As soon as he finished speaking, Mandy made way for him, and the other two alchemists also made way for him.
Then, Karina walked forward with a faint smile on her face and took the initiative to hug Rhett.
Their shoulders touched slightly before separating. Karina looked at Rhett, "Count Rhett, nice to meet you. You are indeed a handsome man!"
"I'm honored by this compliment." Lei Te pretended to be surprised: "Ms. Karina, I never thought that a big shot like you would come to my territory!"
"I didn't expect that the White Hat Mentor would settle down in Dark Eagle City. When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it." Karina looked a little excited. She looked like a middle-aged mature woman, well-maintained, with fair skin and beautiful looks, and a mature charm.
"So that's how it is..." Rhett showed a hint of realization at the right moment.
"Count Rhett, would you please take me to the White Hat mentor's studio?" Karina asked with a smile.
"I'd be happy to." Rhett saluted as a gentleman, then looked at Mandy: "I'm sorry that I can't entertain you right away, but please come to the banquet in the castle tonight!"
"We will definitely arrive on time!" Mandy said, and then he pointed to the package at hand, "Here are the supplies Prince Hogus sent you. Do you want us to deliver them to your castle?"
Lei Te hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's put it in the Alchemy Tower first. My third son Thales is also there."
"No problem, we'll go there now!" Mandy said with a smile.
"Thank you very much."
Then, Rhett and Kalina, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards Dark Eagle City.
Not long after, they entered the city. The two rows of knights standing upright at the gate saluted in unison and greeted Leiter: "Welcome, Lord!"
"Yeah." Rhett nodded lightly, his eyes passing through the knight in front and falling on Lawrence at the back.
He thought of the last simulation again, when Lawrence had an affair with Karina's daughter Aura halfway through, causing Unica to leave sadly. In the end, Armando got what he wanted and got together with Unica.
Although Lei Te also felt it was a pity, he was not prepared to intervene, because this might be the true portrayal of boys and girls. Only a few people stay together from the beginning to the end, and most people always have to go through multiple relationships before they learn to grow up...
Anyway, the final result is still the union of extraordinary people. It doesn't matter who it is. Let the feelings decide...
The two walked along the main road of the city and soon approached the White Hat Studio.
The White Hat Art Studio is near the administrative office. Rui Lai, who was working on the third floor at the moment, was leaning over his desk. He just happened to see his father walking by the street, accompanied by a beautiful woman. A strange color flashed in his eyes.
He stood up, walked to the window, and saw his father accompanying the girl, stopping next to the administration office.
He stopped at a studio across from a small fruit tea shop.
"Ms. Karina, this is Mr. White Hat's studio." Rhett raised his hand and pointed at the building.
At this moment, Karina, who was wearing a long dress, stopped, looked up, and looked at the sign on the door. Her calm expression concealed a hint of excitement.
With her experience and status, few things could cause such intense emotional fluctuations in her, but today was different. She was about to meet a mentor who had had an extraordinary influence on her life and whom she had not seen for a long time. This feeling was really indescribable.
"Thank you, Count Rhett!" Karina looked at Rhett sincerely.
"Ms. Karina is so polite. Let's go in. There are not many students in the White Hat Studio. White Hat is not very busy usually, so he should be inside at this time." Rhett said with a smile and stepped into the door.
The first floor is lit with moon-yellow lights, and the sight is filled with colorful colors.
This is the exhibition hall, filled with White Hat’s works. The display racks are arranged in an orderly manner, and there are beautiful paintings on the walls.
Karina's eyes flickered. She slowed down her pace as she entered, lingering between each painting, savoring it carefully, appreciating it attentively for a while, and was able to find traces of familiar painting techniques in them. She couldn't help but murmured, "The instructor's painting skills have improved since then..."
Thump thump thump thump
Just as the two stopped on the first floor, a sound of footsteps was heard from upstairs.
The man in the white hat went downstairs and stopped at the corner of the second and first floors. He just happened to see the woman at the last step below him and exclaimed, "Karina, it's you!"
"White Hat Mentor!" Karina suddenly turned her head, her expression unable to suppress her excitement any longer. She lifted her long skirt with both hands, walked up the stairs with moist eyes, opened her arms and gave the mentor a big hug.
The man in the white hat patted Karina's back with his old hand and said with a sigh: "Karina, you have changed a lot. You are no longer the girl you used to be. I never thought you could find this place..."
"You are not the middle-aged mentor you were back then. You have become so old now!"
"I've looked for you in many places before, but couldn't find you. Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Where did you go after you left?" Karina looked at the man in the white hat with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
The white hat patiently listened to Karina's questions one by one, smiled and shook his head: "As for me, I left the Kingdom of Jinlun to fulfill some promises I made earlier, and only came back in recent years."
It turned out to be something important. Karina felt better. "Why didn't you come to see me when you came back?"
"Haha, there's no need for that. I heard that you have become the most famous painter in the palace and are well-known throughout the Kingdom of Jinlun."
"And I've also seen your works. You've developed your own style. Even if we meet again, I'm afraid I won't be able to teach you anything." White Hat shook his head.
Suddenly, he turned his head and looked down the stairs. "Huh? Didn't Earl Rhett come with you just now? Where is he?"
"He just left." Karina was actually very attentive and noticed that Rhett had left, but she didn't have time to try to keep him.
Then, she looked at a painting on the wall and said, "Teacher, I don't think you can't teach me. I just saw that your painting skills are even better than when you first taught me.
We've been apart for so long, why don't we have a competition?"
White Hat was stunned for a moment, stroked his beard, and smiled: "Okay, what shall we draw?"
"Haha, then follow me..."
Rhett, who was not interested in the reunion of master and disciple, left the studio after bringing Karina to the place and rushed back to the Alchemy Tower.
Compared to the painting skills of others, he was more concerned about the level of these three intermediate alchemists and how much improvement they could bring to the people under him.
There were also supplies sent to him by the third prince, including not only a large number of magic plant seeds, but also enough potions to speed up the cultivation progress of his three sons.
Although his alchemists can produce alchemical potions steadily, they have to take out a considerable portion of them every month to distribute to other people under their command. The remaining amount is not enough for his three sons to swallow all day long. If he had this batch of potions, Lei Te thought it would be able to help his sons to some extent.
After handing the items to Thales, the three alchemists wandered around. Leiter, who came in a hurry, found the three people on the lawn half a kilometer away from the alchemy tower.
"Mandy, are all three of you alchemists?" Rhett glanced at the three people's faces. He found that among them, two were level five magicians and one was a level four magician.
"Count Rhett, Marcio and I are alchemists, and Maruna is a rare alchemist." Mandy said with a smile, "In fact, I didn't expect that the Third Prince would send you an alchemist before I came here. This shows that you are indeed very important in the Third Prince's heart!"
Rhett was delighted and his eyes fell on a tall middle-aged man, about 1.9 meters tall. The other party was a fourth-level magician, the weakest among the three, but surprisingly, he was actually an alchemy equipment master!
Alchemist equipment masters are another major branch of alchemists. In theory, they are as important as alchemist pharmacists, but due to the special talents required of alchemist equipment masters, they are rarer than alchemist pharmacists in reality.
Unlike blacksmiths, alchemists forge magical equipment. Although there are many differences between the two methods, alchemists also often use flames, and the kind that requires more precise control, so they are limited to the fire system.
This alone is the main reason why alchemy equipment masters are much scarcer than alchemy pharmacists!
"Mr. Maruna, can you forge a mid-level wand now?" Leiter asked. He did not forget that he still had a small piece of mithril, which he had obtained from the traveling merchant who wanted to assassinate him. He had kept it for a long time and was looking forward to the day when he could use it.
"Of course, Count Rhett, even though I'm only a fourth-level magician, my level is definitely among the best among mid-level alchemy equipment masters. If my strength is higher, my level can be further improved!" Maruna said confidently.
An alchemist who is valued by the third prince cannot be mediocre, and his level cannot be that bad!
"What about the high-level magic wand?" Rhett asked tentatively.
He didn't want to waste the mithril on a mid-level magic wand. Now that he was already a level 6 magician, it was only a matter of time before he broke through to become a great magician. So he wanted to invest the mithril in more powerful equipment! Maruna was stunned when he heard the question, and laughed dumbly: "Earl Leiter thinks too highly of me. You don't know that no magician can forge a high-level magic wand at the mid-level stage. This is determined by the quality of mental power, and no one can escape this law."
But then he said: "But if Earl Rhett needs to replace his wand, I can make it for you right now."
"No need, I use this wand quite easily."
Maruna did not give up. He stared at the wand in Leiter's hand and said, "Count Leiter, can you let me see your wand?"
"No problem." Rhett directly handed the ink-colored magic wand in his hand to the other party.
After Maruna took it, he held it horizontally with one hand and stroked the surface of the wand with the other hand. Finally, he looked at the round magic crystal inlaid on the top for a moment and commented:
"Count Leiter, the workmanship of your wand is not fine enough, and there are many flaws in the refining process. If you trust me and hand it over to me, I am sure that I can slightly improve its quality and increase the power of your spells by half a percent."
Halfway? This improvement is quite good! Lei Te's eyes lit up: "You three are Prince Hogus's men. I naturally trust you very much. If you are willing to do this, I will be very happy!"
"You're welcome, Earl Rhett. We have been assigned and will serve you for five years. You are our direct superior now." Maruna said modestly.
Lei Te smiled and said, "Then let's go in. In the next few days, I'll ask you to train my men well."
"It's my duty and I have no choice but to do it." Mandy narrowed his eyes and stroked his graying beard.
After entering the alchemy tower, Lei Te immediately summoned all the alchemy talents.
Except for Ruilai, all the alchemists under his command were called to the central conference hall located in the east of the third floor.
Including Thales, Henk, Felix, Hernan, Philos, and Eunice, all were summoned. These people were almost his entire alchemy team.
At Mandy's suggestion, everyone is expected to make a potion on the spot to show them their alchemy level.
Lei Te naturally had no objection to this.
Soon, the central conference hall became lively.
Although there was no human noise, the gurgling sound of bubbles in the crucible, the clinking sound of medicine bottles colliding, the gurgling sound of water dripping, and so on, all mixed together.
Everyone was busy, concentrating on controlling the alchemical equipment, trying not to make any mistakes.
Especially Hernan and Philos, the two magicians who joined the latest, performed even harder. They knew that they were not gifted in mental strength. If they wanted to improve their own value, they had to work harder on the road of alchemy!
After a while, everyone had refined the finished product, with an expectant look on their face, waiting for inspection.
However, Mandy and Marcio, the two alchemists, did not need to check the finished products at all. By watching the entire alchemy process with their own eyes, they could basically judge everyone's level.
The final result was not announced publicly, mainly because Rhett had considered it in advance and was worried that these alchemists had too high standards and their evaluations might inadvertently dampen the enthusiasm of some people.
However, after Rhett had private conversations with Mandy and Marcio, he learned the final result.
What slightly surprised Rhett was that there were two people who received high praise from Mandy—Henk and Felix!
Although the skills of the other few people were not unfamiliar, they were not up to par in the eyes of Mandy and others.
After all, they were born in the royal palace and had very high standards. Even the alchemists in the royal city were mostly not in their eyes, let alone ordinary people.
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