Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 227 The Road Back
"Niya, we meet again."

Shortly after.

On the 4th floor, in the temporary residence.

Roy smiled as he looked at Niya who was brought in by Celine and greeted her.

Niya also looked at him, but was surprised to find that the person talking to her was no longer the Roy in her past memories.

Whether it was Roy, who was plain-looking, or Roy, who became handsome after drinking the potion...

None of them match.

The person who appeared in front of him at this moment was a handsome young man.

He looked like he was not even 14 years old, with clear eyes and a voice like a young phoenix.

Say "sister" anytime...

Not too much.

It was only with great difficulty that I vaguely found some familiar shadows of the past through the spiritual breath, and then slowly identified them.

"Lord...Lord Roy?"

Niya was a little nervous and said in disbelief.

"If I count the days, it should be almost four years.

It’s not a long time, but it’s not a short time either.”

Roy chuckled. He could understand Niya's restraint and hesitation.

"I just happened to come back this time for some business, and I wanted to catch up with you."

As Celine brought the prepared drinks, Niya's mood finally calmed down.

She looked at Roy, who had become more handsome and younger, and couldn't help but sigh that he had changed so much.

The two chatted briefly, mainly reminiscing about the past, and mentioned in passing that they were planning to issue a task to go to the "Apple Orchard" to pick fresh snake fruit to take away as a local specialty.

"This matter can be handled through the Task Center. I'll be in charge of coordinating and issuing multiple high-level tasks. I guarantee that within a month, we'll receive quite a few..."

When talking about her job, Niya was clear-headed and quickly came up with a plan.

Then the two talked about some people and things in the tower.

"Remember Milena? That senior apprentice... was seriously injured during a mission.

Later, he drank some kind of potion, probably a private concoction by an apprentice in the tower, and managed to save his life...

But, it was disfigured!
She is now old and ugly, like an old witch. She often hides in her room alone to make potions and rarely goes out.

"Ok?"

That was the female apprentice who had sold mana potions and potion sacs to him, but she never expected to suffer such a misfortune.

"Chimi, Wario and the others from our class are all dead, and Olde has gone crazy..."

Niya told Roy again.

These people had taken classes together six or seven years ago.

Although there is no friendship...

Roy was slightly moved, and an inexplicable sense of detachment arose spontaneously.

“I can still feel the same way and empathize with them.

But one day, you will live for dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

Everything in the past is like smoke and dust.

What will it be like?"

In fact, from the moment he was promoted to a wizard, Roy was no longer of the same kind as these apprentices.

Roy had no feelings for those apprentices.

He was not moved by hearing about these people's experiences, but suddenly remembered something else.

Niya looked at Roy's expression, not understanding his true sorrow. She assumed this old friend was deeply moved and was mourning for them. But after a moment, Roy shook off his inexplicable thoughts and asked quietly, "So, where's Renien?"

"Rainian..."

Niya was startled and answered cautiously.

"He has also been promoted to a wizard!"

"Oh?"

"He became an elite apprentice a few months after you left, and then more than a year later...

It was about two years ago that I left my home country.

He didn’t tell me, and no one else knew, the world he was going to.”

Speaking of Rainien, Niya's expression was a little unnatural, because Rainien's behavior was almost like being a stranger to her.

The once cheerful and outgoing Rainien eventually became a selfish and lonely wizard.

On the contrary, Roy, who had been aloof and indifferent when he was promoted to senior apprentice and elite apprentice, became much more humane.

……

After seeing Niya off, Celine looked at Roy and asked, "What happened to you just now?"

She was very perceptive and actually noticed Roy's instant emotional change.

Roy didn't answer her, but asked instead: "Celine, do you still remember your childhood?"

Celine asked, "Why are you asking this?"

Roy said: "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered a little story I just saw...

He casually took out a book from the small table beside the sofa, opened it and started reading.

I don’t know whether this was arranged by the deacons and servants in the Wu Tower, or by someone else.

Before they entered here, it was placed here as part of the room's decoration.

Its name is "The Wizard of Brian's Fables", which collects some folk tales or fables circulated in various worlds.

He happened to see one of them called "Faded Painting", a short story that was almost like a fairy tale.

It tells the story of the experience of a painter named Momoli.

"Momoli drew a colored pencil drawing, but over time the paint faded and turned into black and white.

When Momoli grew up, he became an excellent painter. By chance, he found an old work of his from many years ago and wanted to try to restore it to its original state.

But he painted and painted and painted...

But I can no longer find the original look in my memory."

After hearing this, Celine rolled her eyes at him.

Roy didn't get angry when he was given the cold shoulder, he just smiled faintly.

But after Celine left, he didn't do alchemy, or continue to think about witchcraft and equipment, but immersed himself in this story.

Wizards pursue the truth. They are cold and strong men who spend their days dealing with blood, fire, corpses and wars. They are not naive enough to put ordinary fairy tales in their homes.

And it's not just wizards. The wizards in the Arcane Empire also like to read and write all kinds of fairy tales and fables, hiding information in vast books.

This is the habit of the spellcaster, and it also encourages those who come after him to read more and think more.

All kinds of precious and profound knowledge and truths may be hidden in it, and anyone can read it regardless of race, camp or class.

But only true readers have that kind of fate.

Celine rolled her eyes at herself, which only showed that she had no comprehension and was not a good wizard.

He asked Celine if she remembered the past, remembering her childhood, because he suddenly remembered that during the apprenticeship stage, spiritual power could be materialized, and even before the apprenticeship stage.

There is actually no difference between them and ordinary people.

In fact, even if one reaches the wizard stage like he is now, it is impossible to remember everything, and it is impossible to retain clear memories for thousands of years!

Things that are old may still be missed or lost, which is a big problem related to future promotion and development potential!
(End of this chapter)