Black Air
At this time, there were two knocks on the door, and the old housekeeper stood at the door holding a tray.
"Master Leonard, this is your roasted corn."
Leonard hooked his finger, and the entire tray floated up and floated steadily in front of Leonard.
Leonard picked up a roasted corn. The corn was roasted to a golden color and the sweet sauce was evenly applied on it. Just looking at it made him want to take a bite.
Smelling the burnt aroma, Leonard took a bite.
Well, the chef's skills are still so good.
Seeing Leonard eating with relish, Elena also sat on another chair, picked up the dessert, and began to eat it in small bites.
Unlike Elena's ignorance, Leopold and Ansiel saw that Leonard was deliberately showing off his skills.
Knights' manipulation of magic is inherently different from that of mages. They are good at attacking and defending, emphasizing speed and accuracy, but are far inferior to mages in stability and durability.
It was impossible for Leonard, who was just a Golden Knight before, to make the tray fly steadily in front of him with just a flick of his fingers.
He wanted to make the tray fly over, which he could do, but it couldn't be steady, as the tray could only fly as fast as a weapon.
But now, Leonard has been promoted to demigod, and he can do this with ease.
Because his understanding of magic and his manipulation of magic have reached a new level.
Leonard is showing off his skills invisibly.
Leopold and Anseel rolled their eyes.
How childish.
But this childishness strangely made the little emotions hidden in their hearts disappear.
Leonard is still Leonard, nothing has changed.
"By the way, Leonard, now that you're back, our pharmacy needs to start shipping as normal," Elena suddenly said. "We've had a lot more orders lately. I was busy with classes, so I used your absence as an excuse to postpone the orders. Now that you're back, we can't delay any longer."
Leonard nodded and waited for Elena to continue. The potion making had nothing to do with him. Elena must have had an ulterior motive for saying this.
Elena smiled and turned to look at Leopold: "So, teacher, can I take a few days off to finish the order first?"
Leopold: ...
"You just feel that someone has come back to support you, so you don't want to go to class?" Leopold pointed out directly.
Elena smiled: "How is that possible? How could I be such a person? I just want to take a few days off."
Leonard's mouth corners curled up.
Leopold snorted and turned to Ansiel, "What do you think?"
Ansiel lowered his head and took a sip of tea: "Elena has been studying well recently, so we can reward her with a few days of vacation."
Oh yeah! Elena clapped her hands happily.
"Thank you, Mr. Ansiel, you are such a good person."
Leopold was choked.
Since Ansel agreed, forget it. He didn't want to be a bad guy in vain.
"Okay, then I'll give you three days off," Leopold said.
"Thank you, Teacher Leopold, you are also a good person." Elena gave out good person cards for free.
It's just a three-day holiday, is it really necessary to please them so much? Leonard secretly complained.
However, seeing the genuine happy smile on Elena's face, Leonard suddenly felt a little sad for her.
She had been happily being her lord, but now she had to attend classes miserably and was happy about just three days of vacation.
"Six days." Leonard began.
Um? ? ?
Elena, Leopold, and Ansiel all turned to look at him.
"Six days of vacation." Leonard repeated in an unyielding tone.
Elena's eyes lit up, filled with gratitude towards Leonard.
Leopold and Ansiel looked at each other.
Finally, Leopold took a deep breath and slowly uttered a "hmm".
Oh yeah! That's awesome!
Elena jumped up happily and couldn't help but jump twice.
After dancing, she raised her teacup and said to Leonard: "Friend, come, let's toast to our friendship."
Leonard smiled but didn't raise his glass.
Elena reacted immediately and quickly picked up a clean, empty teacup and poured tea for him.
"Here." Elena held the teacup in both hands and handed it to Leonard.
Leonard took it.
Elena raised her teacup again: "Cheers."
The two teacups clinked together, making a crisp sound.
After afternoon tea, Leopold and Ansel tactfully said goodbye and left, and informed Elena that she would not have to attend the next two classes.
After Elena saw the two teachers off, she looked at Leonard with admiration, her eyes shining: "It's great that you're back." Oh, it feels so good to have someone's support. She is no longer a poor little thing.
Leonard crossed his arms and snorted softly, "Now you know I'm fine, right?"
Elena opened her eyes wide: "I always knew you were a good person. You are a reliable partner."
Leonard held his chin high, proud.
"By the way, have you submitted your mission?" Elena remembered this.
Leonard nodded. "Well, I found a suitable item that's worth the deposit. The employer has no objections, so I consider this mission accomplished."
"That's great! Your business reputation has been further strengthened." Elena praised him.
Leonard enjoyed it.
Elena asked again: "Did you get any clues about the target that the mission was originally supposed to find?"
Leonard's expression turned serious when he mentioned this. "No, I did divination a few more times afterwards, but I didn't get any useful clues. Even after mobilizing everyone to conduct a comprehensive search, I still couldn't find any clues."
This is so strange.
Elena frowned: "Is it possible that someone took it away secretly, but successfully concealed it?"
Leonard shook his head and denied it firmly. "Impossible. There were three demigods present at the time. How could someone steal something from under the noses of three demigods without leaving a trace?"
Elena subconsciously argued: "Angel, true God, maybe it was the gods who took action?"
Leonard was irritated, but instead of getting angry, he smiled. "A divine intervention? That's a divine descent. However, a divine descent isn't something anyone can use at any time. Without a sufficiently strong body and soul, and without a divine artifact, it's impossible to trigger one. Furthermore, the noise from a divine descent is earth-shattering and impossible to conceal."
Elena wanted to argue again, like saying something like a divine clone, but Leonard stretched out his finger and pressed it against her forehead.
"Okay, don't say this kind of thing casually, be careful not to bring bad influence to yourself." Leonard said seriously.
The words that were about to come out were blocked by Leonard's warning. Elena looked at Leonard with some confusion.
Leonard could only remind her once more: "Words have meaning, words are feelings. You never know when one of your words will attract the attention of some great being."
Elena understood that it was similar to a sensitive word alert.
"I understand. I won't make the same mistake again." Elena obeyed obediently.
Leonard smiled and retracted his fingers, the fingertips still seeming to retain the girl's delicacy and warmth.
He rubbed his fingertips subconsciously.
There was a faint cold and ominous aura at the fingertips.
Hey, how could that be?
Leonard immediately activated his spiritual sense to check Elena's condition.
There was a faint trace of black energy on Elena's body. The black energy was very light, and it was obvious that she had just been contaminated.
"Elena, have you been to any place you haven't been to recently, or come into contact with any special items?" Leonard asked seriously.
Elena was a little puzzled by his question: "No, I have been staying in the Viscount's Mansion to attend classes."
Elena suddenly remembered: "Oh, oh, there was only one time. Teacher Leopold was arrested to write a report, so I went to the capital alone for half a day. I went to the magic market and bought magic gems and a chipmunk. Then I went to the dean's magic tower. The dean gave me a spiritual gem. There are no other gems."
Leonard listened carefully and analyzed the situation. When he heard her say that she went to the magic market, he was worried that she might have touched something she shouldn't have touched there. But then he heard her say that she went to see the dean. Dean Patrick was an old demigod with a wide range of experience and rich experience. It was not that he could not notice the abnormality in Elena.
Therefore, at that time, Elena was still normal and safe.
"Are you sure that you never left the Viscount's Mansion after returning from the capital?" Leonard asked.
Elena shook her head: "Really not. I've been forced to study by Teacher Leopold and Senior Brother Ansel. On my days off, I'm busy with matters in the mansion and have no time to go out."
Leonard's frown deepened.
This shouldn't be possible. How could I be stained with black energy for no reason? Black energy is not a good thing. It will slowly seep into the core and affect a person's mind.
Fortunately, it is only on the surface now, and it is very light and easy to remove.
Leonard was ready to take action, but was afraid of scaring the little girl, so he closed his eyes, breathed slowly, and calmed his expression.
Elena looked at him in confusion.
Leonard opened his eyes again, his eyes calm: "Elena, you are stained with ominous black energy. I will help you remove it now. Close your eyes. It will be quick and it won't hurt."
"Black air?" Elena was shocked. How could she be contaminated with black air?
She subconsciously wanted to open the game system to check the character's status, but Leonard was right in front of her, staring at her.
Elena could only suppress her thoughts and decided to trust Leonard.
She closed her eyes, with an expression that was almost as if she was ready to die: "Come on."
Leonard stretched out his palm, and an inch-long white sword energy emerged from his fingertips, as if he was holding a scalpel.
He carefully controlled the sword energy, peeling off the black energy bit by bit, then with a grab of his five fingers, the sword energy crushed the black energy into pieces.
Leonard performed this "minor operation" very carefully, holding his breath almost the entire time, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the black gas was shattered.
He was still feeling thankful that he had been promoted to demigod, and his control over magic was more precise and handy, so the sharp sword energy did not hurt Elena at all.
"How is it? Is it okay?" Elena heard Leonard's exhalation, and she couldn't help but ask after biting her lips.
"Okay, that's enough."
Elena opened her eyes and saw Leonard with a smile on his face.
Leonard's smile made her tense heart relax. Elena asked, "Are you really okay?"
Leonard nodded: "It's really fine, don't worry."
Elena let out a long breath, her cheeks puffed out slightly.
Seeing the little girl's relaxed and lively appearance, Leonard felt itchy and wanted to pinch her face again.
He restrained himself, rubbed his fingertips, and took out a box from the space ring: "Here, this is the fruit for you."
Elena opened it and saw: "Wow, it's the parichi fruit." This fruit is very precious and tastes great. It is not only edible but also medicinal.
"You know?" Leonard didn't expect she would know him.
Elena nodded heavily: "Yes, Teacher Leopold made me memorize an entire book of the 'Illustrated Encyclopedia of Plants'."
Leonard laughed. "Memorize a whole book? He's really lazy."
Elena smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, it's also my fault. I asked the teacher if he could help me find edible plants, so the teacher asked me to memorize the book. But after memorizing it, I really found several edible plants in the book."
After memorizing the "Encyclopedia of Plants" and comparing it with the food supplement book in the game system, Elena quickly found the plants she wanted. The speed was indeed much faster than collecting plants one by one.
Leonard looked at her with a smile, saying nothing.
The little girl has a really good temper. She has made great achievements in her studies, but Leopold was really being lazy and bullying her by asking her to memorize a whole book. Which teacher would ask students to memorize a whole book?
It's just her. If it were any other student, everyone would talk about the teacher behind his back.
"By the way, Teacher Leopold and I plan to open a magic scroll shop together, and the shop is already under preparation." Elena said.
What? Opening a magic scroll shop?
Leonard was shocked.
"You can also make magic scrolls? No, you can already produce magic scrolls in large quantities?" Leonard's voice was so shocked that it changed a little. Elena is now a low-level wizard, and has Leopold and Ansel as teachers. She should be able to make basic magic scrolls, but, opening a shop!
Opening a shop is not just about making a few magic scrolls, but making hundreds of magic scrolls.
Elena chuckled: "When you first start learning, buy some materials to practice, and then sell them when you are good at it. Don't waste them."
Leonard: ...
"You know you can open a store before you even practice?" Leonard thought Elena was too bold and daring.
Elena blinked: "Because I'm a double S in all-French systems, isn't it normal for me to learn it right away?"
Leonard: ...He forgot.
Leonard's eyes shone with the light of gold coins: "Elena, are we good friends?"
Elena: ...He doesn't want to buy shares, does he?
"Uh, yes."
"Then how about I invest as well?" Leonard asked expectantly.
Elena shook her head with difficulty under Leonard's expectant gaze. "I'm sorry. Teacher Leopold asked to buy shares in our pharmacy, but I refused him. So now that you're asking to buy shares in the scroll shop, I can only refuse you."
An arrow pierced my heart, it hurts so much.
Leonard covered his chest with his hands, his face full of disbelief.
"You actually rejected me? I just helped you, and now you reject me?" Leonard stared at Elena with a blaming look, "We are good friends!"
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