Chapter 123: Chapter 110: Untying the Knots (Please Subscribe)
The next day, at noon, Johnny, having received the notice, knocked on the door and only entered after receiving permission.
“Professor Lynn, you were looking for ?” The silver-haired witch gently closed the door and, holding her arcane science notes, asked pertly.
Lynn didn’t rush into business but instead looked at Johnny with curiosity and inquired.
“After all these days, don’t you have anything you want to say to ?”
Ever since arriving in Wizard Land, he had done quite a number of things, a far cry from the original Carl, a noble’s son who had not studied magic for more than half a year.
A hint of hesitation appeared on Johnny’s face. She stopped herself from speaking and finally shook her head, saying earnestly.
“Back in the Nordland Territory, I would probably have died without you.”
This was also the reason she was willing to trust Lynn and keep his secrets — after all, he had saved her life twice.
Lynn nodded but soon asked another question. “Just a few days ago, I received an invitation that ntioned the na Carl…”
“But I never disclosed your identity to anyone else,” Johnny said with furrowed brows, convinced of her own words.
However, she quickly realized her defense was weak, as she was the only one left who knew his identity.
The silver-haired witch bit her lip but couldn’t think of any way to prove her innocence.
“I know it wasn’t you,” Lynn said, unsurprised.
He trusted Johnny — firstly, because of the camaraderie established on their escape route, and secondly, in the town at the seaport, she had been willing to risk her life to break him out of prison.
Plus, with their interests bound together, the possibility of betrayal was minuscule…
“I’m just worried that soone might deduce sothing from what you’ve said,” Lynn explained before asking Johnny about the people she had t recently and when she had spoken of the past events in the Sekas Empire.
The silver-haired witch recalled and spoke. In the two months since arriving in Wizard Land, she seldom went out and only talked about it with the apprentices from the Iyetta Academy, and that was after being pestered into saying a few words.
Moreover, it was all preditated dialogues planned on the Mist Sea that after Kro was captured, under Lynn’s leadership, they barely broke through the church’s pursuit.
Except for the two of them, everyone else fell to the church’s chase.
After careful inquiry, Lynn had no choice but to give up on finding clues from Johnny, as there were no slips in her words.
“By the way, there’s another important matter for which I called you here,” Lynn said as he took out a bottle of dark red magic potion and placed it on the table.
“What is this?” Johnny asked curiously.
“Magic Source!” Lynn said word by word.
The expression on the silver-haired witch’s face turned to utter surprise. She looked at Lynn and then back at the dark red Magic Source on the table.
The magic potion before her was undoubtedly sothing any apprentice would greatly desire.
It was proof of advancent to a full-fledged wizard!
“If I’m not mistaken, your magic power growth must have reached its limit, right?” Lynn inquired.
Johnny was different from him; before entering the Wizard Land, she had studied magic with Kro for four years, and with her talent, she was probably already very close to advancing.
Initially, Lynn planned to find an apprentice in Radak’s manor to conduct experints, but then he thought it would be too wasteful.
Although this “Magic Source” was a weakened version with only ten grams of Death’s Eye Spirit Essence added as a catalyst, according to his calculations, the effects should still be significantly stronger than those made with ordinary materials.
It would not be right to assist an apprentice in advancing and then eliminate them for the sake of secrecy, would it?
The Wizard Apprentices at the manor, while having done plenty of dirty work for Radak, held no grudges with him; it was not worth committing such acts.
Not to ntion, a portion of Death’s Eye Spirit Essence is extrely precious; after several experints and brewing two magic potions, there was only less than fifty grams left, which had to be used sparingly.
Another point was that switching the target to Johnny would make handling her identity issue much easier afterward.
As long as the witch applies for graduation after so ti, and he approves it with a simple procedure, she could beco an officially recognized wizard by the council!
“This magic potion is slightly different; I brewed it myself. The effects should be more potent than those distributed by the council, and the chances of advancent are higher, but I can’t be one hundred percent certain. There might be side effects, and all is unknown… If you’re not willing to take the risk, then never mind.”
Lynn very succinctly laid out the pros and cons, not intending to deceive her into taking the potion.
However, Johnny’s attention wasn’t on that; she didn’t inquire about the so-called side effects. Taking a deep breath, she suddenly asked,
“So… you’re not a formal wizard yet, are you?”
She wasn’t foolish, of course, and could guess the purpose of Lynn offering the “Magic Source.”
Lynn fell silent, not responding; the title of Wizard Apprentice would be stripped from him starting tomorrow!
But sotis, silence is an answer in itself. Johnny imdiately realized she had guessed correctly, and the doubts in her heart dissipated.
These past days, what puzzled her the most was Lynn’s excessively rapid promotion speed.
If Lynn truly possessed three-ring magic, then the so-called prodigy of the Wizard Land—the “Star of Magic” August—would not even be fit to tie his shoes!
But now it seems they were both rely Wizard Apprentices, and Lynn must have relied on other ans to unleash powerful magic.
This wasn’t impossible, such as her own use of “Magic Hand,” with which she could cast fifth-level one-ring spells up to five tis a day.
If Lynn had gained the favor of a great wizard or even a legendary wizard within the “Secret Magic Society” and received a few alchemical items capable of executing three-ring spells, that would be quite normal.
Upon this realization, Johnny picked up the “Magic Source” from the table and, trusting Lynn, drank it down without hesitation.
In comparison to the minimal risk of side effects, she valued more the increased chance of advancent that Lynn spoke of.
Not a single apprentice would dare claim they could surely transcend this formidable threshold!
Even a slight improvent was deed important!
Lynn watched closely for any changes in Johnny. The second most important reason he sought soone for experintation was to see what the promotion process was actually like, and whether there would be sothing in it that he could emulate…
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