Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam
Chapter 120 - 119: The Master’s Magic Potion

Chapter 120: Chapter 119: The Master’s Magic Potion

"There’s a library in the Saint Hilman Cathedral."

After Kane disappeared for a while, Lindong suddenly spoke, "The top floor of the library isn’t open to anyone outside the clergy, and it might store some forbidden books related to the Day of Destruction."

During her earlier tenure at the Council of Seven, she had learned a lot of internal news about the clergy.

The concept of the Day of Destruction was proposed by the first Archbishop, Saint Hillman. Henry I established the Empire, everything flourished, and that era was called the Golden Era. However, the Archbishop sensed potential dangers and, during his tenure, traveled throughout the Empire searching for forbidden knowledge about the Old Gods.

The first King rebuked Hillman’s actions more than once, believing he had gone insane.

"The cathedral in Gear City is named after him, which might mean this city holds special significance for Hillman. The first King disapproved of Hillman’s research, and he couldn’t bring his research results back to the imperial capital. During Henry III’s reign, all research on the Day of Destruction was banned, and this decree has continued to this day."

Lindong said, "At least there’s no book on the Day of Destruction in the cathedral in the imperial capital."

Ethan was curious, "How do you know? Isn’t it not open to outsiders?"

"Because I snuck in and had a look, their forbidden books actually aren’t very informative."

Lindong said confidently, where there are forbidden books, there she was, "I even left a commemorative mark in one of the forbidden books, and it hasn’t been discovered until now."

Ethan suddenly understood why Lindong mentioned the Saint Hilman Cathedral out of the blue, "Teacher, you don’t mean to...?"

"Ethan, I have a plan!"

Lindong mimicked Ethan’s tone, "First, we need to go to the herbal shop to buy some materials for making invisibility potions."

As she spoke, a blush appeared on her fair face, and her tone became excited.

Lindong thought carefully, she hadn’t sneaked into the restricted areas of a library to peek at forbidden books in two full years. Back in the academy, professors knew she liked to sneak a peek at forbidden books, but they couldn’t find evidence—until graduation, she never got caught.

Later she became a professor at the academy, and those areas in the library were opened to her, making it all boring.

"What materials are needed, make a list, and I’ll go buy them."

Though saying so, Ethan had to declare that he and Teacher Cat were different. His teacher only enjoyed preparing for and the process of infiltrating forbidden zones, she didn’t care about the forbidden books she might find. But he was different. He genuinely wanted to know about the Day of Destruction.

This Kane seemed to belong to the enigmatic faction, always coming and going so swiftly, never speaking clearly. To understand the system of Old Gods and new gods, Ethan could only form a strategic alliance with his teacher.

Lindong displayed her powerful memory, listing every herb and its quantity needed for the invisibility potion accurately without consulting any references—this was her specialty in Magic Potion, having brewed it countless times since student days, her quality surpassed even the Magic Potion teachers at the academy.

Her clientele spanned every grade, and the deductions from rule violations by students who drank her invisibility potions exceeded four digits.

Her unparalleled elemental magic talent, combined with her rebellious spirit against the professors, earned her the private moniker of the first Black Demon King.

"But we don’t have a cauldron."

Ethan finished the list and reminded, "And there’s no place in the inn to brew Magic Potions."

As he observed, brewing Magic Potions would leave traces. Miss Keroy spent a long time every day cleaning the potion residues and frequently washed the cauldron. Such a big cauldron could only be handled by Miss Keroy and the other side.

"A top-notch Alchemist doesn’t need a cauldron."

Lindong said proudly, "Let me show you the skills of a master-level Alchemist!"

The invisibility magic potion is an intermediate potion, requiring some rare herbs. Ethan shuttled from place to place, visiting several herbal shops before finally getting all the herbs on the list.

It seemed someone else was also making invisibility potions, as one herbal shop employee mumbled that these ingredients were hard to sell before, but suddenly many people came to buy them recently.

Subsequently, Lindong demonstrated her advanced skills to Ethan. She had Ethan spark a flame in his palm, used a goblet as a makeshift cauldron base, poured in water, and controlled the flame’s temperature with ice elements while brewing the potion.

Compared to Miss Keroy in Ethan’s memory, who always held a metal stick and circled around the cauldron, Lindong’s potion brewing method was much more elegant, remaining silent throughout until she poured two bottles of bright red liquid into glass cups. She then breathed a sigh of relief, satisfied, saying, "Looks like my alchemy skills haven’t declined. The potion level of the invisibility potion is key to determining the duration; top-quality potions can last up to three hours. After three hours, the drinker will gradually become visible within fifteen minutes, so it’s best to find an empty place when reappearing, lest someone sees you."

Depending on the drinker’s constitution, the process of reappearing body parts can be fast or slow, which often led to sightings of a floating arm or just a head in some dark corners of the academy.

Because cleaners were often frightened into fainting by the "disembodied monster" during Lindong’s time studying, unauthorized consumption of invisibility potions was added to the penalty rules.

Lindong single-handedly altered many academy regulations.

Her arrival made all the teachers and students in the academy understand the saying, "never judge a book by its cover." Those who viewed her as a cold beauty paid a heavy price, with some professors even fainting from anger and being carried to the infirmary.

Ethan closely observed the scarlet liquid in the glass bottle and raised a soul-piercing question, "After drinking this, do we need to undress?"

In his past life, any superpower related to invisibility would lead to such discussions.

"You can undress."

Lindong looked Ethan up and down, "I don’t mind."

"What do you mean ’you can undress’? I mean, won’t it result in a situation where the person is invisible, but their clothes are still floating?"

"Ah, oh, is that so."

Lindong’s face turned even redder, she awkwardly turned her face, yet couldn’t help but sneak a few glances at Ethan, "That won’t happen, only low-quality invisibility potions have the issue you’re referring to."

"That’s good then..."

Ethan nodded but suddenly realized something was odd.

If high-quality invisibility potions wouldn’t have the issue he mentioned, what did "you can undress" mean?

His gaze suddenly turned sharp.

His teacher seemed to have some peculiar thoughts.

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