Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 12 Who are you looking down upon?
"Good day, teacher."

"You came……"

"coming."

"Did you finish the book so quickly?"

“I read faster.”

As Leon spoke, he placed the thick-covered book on the desk in the corner of the laboratory.

Ever since he had learned the common language enough to read, and learned through indirect hints that this world was not any world he was familiar with, but a new world based on DND, he could not wait to borrow books from Edwin, hoping to learn more about this world through reading.

It is a pity that Edwin did not have any history books or travel notes to satisfy his curiosity. No matter why Edwin kept fairy tales, picture books, novels... the alchemy notes were in line with his identity, and he accepted them all as a pastime.

As for "teacher", he took the initiative to call him in order to bring the two closer, but so far it was just a title. Edwin never recognized him as a student, for the simple reason that he had no talent for magic.

Even so, it was obvious that Edwin took his teaching very seriously when he called him "teacher". He once asked him about his mastery of fire breath. After learning that he still couldn't spit out fire, he comforted him that the dragon's fangs and claws were more powerful than fire.

But at this point, Leon didn't care too much about the fact that he couldn't spit fire. Sword-controlling and immobilization techniques were enough for him, and he would definitely master more spells in the future.

"Books should be read with concentration, rather than just read and forget." At this time, Edwin glanced at Leon and then looked away.

"You can test me." Leon sat down on the laboratory floor.

After traveling through time and becoming a red dragon, his memory is much better than before. He can remember a word completely after just looking at it once, unlike before when he had to review it every day.

"I'm not interested in testing you...you're not learning for me, you're learning for yourself. Just take care of yourself and don't blame me in the future." Edwin said as he walked to the window and leaned against the windowsill, looking tired. He looked especially tired today.

"The books are all there, just take whichever one you want. As usual, you can only borrow one book at a time." He raised his finger.

Leon returned to the desk, stood up, raised his paws and climbed on the edge of the desk, resting his chin on the back of his hands to look at the thick pile of books on the desk, and then took out a book that interested him. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly found that Edwin was still the same, and asked with concern: "Teacher, have you encountered any problems?"

The bright morning sunshine shines into the laboratory through the window.

Edwin crossed his arms, opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling, and then closed them again, saying, "Half a year... Your mother wants to see the results of my experiment."

If Edwin hadn't mentioned the mother dragon at this time, Leon almost forgot about his irresponsible mother.

Long Mei would look for him from time to time, but he really had never visited him once. In Long Mei's words, he would go out to patrol the territory and bring back some food, but he would lie down most of the time.

“Then show her your experimental results…” Leon said as a matter of course, and soon realized that he was a little self-righteous, “Interim experimental results are also fine.”

"It's not easy to get results." Edwin added, "You don't understand."

Who hasn’t spent every day in the laboratory?

Maybe I know more than you.

Thinking of this, Leon curled his lips, revealing half of his teeth, and said curiously: "I know you are studying explosions, studying alchemical explosives... What kind of explosives are they? Powerful explosives, or something else?" Leon heard about Edwin's identity and past from the dragon sister. As for who the dragon sister asked, it was unknown, except for the mother dragon.

Edwin used to be a professor at a school in the Empire. After an experimental accident caused the death of several noble sons and daughters, he fled for fear of crime and is now a wanted criminal in the Empire.

It was at that time that he heard of the empire for the first time and gradually came to understand that country consisted of more than a dozen provinces. In the political system of the entire empire, the highest representative of the empire was the emperor. He was the emperor in name only, but in fact he was elected through an electoral system.

"What else can explosives do besides create a powerful explosion?" Edwin asked.

"For example..." Leon was organizing his words, thinking about how to reasonably express the knowledge of the world before he crossed over. "I saw in your alchemy notes that... explosions require air. Is it possible to make an explosive that specifically consumes air?"

"What good would that do? Air can always be replenished."

"It is used to deal with targets in underground caves." Leon paused, "It is not easy to replenish air there."

Edwin nodded thoughtfully and said, "Go on."

"White phosphorus has an extremely low ignition point and will burn once it comes into contact with oxygen... If white phosphorus is used to make explosives, it is difficult to remove the white phosphorus produced by the explosion if it sticks to the skin. The burning temperature is high and can burn all the way to the bones. At the same time, the smoke produced is extremely irritating to the eyes and nose." Lyon said, "It's cool to think about it."

"As expected of a red dragon," Edwin said, "you're the only ones who think it's cool."

Leon snorted. He didn't believe that the other party was a kind person.

"How about making a smoke bomb specifically for making smoke?" Leon was in high spirits, gesticulating with his hands, "Isn't it a great idea to make a flash bomb that produces a dazzling light and a loud noise after being thrown, causing the target to be temporarily blinded and deafened?"

Hearing this, Edwin's pupils dilated. He looked at Leon who was talking eloquently and asked in shock: "Are you really a genius?"

It felt really good to show off in front of others. Lyon looked around proudly and said, "I saw saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal in your laboratory. They are the materials for making black powder, but I found that those materials were hardly moved, which means you are not studying black powder..."

Flame Amber Ash, Night Light, Fairy Tail, Night Orchid Solution... Leon didn't really know much about the materials unique to this world, but there were some materials that he was very familiar with, such as the acidic water obtained by dry distillation of saltpeter, which is nitric acid, and the green vitriol oil obtained by dry distillation of green vitriol, which is sulfuric acid.

"How about trying to treat glycerin with acid and green vitriol oil?" Lyon said with a smile, thinking of using nitric acid and sulfuric acid to treat glycerin to make nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is extremely unstable, very easy to explode, and extremely powerful. In the movie, just a small bottle is enough to split mountains and rocks.

“I don’t remember which book I saw it in.” Lyon thought for a moment and supplemented.

"Acidic acid, green vitriol oil..." Edwin said to himself, "You can try it."

"You can try, but be careful," Leon kindly reminded.

"I don't need you to remind me yet." Edwin sneered, "When I studied fire and explosions, fireball was the most perfect spell... and you weren't even born yet."

Leon had no way to refute it, after all, he was only born a few months ago.

Leon didn't dare to waste too much time, and soon he left and returned to his nest with the book.

(End of this chapter)