Chapter 561 Scarlet Sovereignty <TOC> Chapter 563 Kirk Street
Translator: SumTLMan
She discarded the spell-casting materials that turned to dust in her palm and walked down from the training ground.
Pointing to the seats on the side, she gestured for Angel to sit.
“I didn’t realize Lady Eliza was a formal witch. I was a bit rude to you at the alchemy exchange meeting last time,” Angel said with noble manners, waiting for Eliza to sit before taking his seat.
“It’s fine, Mr. Angel. Sooner or later, you will also advance to a wizard. There’s no need to be so formal about such a small matter,” Eliza replied. “Moreover, I don’t really care about these hierarchies and etiquette.”
Though she said she didn’t care, Angel couldn’t really ignore it.
“Whether I can advance to a wizard depends on my luck. Lady Eliza, you flatter me.”
Eliza raised her eyebrows: “Except for you, all the other students under Phantom Master are formal wizards. Moreover, according to the information I received, it hasn’t been two years since you entered the Wizarding World, has it? You are already a third-level apprentice, and I’m afraid no one in the Southern Region has more potential than you. If you can’t advance to a formal wizard, that would be a joke.”
Angel smiled, not wanting to lead the conversation to himself, and continued: “Lady Eliza, I came here for the commission you gave me at the exchange meeting.”
“What? Is there something unclear about the crafting? I’ve never dabbled in alchemy, so if it’s an alchemy question, I won’t be able to answer,” Eliza said.
Angel shook his head: “I have no doubts. I have already crafted the item you requested.”
Eliza nodded indifferently: “Right, crafting such a trinket shouldn’t take too long.”
Upon hearing Eliza’s words, Angel’s expression faltered for a moment.
Regarding the crafting of the “Scarlet Sovereignty,” Angel felt that the time given was barely sufficient. If another alchemist were to perfectly replicate the crown on the scroll within a month, it would be nearly impossible. If given to a mixing alchemist, it would likely take even longer.
So when he heard Eliza speak like that, he felt underestimated for a moment, thinking that she had belittled the study of alchemy.
However, Angel simply suppressed his discomfort and controlled his expression, calmly saying: “Before I hand it over, I hope to explain it to Lady Eliza.”
Eliza’s voice came from beneath her mask: “Oh? Let’s hear it.”
“Scarlet Sovereignty.”
After mentioning the name of this secret treasure, Angel said lightly: “Before crafting, I didn’t realize that Lady Eliza had asked me to craft a counterfeit of this treasure. If I had known, I might not have accepted. But since I’ve already accepted the Abyss Dragonhorn Beast tendon, I can only continue crafting.”
As he said this, Angel paused, wanting to see Eliza’s reaction.
But Eliza said nothing, and since she was wearing a mask, Angel couldn’t see her expression.
He could only continue: “After I hand it over to you, it has nothing to do with me. I don’t want to get involved in this matter any further. This is not only my expectation, but also what my Mentor asked me to tell you.”
Angel knew that he wasn’t influential enough, so he could only use Sanders’ reputation as a banner.
After Angel finished speaking, Eliza was silent for a moment before suddenly laughing: “There are plenty of counterfeits of Scarlet Sovereignty on the market. Who would care about who crafted a counterfeit? Besides, I asked you to craft a small trinket just to fool those fools, and I never intended to involve you in this matter. Aren’t you overthinking things?”
As Eliza spoke, she mocked: “Moreover, do you think you have any qualifications to be involved in this matter?”
“It seems I was overly concerned,” Angel’s expression remained unchanged after being ridiculed: “However, Lady Eliza is indeed very knowledgeable. A piece of alchemy with Bloodline Tracing is just a small trinket in your eyes.”
“Bloodline Tracing? What is that?” Eliza was confused and didn’t understand what Angel was talking about. She asked Angel to craft a counterfeit of “Scarlet Sovereignty” simply because she saw Angel’s strong talent and the possibility of him advancing to a wizard, leaving room for future connections, and to establish a relationship with the Phantom Master.
Otherwise, melting some low-level materials and casting a crown model was a simple task. Who couldn’t handle that?
Eliza’s question made Angel doubt as well.
However, he doubted himself: “Did I get it wrong? The magic formation on the crown isn’t Bloodline Tracing, but Bloodline Reflux? But who would engrave a magic formation for Bloodline Reflux on such a small crown?”
“Bloodline Tracing? Bloodline Reflux? Magic formation?” The confusion in Eliza’s eyes deepened. After a while, she seemed to remember something: “You didn’t replicate the magic formation on the picture, did you?”
Hearing Eliza’s tone, Angel felt uneasy: “Could it be that Lady Eliza didn’t ask me to replicate this magic formation?”
Eliza rolled her eyes under her mask, placed the parchment on the table, and slowly unfolded it.
Then she pointed at the drawing on the parchment: “Take a look for yourself, are there any magic runes on this?”
Angel leaned in and pointed in a corner: “This is the ‘Contract Rune’ related to blood relations, this is the ‘Pathway Rune’ expressing the concept of measurement, this is the ‘Blood Rune’…”
Angel pointed out the names of several runes one by one.
Eliza looked closely, but in her eyes, she only saw a few meaningless lines: “Is this a rune? Are you fooling me that I don’t know runes? Isn’t this the pattern on the crown?”
Angel: “…”
Without questioning, just listening to Eliza’s words, he knew that he had thought too much.
“This is a corner of the rune, which can be used to infer the entire rune.” Angel explained.
Eliza looked at Angel suspiciously: “I’ve shown this parchment to several alchemists, and no one said it was a rune.”
Seeing that Eliza still didn’t believe, Angel sighed, took out the finished product from his bracelet, and placed it on the table.
“If you don’t believe me, you might as well see for yourself.”
When Eliza saw the gorgeous crown filled with a faint blood glow, her eyes widened.
Was this… a counterfeit of the Scarlet King Crown?!
In order to deceive King Guman, she had many alchemists craft counterfeit Scarlet King Crowns, so she had seen many counterfeits. However, none of those counterfeits could compare to this one.
Amazement filled Eliza’s eyes; she had seen many finished products, but none as beautiful as this one.
It almost perfectly replicated the appearance on the parchment!
Moreover, the subtle and ancient energy fluctuations were almost identical to the real Scarlet King Crown!
“Did you really craft this? It’s almost indistinguishable!” Eliza exclaimed continuously.
Angel was feeling quite depressed now. If he had known that Eliza didn’t know about blood source tracing, he wouldn’t have spent so much time and effort searching for the rune corner in the sea of books – it was very tiring!
More importantly, it took too much time! In other words, he had wasted almost half a month!
Angel couldn’t help but be speechless, and just responded to Eliza’s doubts with random nods.
Eliza sighed deeply: “It’s really too similar. I was told that I wasted a hair tie trying to get on Sanders’ good side, and they might not even appreciate it. I think they were wrong; I didn’t waste anything this time!”
Angel: “…” Why bother revealing such a hidden truth?
Moreover, what he heard was even more heartbreaking. It turned out that Eliza really just wanted him to use melting and freezing spells to construct a model of the crown, and didn’t think about any magic formation enchantments. And her main purpose was to win over Sanders’ relationship…
Angel wanted to cry but had no tears.
He now understood why Eliza had said before: “It won’t take long to craft such a trinket.”
Because she really just wanted a trinket!
One month was indeed too long for her!
All these mistakes were because Angel thought too much.
Moreover, he hadn’t considered that, in fact, not all enchanting alchemists possess such a perfect alchemy heritage like his. No alchemist would painstakingly reverse-engineer a rune for a small item, as it’s not cost-effective!
As Angel felt bitter, Eliza was overjoyed.
Her eyes shone brightly; she originally planned to deceive the King Guman’s assassin with a counterfeit. But if what Angel said was true, she could make other arrangements… like, replacing the real with the fake?
Eliza looked at Angel: “Can you be sure that what’s engraved on this is definitely the blood…”
“Bloodline Tracing,” Angel added grumpily.
“Yes, that’s it, Bloodline Tracing.” Eliza pointed at the scroll’s drawing and stared at Angel.
Even through the mask, Angel could feel the burning gaze.
Angel hesitated for a moment: “Probably.”
Then, he briefly explained the “Bloodline Tracing” and “Bloodline Reflux,” explained their differences from the perspective of rune studies, and finally revealed the specific function of “Bloodline Tracing.”
“That’s right! That’s it,” Eliza exclaimed: “No wonder the King Guman could always sense its whereabouts, it’s because of this effect.”
“Great, you’ve done me a huge favor this time!” Eliza looked at Angel gratefully: “I originally just wanted you to help me craft a fake shell, but I didn’t expect a miracle!”
Angel’s freshly mended heart was pierced by an arrow once more.
Angel: Can we not mention that again?
Eliza snapped her fingers, and a flashy gold card appeared in her hand. She handed it to Angel: “To express my gratitude, this is the Gold Card VIP for the Storm Shop. From now on, you’ll get a 50% discount when purchasing Storm Rock at Storm Shops throughout the Southern Region!”
How did they adopt a card system like the candy house… Angel looked at the gold card, and actually felt resistant inside. However, to cut the Gordian Knot, he accepted it and said with an indifferent smile: “The original transaction has already ended; I am undeserving of this gold card.”
Eliza laughed heartily: “Indeed, we’ve settled the accounts. In that case, consider this gold card a thank you gift for the ‘additional attributes’ provided by Mr. Pat.”
Chapter 561 Scarlet Sovereignty <TOC> Chapter 563 Kirk Street