Chapter 618: Search of the Academy! (Two in One)
The potion that can permanently increase mental strength has been confirmed to exist, so the academy's top leaders naturally began searching for the person who prepared the potion.
The first target of the person who prepared the potion was naturally the young man in the gray robe.
Although judging by the age Bernie described, no one dared to believe that such a young person could concoct such a magic potion.
But at least this is an important direction.
Without a name or a portrait, it was very difficult to find a person like this, but everyone finally focused their attention on the several jade boxes that the young man brought.
Bernie said that the jade box that the young man brought had the academy's logo on it, so it was very likely that the magic materials were purchased in the academy. Therefore, as long as we find the students who have purchased the relevant magic materials and examine them one by one, we will probably find something.
So a group of students who were responsible for part-time work in the exchange building were called over and quickly began to check the records of recent purchases of magic materials.
And the key point is to check whether the trainee magician in the gray robe mentioned by Bernie has purchased the materials for the mental power recovery potion.
If there is someone who fits the description, then he will naturally be included in the scope of investigation. Anyway, we have Bernie as an eyewitness, so we can let Bernie identify the person when the time comes.
"Dean, through the recollections of the students who exchanged credits and checked the register, we found a total of 183 apprentice magicians who had purchased spiritual power recovery potions within half a month."
"Why so many?"
Palmer was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, it was basically impossible for an apprentice magician to make magic potions. Even the lowest level of magic power recovery potion was impossible, let alone the more difficult mental power recovery potion.
"Dean, because the spirit recovery potion is relatively expensive, many students with connections will buy the materials themselves and then ask some students who can prepare magic potions to help them prepare it."
"Although the success rate is lower this way, as long as they can achieve the normal success rate, it is much more cost-effective than directly purchasing finished medicines!"
"Those students who help prepare the potions want to practice their proficiency in preparing potions. If someone can provide them with materials and a lot of rewards, they will naturally be happy to help."
The reporting tutor responded to the dean.
Hearing this, Palmer nodded, paused, and then said.
"In that case, let's quickly send someone to check it out. With Kelwin's apprentice here, it should be done quickly. The academy's magic circle can't be opened for too long!"
"Dean, I was just about to tell you about this! There are already seven or eight hundred students gathered outside the academy, and they are all clamoring to enter the academy!"
"Well, I'll go to the entrance of the academy and take care of it now! You go and be responsible for screening those students!"
Upon hearing this, Palmer gave an order, then stood up and walked out of the meeting room door.
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"Why is the academy's protective array activated? Why won't they let us in?"
"That's right, we've been waiting here for over an hour! We need to go in, we need to go back to the dorm!"
"Yes, we want to go back to the dormitory. Why can't you let us in?"
At the gate of the Alliance Academy, more than an hour had passed since the academy activated the protective magic circle, and the wide entrance of the academy was already tightly blocked, with all the students waiting to return to the academy.
Here there were magicians in long robes and titled knights in soft armor, all of them impatiently clamoring to enter the academy.
In fact, most people are curious about why the academy activated the protective magic circle and want to enter the academy to see what's going on.
As the shouting grew louder, the crowd became increasingly agitated.
Seeing that the students at the entrance of the academy were becoming more and more excited, at this moment, an old man with an extraordinary aura walked out of the academy.
This old man was also wearing a black robe, but there were six stars on the magic badge on his chest!
Six-star Grand Mage!
"It's Dean Palmer!"
"The Dean is here!"
When the old man appeared, the excited students at the door suddenly quieted down, and everyone turned their eyes to Palmer with awe in their eyes!
In this extraordinary world where everything is determined by strength, people's awe of Palmer does not come from his title of dean, but from his strength as a six-star grand mage!
"Well, something happened in the academy today, so we temporarily activated the protective magic circle! And the magic circle needs to last for some time!"
"I will open an entrance now, but you can only enter the academy and cannot leave. Do you understand?"
Palmer spoke in a calm and kind tone, and did not act like a dean to the students.
"Yes, Dean!"
Naturally, all the colleges did not dare to act rashly and responded one after another.
Palmer smiled and nodded, and then a thick magic manual suddenly appeared in his hand. As Palmer chanted softly, a red light appeared in front of him and quickly shot onto the protective magic circle.
Then the red light spread over the protective magic circle, and finally formed a circular entrance with a diameter of two meters.
"You are responsible for guarding here. No one in the academy is allowed to leave the academy without my permission. This entrance is for entry only and not exit!"
After opening an entrance, Palmer gave instructions to the two college instructors behind him before walking into the college.
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Gervis continued to wait at the entrance of the college for more than ten minutes before finally stepping into the gate of the college. However, he became more cautious at this time.
He already knew that the academy's protective magic circle had only been activated twice since the academy was built.
The first time was when the academy was built to test the magic circle's function, and the other time was today.
The magic circle that had never been opened in two hundred years was opened today. This shows that the academy's emphasis on its magic potion has reached an unimaginable level.
Moreover, Gervis couldn't be sure what the academy's attitude towards him was, whether they wanted to control themselves and get the formula, or had other ideas.
He is too weak now and has no backing. Once he is discovered, he will be like a fish on a chopping board, and everything will be decided by others.
So he had no choice but to be careful.
Besides, Gervis couldn't tell anyone about the existence of kiwi fruit.
If he didn't flee the academy now, which would confirm his suspicion, Gervis would definitely leave here and reappear in a different identity.
Gervis was Caroline who was commissioned to practice at the Sacred Trading Company on behalf of Harry, and he still needed to wait for a reply from the Sacred Forest.
If Harry's identity was invalidated, he would not be able to get specific information from Caroline.
So he must not let Harry's identity be doubted.
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After entering the college, Gervis walked quickly towards his dormitory area. When he arrived at the dormitory area, he happened to see Bernie being led into a small dormitory building by several instructors.
“They actually started a search!”
Gervis was startled, but his pace slowed down. Just like other students in the academy, he stretched his neck to look over there while walking. This was the normal reaction of an ordinary student.
Finally, Gervis pretended that there was nothing to see and continued walking towards his dormitory.
After returning to the dormitory, Gervis immediately locked the door, then put the materials purchased at the Sacred Trading Company into a jade box with the college logo and placed it on the most conspicuous table in the living room.
After doing all this, Gervis sat on the sofa, and then with a thought, his consciousness merged into the magical mask on his face.
Gervis is now preparing to change his face. Although he can buy magic materials from the Holy Merchant Store as replacements, he believes that Bernie will definitely have some impression of him after seeing him. If Gervis does not want Bernie to recognize him, he must change his face.
Fortunately, since entering the academy, Gervis has been concentrating on practicing in the dormitory on weekdays except for going to the cafeteria, and has even rarely attended classes.
The only people who were familiar with him were Adela and Laci. Even if the others knew his name, they didn't know his face.
So what Gervis had to do was to temporarily change his face to deal with the search later.
After about ten minutes, Gervis let out a long sigh, stood up from the sofa and walked to a mirror to look at himself. What he saw in the mirror was a completely unfamiliar face.
This appearance no longer resembles the original Harry, and even Lucky and others could not recognize him in person.
From then on, Gervis sat back on the sofa with satisfaction, then took out a fire magic manual and started reading.
Boom boom boom!
After reading Gervis's book for only two or three minutes, he suddenly heard a knock on the dormitory door.
"who?"
Gervis immediately put the book on the sofa and asked as he walked towards the door.
"Harry, I'm Curt, the academy's tutor, and I want to ask you something!"
As Gervis spoke, the mentor's answer was heard outside the door.
Snap!
Gervis opened the door directly, and what caught his eye were three instructors and the student Bernie.
"Teachers! What can I do for you?"
When Gervis saw the people at the door, his face was full of confusion.
However, several mentors did not answer Gervis' question immediately, but looked at Bernie first.
Bernie looked at Gervis's face carefully, and shook his head after a moment.
Several instructors were slightly disappointed when they saw Hou Huan, and then the instructor Kurt smiled and spoke.
"Harry, today a student in the No. 1 preparation room of the academy prepared an extraordinary potion, but we don't know who it was, so we came here to look for him!"
"Ah? To prepare a magic potion? But I don't know how to do it?"
Gervis looked confused.
"Well, but Harry, did you go to the credit exchange office to exchange a lot of magic materials at noon today?"
Although Bernie insisted that it was the young man in gray robe who rented the preparation room No. 1 at that time, there was no guarantee that the person who prepared the potion was actually in the building, and the student who rented the preparation room might have been only responsible for delivering the materials.
So they need to further confirm whether the material has been used.
"Yes, I used my credits today to exchange for materials for ten magic recovery potions and fighting spirit recovery potions, and five mental recovery potions! Teacher, what's wrong?"
Hearing this, Gervis' heart tightened slightly. This was the problem he was most worried about, because he had not yet gone for the assessment and certification, but had purchased so many materials for preparing medicines, which could easily arouse suspicion.
More importantly, he mentioned it to Bernie at noon, saying that he actually already had the strength of a junior magician, but had not yet taken the test.
If Bernie heard this again, even if his appearance had changed, he would still be likely to be targeted by the academy.
Of course, if he was really asked about the reason for purchasing the materials, Gervis, who had no better excuse, could only give this explanation, at least to fool the current interrogation.
"Harry, do you still have those materials? Have you asked any senior to help you prepare potions recently, especially the mental power recovery potion?"
Just when Gervis was feeling a little uneasy, Kurt asked another question.
"Huh? I can actually ask other people to help me prepare magic potions!"
Gervis suffered from his lack of knowledge. If he knew that the academy also commissioned seniors to prepare medicines, he would have nothing to worry about.
Although he was surprised in his heart, Gervis remained calm on the surface and answered immediately.
"Not yet, all my materials are still here!"
As he spoke, Gervis turned slightly to show everyone the jade boxes on the table in the living room.
"Harry, we want to confirm this, I hope you don't mind!"
Instructor Kurt spoke and pointed at the jade boxes.
In fact, he had already excluded Gervis in his mind at this moment, because Gervis's information showed that Harry was an auditor, and he entered the academy with the quota of Heka Holy City, and he had been there for less than a month, so it was impossible for him to know how to prepare magic potions.
However, the process must be followed, and at least we have to make sure that the materials for the mental power potion have not been used.
"OK!"
Gervis frowned slightly, but still stepped aside.
Kurt gave Gervis an apologetic look, because doing so was clearly a display of distrust and disrespect for the students.
But the matter was of great importance, so there was no other way but to do it, and Kurt went straight into the living room.
When Kurt opened several jade boxes in the living room and confirmed that the materials for five mental power recovery potions were all there, he crossed out Harry Potter's name on the book in his hand!
"Thank you for your cooperation, Harry!"
Afterwards, Kurt, Bernie and the others said goodbye and went down the stairs.
"Bernie, are you sure you still remember that man's face? We have checked more than 150 people, but still haven't found anything!"
After walking down the stairs, Curt asked Bernie.
"Teacher, I will definitely recognize that person if I see him. He is very handsome and his temperament is something I rarely see!"
Bernie's tone was full of affirmation. The temperament and appearance of the young man in gray robe were truly rare.
"I hope so!"
Kurt had no choice but to continue searching according to the records in the book.
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When the people from the academy who were searching left, Gervis finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was simpler than he had imagined, but this was also due to the help of the magic mask.
If it weren't for the magic mask, even if Gervis had immediately left the academy to buy magic materials, it would have been of no avail.
After closing the dormitory door and returning to the sofa to put away the fire magic manual, Gervis did not immediately change back to Harry's face. He needed to be wary of a counterattack by the people searching the academy.
So Gervis went directly to the training room and began to practice.
No matter what, improving your strength is the most important thing.
The time of practice always passes quickly. Gervis practiced until midnight when the academy was already silent. Then he washed up and returned to his bedroom. Then he entered the magic mask and changed back to Harry's face.
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