Chapter 221 - Good Stuff (2/2)

“Very good…” Lin Li nodded his head and smiled in satisfaction.

Honestly, he had suspected that fatso initially.

He had long heard that there were Tricolored Flowers in the Nightmare Mountains. Yet, he did not know somebody could pick at least 10 of them in one go. Hence, he was fascinated by Shaun’s ability to collect a few hundred of them.

Those flowers did not grow in cl.u.s.ters. Sometimes, there would only be one to two flowers scattered on a single mountain, growing in a very covert region. If one did not have superb observation skills, they would not be able to pick a great batch of flowers at one time—not to mention a terrifying number like a few hundred of them.

Fortunately, Shaun’s reaction did not make him appear to be lying.

Lin Li had nothing to say if those few hundred flowers really existed. As for why that fatso was scared of him, he still need to figure it out when he was free.

“Fatty, you follow me first. Then, bring me to the batch of Tricolored Flowers after the gathering. Rest a.s.sured, I wouldn’t be short of a single copper coin.”

“Alright…” Shaun nodded his head, not daring to say anything else.

“Felic, come over quickly.” While Lin Li was still talking to Shaun, he saw Andoine waving to him from afar, gesturing for him to go over. “Let me introduce you to an acquaintance.”

“Why do you have so many acquaintances?” Lin Li muttered unwillingly.

“Come, Felic, let me introduce. This is President Balbo.” Andoine’s introduction had never been so formal. It was not like the acquaintances he’d briefly introduced Lin Li to when he just told Lin Li a few sentences—their names and positions—never adding any salutation with their names…

“Balbo, his name is Felic. He became my new magic student a few months ago. So… what do you think of my student?” While Andoine said that, his gaze was filled with a lot of satisfaction.

It was no doubt normal for Andoine to feel so proud of his student. He was absolutely clear how talented his student was. In his eyes, Lin Li was nearly perfect. He was skillful in magic, masterful in pharmacy, and, as Macklin said, proficient in forging. Hence, Andoine was afraid that such a talent would only appear in the next hundred years.

How would he not be thrilled in having the opportunity to be his mentor?

Not exaggerating, the thing Andoine felt the proudest of in the entire hundred-plus years of his life was to count the number of spells he’d taught this young man.

“Nice to meet you, President Balbo.”

The man beside Andoine was wearing a long black robe, and looked 60 to 70 years of age. Compared to Andoine, although both of them were scrawny and had white hair, the impression they gave to people were starkly different.

Andoine was always unkempt. His hair and mustache were always in a mess, and there would be potion stains on his robes. When Lin Li first saw him, he even thought that that old man just walked out from a pile of garbage.

The old man donning a black robe before him was completely different. His white mustache appeared to be so carefully trimmed that Lin Li could not find any messy strand of hair. Although his black robe looked very simple, it looked very decent on him. There were no creases and stains on it at all. He did not give people an impression that he was an old man nearly 70 years old. The impression he gave to people was that of a das.h.i.+ng man in the prime of his life.

When Andoine introduced Lin Li, a smile could be seen on Balbo’s face. He asked, “So, you must be Felic?”

“Yes, President Balbo.” Lin Li nodded his head politely. Yet, he could not help but suspect that Balbo had heard about him before.

“Hehe, I heard Burnside talk about you before,” Balbo spoke as though he knew what Lin Li was thinking about.

“I see…” The mention of Old Grimm embarra.s.sed Lin Li. When he was at Jarrosus, he promised Old Grimm that if he were to come to Alanna, he would find time to visit him. Yet, being always caught up in matters, he did not have chance to visit Old Grimm at all.

“How’s Mage Grimm?”

“He is very well.” Balbo smiled. Then, he continued, “He even told me about you this morning, saying that you would surely come with Andoine today. I didn’t expect it to be so…”

“What is he doing now?”

“He had some important things to attend to, and might only come back after the gathering…” After he finished his speech, Balbo joked with him again. “Andoine, weren’t you envious of my talented student in the past? Why not be swap our students?”

“Dream on!” Andoine replied without hesitating. Someone like the freakish Felic might not even appear in a hundred years. Even if there were 10 geniuses, he would not agree to swap Felic for them all.

“Hehe, I was just joking. You don’t need to be so nervous. Look, since the discussion has not started, why not Iet me bring you to see something good?”

“What’s good?”