Chapter 26 Edith Will Wake Up Again
"Yes, but remember to tell me before you go so that I can match it up." Mary nodded repeatedly, walked into the house, and took out a box painted with gold thread.
Edith took the thing, opened it, and quickly frowned: "This is not my key."
The keys piled up in the box were all crudely made, obviously copies made in a short period of time.
"Yes, the originals are with Shelly." Mary leaned against the door frame. "After all, I have no direct relationship with you. According to the law, your inheritance is temporarily stored in Shelly's name. But he is quite nice. He didn't touch anything. He also copied all the keys to his private vault for me, saying that I can take them out anytime I want."
"However, since you don't want him to know that you're back...you must tell me in advance if you want to get something, so I can cover for you."
Edith nodded and put the box back in her arms. "Okay, I'll go there in a minute and give you a list later. I plan to take a bag of gold coins to rent a shop in the Tulip Market, and also get some basic medicinal materials to continue refining medicine - I still need some visible income."
Mary didn't wait for Edith to finish her words. She immediately started to pay the money: "No need to take it. I'll get the basic herbs and money for you directly-"
"That's really not necessary!" Edith didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Mary didn't know how to express her joy at seeing her again, so she could only keep giving her gifts. She had already received enough today.
The two argued for a long time, and Mary finally compromised. She then contacted the middleman in the market and said that she would definitely have the best seat vacated for her.
Edith had no choice but to accept the kindness.
She left her sister at Meili's house and went to the place where she lived in her previous life. The house was empty just as she thought, without any trace of life, but surprisingly, there was no dust left, which showed that someone cleaned it regularly.
Edith skillfully cast several spells to hide herself, then broke the external protective shield, climbed over the wall, drilled underground through the dry well in the backyard, and raised the key to the tightly closed underground door.
The door opened.
Edith plunged into the warehouse full of treasures. Seeing her things again, she finally felt a little bit like she was back home.
It turns out that not having to worry about making a living is such a wonderful thing.
She stole a small bag of gold coins from the outside, then walked a little further inside and picked out a few bags of medicinal materials for making basic potions.
Although Mary said she would explain to Shelly, it was always best not to be discovered. Edith carefully put the other things back in place, pretending that no one had been there, and then quietly left the scene.
......
Evening, Meili's apartment.
Doreen was very adaptable and got used to the life in the alley in just one afternoon. Although she was a little sad that her sister was not around, she was able to eat well, sleep well, and learn things that could help her sister. This was a good life for her.
Today was the first day, and she had only followed Mary in practicing the sword-holding posture, but this step still made her so tired that she felt dizzy and could not even stand steadily.
Can my sister actually hold up to such high-intensity training?
Although Mary loved her very much, she was always serious and responsible in her education. She gritted her teeth and refused to let Doreen lean against the wall to drink some water until the sun went down.
"Don't blame me for being cruel." She sighed as she watched the girl drinking water in a hurry. "If you don't lay a good foundation, no matter how hard you work later, it will be useless. Edith went through the same thing before—"
As soon as she said this, she realized something was wrong and looked around cautiously. Fortunately, the neighbors were all out partying, so no one should have heard it.
Except for the little girl with bright eyes in front of me.
"Did your sister also learn swordsmanship from you?" Doreen's eyes sparkled. "I have never seen your sister practice swordsmanship, but I heard from Charles' maid that your sister is very good at swordsmanship..."
She raised her hands high in the air and drew a huge circle in the air with her arms. "Is it that powerful? No, it's more powerful than this!"
"Of course!" Mary was so excited that she forgot to keep the secret from Doreen. She picked up the girl and told her proudly, "Edith is the student I am most proud of. I have practiced sword for so many years and have seen so many students, but none of them has the talent like your sister!"
It's a pity that this swordsmanship genius has zero magic power. In the current era when magic swords are popular, pure power-based swordsmen have been eliminated by the times.
If Edith had a little bit of magic, even just a little bit, she could have taken the path of swordsmanship and become a better swordsman than herself. Maybe she wouldn't have learned potions and ended up losing her life...
Mary's thoughts drifted away uncontrollably once again.
Doreen got the information she wanted, but she didn't say much. She just sat in Mary's arms and rocked her legs quietly.
She knew too little about her sister. After all, her sister was eight years older than her and she didn't know how much more she had experienced - she was only seven years old now!
It turns out that my elder sister really did study with the teacher in the royal capital and received such high evaluations. I must work hard and not embarrass my sister!
——Well, I’m too tired today. I’ll start working hard tomorrow.
Seeing that the break time was over and that Mary was still immersed in her own memories, Doreen quietly stopped shaking her body, trying to be lazy for a while.
I hope the neighbor won’t come back so soon, and if he does, don’t make any noise—
"——Teacher Meili?" Unfortunately, a cold voice sounded from outside the door, "Are you home? I came to see you."
Tsk. Who came at such a bad time?
Before Doreen could even start to cry, Mary suddenly stood up and threw her to the ground. The woman suddenly realized that something was wrong, apologized, pulled Doreen up, and then hurried to the door.
It's Shelly.
She met Edith today, untied a big knot in her heart, and was not so angry with Shirley for not letting her see the body before. But she didn't expect Doreen to be one step ahead of her, rushed to the door quickly, and pushed it open with difficulty on tiptoe.
Shelly's calm face paused when he saw that there was no one behind the door. Then he lowered his head as if he had sensed something and saw the little kid who was not even as long as his legs.
He paused, quickly put the thing in his hand on the ground, and rolled up his blood-stained sleeves: "Teacher Meili, what is this?"
"A new apprentice." Mary said with a straight face, but at least she answered his question.
Shelly's face suddenly turned cold.
"Really?" He lowered his eyes, his hair covering his forehead, making it difficult to see his expression. "Congratulations on getting out."
Meili pretended not to understand what the other person said. She remained expressionless and pointed in the direction of the table with her chin, "Put your things there, you can leave now."
Don’t keep it, don’t keep it. It will be terrible if you find something wrong.
"Sorry to bother you." Shelly raised his head and placed the gift he brought to Mary in the place she specified. When he turned to leave, his eyes were suddenly attracted by something in the house. "...Sorry."
"Please allow me to say hello to Teacher Gary."
After that, without waiting for Mary's consent, he walked straight into the house and approached the memorial table on the cupboard.
Meili hissed and slapped her thigh in annoyance.
In the past, I would always put away my things as soon as the ceremony ended, but today I was so overwhelmed by the unexpected situation that I actually forgot about it.
She could only pray that he didn't notice the three plates in the sink. Fortunately, after a long silence, the man just said "I'm sorry" and walked out of the room.
Doreen stood at the door curiously, looking around. Mary was afraid that she might say something wrong, so she quickly stepped forward to pull her back. In order to cover up her actions, she didn't care whether the other party asked or not, and immediately said everything Edith had taught her: "I wanted to nourish the child, so I went to Edith's private storehouse to get some money and herbs. If you find anything missing, it's me who took it."
Shelly glanced at the girl hiding behind Meili without any emotion, and said calmly: "Teacher, if you need anything, you can directly ask me to prepare the potion. You don't need to go outside to get the herbs."
"No, you're teaching at a college now, your salary isn't much, and you have to buy the materials yourself, so you'd better save some money." Meili complained, "You're a busy person now, who dares to bother you?"
"You are Edith's teacher, your matter is not a big deal." Shelly shook his head, but did not take the matter upon himself, turned around and left Mary's house.
Mary let out a long sigh—she kept it a secret for now.
I hope Shelly comes less often, and it would be best if she doesn't run into Edith -
--etc.
Hell, Edith was going to Beaujolais College, which was where Shelly taught now!
......
Shirley never felt that Edith's inheritance was his - or rather, he didn't feel that it was an "inheritance" at all.
Edith's "corpse" was lying in the ice coffin in his laboratory. Although she had no breath or heartbeat, her skin was still as red as when she was alive, and she was constantly releasing magic power - it looked like she was producing it herself.
This gave him a faint hope, allowing him to leave the Pharmacy Guild at all costs and find a place where he could break free from the shackles and continue his experiments.
Edith will definitely wake up again, and then he will have the obligation to keep the teacher's belongings safe and take care of the people she cares about.
I just didn’t expect that this “person who cares” would be the first to take Edith’s things.
There was no emotion on Shelly's face: Taking Edith's things for the new apprentice... Tsk, I hope the warehouse wasn't too messy.
He hurried back to Edith's home, went underground, opened the door of the warehouse and took a look around. He was so surprised by the neatness in front of him that he frowned slightly.
......Why is there no sign of any disturbance?
He squatted down and checked carefully. He could only roughly determine that some money and medicinal materials were missing, but he was not sure how much.
But why?
Why did Mary go to so much trouble to hide the missing parts after taking the things?
If you didn't want him to find out, you could just take it secretly. Why would you have to inform me in advance and reveal your purpose?
Shelly dropped his eyes and tapped the back of his free hand with his knuckles.
Mary herself was also very strange. First, she no longer frantically asked to see Edith as soon as they met as before, then she took in a new apprentice for no apparent reason, and finally she refused to buy the ready-made potion outside and insisted on mixing the herbs herself...
......It seems that I need to take a detailed inventory of the number of items in Edith's private vaults so that I will have a basis for comparison in the future.
......
Everything is easy with money. Edith spent a bag of gold coins and finally rented a small shop in the tulip market.
"Welcome." The market middleman stood at the door and smiled at Edith. "The previous owner just moved away. I didn't expect Ms. Meili to recommend a new person to me today."
"It seems like you have a connection with this store."
"Thank you." Edith knew the basic etiquette. She stuffed a gold coin into the pocket of the person in front of her. The person patted his clothes with satisfaction, chatted with her for a few words, waved and left.
Done.
For the next three days, she immersed herself in the shop, buying furniture, purchasing medicine-making equipment, and refining medicine one pot after another. These noble children would definitely not look down on ordinary medicines. Too complicated ones would easily expose their identities, and too formal ones would not sell at a high price - if she wanted to do business, she had to find another way.
A bunch of strange and bizarre medicines were put on the shelves.
There was definitely no time to deal with store affairs after school started. Edith hurriedly finished decorating the store, stocked it with goods, and hung up a sign for hiring people by the end of the fourth day of the carnival, barely preparing for the opening. After finishing everything, she had no time to rest and hurried back to the Turner family mansion.
The status of a free man is so short-lived. Tomorrow is the day when the admission notices of Beaujolais College are issued. Heda will be waiting in the reception room with her family at that time, and she must also be present as a study partner.
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