The pirates take Ella to a luxurious house. It was supposed to be a merchant's mansion, but it has now been looted. The corridors were littered with pieces of porcelain, every door had been smashed, and there were still white marks on the wall after a row of hanging paintings had been taken down. The place where gold and silver vessels should have been placed is now filled with large and small glass bottles, some filled with strange-colored liquids, some with some small solid pieces preserved in the liquid, and some empty with nothing in them except In addition, there are grinding utensils, small portable stoves, and various pots of strange shapes.
Dan didn't notice at all that Ella had entered the room, holding two reagent bottles in her hands, and walking around the room while shaking the reagent bottles. Ella didn't dare to say anything, and just watched Dan walking around the house again and again. I don't know how long it took, but Dan unconsciously looked up and suddenly found Ella right in front of him. He was so frightened that he immediately took half a step back, and the reagent bottle in his hand fell to the ground and broke. So Dan angrily shouted outside the house
"Where are the people? Where are the people guarding outside? What do you do for food? How many times have I told you not to let outsiders in!"
Hearing Dan's shout, several pirates ran in in panic. But when they saw that only Dan and Ella were in the room, they immediately shook their heads on the spot, as if they were used to this kind of thing. The pirate who brought Amy here came forward and said: "Chief, you forgot again, you asked us to bring her."
Dan looked at Ella in confusion, then at the pirate, and suddenly slapped his head with a look of realization: "Then what are you doing in here! Get out quickly! Don't disturb my experiment!"
"Are you an alchemist from the Hermetic School?"
After a few pirates exited, Ella finally couldn't help but ask. Alchemy is a forbidden skill in the Seven Hills Empire. Ella dabbled in it, but never actually practiced it.
"Yes, I am a disciple of the triple great Hermes, exploring the mysteries of the world."
Dan answered Ella as he began tinkering with his bottles again.
"Little girl, don't be afraid, I won't touch you. You will be sent to the King of Beasts tomorrow. If I touch a hair on your head, he will leave me with none. By the way, you can first Sit there."
Dan pointed to the only stool in the room. But there was a transparent sticky substance on the stool.
"Don't worry, I was just testing the corrosiveness of this liquid. The results show that it cannot corrode wood or skin, it will only corrode the fabric of clothes, so don't worry about it at all."
Don’t worry about it at all! Ella almost cursed. But she still tried to control her emotions and said in a calm tone: "I didn't know that there were members of the Hermetic School among the pirates. They should be a group of mysterious and knowledgeable people..."
Dan said without looking back: "It doesn't fit the image of a pirate, right? In fact, I completed my studies in the island republic, and I followed the pirates in order to collect materials and documents from all over the world. Pirates also need people who can help them read and write. , we need doctors more, and I am mainly doing these two aspects of work for the King of Beasts."
"If you want to collect materials and documents, there should be many other options. Why..." Ella hesitated.
"Why help the pirates?"
Ella nodded hesitantly.
"If you're talking about looting, all armies do it and I don't think pirates are any different."
After saying this, Dan picked out a bottle of golden reagent from the bottles.
"The chat is over. Come, let me try my latest achievement on you - with the help of the wisdom of God Hermes, after one hundred and twenty days and nights, I finally prepared this great recipe. Reagents!”
Dan held the reagent bottle high in ecstasy, letting it enjoy the caress of the moon.
"What... effect does it have?"
"It can make your blond hair more vivid and attractive! You are blond and blue-eyed, which is rare and beautiful. As long as you add my potion, you will become the most beautiful woman in the world. Even the king of beasts will Addicted to you!"
"One hundred and twenty days..." Ella whispered, "...to prepare a dye?"
Ella's words seemed to hit Dan's sore spot, and he immediately shouted excitedly:
"It's not dye! The dye is put on the hair! I drink the potion in the stomach! It's completely different!"
"Moreover! The effect of my potion is more lasting than dye! It is not an exaggeration to say that it is permanent! Moreover, it will also give your hair a charming aroma... just like the aroma of barbecue, which makes Men can’t say no! This is simply one of the greatest inventions of this century!”
"I...I don't want my hair to smell like barbecue!"
"Are you doubting my great invention?" Dan stared, suddenly forced Ella's mouth open, and poured the entire bottle of medicine into Ella's throat.
"Cough, cough, how dare you... cough... no... it won't be poisonous, right?"
"Don't worry, I've done experiments on several cows, and none of them died."
"Then...that's fine..."
"It's just that a few mice died when we experimented with mice."
"Doesn't that mean it's poisonous?"
Ella almost fainted from anger. But her hands and feet were tied, and even if she tried to struggle, she would just twist her body meaninglessly. At this time, Dan had already picked up the grinding dish and continued to do other experiments.
Amidst the clashing sounds of the utensils, Ella felt the changes in her body with fear. Even a condemned prisoner watching the executioner sharpen his knife would probably not be as tortured as Ella at this moment.
After an unknown amount of time, Dan walked back to Ella. As soon as he saw Ella's hair, he was so frightened that he dropped the utensil in his hand to the ground again. A gust of wind blew from the window, blowing Ella's hair in front of her eyes, allowing her to recognize the changes in her hair: the beautiful blond hair disappeared and turned into a tan between black and red. , and became dry and rough, like sandpaper.
"It's over! It's over!" Dan was so frightened that he ducked under the chair, trembling. "I was originally a beautiful girl of the highest grade, but I suddenly turned me into a defective one! The King of Beasts will definitely turn me into one too. Defective product! It’s finished! I will die!”
"Defective product... actually treats me as an object." Ella was so angry that she almost yelled. But she remembered what Amy said to her and held it back.
"No, absolutely not! If you want to change your hair color back, you must change it back!" Dan suddenly jumped up and raised his head against the chair. He didn't bother to take the chair off his head and ran all the way to the experimental table.
"Three-fold great Hermes! Please give me endless wisdom!"
He clamored to put on the protection of Hermes, which he didn't know was useful, and began to frantically mess around with bottles and jars.
