This wizard only wishes to be a teacher
Chapter 143 - 123 Dissection; Treatment_2

Chapter 143: Chapter 123 Dissection; Treatment_2

"Forget it," Lucien stopped the movement of his hands and then glanced at the dissection knife, which had developed a tiny nick, hesitating for a moment.

On the smooth surface of the dissection knife, there was now an extremely small speck of red.

To a common person, this tiny red dot would have been too small to see, but Lucien, with his sharpened spiritual power after ascending to Formal Wizard, had noticed it.

It was human blood...

Lucien lowered his gaze to the severed limb on the table, which seemed to respond to Lucien’s stare; its fabric-like hand moved slightly, as if trying to escape.

"It seems that this transformation is somewhat reversible..." Lucien put down the dissecting knife, but quickly jotted down the few magic runes he had just seen on the severed limb.

For a wizard, time flies by in research and dissection.

However, for Carly, she felt the "warmth" of Greybone Academy during this time.

"My lord." Walking on the streets of the trade area, other apprentices who passed by and caught sight of Carly’s distinctive silver hair all bowed respectfully and even many would make way for her, stepping back to the sides of the road reverently.

Even the apprentices trading at their stalls lowered their voices, as if afraid to disturb Carly’s thoughts or mood.

When Carly’s eyes swept over them, many apprentices showed their friendliest and most amiable smiles, and some of them were even humble; but when Carly looked away, deep envy and even jealousy could be seen in the eyes of many of them.

A pureblood fairy... and one of those powerful fairies that, with growth, could continually transform and eventually ascend to Formal Wizard.

Formal Wizard, a status many apprentices can only dream of. But for Carly, it was almost a certainty. Without the need to struggle, sacrifice, or even rely on luck, just methodical cultivation of the bloodline would assure ascendance to Formal Wizard.

What was even more vexing was that, in the beginning, Carly had the weakest wizard qualification of all.

Some weaker apprentices looked at Carly with naked longing in their eyes.

In their view, Carly seemed to represent a hope, a miracle. They themselves saw little chance of ever becoming Formal Wizards, yet Carly’s presence ignited that slight fantasy in their hearts.

...

Despite the naked gazes of the apprentices around her, Carly appeared completely calm and even somewhat aloof on the surface.

If this had been the first few days after her return to the academy, Carly might have felt uncomfortable or awkward, but now, she had fully accustomed herself to this kind of "enthusiasm" from other Wizard Apprentices.

She silently walked into a shop selling Magic Potions, "I want two bags of Blood Qi Fruit seeds. Oh, and if you have seeds of other magical plants here, give me a bag of each..."

"Of course, Lady Carly."

The manager inside this specialized magical plant store was a plump Third-level Wizard Apprentice, who, seeing Carly, had a smile so wide it creased his face. He hurried to the small warehouse behind the shop, quickly selecting magical plant seeds with swift movements.

At that moment, his somewhat bloated body moved with a agility like a strange dance.

"Lady Carly, that’ll be seven Magic Stones in total. Rest assured, under my careful selection, Barto, they are the fullest and contain the highest Magic Essence..." The chubby apprentice Barto quickly produced a large bag of seeds, not bothering to wipe the sweat from his face, and handed the bag to Carly.

"7 Magic Stones?" Carly was slightly taken aback, looking at the large bag of seeds in her hand with some surprise at the price that seemed to have dropped even further.

"Yes, the head of my family has already instructed that whenever Miss Carly comes to us to purchase seeds, magical plants, or anything else at the stores owned by the Boyle Family, we will only charge the cost price..." Barto bowed slightly at this moment, his eyes sincere with a touch of flattery and envy.

"Of course, when we purchase items from Miss Carly, we also guarantee not to profit even one Magic Stone! The Boyle Family simply wishes to befriend Miss Carly!"

Carly fell silent and ultimately gave a slight nod. "Then thank you for this, Barton."

Observing Barton’s slightly surprised expression, Carly’s gaze carried a hint of complexity.

In the Wizard World, where equivalent exchange was the norm, someone with a ninety-nine percent chance of advancing to the level of Formal Wizard, even "friendship", was extremely precious.

The Boyle Family was not the first wizard family that tried to curry her favor, nor would they be the last. Without her having to say anything, those Wizard Apprentices and wizard families who once appeared arrogant before her were now showing their sincerity and goodwill in her presence.

Even if she wished, she could gather a group of Second-level Wizard Apprentices or even Third-level Wizard Apprentices as her subordinates with a mere gesture, and she could even treat them with the cruel exploitation common among other Third-level Wizard Apprentices and Formal Wizards...

But in the past, they had all appeared utterly indifferent, and when they had discussed her journey to Kosai Island with Mentor Lucien and others, their faces even bore a hint of schadenfreude.

Or perhaps, this was the influence brought by power?

Carly said to herself silently, and at the same time, she couldn’t help but clench her hand tightly.

After all, in terms of strength, she was still fairly weak. These Wizard Apprentices and wizard families were interested in her potential rather than her current strength, which also gave Carly a sense of urgency in her heart.

"Tonight, I will train with Edison again." A smile appeared on Carly’s face, and at this moment, Edison was one of the very few people in Greybone Academy who could communicate with her with a relatively normal attitude. For this reason, Carly also took good care of this yet-to-be "greeted" junior brother.

And in the presence of Edison, Carly could feel a sense of having "leveled up."

"I hope that when I come back for a surprise check tonight, you’d better be training instead of slacking off or daydreaming..." Carly said as she packed away the seeds she had purchased and walked briskly toward the training field, her smile now more evident.

Behind her, the shop owner Barton watched Carly depart with a smile.

"Mr. Barton, these are the blue mushrooms we’ve gathered from the Grey Valley Forest..." Four somewhat disheveled Second-level Wizard Apprentices cautiously handed over two wooden boxes.

And when Barton faced these Second-level Wizard Apprentices, the smile on his face turned cold.

"Blue mushrooms? We’ve already collected too many blue mushrooms, so the price is definitely going to drop. And for those of poor quality, we won’t take them at all." Barton casually checked the blue mushrooms inside the boxes, then glanced at the Second-level Wizard Apprentices. "Flat rate, three Magic Stones."

"These are worth at least 12 Magic Stones! We’ve worked so hard..." one apprentice’s voice turned sharp.

But Barton just sneered, cutting the apprentice off with utter coldness in his eyes.

"You may choose not to sell, but I should remind you that if these blue mushrooms aren’t preserved promptly, their value will further decrease. So the ones who should be worried are you, not me at all. And because of your personal reasons, if you decide to sell, the price will drop by another half a Magic Stone."

Having said that, Barton clapped his hands and, ignoring the group of Second-level Wizard Apprentices who looked at each other in dismay, turned and went back into the shop.

Outside, there was already the sound of the apprentices arguing among themselves, albeit softly...