"Potion to restore hair color?" Ella moved her body closer, but still asked cautiously, "Is it poisonous?"
"No, I tried it on a cow! The cow's hair turned golden instantly!"
"Don't always tell the truth!" Ella yelled: "Have you tried it with a mouse? Did it die?"
"He's not dead either!"
"Well……"
Ella stared at Dan suspiciously. She had suffered a lot from Dan's potion, so she couldn't be trusted at all:
"Where are the flies? Where are the mosquitoes? Have they been tested?"
Dan scratched his head: "It is true that mosquitoes died inside, but I think they drowned... Even if I want to try, I have to find the mosquito's mouth first?"
"What, King of Sweden, you used to have blond hair like me?" Dast interrupted, "How beautiful your blond hair is. Why don't you drink the medicine quickly?"
"Well, although I also think blond hair is beautiful, my uncle said that all the authentic Seven Hills Empire people have black hair..."
"Your uncle? You mean Anna's father? What does he know?" Dast patted Ella on the shoulder carelessly, "If you ask me, beautiful blond hair can attract the enemy's attention. Strengthen your sword skills!"
"Is there such a thing? Then...okay."
Ella took the potion handed over by Dan, looked at it cautiously a few more times, and then drank it suspiciously.
"Speaking of which, the last time I drank the potion, I was tied up..."
"What? Has he ever done this kind of thing? I'll teach him a lesson!"
Daxter took out a piece of thick rope from somewhere and used exaggerated movements to wrap it around Dan several times, tying him up tightly:
"Is this how to relieve your anger? If that doesn't work, I'll take him out and throw him into the river!"
Looking at the rope on Dan's body, Ella didn't know what to say for a moment: "Master, you have taught me this binding method before... just pull it off and it will open, right?"
"Ah? Disciple, don't tell me that I haven't noticed yet. I've always tied myself up, and it's easy!"
Dust grabbed the end of a rope and whipped it hard. At this time, Dan finally screamed out in pain. Ella couldn't stand it any longer: "Okay, Master, I know you want to help him, but I already said I don't mind. You'd better go out first. I have something to say to him alone."
Daxter patted Dan on the shoulder, showed a "you can do it yourself" expression, and then left the room.
Dan and Ella were the only two people left in the room. Ella lay quietly on the chair, waiting for the potion to take effect. The moonlight shone into the room, as if time had returned several years ago.
Ella closed her eyes and rocked her chair slightly. The old chair made a squeaking sound on the wooden floor.
"Dan, there is something I want to thank you for. When I was a slave, you put the sword and shield into my hands."
"That's to sacrifice you to the King of Beasts..."
"Anyway, my identity as a shieldmaiden helped me and also helped Amy that night. So I really have no intention of asking you for sin. Stop kneeling on the ground and get up."
After hearing what Ella said, Dan grabbed the corner of his clothes and stood up carefully.
"You are the first alchemist I met. At that time, I didn't know much about alchemy. Now that I think about it, your skills are considered to be superb among alchemists - you can learn from the island republic I graduated from the alchemy academy and was able to prepare a potion that changed the color of my hair. Most of the alchemists I met spent their lives studying the transmutation of metals, and the so-called research results were just a few pieces that looked like It’s gold, but it’s just an artificial metal with completely different properties.”
"King of Sweden, you are wrong. In fact, I also spend most of my energy on studying metal transmutation."
"Yes." Ella sighed, "Including me, the only alchemist who is not interested in the Philosopher's Stone is probably the famous Paracelsus."
"Not all alchemists respect Paracelsus, I am one of them." Dan said, "Paracelsus used alchemy to make medicines and understand the human body. It seems that alchemy has made the It has a wider range of uses, but it actually makes alchemy an accessory to medicine and other disciplines. I can accept that he said it is pharmaceutical technology. But alchemy is a discipline that studies the principles of material transformation, and it is not aimed at the philosopher's stone. Really Can it be called alchemy?”
Ella couldn't help but open her eyes - this was the first time she heard Dan's point of view.
She saw a bit of sullenness on Dan's face. Although not long ago he was afraid to express his anger, but when he mentioned this academic issue, he started to get angry.
"It's not just me, there are many alchemists hiding in various parts of the world to conduct research, just to be able to overpower Paracelsus. If his theory becomes mainstream, alchemy will suffer a devastating blow!"
As he spoke, Dan suddenly approached Ella and asked in a very serious tone:
"King of Sweden, tell me the truth. You have come into contact with so many ancient documents. Have you really found a way to make a philosopher's stone?"
"Many ancient documents mention methods of making philosopher's stones..."
"I know, but what is the actual situation? King of Sweden, you are the most famous alchemist in this era second only to Paracelsus. I want to know your true opinion."
Dan's question made Ella look away, looking up at the empty roof:
"While I was still in the palace of the Qiqiu Empire, I excerpted all the content about the Philosopher's Stone, made a list, and compared it. Then..."
"Then I discovered that different authors' content about the Philosopher's Stone seemed similar, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be contradictory. Even the same author's descriptions of the Philosopher's Stone in different works were contradictory, right?"
"Did you finally discover it too?" Ella nodded, but added, "Alchemy often uses code words, which seems contradictory. There may be something wrong with the solution..."
Dan cursed: "Solution, solution. I've had enough of these documents. Who knows if they really have knowledge or are they just pretending? It's useless, no use at all!"
"Then what do you think should be done?"
This was a normal question, but Dan was so frightened that he took a few steps back and shook his head: "Don't ask me, I don't know, I don't know! Maybe what they said is true, maybe they are all liars, Who can believe it? No one can believe it! The only one who can believe it is the triple great Hermes!"
When he said "Triple Great Hermes", Dan's spirit calmed down a little:
"Yes... and the triple great Hermes. I have been praying to him for the past six months. He also noticed me and occasionally talked to me in my dreams. As long as I continue to pray, soon I will be praying to him. It’s time to master the true secret of the Philosopher’s Stone!”
Only then did Ella finally understand why the alchemy manuscript on the table was filled with prayers. Looking at Dan who was gradually getting excited, she felt a little sad in her heart——
"Dan, is your magic stronger than before?"
"How do you know?" Dan looked at Ella in astonishment, "It used to be at the natural level, but now it feels like it's almost at the elf level."
"Then, I hope you can become a great magician."
"Not just a magician. But a great alchemist who has mastered the secret of the Philosopher's Stone!"
"Yes." Ella nodded, "A great alchemical magician."
Moonlight flowed in quietly from the window, and suddenly, Ella felt that the light seemed to connect the past and future time. She vaguely saw that Dan had completed a work in which he swore that he had created the Philosopher's Stone. Time flies, and hundreds of years later, this book has become an unquestionable classic, studied and studied by later generations of alchemists.
