Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

The weather in Rhodes Town is sunny.

The sound of children's laughter reached Roy's ears.

He flipped through his notebook, recording what he had learned over the past few days.

From the manor to Rhodes, and along the way through five towns, he also tested dozens of metals and alloys.

The testing method is a simple method described in "Basic Theory of Alchemy," which can be completed as long as there is metal, even if the plane is in a primitive stage.

The main principle is to test the degree of fusion between hemoglobin and metal in the blood.

For common metals, take a round piece with a diameter of 1cm and a thickness of 2mm, repeatedly boil it in boiling water to remove the surface oxide layer, and then place it in a dry ceramic dish after drying.

Then, drip three drops of your own fresh blood onto the linen, wrap the metal sheet with the cloth, and place it close to your body to create the same temperature as your body's internal environment.

A more standard experiment would use a constant temperature chamber to simulate the body's internal temperature, but Roy didn't have that option, so he had to settle for using the armpit as a substitute.

After about 24 hours of stillness, the blood proteins have fully come into contact with the metal lattice. Remove the metal sheet and place it into a bowl of lard at room temperature.

Lard will solidify and leave patterns on metal surfaces.

The metal absorbs hemoglobin, which then forms a "buffer layer" on the metal surface, making heat conduction more even. The lard cools slowly and evenly on its surface, forming regular snowflake or mesh patterns.

The non-compatible metal has disordered thermal conductivity, and the local temperature changes rapidly. As a result, lard can only condense into messy oil bubbles and cannot form regular patterns.

The more regular the shape and the more evenly distributed the metal, the more hemoglobin it absorbs, thus roughly concluding that it has better compatibility.

For alloys, because a dense composite oxide layer often forms on their surface, they need to be soaked in acetic acid for several days to corrode the oxide layer.

These all take time, so Roy simply collected a certain amount of metal first, arrived in Rhodes Town, and tested them all at once.

Ninety-five percent of the metal patterns are discontinuous, and even without more precise measurements, it can be determined that they do not meet the requirements.

Roy used his pen to cross out the names of the obsolete metals one by one: silver, zinc, iron... leaving only tin and bronze alloys.

"These two are a decent match, but it's only a rough estimate. What I want to achieve as an apprentice is a perfect match."

If 80% compatibility can bring out 80% of the characteristics of metal, then perfect compatibility can bring out 200%.

With a compatibility rate of over 80%, even a 1% improvement will result in a significant boost.

"Furthermore, tin and bronze do not have particularly good properties."

His brows furrowed slightly.

"Tin is too brittle; it will shatter at the slightest impact. Blacksmiths only have tin as one of the raw materials for bronze alloys. Bronze isn't particularly hard, and its density is too high..."

It's hard to say whether these two metals are a good choice.

He stood up and recalled his next destination.

"Is Dragontooth Town next?" He was quite looking forward to this town, after all, it was the town that produced the Dragontooth-style plate armor.

"Sir Knight." An apprentice came out of the blacksmith's shop, facing Roy with a somewhat obsequious air.

"Have you found a suitable metal?"

Roy's reason for using the blacksmith's metal was to find a good material to forge his sword. Although it seemed a bit ridiculous, he couldn't disobey a knight who was coming.

The only thing that puzzled the apprentices was that the knight was rather short, even shorter than some of the boys in town, and he was completely shrunken in plate armor, with his face not showing at all, even when he was eating.

And his voice, it sounded like he was deliberately muffled; his natural voice might be...

Younger?

Why hide himself so well? The apprentices could only guess that it was a big shot's quirk.

"Aren't there any better materials?" Roy asked, sounding dissatisfied.

"Well... Rhodes steel ingots are our best alloy. If you want something better, we really don't have any," the apprentice said honestly.

It's worth mentioning that each town along the way has a steel ingot named after itself. Lotte Steel Ingot, Jon Steel Ingot... He didn't recall Lanxi Town having a steel ingot called Lanxi Steel Ingot.

"If you're looking for the best steel, you can go to Longya Town. It's your next destination on your route. The Longya steel ingots from Longya Town are of excellent quality and are widely recognized as the best in the area."

"I've heard about this from the blacksmith shops in a few towns before." Roy nodded, taking out a few silver coins. "This is your reward for helping me..."

"Sir, we only brought you a few pieces of metal; they're not worth that much money." The apprentice's rhetoric was superb.

"Okay." Roy smiled from under his helmet and put the silver coin away before he could react.

So... you're really not going to give it to me?

Although I haven't seen many knights, you're definitely the stingiest one among them.

The apprentice muttered to himself.

"I've heard that weapons forged from dragon tooth steel ingots have sharp blades that can cut through ordinary iron without chipping, and their surfaces even display patterns like flowing stars," Roy changed the subject.

"What you say is true, sir. The strength of Dragon Tooth Steel Ingots is only slightly stronger than our steel, but because of their exquisite surface patterns, they are often used to forge swords to bestow upon the lord," the apprentice added with dissatisfaction. "However, they never reveal the method of forging the steel ingots to outsiders."

Roy asked curiously, "They must have some works leaked out, right? Can't you deduce the manufacturing method of the Dragon Tooth Steel Ingot from those works?"

As a craftsman, one should possess such skills.

"Reporting to you, sir, this is too difficult." The apprentice gave a wry smile. "Although we have analyzed all the other materials and even figured out their content, there is a material mixed in that we have never heard of before."

"Oh?"

"That material is fused into the steel ingot, and you can no longer tell what its original form was." The apprentice shook his head in distress, then smiled and said, "However, given your status, sir, you should be able to get an accurate answer if you ask them about the material."

Roy continued in a low voice, "I wouldn't do something like cutting off someone's livelihood."

He put away his notebook.

"I'm going to the church in your town."

"It's just to the east, in that tallest building," the apprentice immediately pointed out.

Roy immediately noticed the church's towering roof.

He would visit a church in every town he visited.

As they walked along the main road, their armor gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight.

Walk to the church entrance.

The familiar figure of the black-robed priest was wiping the altar when he turned around, revealing an unfamiliar face. He greeted Roy with a smile, but in addition to his kindness, there was also a hint of respect and wariness towards a stranger.

The vigilance was weak, but Roy had excellent eyesight and could see through things.

He took out a small bag of money and bowed slightly.

"Dear Father, there are thirty silver coins in this purse. If there are any orphans or children in the town who are struggling financially, please use this money to help them. Thank you."

The priest sensed the sincerity in Roy's tone and his extremely humble posture, and his expression softened immediately. He quickly helped Roy up.

"Thank God for your kindness, adults. On behalf of the children of Rhodes Town, I thank you for your grace."

After accepting the money, the priest seemed a little dazed; the money bag was rather light and didn't seem to contain thirty silver coins.

Only after Roy's figure turned the corner did he dare to quietly open the money bag and peek inside.

The money bag shone with a golden light.