Chapter 171: Alchemy (1/2)

Yman followed Ronnie to the next door and left Rea with Aspe.

Inside the room, it was dark.

”Oh, looks like the lights are broken...” after Yman heard Ronnie said, he heard a flick sound next, then it was followed by flickers of fires that were dancing in the air.

Four colorful fires that were as big as candle fires were spiraling to all the corners of the room. Then the room lit up when the fires touched the torches at the corner of the room and ablaze it simultaneously.

Sistela gasped in admiration at the beauty of those flames.

He wondered if it was a combination of magic and alchemy as he could smell some powders from it. Regardless, after the room was brightened, he saw some tools of different shapes and sizes that were lining everywhere. They were mostly made of glasses. And liquids of different colors were inside in each of the bottles. Ceramic jars were also present inside together with some equipment for mixing and grinding herbs. But most of them were scattered everywhere.

'A workshop.' Yman muttered in mind after having a full view of the room. However, his mouth broke into a soundless laugh after noticing how mess up the room was.

”Fufu, sorry for the mess. Come here apprentice, help me lift this thing.” Said Ronnie as he was trying to lift the overturned wooden table that was lying on the floor.

He came and overturned the table with ease like lifting an empty box of cartons. Ronnie was surprised to see him doing it. But he never shows it on his face.

Although the table wasn't big, it was made of sturdy wood and quite heavy.

”Truly a gold rank adventurer,” Ronnie mumbled.

”What are we going to do, Teacher?” Although he asked, he had the gist after seeing the messy room.

”I want you to stay close as I process the herbs. All you need to do is watch me doing it then remember each step so you have an idea when I give you the test. But before that, I want you to help me clean the room,” Prof. Ronnie replied.

Yman forced a smile. Looks like he was right.

”I see. Okay, Teacher!”

Together with Sistela, they picked up all the things that were lying on the floor, before sweeping the dust that was residing in the room.

Ronnie was arranging all the equipment. Especially the mortars that are needed for grinding the materials. Then wiping the cylinder jars that would be useful in mixing and filling.

Yman noticed that none of the equipment inside the room was touched for ages based on the thickness of dust that was sticking on each piece of equipment.

”Teacher, are you perhaps always away from here?” Yman's curiosity defeats him.

”Fufu, although this village is quite far from the academy, I'm always here every weekend.”

”Eh, uhm, did you abandon this workshop?” His reply was unexpected for Yman.

Ronnie chuckled. Seemingly, he expected such follow-up questions from him.

”No, it just, when you reach a certain level of Alchemy, the need to use this equipment would be least.”

Ronnie said which further puzzled Yman as he had little knowledge about Alchemy. He asked Sistela but she too had no idea as both of them only knew the basic knowledge about it.

Yman likes mixing and inventing things but compared to a professor like Prof. Ronnie he was like a little kid to him.

”Don't be bothered by it for now as it isn't important at your current level. For now, all you need to do is to focus on the first step and learn the basics,” Ronnie advised.

”Yes, Teacher!”

Sistela landed on his shoulder.

After cleaning the room, Ronnie started giving a little lecture while also manually processing the materials.