You call this the mastermind?

In the past two days, Melen has been digesting the inheritance he received before.

And his way of digestion is very simple, practice.

In other words, just like in some TV dramas in the previous life, a person with "amnesia" needs to see familiar things to "recall" previous memories.

Melen also needs to contact the corresponding things to digest the inheritance obtained from the outside.

And now, he is in the process of this process, mixing with a group of children.

"Sneezing grass is a special toxic herb."

The middle-aged instructor of the children's class is walking with a group of children in a herb garden located in the suburbs of the Mixed Blood Association.

The soil around him was black and oily. As he walked along the winding path, he pointed to a small red grass with barbs on its leaves and said:

"People or livestock who eat it will sneeze constantly. In serious cases, it will cause encephalitis."

"But if handled properly, it can be used to make a potion to treat mental illness."

"But please note that this herb looks similar to the poisonous smelling grass, and the poisonous smelling grass is much more toxic than the sneezing grass. If you accidentally make a mistake, it may cause serious consequences."

You made a mistake now.

Merlen, who was mixed in a group of children listening to the lecture, muttered secretly.

Just now, he took a quick look, and the relevant memories emerged from the depths of his mind.

Not only the appearance details and functions of this herb, but also what kind of potion it can be used to make and the potion formula were also "remembered".

But although he instantly transformed into the "Master of Sneezing Grass", Mellen did not speak to refute the mentor's words.

Because this kind of herb is not something that entry-level apprentices need to identify, the children around them are just listening to it casually.

When they really want to use this herb in practice, they must learn it in detail.

At that time, the association will naturally send higher-level mentors to teach them.

"The glimmering toadstool is a very strange potion material."

While Melen was digesting the knowledge points in his mind, the middle-aged mentor began to introduce something else.

"It absorbs sunlight during the day, and at night, it will continue to emit light outward, and this light will attract..."

Walking and stopping, a morning passed like this.

Melen didn't listen to the mentor's words, but just kept looking at the many herbs in the herb garden, and more and more related memories emerged in his mind.

So at noon, he and the group of children took a carriage back to Graham City.

A new ability has already appeared in his attribute panel -

[Herbology (Mastery)]

...

The standards of the wizarding world are different from the levels on Melen's attribute panel.

However, according to his observation, as long as normal wizard apprentices master herbology to the entry level, they are already qualified apprentices who can be formally enrolled.

At present, this proficiency level is of course far beyond the admission requirements of major schools.

Even some lecturers and professors who are not in charge of teaching tasks in this field may not have such high-level professional knowledge.

But this is not Mellen's limit.

His skill level stops at proficiency, but it is just because the herb garden of the Mixed Blood Association only has herbs of this level.

At the same time, advanced herbology involves herb processing and cultivation.

There are many corresponding auxiliary magics, which are not available to Mellen, who is an apprentice now.

If you want to improve again, you obviously have to go to college for "further study".

"So, on the 18th of next month,"

As he was in the carriage and heading towards the city, the little girl Lily sitting next to Mellen suddenly turned her head and looked at him.

"Are you going to St. Grant's Castle to go to school?"

"Yes."

Merlen was reading something in the Book of Secret Words at this time. Hearing this, he responded absentmindedly:

"But the 18th is the official start date of the school. I have to go there a few days in advance."

"I still don't understand. You obviously don't know anything. How can you meet the admission requirements of St. Grant's Castle?"

Lily said thoughtfully: "Is it because you are very popular recently and the minister praised you, so you were specially recruited?"

"Maybe it's like this."

Merlen nodded perfunctorily, too lazy to refute the little brat's words.

He is indeed very "hot" these two days, mainly because the manuscript exceeded expectations and became the front page of many newspapers, and fortunately it was noticed by a big shot.

So before the pure blood "cold treatment" him, he became a popular figure again.

In other words, with the Minister of Magic standing up for him, Mellen has become a "hot commodity".

Some young pure-bloods in Graham City always visit the Mixed-Blood Association, and more and more wizards of the same age in the association come to ask questions.

Fanny, the brown-haired girl who interviewed him before, even brought a relative of his last night to write another interview for Mellen.

However, since the last time this guy "had sex with her husband", Mellen has been wary of this female hooligan, so when she heard the letter, she lied that she was sick and needed to recuperate.

There are more than one person who want to interview him. With the appearance of the manuscript, many newspaper reporters are inquiring about information through various channels and want to contact him.

But Mellen is also not interested in responding to them.

Or, for the time being, there is no -

Although adding buffs to himself and uniting more friendly forces is one of the development routes he has set for himself.

But relatively speaking, he pays more attention to improving his own strength.

At the moment, he can't even improve his own strength, so of course he can't waste time talking to these reporters for hours.

That's a behavior of missing the point.

So he went out frequently in the past two days, either visiting the enchanting workshop or visiting the potion brewing room.     From time to time, he would go to see the daily duel practice of the combat students.

Outsiders don't know Mellen's current situation. Seeing his behavior, they think he is annoyed by those people's harassment.

The little girl Lily sitting next to him thought so, so when she saw Mellen's perfunctory attitude, she didn't realize that this was actually her problem, and thought Mellen didn't want to mention this topic.

But this topic must be brought up.

"It is said that St. Grant Castle is a closed teaching place."

Ignoring the fact that Mellen was concentrating on the Book of Secret Languages, the girl said to herself: "Each semester lasts for half a year, and you can only come back twice a year."

"It seems so." Mellen echoed.

This has no effect on him, because with the Book of Secret Languages, he can contact his rich teacher at any time if he encounters any problems.

And if he really needs to meet, he can also have a face-to-face interview through the world in the storybook.

As for the Half-Blood Association, although the teacher gave him the task of "lurking" here to observe why this organization is so valued by the enemy behind the scenes.

But Mellen actually knows about this matter.

It is probably related to the "rebels" who were hostile to the Ministry of Magic and broke through the capital of the United Kingdom in the previous dream.

It's just that there is no sign of this matter now, and there is no substantial clue, so it is not convenient for him to disclose it to the teacher.

But it's actually nothing important.

Continuing to "lurk" would reduce the fame and convenience brought by the identity of Mrs. Chelsea's apprentice, but there would be no lack of substantial benefits.

His teacher has already started to prepare the items and resources needed for Mellen after school, and he can get them as long as he takes time to go to Chelsea Manor.

Moreover, if he does not stay in the Mixed Blood Association, his "politically correct" way will not work...

Mellen, who was only thinking about his own things, completely ignored the specific meaning of what the little girl said next to him.

So he did not notice that the girl looked depressed at the moment.

"You have been away for half a year,"

Seeing that Mellen was really "unreasonable", she asked eagerly: "How should the subsidy promised to you by the association be given to you?"

"I can't leave, but there are people in the association who can go."

Mellen answered without raising his head, "And it is said that the association has some staff there, which has no impact."

"But this is also very troublesome."

Lily said: "For example, in some financial transactions, you are not so convenient."

"What kind of financial transactions can there be?" Mellen asked casually.

The girl's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, and she seemed a little bit unbelievable.

"Have you forgotten, my, that-"

"Ah? So you are talking about this..."

Mellen's face suddenly became clear after hearing this, and then his eyes left the Book of Secrets and glanced at her with a little "contempt".

"Of course I didn't forget, but haven't I received the subsidy yet?"

"Why are you in a hurry? I'll give it to you when I get it."

His attitude was like he was looking down on a friend who was greedy for money and ignored "friendship" for the sake of interests.

He was very good at putting the blame on others, a standard attitude of a deadbeat.

The little girl couldn't say anything when she saw this, and could only be depressed over there.

Mellen was secretly happy when he saw this, and his eyes were back on the Book of Secrets in his hand.

Mellen was still studying the Book of Fraud that he got from the abandoned library, so he was still using the old one.

At this time, the page corresponding to the Book of Secrets was Mrs. Chelsea.

What she was talking about now was related to the book of Transfiguration that the old president had given to Mellen.

Although he had obtained two inheritances in the library, which greatly increased his theoretical knowledge and gave him many more methods to use in the future.

But Mellen had not forgotten how wonderful the book of Transfiguration that the old president had given him before entering the library was.

However, that skill involved the "twisting" of the body, and Mellen was a little unsure whether it would affect his body.

So before formally learning, he contacted the teacher to consult about this matter, and copied some key points in the book according to her request.

At the moment, the lady's response made Mellen feel relieved.

You can learn it, but her statement is similar to that of the old president.

That is, Mellen is unlikely to learn it within a year.

And if you delay your studies to learn this Transfiguration, it will be more trouble than gain.

So she told Mellen not to put too much energy on this Transfiguration, which would basically be a waste of effort.

In addition, the teacher mentioned another thing.

Melen's parents wrote a letter to Melen, asking him to go home and visit when he was free.

Melen was very surprised by this.

The teacher had mentioned before that she would send people to protect and hide Melen's family.

So it was not surprising that she knew about this before him.

What surprised him was that the teacher mentioned another thing in this matter.

This letter was not delivered by the postman.

The one who delivered the letter was a girl about the same age as Mellen, who claimed to be his cousin.

“How come I didn’t know when I had a cousin?”

Mellen was very confused about this.