Chapter 93 Birthday Gift
Thor picked up a pair of black, elbow-length gloves from the long table in the morgue.
This pair of gloves is specially customized. It fits the skin very well when worn and is very thin, so there is no obvious sense of distance when holding objects.
Moreover, the material of the gloves is resistant to dirt and water, and is not easily ignited, which is worthy of the customized price.
The most important thing is that it will not affect Thor's spellcasting.
It's just a little bit difficult to wear.
These tight fitting gloves are a hassle to put on.
Thor put it on his left hand first.
The inside of this glove is very astringent and cannot be pulled up smoothly.
At this time, a slender black tentacle stretched out from behind Thor's neck, flexibly helping Thor pull open the edge of the glove and helping him put it on smoothly.
"Thank you, Xiaozao."
This strange-looking tentacle was exactly the part of the Soul-Devouring Swamp that Thor had accidentally brought back from the abandoned laboratory under the Wizard Tower Garden.
After several confirmations and information checks, Thor was basically certain that this small tentacle was not very dangerous.
Especially this tentacle, with just a strong pull, it could be removed from the back of his neck with a "pop" sound, without leaving any wound.
Obviously it's not parasitic on him.
After helping Thor put on the gloves, Xiaozao shrank back obediently.
Thor named this tentacle Little Algae because it did not resemble the huge, terrifying and aggressive black tentacles in the swamp. Instead, it was very similar to the core consciousness in the Soul-Devouring Swamp.
At the beginning, the core consciousness looked like a ball of seaweed, so Thor simply simplified it to "Little Algae".
Sometimes Xiaozao is silly, sometimes he is very clever. He always follows Thor and never shows up when there are outsiders.
Neither the instructor nor the senior students noticed anything wrong, or if they did, they just regarded it as research material that Thor brought with him. No one raised any objections.
The environment of the morgue is somewhat similar to the environment where Xiaozao used to live. Xiaozao has gained some weight during the few days she has been with Thor.
With the gloves and the magic circle drawn on his bones, Thor no longer had to be careful about the stray electric current from his teacher Monica during class.
Just as Thor put away his things, he heard regular knocks on the door.
Before Thor could go over, Kelly's voice came from outside the door.
"Open the door, open the door, it's your birthday!" Keli's voice was flat, and it sounded like she was saying "Open the door, open the door, it's time to check the water meter."
As soon as the door opened, Thor saw Kelly standing outside holding a square box.
"Happy birthday!"
This box looked so familiar. Thor turned around and saw the rows of small boxes on the operating table.
Turning his head with something difficult to say, Thor reached out to take the box from Kelly's hand and invited her in.
People in this world don't seem to have the habit of celebrating birthdays, at least wizard apprentices don't.
After Thor accidentally learned of Kelly's birthday, he casually gave her an Unknown Reagent No. 1 that he had prepared based on his diary.
Thor had created many kinds of unnamed reagents like this during his exploration of witch body transformation, but most of them were useless or even harmful.
The purpose of this reagent No. 1 is to remove certain impurities in the metal and make the metal harder.
He thought that Kelly, who majored in gold, might be able to use it, so he gave it to her as a gift.
Unexpectedly, this little gift actually touched Keli deeply. She had never received a gift simply to celebrate her.
She asked about Thor's birthday and started celebrating his birthday every year.
The rune for resisting electric fields that Thor drew on his hand bones was the gift that Kelly gave him last year.
Quite expensive.
"Is it valuable?" Thor asked casually, putting it on the table and opening it.
"How could the gift I gave be worthless?" Kelly crossed her arms, looking forward to Thor's expression after he opened the gift.
Thor finally opened the tightly wrapped little box.
There was a piece of cotton cloth stuffed inside the box. When the cotton cloth was lifted, a thumb-sized blue fruit was revealed.
"This is..." Thor only felt familiar at first, then he finally remembered, "Is this the fruit of the companion flower?"
"Yes." Kelly nodded heavily.
"Or is it a fruit that can increase magic power?" Magic power has always been a pain in Thor's heart.
Especially after reaching 45 joules, Thor's speed of increasing magic power stalled again.
The blue fruit of a companion flower can at least help Thor increase his magic power by 1 joule.
It’s a pity that the cultivation of this kind of fruit is uncertain, and it is not easy for them, the apprentices, to obtain the companion flower.
The first companion flower that Thor obtained produced blue fruits.
Later, he also obtained two companion flowers through work and exchange.
It’s a pity that white fruits have never been cultivated.
"The birthday presents you gave me both times were so timely. I guess I need to prepare a better gift next time."
Keli nodded "hmm". She was never polite in this regard.
"If you have a way, give me some toxin with a special toxicity."
"What do you want the poison for? Aren't you majoring in gold?" It was the first time Thor heard that Kelly needed poison.
"My advisor majors in poisons, after all. Many of the topics and subjects he studies are related to toxic reactions." Keli shrugged.
It seems that after becoming a second-level apprentice, you will be eligible to do some research projects with your mentor.
Apart from visiting Professor Rum and Senior Nick from time to time to help with some experiments that were not difficult, Thor usually only worked in the morgue.
Of course, he was envied by other apprentices.
"Okay, forget about that for now. I actually made a birthday cake. Let's go back to the dormitory and eat it together..."
"No... forget it."
“I promise it’s better than last year’s.”
"No! I have experiments to do and I can't stay in the bathroom tonight."
"No!" Kelly turned behind Thor and pushed his back. "The food this time is very fresh!"
Thor couldn't really use any force and could only resist with difficulty.
At this time,
"Sorry, didn't mean to eavesdrop, but what's a birthday cake? A new poison?"
Nick walked out from behind the scarlet door of the morgue and raised his hand to greet the two men.
When there were outsiders around, Keli immediately stopped and returned to her cool and aloof demeanor.
"Uh, good afternoon, Senior Nick." Thor straightened his collar. "Birthday cake is actually a kind of food that celebrates birthdays."
"Do you still have the custom of giving gifts on birthdays in your hometown?" Nick walked in and raised a piece of letter paper in front of Thor. "That's perfect. I have good news too. I'll give it to you as a gift."
Thor pulled the letter out from between Nick's fingers, unfolded it, and lowered his head to read.
Then, a look of joy appeared on his face.
"It's a letter from Senior Byron!"
Hearing Byron's name, Keli looked over with some curiosity.
But she remained polite and didn't come closer.
Saul read it quickly, his expression gradually turning into surprise and disbelief.
He looked up and asked Nick: "Senior Byron said that he invited us to go out and do a mission together... What does this mean?"
Nick replied calmly, "It means exactly what it says. As long as the mentors agree, with the invitation of a third-level apprentice, even if you are a first-level apprentice, you can participate in missions outside the tower. And the mentors have never disagreed."
Then Nick raised his hands and clapped twice.
"Congratulations, you can go out now."
It will be released on Friday. The next chapter is my thoughts on the release (end of this chapter)
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