High Above

Imperial City, Royal Alchemy Society.

A car came to the entrance of the association, and Ian and Isengard walked out of it.

In his own words, of course Ian wants to show his full strength - unlike sublimation skills, the younger the genius in alchemy is, the better, and it is simply unbelievable to be a genius. There have been instances of becoming a master at the age of twelve.

In the final analysis, this subject is just like mathematics. If you know it, you know it, and if you don’t, you don’t. There is no explanation or compromise at all.

However, this time, he seemed to have encountered a small problem other than the alchemy test.

"Isengard? And Ian."

A figure with long red-blond hair who was just an acquaintance to Ian, but considered an old acquaintance to Isengard, had just walked out of the gate of the Royal Alchemy Association.

Waldo raised his head and saw two acquaintances. He was not surprised by the arrival of the two young people. Instead, he showed a rather false smile: "Are you here to participate in the test?"

"Of course." Isengard frowned slightly: "Waldo, you don't talk nonsense when you drink. I still miss you back then."

"That would be a shame."

Another voice came from behind Waldo. It was a young man who was still a little green, with curly black hair and golden-green eyes.

He stood behind Waldo, showing the unique mischievous smile of a young man in college: "Today's quota is already full. I'm afraid your trip with this beautiful country knight will be in vain, and It’s still afternoon and it’s not the time to rest—as a token of comfort, how about I invite you to have a drink at Jade Crown?”

"Oh my god. Karanthil, you're actually inviting me to tea?"

Turning his head and looking at the other party, the blond boy showed a very polite smile: "Perhaps this is another way of saying that you want to ask the chief for lessons? You have learned well, junior, of course I am willing."

He emphasized the word "disciple", which made the black-haired nobleman, who was obviously older than Yisen, change his face slightly and look a little annoyed.

Ian turned his head slightly, and he suddenly realized that Isengard had evolved not only in his attitude towards life, but also in his teeth. Before he could say anything, his friend had already helped him fix all the soft and hard nails. They were all pushed back.

"Look, Ian."

At this moment, Isengard turned his head and introduced to Ian with polite aristocratic etiquette: "You should know this person. Waldo Noka, if he has not been expelled from the Alchemy Academy, or his academic certificate has been withdrawn If so, he should still be considered a classmate of mine, and he is now running his family's business."

"And this one is even more powerful, Caransil Grudin. My junior."

"Alchemy is only slightly worse than mine. He is a very powerful genius alchemist."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce them. Their family also has a board seat at the Platinum and Iridium Workshop. I have been specially hired by the Platinum and Iridium Workshop to be in charge of the fifth alchemy laboratory."

"So in the future, Ian, you may still be colleagues with him."

There is no doubt that Isengard's way of speaking has obviously been learned recently...or maybe he already knew it, but the innocent young man in the past was unwilling to use it, and now he has begun to grow fangs.

It's no wonder that Mrs. Ellen is so reassured about her son. It seems that she has also noticed the growth of Isengard after returning from Nanling.

Not just the ability, but also the interpersonal aspect.

——At least the aggressiveness has become much stronger.

"I see."

With his mind racing, Ian showed a clear expression at this moment. He smiled and extended his hand to the two of them: "Nice to meet you two."

"Mr. Waldo, what a coincidence, we meet for the second time, but this is officially the first time."

"...It's really a coincidence."

Because he was ridiculed by Isengard, his face was not very good, but Waldo was indeed a social person. He still smiled normally and shook hands with Ian: "Although I may be late today, I believe Ian, you will definitely get high scores tomorrow, and maybe you will get a ranking?"

This is actually a fact. This time, the qualification assessment with materials provided by the Alchemy Academy attracted a large number of alchemists from surrounding areas to come to the imperial capital for testing. Just around this street, six out of ten people were related to alchemy.

In this way, it is very normal to limit the quota every day and test in batches, and Waldo is just irritating Isengard, his classmate who has always been a bit contradictory.

Carancil is a bit young at heart. He is one year older than Isengard. He is also an alchemy genius and a disciple of another alchemy master. However, because he entered school later than Isengard, he has always been able to He was ranked as the 'junior', and since then he has been fighting openly and secretly with Isengard, competing with each other.

But in the most recent school year assessment, he lost to Isengard by a very small margin, and the position of chief immediately went to this boy who was younger than him - now Carancil's face looked a bit... Can't hang on anymore.

As for the family's board of directors seats, there is not that much of a conflict. They are divided over normal management issues.

After all, children's competition may be a good memory in the future. If it really gets into trouble, it won't look good.

"Don't be too arrogant. There are many capable alchemists in the imperial capital. Even I can't pretend to win the ranking."

The black-haired alchemist was initially reluctant to shake hands with Ian because of Isengard's words.

But somehow, it was because of Ian's face and kind smile, or he felt that he couldn't be too stingy in front of his competitors, so Carancil still stretched out his hand and shook it reluctantly.

But even so, he was still saying harsh words: "I heard the teacher say something about you. The genius recognized by Master Gesai... Humph, Master Gesai will definitely not make mistakes, but in the final analysis, Nanling is a wasteland of alchemy. If it is just You can learn some basic techniques and theorems, but it’s best not to have too high expectations!”

"Moreover, this question is quite a test of experience. After all, you are self-taught in the countryside, and you don't have many opportunities to make alchemy, right? If you think it is too difficult, don't be shocked!"

Of course, such harsh words were a breath of fresh air to Ian, and he even felt that the other person was a bit childish, which made him miss the days when he was a child and quarreled with his classmates.

So the white-haired boy just smiled politely: "Achievements are trivial, Mr. Carancil. I look forward to working with you in the future."

As for the fact that the number of candidates for the assessment is already full...

"Let's go, Ian."

Isengard had already arrived at the gate, and he said nonchalantly: "I believe the examiners would not mind adding an outstanding alchemist to the exam today."

Obviously, he planned to use some of the privileges of the nobles and alchemist master disciples.

"This..." Waldo obviously didn't expect this - Isengard had never done this before, so he didn't react a bit: "It's not good, is it?"

"Ethan, how could you do this?" Carancil frowned, and he accused angrily: "You are abusing your privileges!"

"Why shouldn't I?"

Isengard looked at the two of them with an expression that looked like fools - Ian rarely saw Isengard show this expression - he shook his head slightly and said: "Otherwise? And it's not the two of you's turn to take care of it."

He waved, and Ian followed with a smile: "See you later, everyone. Maybe you two wouldn't mind waiting for us for a while to see how I do?"

"Maybe it might be much better than you two expected?"

Waldo and Carancier looked at each other. The former was indifferent, while the latter was completely disbelieving - but since Ian had already issued a 'challenge'...if this could be considered a challenge.

Of course they want to see it until the end.