230 To Sigalla in the Jewel (1/2)
”We can revive the Clear Lake Sect and it'll be ours with a new identity and with some old faces, Catalie, send them here”
Just as he said, Nanbu and Kayako turned to see a group of people appear out of nowhere inside the training hall.
”Eliot!, Linda!”
Kayako recognized them immediately, they were her students of the Clear Lake Sect.
”HEADMISTRESS!”
The female students screamed in a high pitch as they ran towards Kayako like puppies running to their mother.
They leaped at her and hugged her tightly as Kayako held them tightly while tears of joys flowed out of her eyes.
The male student did not scream like their fellow female students, still, they couldn't hold back the tears when they embraced Nanbu.
Knight gave them a few moments to have a happy reunion and waited for them. And unexpectedly when Kayako released her students from the hug, she jumped at him as she hugged him while crying in joy.
”Thank you...thank you so much”
Knight was surprised as he gently patted her on the back
”It's okay, I'm sure you will return this favor”
After a few moments, she let go of him as Knight noticed that Nanbu is ready to give him another hug
”Let's shake hands”
Kayako wiped away her tears and smiled while Nanbu shook Knight's hand.
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”What do you think of your alchemy hall, Kayako?”
Don asked Kayako while leisurely sitting on his throne.
After showing the scrolls to Kayako and Nanbu, Knight showed Kayako her new workplace and the herbs he 'retrieved' from the ancient dungeon.
The hall Knight showed her made her previous working place look like a beggar's hut. The hall was fitted with high-quality apparatuses, tubes, furnaces, and everything an alchemist could wish for.
And when she was looking at the hall with sparkling eyes, Knight almost gave her another heart attack as he showered her with rare and priceless herbs. She only knew most of the herbs from books and scrolls.
”I've never even dreamed of having such a place to work, your majesty”
”I'm going to give you some hard jobs, so you need the best place to work ”
”But, your majesty”
She was still traumatized by the failure to concoct Weludin and she didn't want to waste those precious herbs
”Don't worry, mistakes happen, there's no success without failure, you will do just fine, believe in yourself”
Ukita and Nanbu patted her on back and looking at their faith in her, she slowly nodded.
”I will your majesty”
Don nodded and looked at Nanbu
”Nanbu, Knight gave you full access to the Apex right?”
Nanbu didn't know much about this device but he guessed that the device must be the reason for their heaven-defying cultivation speed.
”Do everything Knight and Reghys tell you to do, I want you to reach the grandmaster level asap before you start teaching to our men”
Except for Ukita, Kayako and Nanbu was shocked to hear him
”With full access to the apex and the resources we have, it's not a big deal to break through to the grandmaster level”
”I will do my best, your majesty”
Nanbu was taught to value the authority in his sect by the previous elders and even though Don was much younger than him, he was the king as well the person Nanbu swore his loyalty to, so he respected him more than the amount of loyalty he had towards him.
”Ukita, I have the most important and burdensome task for you”
Ukita nodded with a gentle smile
”At the moment, more than half of the people in my kingdom don't know how to read or write, I'm planning to change this because I heard the nobles and merchants had swindled them using their weakness before”
Unexpectedly Ukita's grin widened before even Don could finish what he wanted to tell the old man