Chapter 152 Isabel's Meeting Gift

After the class on Tuesday morning, Isabel came to eat with Aiwas as usual.

Isabel had a lot of things to share with Aiwas. From last Friday to today, the two had not met, and the topic had been piled up for four days.

If it was before, Isabel had no concept of time. For her, every day's life was an infinitely repeated cycle, and there was no expectation for the next day.

But now the situation is different. She is looking forward to being promoted with Aiwas, looking forward to their adventures in the dream world and experiencing another life together; she is also looking forward to chatting with Aiwas and sharing interesting things in each other's recent lives.

Even though this kind of sharing happens every day, the content is completely different.

Isabel used to like weekends very much. Because every weekend, she can stay quietly in the Silver and Tin Hall without talking to anyone. She sings, draws, and plays musical instruments there alone, and time passes in the blink of an eye.

That kind of isolated and quiet feeling can always heal her tired mind.

But now when the weekend is approaching, Isabel will become anxious. Because she won't see Aiwass for the next few days, and she has gradually gotten used to talking to others. Once she adapts to that kind of life, she will understand what loneliness is.

Therefore, Isabel will carefully prepare a notebook with her prepared topic plans. She and Aiwass are not in the same department. They can only meet stably for more than three hours at noon every day, and they may not be free in the afternoon. One of them often has something to do suddenly.

This leads to her sometimes missing the topic she has thought of. Obviously, she encountered something interesting last night or in the morning, but she forgot to talk about it after meeting. She didn't remember it until she separated, and the next chat was a day later... After a few times like this, Isabel began to take notes, make some plans and preparations for the chat session, and record the questions she had thought of or the interesting things she wanted to say.

She heard last night that Aiwass brought his sister to school. At that time, Isabel was very curious, because she knew that Aiwass's sister was weak and sick and rarely went out to see the wind.

Now she suddenly went out, should the disease finally be cured?

Isabel was quite curious about Aiwass's sister, because Aiwass often used "Yuli" as a topic. Although she had never met Yulia Moriarty, Isabel had already known her to a considerable extent.

Her personality... seemed to be somewhat similar to her own?

Thinking that both of them were people without friends and had a good relationship with Aiwass. Maybe they could have common topics and become friends?

So Isabel took the initiative to ask to meet Yulia. And Aiwass also readily agreed.

After asking Aiwass what his sister liked, Isabel went back to prepare.

Only at this time could she realize that she was indeed the princess of Avalon - obviously, they should all be quite troublesome things, but she just mentioned it and prepared them before the end of the afternoon class.

Although she had the key to No. 14 Ronin Street, in order not to give Yulia a bad impression, Isabel still nervously rang the doorbell at the door.

As the saying goes, put yourself in someone else's shoes. Isabel thought about it. If it was her, she would definitely feel uneasy if the door of the room she was staying in was suddenly opened by a stranger. No matter who that person was, it would only make Isabel feel subconsciously uncomfortable and resistant.

Fortunately, she lived in the Palace of Silver and Tin, and there was no such opportunity.

What surprised Isabel was that it was not Lily who opened the door. It was a cute girl she had never seen before.

Isabel was not very tall, and Yulia was half a head shorter than her.

Her long white hair fell to her waist, and the bangs covering her forehead and temples made the girl's already small face look more delicate.

Her eyes were a rare, warm color like rubies. Isabel subconsciously thought of the candy she liked to eat.

... She was unexpectedly energetic.

"Sister..."

Yulia made a soft voice: "Who are you looking for?"

Hearing this, Isabel unconsciously put on a gentle smile on her face.

She was not the youngest in the family. In addition to her two-year-old brother, Isabel originally had brothers and sisters. But they are all dead now.

"I'm looking for Aiwass... and you at the same time."

Isabel closed the door casually, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Yulia's hair - the girl's white hair was not the bone-like white hair of the old man, nor was it the pale hair that made people feel cold. Instead, it felt slightly warm, and people could see vitality and energy at a glance.

The satin-like smooth feeling made Isabel feel an illusion at the tip of her finger without even touching it.

She even wanted to touch Yulia's cheek. She was so cute, like a cat raised by her grandmother.

But she thought it was too rude - Aiwass said that Yulia was a very shy and timid girl. This would scare her.

"You are Yulia, right?" Isabel said softly, "I prepared a gift for you..."

As she said that, she handed the shoulder bag she carried with her to Yulia.

Yulia tilted her head slightly while holding the bag, looking a little confused.

“Open it and take a look.”

Isabel encouraged softly.

She was actually a little uneasy, because she was a little confused about the gift she chose - even though Aiwass swore that this was what Yulia liked.

But Isabel still felt that this was too strange. Why would a fifteen year old girl like this?

Yulia opened her satchel and found three thick books inside.

"The Triumphal Carriage of Antimony", "Theory of Transmutation of Metals: Special Agents and Modified Metals" and "Astronomy of the Lower World".

"This is--"

Yulia's eyes suddenly lit up, and her whole body became excited.

Because these three books are all very famous alchemy works, and they are also books that cannot be bought through normal channels in Avalon.

"The Triumphal Carriage of Antimony" is a sacred text written by Valentine I, the founder of the Kingdom of Star Antimony, and "Astronomy of the Lower World" is an ancient alchemist's summary of alchemy - it regards alchemy as " "Lower Astronomy" corresponds to the real astronomy "Upper Astronomy".

And transmutation is an alchemical term. It refers to one substance being changed into another substance, one element being changed into another element...for example, a specific base metal is transmuted into silver or gold.

In this process, a transformation agent with mysterious properties is needed. It is a "special agent" that can carry out a large amount of metal modification by consuming only a small part. Different alchemical processes require different types of special agents, synthesis methods, and usage amounts.

The essence of the legendary "Philosopher's Stone" is the ultimate special agent - only a small amount is needed to transform base metals hundreds of thousands of times its weight into gold. This is also one of the three ultimate goals pursued by alchemists.

It is equally famous as "Life Creation" and "Universal Solvent". The latter refers to a universal solvent that can dissolve all substances in the universe and return them to their most basic properties, so that any substance can participate in alchemy.

These three books respectively explain the three general directions of alchemy: "spiritual sublimation", "material modification" and "conceptual projection". It can be said that they contain the foundation of the entire modern alchemy.

This is not a popular science book for laymen, but something that only extraordinary people who are serious about alchemy research should start reading.

Although this is not a tantric book, if you can fully understand these three books, you can also obtain at least three mysterious skills from them, and then change your profession to become a real alchemist.

Yulia has a Star Antimony version of "The Triumph of Antimony", which is in the professor's collection. She was almost done with it... She had read it at least ten times, and she could memorize many chapters directly.

But after all, she didn’t quite understand Star Antimony.

Even if I consulted the dictionary repeatedly, I still couldn't understand some of the rare words, alchemical terms and coined words in the book. She often pulls Professor Moriarty to ask him to help decipher words and passages that she doesn't understand.

The remaining two books are not even in the professor's collection - the former is too introductory for the professor, but it records the mysterious skill "substance transformation" necessary for changing the profession of alchemist.

The latter is another field that none of the professors have studied... It is a mysterious alchemy that uses the names and concepts of gods, similar to prayers and rituals.

It is impossible to buy these books in Avalon. They are completely forbidden books.

There are some in the library of Wangli University of Law, but the books in the library must be returned after reading... This makes Yulia a little reluctant. Moreover, Aiwass also had books he wanted to read, and Yulia didn’t want to use her brother’s quota to borrow the books she wanted to read.

Yulia flipped through it a little, and was surprised to find that they were not typed on a typewriter, but handwritten in their entirety!

These books are written in Avalonian, and the handwriting appears vigorous and powerful. I wrote down some notes, corrections and conjectures in the content——

Apparently this was the "first draft translation" of the Avalonian versions of these books today.

"...You should be Her Royal Highness Princess Isabel, right?"

Yulia no longer dared to pretend not to know the other person. She even hesitated: "Can I accept such a precious thing?"

She loves them very much. But it was precisely because of this that she could feel the value of these books—she even dared not accept them.

There is always a feeling, as if collecting these books is going to sell my brother...

"it does not matter."

Isabel smiled and said: "This set of books was a gift given to my grandmother by the president of Milton University... Because of my grandmother's education reform at that time, alchemy was no longer a taboo. And in order to support this policy, he Eleven alchemical works that I translated were sent to my grandmother, and they became the basis for the textbooks compiled by the University of Avalon.

“After the textbooks were compiled, these books became my grandmother’s private collection. Later, when my talent for the authoritarian path was not good, my grandmother gave them to me.

"I also thought about learning alchemy back then. But it turned out to be too complicated for me. Aiwass said you like alchemy... It's great that you like it, so that knowledge will not be wasted. It is a real misfortune that such a good book is left unread.

"Just keep them safely, Yulia."

Isabel said softly: "I want to become a great alchemist."

"Thank you sister!!"

Yulia was so happy that she carefully put them back into the bag.

Seeing that Yulia really liked the gift she gave, Isabel also breathed a sigh of relief.

Aiwass actually got it right.

Yulia really likes alchemy books...

How can a girl of fourteen or fifteen like this kind of thing?

The Moriarty family is not short of money. Giving something that can be bought on the market is meaningless and will only make them look vulgar and tasteless. Simply giving books is useless because the library of the Royal Law University is the royal collection of books. She is just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. But Aiwass doesn't know what Yulia likes either - the preferences he gave can be said to be weird.

Mechanics, electronics, chemistry, paleontology, the favorite should be products related to alchemy, such as alchemy books.

...Listen, does this sound like something a fifteen-year-old girl should like?

Isabel even thought about giving Yulia a set of butterfly specimens. This should be considered paleontology, and it seems to be more in line with the aesthetics of girls - at least it looks beautiful.

But she thought for a long time and decided to respect Yulia's personal preferences.

So she finally thought of a suitable gift:

- A unique manuscript of alchemy translation!

Even though Isabel was not very interested in alchemy back then, she felt that this was a very precious gift and treasured them. But Isabel almost forgot about it completely, and finally remembered that she still had such a set of books.

Now they can find the right owner for them, the one who truly understands their value.

Even if she excludes the factor of pleasing Yulia... Isabel is really happy now.

This girl is quite cute.

Looking at Yulia who was happily holding the books and showing a happy smile like a little girl, Isabel showed a gentle smile.

She guessed right, she and Yulia would be very happy to get along!

"Where is Aiwas?"

Isabel asked again.

"Brother is reading a book," Yulia carried a shoulder bag and followed Isabel closely, "He said... He is preparing for the next promotion."

Yulia's favorability towards Isabel has increased a lot.

Not only did she give Yulia a gift she liked, but her attitude towards knowledge also made Yulia quite fond of her - she originally thought that Isabel, as a transcendent of the path of beauty, should not pay much attention to alchemy knowledge... Unexpectedly, she actually studied alchemy.

While waiting for Aiwass, she chatted with Isabel for a few words. She found that Isabel had actually read these books seriously... Although she had almost forgotten them now, she could recall some of them with Yulia's reminder.

Great Princess!

Yulia was in awe.

Even for herself, she had not read many of the books in the professor's study. Either they were fields that she was not interested in, or they were too obscure to understand, or the whole book discussed a small topic in a professional field...

Such books did not seem to be that interesting. Yulia's original motivation for reading books was to experience the world... But the highly professional knowledge seemed too abstract and she could not understand it at all.

Therefore, although her adoptive father also gave her some books, many of which were bought from abroad. But Yulia didn't actually finish reading them... Despite this, she brought those books with her when she moved.

Princess Isabel, although not interested in alchemy, read these books carefully when given them. Because she was too serious, she looked a little pitiful.

This princess has a pretty cute personality...

Yulia thought.

Just as they both thought the other was cute, Lily came over pushing Aiwas' wheelchair.

After asking Yulia what she was holding, Aiwas thanked Isabel on behalf of Yulia - he didn't expect Isabel's gift to be so valuable. He originally thought that Isabel would only send a few hardcover books, but Isabel was so serious when they met for the first time.

I have to prepare some return gifts, Aiwas thought.

But he also fell into the dilemma of giving gifts - as a high-ranking princess, what can't Isabel get?

After keeping this in mind, Aiwass and Isabel mentioned the issue of Yulia's admission intentionally or unintentionally.

"No problem."

Isabel simply agreed: "Leave this to me... but Yulia may have to take a separate exam.

"After all, if she really can't keep up with the course, it will not be good for her study. It will bring her a lot of pressure. We have to decide which department to assign her to based on her course grades... If her alchemy level is not too high, it is better to assign her to the second department to study basic subjects for half a year, and then transfer to the secret department next year. "

Her Royal Highness kindly reminded.

When she chatted with Aiwass now, she was no longer so timid. And under Aiwass's guidance, Isabel had gradually understood how to reasonably use the power she had.

The biggest change was... she no longer rushed to do it immediately after hearing Aiwass's request. Instead, she began to try to think about the problem from the other party's point of view, using her common sense and cognition to judge what problems the other party would encounter, and then try to solve them in advance.

Isabel unexpectedly discovered that she was quite good at this.

Although she doesn't have the ability to control others' will, guide others' thinking, and strengthen others' loyalty like the authoritarian path...but she has the talent to feel others' hearts. She can easily perceive the other party's hidden true purpose from others' words.

Not everyone will express their true thoughts in the conversation. Some people can't do it, and some people don't want to do it.

As an "all-rounder", Isabel's understanding of everyone is rising synchronously-

Perhaps because the interpretation of the heart and thoughts itself belongs to the field of beauty.

As her conversation with Yulia deepened, Isabel gradually felt some of Yulia's essence.

She vaguely realized something.

...Yulia doesn't seem to be the fragile and soft girl that Aiwas said. On the contrary, she has a very calm...even cold and ruthless heart.

Yulia has a strong and competitive nature, and she is much stronger than Isabel in all aspects.

The tenderness and attachment she showed was not because her heart was fragile... but because she had a good impression of herself, and even more so of Aiwas. So in front of the two of them, Yulia was unwilling to expose her aggressiveness——

But what would Yulia do if she faced someone she hated?

Aiwas told Yulia to pretend to be cold and indifferent to her classmates after school to protect herself... He always felt that Yulia was very weak and needed protection from others. And Yulia did have such an image in front of Aiwas.

But in Isabel's opinion, this was not the case.

Yulia might not need to pretend at all. She just needed to express her true feelings.

Isabel suddenly became a little interested.

——She wanted to see Yulia go to school. See how she showed her cold nature.

Five thousand five hundred words of update, two in one today!

I wanted to take a half-day off for each chapter, but I ended up writing 5,500 words for each chapter and it became two chapters in one...

I'm going to play Bod today, so I'll take a half-day off!

I didn't write about the little butterfly, sorry meow! I kowtow, bang bang bang!