The most shameless alchemist in history

But after hearing Eun's account, he had to change his mind, because he realized that the cursed bracelet did not belong to the Emerald Auction House.

"What did you say? That those guys stole this bracelet?" Lance was an impatient man. After Eun finished speaking, Dure was still deep in thought, but he asked first. You could tell from his expression that "anger" was written all over his forehead, but it wasn't directed at Eun.

“Yes, this bracelet originally belonged to a middle-aged man. He was being chased all the way to Maple City, where he was rescued by Talina. However, those people found Talina and used her as leverage to force the man to hand over the bracelet,” Eun recounted the events.

“I see,” Dure nodded. He had been observing Eun’s expressions as Eun spoke, trying to determine if Eun was lying. However, Eun’s reaction was perfectly normal, and there was no sign of him lying. Dure was certain of this.

"What they're doing is no different from bandits." Lance always hated evil. Although he also disliked Eun, he temporarily put aside his minor conflict with Eun when faced with the bandits who were trying to steal the cursed bracelet.

"After they got their hands on the cursed bracelet, they put it up for public auction at Maple Tower. I did this simply to return the bracelet to Talina and that old man; it originally belonged to them." Eun nodded firmly; he wasn't doing this for himself.

"Durey, we absolutely cannot return the items to those robbers!" Lance exclaimed indignantly, immediately urging Durey to change his mind.

“Boss, everything I just said is true. You don’t seem like a bad guy. It’s better for the bracelet to be in your hands than in the hands of those bastards at the auction house.” Seeing Dure’s hesitant look, Eun was afraid that Dure doubted the truth of his words, so he immediately made a guarantee.

"What about the division of spoils you mentioned earlier?" Dure asked, recalling what Eun had said.

"Oh, that's all just for show. I've heard a lot of stories about chivalrous thieves since I was little, so I dreamed of becoming one of them, but well, I still messed it up." Eun smiled sheepishly, looking completely different from before.

It was clear that he had relaxed his guard against Dure and Lance, because while Dure was observing him, he was also observing Dure. Lance was a complete naive and impulsive man, with all his emotions written on his face. As for Dure, he couldn't draw many conclusions from his observations.

But at least one thing is certain: the person in front of you is definitely not a bad person.

“In that case, take me to see that flower girl named Tarina tomorrow. I need to see her to know if what you’re saying is true.” After thinking for a moment, Dure decided to see for himself. This wasn’t because he didn’t believe Eun, but because he had to see Tarina.

"Tomorrow, Dure, don't we have class tomorrow?" Lance said blankly.

"There's no class tomorrow because it's the weekend," Du Lei reminded him.

"Oh, is that so?" Lance didn't pay any attention to the date, after all, his mind was full of the training ground.

“I understand you want to see Talina. Since it’s your request, boss, I’ll take you to see her. What about the cursed bracelet?” Eun nodded in agreement, but he still pointed to the cursed bracelet and asked a question.

"Keep it with me for now, come find me tomorrow." Dure put away the cursed bracelet. He wouldn't rush to decide who owned the bracelet before seeing Talina.

“Then, boss, this…” Eun raised his hands, which were still bound with rope.

"Hey, Dure, are you sure it's okay to let him go?" Lance reminded Dure as he untied the ropes.

“No problem, see you tomorrow.” Dure loosened the rope completely, indicating that Eun could leave.

"See you later, boss," Eun waved to Dure and quickly jogged away, disappearing into the night.

"Durey, what if he's lying to you after you really let him go?" Lance was still a little unsure.

"Whether we've been scammed or not, we'll find out tomorrow. Let's go back first." Du Lei turned and went back to his dormitory. Although the fire was still raging in the distance, he believed that the college would handle it and the matter would be resolved soon. All he needed to do was go back and get a good night's sleep.

Meanwhile, in the Maple Tower of Maple City, an elderly man with white hair was angrily reprimanding his subordinates.

"A whole day has passed, and you still have no clue? What are you all doing? A perfectly good bracelet was stolen right under our noses! Not only was it stolen, but it slipped away, and now we haven't even caught the culprit. Do you even have the nerve to come back?"

It was none other than Fama, the highest-ranking person in charge of the Jade Auction House in Maple City, who was furious. He kicked his subordinate to the ground.

Although his subordinate was a burly man at least 1.85 meters tall, much stronger than him, the man remained motionless. He was kicked and rolled several times on the ground, but he dared not get angry and could only lie on the ground waiting for Fama to vent his anger.

“Mr. Fama, what should we do now? Can’t the buyer be a little more accommodating?” Miki, who was the auctioneer at yesterday’s auction, asked calmly in the room. After all, it was Fama who came up with the terrible idea of ​​auctioning off a fake instead of the cursed bracelet yesterday.

“That buyer who is being accommodating is someone that even headquarters can’t afford to offend. How could he possibly be accommodating? You saw it last night too. We don’t have anyone here who can handle him. If he gives the order, we will all be killed.” Fama sighed heavily.

If he had known things would get this serious, he would never have made that decision yesterday.

"Sigh, we finally found the cursed bracelet. We thought we could use it to make a name for ourselves and get transferred to headquarters so we wouldn't have to stay in Maple City anymore. But we never expected this to happen," Fama sighed. It was supposed to be a perfectly good thing.

Because of a small accident, things took a completely different turn, and now it seems like a graveyard.

“Since the buyer is such an important person, I think the cursed bracelet might not be that important to him.” Miki had met the buyer once and her impression of him was that he was a mysterious nobleman, very different from the people she had met before, especially his sinister aura, which left a deep impression on her.

"Regardless, we lost it ourselves. We should continue searching while trying to compensate the buyer." Fama shook his head. He had originally planned to use the cursed bracelet to advance to the upper echelons of the jade auction house, since Maple City was just a branch.

But now that this has happened, his wish is probably completely shattered.

251 Go meet her

Lance was worried that Dure might be deceived. Although Eun's story yesterday had filled him with righteous indignation and he had pointed the finger at the bandits at the Jade Auction House, he had thought about it again and again after returning home. In addition, he had a great prejudice against Eun, which made it inevitable that he would suffer a bad outcome.

However, not long after dawn the next day, it turned out that he had indeed misunderstood Eun, because Eun not only did not run away, but also waited for them downstairs with breakfast early in the morning. The three of them headed towards the location of the teleportation barrier, which Durei had only used once.

It was Nono who initiated it. Recently, Du Lei has been spending every day with Nono, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid her as much as possible, so he didn't tell her about this. Although Nono didn't activate the teleportation barrier, the students can use it freely because it's the weekend.

The three of them successfully passed through the barrier and arrived in Maple City. If they had used errands, it would have taken at least a day and a night to get there.

"It's really convenient to have a teleportation barrier. You can get to even the farthest places in no time. But how did you get to the academy yesterday?" Lance was marveling at the convenience of the teleportation barrier when he suddenly thought of this question. After all, Eun wasn't a student at Maple Leaf Academy.

"Hehe, you don't actually think there's only one teleportation barrier, do you?" Eun said mysteriously.

"What do you mean by that?" Lance was taken aback by his unexpected answer.

“It means exactly what you mean. If you can’t even understand that, then I refuse to talk to you, and you shouldn’t interfere.” Eun waved his hand, not intending to continue, because he felt that talking to Lance was an insult to his intelligence.

Lance was so angry that he was speechless, but for a moment he couldn't find any words to refute him.

"So, besides the teleportation barrier we just used, are there other usable barriers in the academy?" Dure discerned a different meaning from Eun's words.

"As expected of the boss, he's definitely much smarter than some people. That's right, but to be more precise, that's not entirely true." Eun affirmed Durei's words while giving a mysterious smile.

"What's so great about knowing a lot? Didn't you get arrested and beaten up just like me last night?" Lance said indignantly, bringing up Eun's humiliation yesterday to give him some sense of self-worth.

“Even if you get arrested, it has nothing to do with you. What’s there to be proud of?” Eun retorted.

"So, the teleportation barrier isn't inside the academy, but outside?" Du Lei quickly understood what he meant.

“Yes, it’s right outside the academy. The academy mountain isn’t just Maple Leaf Academy’s territory. There are many merchants nearby, and historically, it was a battlefield where ancient humans fought against magical beasts. It’s not surprising that there’s an ancient teleportation barrier there.” Eun’s attitude towards Dure was much better.

"Then how come you can use the academy's teleportation barrier? The academy's teleportation barrier should only be used by students." Dure asked a second question, clearly indicating that Eun was not a student of Maple Leaf Academy.

“Boss, that’s not quite accurate either. To be precise, the academy’s teleportation barrier is for the use of the academy’s people,” Eun corrected again.

"How did you become a member of Maple Leaf Academy when you're already a member of the academy?" Lance couldn't help but interject again.

"Because I'm a registered employee of Maple Leaf Academy," Ewan explained with a smile.

Lance was somewhat surprised that the listed employees were such a coincidence.

“No, this can’t be a coincidence.” Dure shook his head; he and Lance had completely different opinions.

“I just got the job openings for registered employees yesterday,” Ewan gave the correct answer.

“This was all possible yesterday?” Lance knew that yesterday was the day Eun came knocking on his door.

"Of course it's possible if we think of a way." Eun was very happy to see Lance's surprised look.

"So that's how it is. Where's that flower girl named Tarina? I haven't seen her yet." Dure nodded. What Eun said was not much different from what he had imagined. He looked around. Eun had just said that Tarina was on this street nearby, but he hadn't been able to find her after searching for a while.

“Yeah, we’ve been looking for a while now and haven’t found him. You’re not lying to us, are you?” Lance started questioning again. He found Eun suspicious no matter how he looked at him. This was what they called prejudice.

“That’s strange. Talina should usually be selling flowers around here. Today is the weekend, and there should be a lot of people. It should be a busy time for her to sell flowers. She shouldn’t be here.” Eun was also puzzled by this. He was very familiar with the streets around here and knew Talina’s daily routine.

"Okay, boss, I'll take you to her house. I know where it is." Eun thought for a moment and decided to look somewhere else.

"You're not planning some kind of trap for us, are you, Dure? Don't fall for it." Lance remained skeptical.

“If you’re scared, you can stay here. You don’t need to come with me.” Eun really didn’t want to take Lance with him.

"Alright, Lance, it's okay. Let's go take a look." Dure stepped forward and waved his hand to indicate that Lance didn't need to worry too much.

He knew that if Eun truly harbored ill intentions, he would have already done so elsewhere. There was no need to bring them to such a dangerous place as the downtown area; it simply didn't make logical sense.

"Who are you calling scared? I'd like to see what kind of tricks you're up to. Dure, let's go." Lance wasn't going to back down here. He strode after Dure, determined to expose Eun's true colors.

“Come this way.” Eun pointed to the street on the right, indicating that Dure and the other man should follow him. To be precise, there was only one person, because Lance was not even among those he had invited, but Lance insisted on coming along.

The three of them walked along the street on the right for a while, and the surrounding scenery became increasingly desolate. Gone was the atmosphere of the big city they had seen before; in its place was a dilapidated and desolate ruin. Even though it was the weekend, a time when people should be bustling around, the surroundings were still very quiet.

Even the bright sunlight in the sky is blocked by tall buildings, leaving only shadows and gloom here. It is as if all the sunshine and prosperity have been absorbed by the high-rise buildings in the downtown area, leaving only desolation and barrenness here.

"Tarina, are you home? Tarina, it's me, Eun. I brought a friend over, Tarina." Eun called out as he walked up to a dilapidated little house. He seemed very enthusiastic, and it was clear that he knew Tarina well, otherwise he wouldn't have done something so dangerous for her.

252 Flower Girl

Eun called out and knocked on the door. Normally, only people who are very close to each other would do this, otherwise they would be chased out with a broom. However, no one responded to Eun's calls. The old door panel could not withstand his knocking.

"Who's making such a racket over there? Isn't that Eun? Are you looking for Talina?" The commotion caused by Eun attracted the attention of the neighbors. An old man poked his head out impatiently, originally intending to yell at the noise maker.

However, he recognized Eun and immediately understood Eun's purpose. Eun was dressed in tattered clothes, which was not surprising. On the way here, Durei had noticed that this was a gathering place for the poor, a world apart from the bustling cities they had seen before.

“Yes, Grandpa Tam, I couldn’t find Talina on the street, so I came to her house to look for her, but it seems she’s not home.” Eun greeted the old man.

“Talina is indeed not home, she went out. By the way, who are these two people?” The old man looked at Dure and Lance with a puzzled expression.

“These are my friends. They’re not bad people. Talina isn’t home or on the street. Where did she go? Is she alright lately?” Eun introduced Dure and Lance, but didn’t go into too much detail, since there was no need for it.

"Talina, sigh, you haven't been home these past two days, so you don't know what happened. She's at the amusement park now, go and see her." The old man pointed to the left, sighing heavily, clearly in low spirits.

"How could the amusement park be like this?" Upon hearing these two words, Eun felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and hurriedly went to the left.

"Hey, wait a minute, don't rush off! Dure, look, he's trying to run away, let's hurry and chase after him!" Lance got anxious when he saw Eun leave in a hurry, while Dure nodded to the old man as a greeting and then followed after him.

The two of them didn't chase for too long, only a few hundred meters, before catching up with Eun in a desolate area. At this point, he had slowed down and was walking slowly forward. It wouldn't be accurate to say that the area was desolate, because many unknown white wildflowers were growing on the ground.

It was early spring. Although the weather was a bit cold, it was still spring. Seeds that had been dormant all winter had sprouted. The area was quiet, filled with a sad and tense atmosphere. Not far in front of Eun, there was a person with his back to him.

"Where have you led us? What paradise? This is just a graveyard!" Lance had heard the old man mention the word "paradise" earlier and thought it was some kind of amazing place, but he was greatly disappointed when he arrived.

Because this place is clearly a cemetery, and one that is not managed by anyone.

"This place is called Paradise because it is the best place of relief and a refuge for the souls of those who have suffered." The person standing with their back to Eun and Dure was a petite figure. She looked so fragile in the cold wind, but her words were firm and powerful.

"Talina, what happened? It's only been a few days, how could this be?" Eun called out her name. She was clearly the flower girl Talina that Dure and his group were looking for. She hadn't turned around yet, but it could be roughly judged that she was not very old, only a teenager.

She was petite and delicate, but she stood there all alone, untouched by the cold wind. Her small body seemed to contain a powerful strength. This was the first impression that Dure and Lance had of her.

“Mr. Tucker was already very ill, and after going through such a thing, he finally reached the end of his life. For someone who has suffered so much, this must be his final resting place. I just wonder if he has found redemption for his soul,” the girl prayed softly.

"Damn it, they're all those bandits. If it weren't for them, Uncle Tucker wouldn't have been here." Eun clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the ground. He was in a terrible mood. Before coming here, he had told Dure about the general situation. Tucker was the name of the alchemist that Talina had saved.

"Don't be sad, Uncle Tucker won't rest in peace if you do. Let's quietly see him off here." Talina gently shook her head. She remained standing there praying, her gaze pure and calm, showing that she was a gentle person.

"Durey, this..." Lance hesitated upon seeing this, unsure of what to do, and looked at Durey with a puzzled expression.

Dure shook his head slightly without speaking. He knew that it would be meaningless to say anything now, because all the person who was sleeping underground wanted was a moment of peace. Although he had never met the man named Tucker, he believed that Tucker must be thinking the same thing.

The four of them stood in the desolate cemetery for more than ten minutes. Finally, Talina slowly turned around, nodded slightly to Dure and Lance as a greeting, and quickly left the cemetery. The group returned to Talina's house along the way they had come.

"I'm so sorry, are you all Eun's friends? I've never seen Eun bring friends over before. There's not much I can offer you, this is just some herbal tea I brewed myself." Talina brewed the tea and handed it to Dure and Lance. Her house was small and sparsely furnished.