It's so hard being a hero!

She hadn't expected Norton to have this kind of pressure.

In her opinion, Norton had a remarkable talent for pharmacy, and he genuinely loved the field. He would stay in the lab until very late every time he came, which was much better than those students who were just there to get a qualification.

"So where are you stuck right now?" Sophia asked.

Seeing that she was asking seriously, Norton didn't hold back and took out his records of the failed experiment to show her.

"I'm trying to refine an agility potion, one of the most commonly used assessment potions for leveling up from level four to level five. I know the recipe by heart, and the material ratio is correct, but it explodes every time I get to the fusion step. I don't even know how many times it has exploded."

Sophia leaned over to look at his notes, then at the pile of residue on the lab table, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Senior Norton, wasn't the magic injection a bit too fast when you were fusing?"

Norton was taken aback.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I mean, you might be injecting magic too quickly."

Sophia pointed to a step in his notebook.

"Look here, you wrote 'slow injection,' but this 'slow' is relative. The core ingredient of the Agility Potion is wind-attribute magic, which is inherently active. If you inject it even slightly too quickly, it will easily overload and then explode."

After listening, Norton looked down at his notes, then looked up at Sophia, his expression somewhat skeptical.

"you sure?"

"I read a lot of books."

Sophia made up a random sentence on the spot.

"Besides, the teacher talked about something similar in the last pharmacy theory class, but you may not have paid attention."

Norton opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but then felt that what she said seemed to make some sense.

He sat back down at his workbench, took a deep breath, and began preparing the materials again.

Sophia didn't bother him anymore and turned back to continue working on her potion.

A few minutes later, a low gasp came from Norton's end.

"Holy crap, it worked?"

Sophia turned her head and saw Norton holding a small, pale blue bottle. The liquid inside was clear and bright, emitting a faint blue glow.

"It really worked?"

Sophia was also a little surprised; she had only mentioned it casually, but she hadn't expected it to have such a significant effect.

Norton stared at the medicine bottle in his hand for several seconds, then suddenly turned to look at Sophia with a complex expression that included surprise, gratitude, and a touch of inexplicable grievance.

"Junior Sophia, you solved the problem that had been stuck for me for half a year with just one sentence?"

Sophia gave an awkward smile and waved her hand.

"I was just talking nonsense, it was just a coincidence, a coincidence."

Norton, however, did not believe it.

He stood up, walked up to Sophia, and looked at her with a serious expression.

"Junior Sophia, tell me honestly, you really have never studied potion making before?"

"I really haven't studied it."

"Then how come you could spot my problem at a glance?"

She coughed lightly and offered an excuse that sounded reasonably plausible.

"Maybe it's because I'm good at observing things, and the question you mentioned was indeed covered in the theory class."

Norton stared at her for a few seconds, but ultimately didn't press the matter further.

But he had already made up his mind: he should try to get closer to this female student in the future.

Just as the two were packing up their lab benches and preparing to leave, the lab door was suddenly pushed open.

A middle-aged man in a Tianxing Academy teacher's uniform stood at the door, his gaze sweeping around the laboratory before finally settling on Norton.

"Norton, you're still here? Perfect timing, I need to tell you something."

Norton paused for a moment.

"Teacher Li, what's the matter?"

"A new pharmacy teacher has arrived at the college. She is a level nine pharmacist and just took office today. She said that she will be responsible for part of the pharmacy courses from now on."

Norton's eyes lit up immediately.

"A level nine pharmacist? Really? Wasn't the highest-ranking pharmacist in our academy only level seven?"

"So she's a big shot, and supposedly she's not very old, just a young woman."

Norton was thrilled when he heard this.

Chapter 87 What a coincidence!

Sophia was slightly surprised when she heard Teacher Li say that the new pharmacy teacher was a level nine pharmacist.

"Level 9 Pharmacist?"

Her brows furrowed unconsciously.

Because in the Starfall Continent's alchemist system, levels one to three are considered low-level, levels four to six are considered mid-level, levels seven to nine are considered high-level, and above that are master-level and grandmaster-level.

The problem is that advanced pharmacists are a rare profession. Not to mention the entire continent, just in the Delos Empire alone, there are no more than ten registered level nine pharmacists, and most of them are supported by the Holy See or the royal families of various kingdoms.

It's rather unusual for a level nine pharmacist to not work for the Holy See or serve as a royal priest, but instead become a teacher at Tianxing Academy.

Pharmacists don't lack money or status; what they lack is time and materials.

What Tianxing Academy can give her, the Holy See and the Royal Family can give her, and even more.

So, what is this person after coming to Tianxing Academy?

Sophia felt a vague unease.

"Sophia, what's wrong?"

Norton noticed her lost in thought and leaned over to ask her a question.

"nothing."

Sophia shook her head.

"It's a bit of a surprise that a level nine pharmacist is teaching at our academy; it's quite rare."

"you do not say."

Norton dusted off his hands and grinned from ear to ear.

"I need to hurry back and prepare so I can do well in class tomorrow and make a good impression on my new teacher."

After he finished speaking, he tidied up his lab bench, greeted Sophia, and ran out excitedly.

Sophia was the only one left in the laboratory.

She was still thinking about that level nine pharmacist.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a solution, so he could only sigh, pack his things, and prepare to go back to his dormitory.

She has no classes this afternoon, so she plans to go to the library to find books related to life potions.

However, he had just returned to the dormitory building entrance.

A girl from the same class happened to come out from inside, and her eyes lit up when she saw Sophia.

"Hey, Sophia, you're back?"

Sophia was taken aback.

"what happened?"

"You have a new roommate. I heard he's a new teacher at the college, and it was a temporary arrangement. He's staying in your room."

Sophia stopped in her tracks.

"Huh? A new teacher? Living with me?"

"Yes, she's a beautiful older sister."

The girl looked on with envy.

Sophia felt that unease welling up inside her again.

She nodded and then quickly went upstairs.

The dormitory building was quieter than usual at this time, as most students were still in class or engaged in activities and had not yet returned.

Sophia walked to the door of room 307, stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the door.

When the door opened, she saw someone sitting on the bed by the window.

The person was wearing a white pharmacist uniform, and their long, dark gold hair was casually tied back with a wooden hairpin.

She is making the bed.

However, the moment Sophia saw that profile, the hairs on her body stood on end.

Because she had seen the person in front of her before.

"How could it be her?"

Sophia's mind went blank, and she froze at the doorway.

Her first reaction was: It's over.

My second reaction was: stay calm.

Evelyn also noticed that someone was at the door.

She stopped what she was doing, turned her head and glanced at the door.

Then, she was stunned.

Those purple-gold eyes widened slightly the moment they saw Sophia.