using the alchemy formula "Gold Melting Liquid" that he had figured out alone when he was twenty years old as a stepping stone. However, during the review process, Kaimo's formula unexpectedly failed. He failed to obtain a fuming brown acid after two attempts. The alchemist Lightning who was present at the review was furious and claimed that he did it on purpose. He came to waste the association's precious raw materials. Not only did he not give him a chance to try it out for the third time, he also ordered the guards to snatch his money bag and blast him out of the door.

At the entrance of the association, Leining sneered and took out five silver wolves from his bag and threw them in front of Kaimo, saying that these were to pay for his return to Chishui City, and the rest was to compensate the association for its losses. After saying this, he turned around When he left, Kaimo was left with only a shadow and great shame. This incident became a scar in his heart, and he never disclosed it to anyone except his wife.

Returning to Chishui City full of anger, Kaimo did not give up on alchemy. He spent all day in the workshop, trying to find new alchemy formulas and prove to the Royal Capital Alchemy Association that their vision and level were nothing more than this. ...Unexpectedly, this wait lasted for ten years. It was not until he was thirty that he found the second alchemy formula and was promoted to alchemist in Chishui City. It took another six years to truly become the chief.

During this period, Kaimo regarded the Royal Capital Alchemy Association as its biggest rival and had several industry exchanges with it. But the other party behaved like a arrogant swan, and did not even agree with any alchemy organization except them. They believed that the alchemists in Chishui City were only apprentices, at best, disciples, and were not worthy of this title at all. Most of the so-called newly discovered alchemical formulas are old stuff that the association has figured out for more than ten years.

The chief of the association at the time also disdainfully said that there was no need to build alchemy workshops in other cities. This skill required a lot of money and manpower, and was simply not something that ordinary lords could afford. If you are in need of alchemy, you can turn to them directly for help. If the lord invests it alone, tens of thousands of golden dragons may be thrown down and not even a splash will be made. In all likelihood, he will only be able to raise a pile of waste.

Although it was a bit frustrating to say it, Kaimo knew that only the Chishui City Alchemy Workshop regarded the Association as a competitor, and the latter did not take him seriously at all. This is why he was ecstatic after the success of the two-stone acid-making method and the crystal glass firing. The former can produce a large amount of precious acid, while the latter is the most sought-after alchemical product on the market. With these two achievements, Even the Alchemy Association with its chin raised to the sky can no longer regard itself as nothing.

As a result, no one could have expected that everything that followed would be so dramatic. His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon, who was far away in the borderland, found him and opened a new door for him with a book "Elementary Chemistry".

From then on, Kaimo found that everything he had learned was meaningless. Alchemy itself represented backwardness and became a skill destined to be eliminated. A new path of exploration lay before him - this time, The connection between all things is no longer full of chaos, but orderly; the calculations in the past have become worthless. Whether it is the Alchemy Association of the Royal Capital or the precious formulas that have been obtained with countless efforts, they can be put down.

As it should be.

However, Kaimo Stryer found that when His Highness mentioned this word again, his heart was still pounding, and an indescribable excitement quietly returned to his heart.

The dismissive back, the dusty silver wolf, the slamming door, and the arrogance that there was no need for other alchemy organizations except the Royal Capital Alchemy Association to exist appeared in Kaimo's mind.

"Now you have the chance to show them what true alchemy is."

Kaimo glanced at the note for the last time, stood up involuntarily, and walked out of the study, "Sela——"

He suddenly stopped when he was about to start talking. He noticed that there was an open package in the living room, with several pieces of his clothes stacked inside, and his wife was bending down to pack his luggage.

"This is……"

"Of course we are going to the Royal Capital. I know you will go there even without His Highness's personal letter," Sera smiled, "Do you still remember those stories you told me before? There is something there that you should get back. s things."

Kaimo was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"I'm sorry to bother you at home. I have to go to the royal capital." (To be continued.)