Chapter 125 Hufflepuff, the Alchemist Madman
There are at least a thousand books inside, and what's even more outrageous is that the spines of each book are blank.
This means that if someone without the ability to detect things were to do it, she would have to pull out each book to see the title, and these books also have a disgusting feature: once they are pulled out, you have to read them for 10 minutes before you can put them down.
How is this any different from ads on video websites?!
Furthermore, this task has a pitfall: all the book titles and text within the books are in Undead script. To understand them, you need a translator. If you don't have one, you have to sign some very simple, basic contracts with the undead to borrow their knowledge.
Yu Xunge used his detection skill to look through them one by one. Most of them were books related to the undead, such as "The History of the Undead," "Making the Undead Great Again," "The Blood and Tears of the Undead," "The Heart of the Undead," "The Undead: Miracle Creators," and "The Undead, Masters of Death"...
The overwhelming marketing blizzard is practically forcing the inhabitants of Earth to attend a history lesson on the dead here...
Yu Xunge planned to just pretend and kill half an hour inside before finding the book related to dragons and going out to complete the quest. But just as she walked past the bookshelf to get herself a cup of coffee at the bar not far away, a very familiar name appeared in her field of vision—"Hufflepuff, the Alchemist Madman".
Without hesitation, she pulled out the book, then walked to the bar and skillfully made herself a cup of coffee using the same coffee machine as the one in the Zelan Star Alchemy Shop.
She took a sip of her hot coffee before opening the book. After reading for less than ten minutes, she had the illusion that she had accidentally entered the female-oriented section of Tomato Novels.
Hedgehoga was born in a very remote farm, the daughter of a farmer.
Unfortunately, at the age of 8, she was sold by her indebted father to a nobleman as a maid. Fortunately, the nobleman's daughter was studying alchemy, and Hedgehog's task was to serve her young master.
Perhaps some people are born for alchemy. The exceptionally talented Hufflepuff began to teach herself necromancy and alchemy simply by occasionally helping her young master organize books or by going in to serve tea and fruit to her young master and the alchemist master during his classes.
Hechpa carefully concealed his talent, for to nobles, it was an insult for a servant to be more talented than his master.
From age 8 to 16, for a full eight years, Hufflepuff frantically absorbed all kinds of knowledge: writing, herbs, potions, gems... She even started learning alchemy earlier than she began learning necromancy.
The young master's talent was lacking, and sometimes he had to learn a potion several times, which gave Hufflepuff the opportunity to fill in the gaps in his knowledge.
However, the truth is that the alchemy teacher had already discovered that Hufflepuff was secretly learning, and when Hufflepuff was 16 years old, the alchemist bought him from the nobleman for 20 gold coins.
She led Hedgehog away from the castle and told her she was free.
The book says this:
"In fact, I still don't understand why Rukia took me out. That noble family is not bad. Although I am a maid, I did not sign a lifelong contract. It is a very good job. There are 5 maids older than me who share the work with me. I actually work less than 2 hours a day."
“I had no worries about food and lodging there. I could peek at that noble lady’s alchemy notes and secretly use the alchemy materials she threw away to do alchemy. But after Rukia took me away, I had to start working to support myself. I worked eight hours a day at the herbalist’s shop, and the money I earned was only enough to buy a single root herb…”
—Excerpt from Hedgehog's Autobiography, Year 21
Hedgehog makes no secret of her maid background and her past of secretly learning from others; on the contrary, she reminisces about the time when she was provided with food and lodging.
"Damn it, can someone tell that brat to give me back my 20 gold coins?" — Excerpt from Rukia's Autobiography
Having left the noble castle, Hufflepuff had to start supporting herself. She worked at a herbal shop, relying on her ability to identify and process herbs. However, she only lasted six months before quitting because she had learned all the herbs and wanted to explore alchemy. So she resigned and went to the alchemy shop next door, starting as an alchemy apprentice.
And so began her rise to power.
She didn't even have a real teacher; she learned everything by secretly observing and self-studying, as well as through a lot of practice.
At the age of 18, she saved up enough tuition by selling the potions she made herself, and she decided to go to the cradle of alchemists—Princeton Alchemy School.
The school has four colleges.
Yu Xunge: ?
She closed the book, glanced at the title, and only continued reading after confirming that she hadn't opened Harry Potter.
Hufflepuff was assigned to the [Deer] class, which values talent the most.
After that, just like the female protagonist in a female-centric novel, she was surrounded by voices mocking her. It was even discovered that she had once worked as a maid, and her classmates gave her an insulting nickname—20 gold coins.
Amidst the various mocking voices, she repeatedly proved them wrong.
He slapped the face of the second grader in the face in the first grade.
He slapped the face of the third grader when he was in second grade.
In third grade, she began to challenge the teachers of less popular subjects.
In fourth grade, he used alchemy to defeat the parents who came to his door.
The fifth-grader went head-to-head with the deans of the three academies: the Monitor Lizard, the Clouded Leopard, and the Otter.
By sixth grade, Hufflepuff had read all the books in the school library. Unable to learn anything more, Hufflepuff went straight to the principal's office and withdrew from school.
"I am not worthy of alchemy? Ha, I was born for alchemy."
"Alchemy without me is like Zephyran without the sun."
—Hedgehog
—The above content is excerpted from "The Unofficial History of the Princeton Alchemy School"
Yu Xunge, who almost tore through his green boots: …………
Yu Xunge silently closed the book, which she had only read a third of, walked out of the library, and asked the butler with a serious expression, "Can I take this book with me? How much is it? I'll buy it."
The butler glanced at the book title and paused, looking surprised as if he didn't understand why the book was there. However, he quickly composed himself and smiled.
"This book has been banned for reasons that cannot be discussed, and it has also suffered extremely brutal purges. There are probably no more than a hundred of them left today. It is an extremely precious book. However, since Yongtu likes it, I will give it to him. We welcome every friend who likes the dead."
Satisfied, Yu Xunge put "Hufflepuff, the Alchemist" into her backpack and went back to the library to read. She found that the library was not entirely useless, because she saw "Lucia's Autobiography," which appeared in "Hufflepuff, the Alchemist."
After asking the housekeeper, Yu Xunge put the book in his bag as well.
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