Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 197 That tastes delicious

Jia Xiu had expected that blood would be cheap, but he didn't expect it to be this cheap.

So cheap that there's practically no price.

The slaughterhouse never expected anyone to come and buy blood.

Animal blood is not entirely undemanded here; dragon blood and snake/lizard blood are valuable materials for spellcasting and alchemy.

They never serve pig's blood, only duck's blood.

"Well, we don't have any blood on hand, we've already poured it all out. But if you really need it, we can slaughter it fresh and take it right away. We just got a batch of pigs today. How about we give you 5 el for the blood from one pig?"

The slaughterhouse worker, rubbing his blood-stained apron, said somewhat nervously.

He had never heard of such a strange request before.

The group making the demands is still that strange one.

One was short, one was tall and strong, and another was some kind of creature that didn't look human. The one in front looked like a normal person, but there was a small head in its collar. Was that... a bat?

However, since the other party was wearing Saint-Deros's clothes, he couldn't be offended. They were all important figures in the future, and no matter how strange they seemed, there was a reason for it.

Seeing that Jia Xiu paused for a moment and did not reply immediately, he assumed that he had asked for too high a price.

Indeed, what's a little bit of pig's blood worth? How could one ask a big shot in Saint-Deros for 5 el?

He was about to change his mind, thinking that maybe he should just accept two el.

He had absolutely no idea how much it should cost.

“Deal,” Jia Xiu suddenly said.

He paused for a moment, not because he was unhappy with the price. Since arriving in Larvin, it had been a long time since he had bought anything in El, where prices were now measured in Els and a small amount of money would cost several kronor.

It wasn't because he had no idea how much blood a pig had, but after thinking about it, he realized it must be a lot. However, buying the blood of half a pig sounded a bit strange, so he simply made the deal.

Then he asked, "So, do you also sell pig intestines, pig stomachs, and pig brains?"

Now it was the slaughterhouse staff's turn to be stunned.

If blood is required, it can be explained by the fact that the caster may have a special purpose for it.

I have absolutely no idea why they need organs like that.

Are the students in San Teruo unable to afford food?
These are things that the poorest guys in the city only buy when they can't afford good meat.

If you can afford good meat, who would eat this?

However, the spellcaster of Saint Delos must have his reasons for doing this.

“3 el per kilogram”.

He answered truthfully that, unlike pig's blood, this does indeed have a price.

"Great! I want one kilogram of intestines and one kilogram of stomach."

Even Ram was about to break down.

Because of his powerful sense of taste, a result of his ogre bloodline, the smells at the slaughterhouse were exponentially more harmful to him.

"Boss, why did you buy all this? You're not really going to eat it, are you? Ram thinks we should eat something good."

"Tsk, young, too young. Wait, let me buy some more spices, process them, and show you my skills. Then you'll know why I bought them."

When Jia Xiu said this, the slaughterhouse employees who went to fetch the water were shocked beyond words.

Are they really going to use spices to make offal?
Too extravagant.

Spices, almost all kinds of spices, are luxury items that cost a kroner for just a dozen grams.

Ordinary people simply can't afford it.

Is this the lifestyle of students at Saint-Denis? Using the most expensive seasonings to process the cheapest scraps of ingredients.

He realized, this is what real flaunting of wealth is all about!
As expected of Saint Teresa...

……

Even at night, Margaret was still working diligently in the Tower of Aurelius.

As a mentor who stayed behind, she has been diligently studying the magic of the vampires these past few days.

Specifically, it involves organizing and classifying all known vampire magic. Because vampires are few in number and their average level of magical education is not high, and the original vampires are mostly "gifted monsters" who cast spells based on intuition, the classification of vampire magic is very chaotic.

Her current task is to distinguish these things, locate the runes that humans cannot use in each spell, mark the same ones, and then substitute the rune replacement methods that Jaxiu has already made into the same runes of different spells to observe what effect they have on the spell effects.

In order to study this replacement method later, we can understand why the same rune cannot be completely replaced in different spells, but can only be processed according to a single spell. We can also find out where the shortcomings are. The ultimate goal is to achieve complete rune replacement without needing to adjust according to spell differences.

Basically, aside from the rune replacement part, which only Jia Xiu could handle, she did the rest of the work on the project of unifying vampire magic.

It's a job that requires a high level of technical skill. The operator must be able to understand the spells and have a clear understanding of the differences in spell effects caused by runes. It's generally not easy for mages to do.

Moreover, it is very physically and mentally taxing. Although vampire magic is far less abundant than human magic, the total number of known vampire spells is still quite large.

This has kept Margaret working very hard these days, sleeping only five or six hours a day, and without any days off.

However, she enjoys it. She now realizes that research tasks that require thinking but not too much, that are challenging but not impossible to complete, are the most suitable for her.

It combines the joy of tackling challenging problems with the sense of accomplishment of successfully solving them.

Margaret made peace with herself.

She clearly recognized that she was a genius, that much was certain. However, there were differences between geniuses, and she was at most a minor genius, so she should just do the work that minor geniuses should do.

Moreover, he has published academic papers.

I was responsible for most of the work on the papers of the students in this lab. Regardless of their importance, I was responsible for most of it, so I felt perfectly justified in being the corresponding author.

Normally, the mentor should provide guidance and the student should do repetitive work.

However, it's not unreasonable to allow students with exceptional abilities to provide research directions for their advisors.

Academics should know how to be flexible and adaptable.

Margaret placed the newly compiled spell files into a labeled file bag.

I stretched and loosened my stiff neck, preparing to rest before continuing my evening work.

Suddenly, I felt like I smelled a strange odor.

It smelled like a mixture of meat and blood.

Margaret frowned.

Why does this smell come from inside the mage tower?

Was she just too tired these days and hallucinating, or was it simply the appointed time?

This shouldn't be happening, she glanced at the calendar; it wasn't the right time.

Oh no, I hope I'm not too busy and things have gone awry.

As I wondered what was happening, the aroma grew stronger, and a few seconds later...

"Hey! Dear mentor, we're back! And we've found you a new employee."

Jia Xiu's voice came through.

After not seeing him for a while, hearing that slightly cheeky voice again made me a little happy.

wrong!

Margaret immediately realized.

Could this awful smell be caused by Jia Xiu?

For any strange thing whose cause is unknown, you can't go wrong by first thinking about Jia Xiu.

What did you bring back?

Upon seeing Jassi and the others, Margaret asked directly.

"I'm so sad, I thought there would be a welcoming ceremony."

"Welcome my ass! What's that smell in the mage tower right now?!"

"It'll be ready to eat after we process it." He said, showing two buckets, one filled with pig's blood and the other with pig's stomach and intestines.

Margaret glanced at the bucket, her brow furrowing even more.

"Our lab no longer raises sub-dragons, have you forgotten?"

"It wasn't for feeding the dragons, it was for me to eat."

Upon hearing this, Margaret's brows relaxed, and she murmured to herself, "I must be so tired, I'm even hallucinating."

"No hallucinations! You'll see in a bit! Anyway, let me introduce you to our lab's new consultant first..."

“No! My students are starting to eat this awful stuff! It’s worse than hallucinations!” Margaret interrupted.

Jashu used cross-server communication, completely ignoring Margaret's screams and continuing his introduction.

"It's her, Elizabeth."

He pulled Elizabeth out of his collar.

"Hello, Margaret...Professor Margaret."

Margaret slapped her forehead, unable to face this "cruel" reality.

First, they wanted to eat things that couldn't even be smelled, then they brought out a talking bat and said it was an advisor.

Does the Druid class have a build that transforms into a bat?

Could it be a shapeshifter?

However, before she could speak, a dangerous aura suddenly enveloped the laboratory.

It's that instinctive sense of danger when facing a top predator.

As danger approached, the ugly-cute bat transformed into a pale-skinned, beautiful young woman in a cloud of mist.

Although he looked very gentle, with a kind smile on his face, he gave her a somewhat awkward bow.

But the overflowing aura of danger, the bloodless skin, and the ability to transform into a bat undoubtedly indicate that this is a powerful vampire, an extremely powerful vampire.

He's probably much stronger than Bubu.

"You mean this is our consultant?"

“Yes,” Jia Xiu replied, “We shouldn’t need another round of interviews, right? The person who will help us solve the vampire magic problem in the future will be absolutely professional in this area.”

"Who's interviewing whom? Where did you come from?"

Margaret couldn't understand why this kid was so powerful with just a squire. He went out on a mission and managed to bring back such a huge vampire.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the appearance of vampires of this caliber be defined as a "disaster"?

What kind of operation is it to turn into a bat and put it inside a robe?

It's too ridiculous.

Seeing Margaret's shocked expression, Elizabeth turned timidly to ask Jasmine.

"My mentor, is she dissatisfied with me?"

"No, I'm satisfied, very satisfied."

Margaret had no doubt about Elizabeth's professionalism.

Where did this pitiful attitude come from? This vampire, who is obviously much stronger than me, come from. He doesn't have the neurotic demeanor of other vampires at all.

"Mentor, please show her around our mage tower first, and also arrange a room for her without windows, otherwise she might die inside if you forget to draw the curtains one day. Remember to introduce her slowly, she is still learning Common Tongue."

After saying that, he handed Elizabeth over to Margaret.

"I'll go and clean up this sewage first; it really does smell bad."

They then headed towards the mage tower's kitchen.

Yes, there is a kitchen in the Tower of Marcus Aurelius.

In fact, most mage towers have kitchens and all kinds of living facilities.

Because the Mage Tower was not originally intended as a laboratory for mages, but rather as their residence. However, since mages preferred to conduct experiments directly at home, the Mage Tower also served as a laboratory.

Later, the development became more and more experimental and professional, but the more traditional mage towers still retained many living areas.

Now, Margaret and Elizabeth are staring at each other in the laboratory.

There's an awkward situation where three people meet up, two of whom are complete strangers, and the only mutual friend who invited the other two suddenly has to leave...

The awkwardness lasted for a long time.

Margaret thought she should do her best to be a good host. So what if he's a vampire who's much more powerful than her? There's nothing to be afraid of when they're alone together. Yes, there's nothing to be afraid of.

She didn't even realize that when new people come to the lab, they are usually not guided by their supervisors to familiarize themselves with the environment, but rather by other students.

All I can say is that she adapted very well to the change in her role perception.

Margaret paused for a moment before saying, "Um, can't you suppress the oppressive aura you're radiating? Like what dragons do when they transform into humans, otherwise, to be honest, the way you are now is quite frightening."

After Margaret finished speaking, Elizabeth blinked, as if her brain was processing complex information.

"Excuse me, what is meant by a sense of oppression...?"

……

Forty minutes later, Margaret led Elizabeth to the end of their tour of the Tower of Aurelius.

It took so long, partly because the Tower of Marcus Aurelius was indeed very large.

On the other hand, it was because Margaret had shown Elizabeth how to control her breathing by flipping through a book.

Marcus Aurelius's book collection was truly extensive.

Now, the two seem like best friends who have known each other for a long time.

Margaret beamed with joy; it had been so long since she had found the joy of being a teacher.

Elizabeth is such a good student.

No matter what they say, they give you a lot of feedback. You listen very attentively, and if you don't understand something after listening, you'll ask questions.

Let's take a look at Jia Xiu.

Ugh……

I can't find any joy in teaching and nurturing students.

After touring the laboratory area and having Margaret choose a room, they decided to go back to find Jashy.

As she was walking, Margaret suddenly smelled a wonderful fragrance, a fragrance that made her want to take a bite.

The aroma was coming from the kitchen.

Did he make those things smell nice?
Margaret's first thought was that there was something wrong with her sense of smell.

Pushing open the door, I saw something cooking in a pot, and the aroma was coming from there.

Making those things smell good, what's the difference between that and alchemy?
Besides the pot that was boiling, there were two basins filled with a scarlet color. One basin contained solidified liquid that was still steaming, and Jia Xiuzheng was squeezing lemons into the other basin.

Why did it solidify while still steaming?
"What is this?" Margaret asked curiously.

"This? It's pig's blood."

"Why does the pig's blood look so bouncy? What kind of magic did you use?"

"Um, I used lemon juice to adjust the pH of the solution to a suitable range and provided a suitable temperature to activate thrombin and promote the formation of a protein network structure."

"..." Margaret and Elizabeth looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Jia Xiu sighed.

"I used a blood clotting spell."

"I knew it!"

(End of this chapter)