Chapter Fifty-One: Becoming an Apprentice

  The lord of the castle spoke one sentence, but subtly discovered that the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive. With his thoughts, he quickly reacted and realized that these two people might have already met before. However, Isaac's wrist was smooth, and after reacting, his face still didn't reveal anything. He lightly patted the small hand of the red-haired beauty holding onto him: "Come, Rolin, Dad will introduce you to this famous Ferre magician."

  "Master Ferry, this is little Lorrine. She's been fascinated with medicine since she was a child and also has an interest in pharmacy. If Master Ferry has some free time later on, perhaps he could offer her some guidance. It would be doing me, this old fellow, a favor."

  "The lord of the castle is joking, Miss Luo Lin's medical skills are excellent, and there is no need for me to guide her..." Lin Li chuckled and planned to gloss over the matter with a casual remark.

  But the speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. A sentence "excellent medical skills" fell into Rowan's ears, and a pretty face suddenly turned pale. Although Ina had never blamed her, she had always been resentful of that day's affairs. If it wasn't for the young magician in front of her insisting, she would have almost harmed her best friend's father. This thought was like a poisonous snake, always lurking in Rowan's heart, making her fall into self-blame and regret at all times.

  "Rolin... Rolin? What's wrong, are you feeling unwell?" The lord of the city asked with concern as he noticed his daughter looked unusual.

  "It's nothing, Dad, you go ahead and take care of things, I'll just rest here for a bit."

  "Then you take a good rest." Isaac hesitated for a moment, and then asked Lin Li to help with some concern: "Ferre magic teacher, can I trouble you to keep an eye on the little girl for a while? Today there are too many people coming, I really can't get away from my body, Roline's child has been in poor health since childhood, I'm afraid that she might..."

  "This...alright." Lin Li hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.

  After Isaac left in a hurry, the atmosphere in this quiet corner became even more awkward.

  "Sorry......" Neither of them spoke until the red-haired beauty broke the silence.

  This sudden apology left Lin Li somewhat bewildered: "Huh?"

  "What happened that day was my fault, I shouldn't have doubted your intentions towards Ina, and even more so, I shouldn't have stopped you from treating Mr. McGregory...". Lorraine had always been proud like a swan since she was young, at this moment although she had realized her mistake, but making her apologize still made her face flush red with embarrassment, her voice was also as soft as a mosquito's hum.

  Lin Li made a great effort to hear clearly what she was saying, and for a moment couldn't help but laugh: "You deliberately drove away the city master's enemy just to tell me these things?"

  "I... I just wanted to apologize..." Her thoughts were seen through at a glance, and Rowan's pretty face turned even redder.

  "Apologies are unnecessary, anyway we're not that familiar with each other. If you just want to ease your conscience, save the apology for Mr. MacGregor, he's the one who almost got killed by you, not me." Lin Li still held a grudge against the red-haired beauty who had almost gotten MacGregor killed. Now, hearing her apologize, he felt an inexplicable irritation and put down his wine cup with a cold face: "If there's nothing else, can you please leave first? I'm not used to being alone with beauties, afraid that I might lose control again and do something regrettable..."

  "I..." Roline had grown up so big, and never had anyone been so rude to her. For a moment, she felt both wronged and angry. Her beautiful eyes were misty and hazy, with shiny tears rolling in her eye sockets, about to fall down at any moment.

  "Anything else?"

  Luolin's red lips parted slightly, but she hesitated to speak, her eyes filled with even more distress, and tears had already begun to fall onto the dinner table.

  Lin Li was even more annoyed by his crying, so he put down his wine cup and stood up: "You're not leaving, are you? Then I will!"

  Once he got angry, regardless of whether it was a red-haired beauty or a black-haired beauty, he kicked the chair open and walked towards the center of the banquet hall.

  Luo Lin's eyes widened slightly, and she finally reacted to the fact that he was really leaving. She couldn't care about what was difficult to say anymore, gritted her teeth, and made up her mind: "I... I want to learn potion-making from you!"

  "What?" Lin Li stumbled and almost fell on the thick carpet, his face incredulous as he turned back to stare at Luo Lin for a long time before repeating laboriously: "You... you want to learn potion-making from me?"

  "Yes!" Rowan's rosy face was filled with determination: "I want to learn potion-making from you!"

  "......" Lin stood there for more than a minute, before hesitantly asking: "Are you out of your mind?"

  "I'm serious." Rowan's gaze was unusually firm, even with a hint of frenzy.

  "It seems you're still not feeling well, go find someone to prescribe some medicine for you..." Lin Li didn't dare meet that fervent gaze head-on, he just muttered a curse and prepared to slip away quietly. That fervent gaze made him somewhat afraid, he didn't dare continue entangling with this girl anymore.

  “……” Roline really wanted to learn about medicine, she had been studying it since childhood and had even received guidance from a pharmacist. As her medical skills gradually deepened, she discovered that many problems that were difficult to solve with medicine could actually be solved with just one small bottle of medicine. However, pharmacists in the world of Anril were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and even with Roline's noble status, learning pharmacy was an elusive dream.

  It wasn't until that day at Ina's house, after a ridiculous misunderstanding, that she discovered the person she had misunderstood was actually the pharmacist she had been searching for all along. At that moment, Roline felt both ashamed and regretful in her heart. She was ashamed of almost harming her best friend's father, but what she regretted even more was missing the opportunity to meet a pharmacist. Several times she wanted to go to the Magic Association to apologize in person, but was held back by a hint of pride in her heart.

  Unexpectedly, two days later, I saw that young pharmacist again at Father's banquet.

  This time Rouran abandoned her reserve, but the answer she got was: "You're sick, and it's not mild..."

  Luolin's heart was filled with unspoken grievances, and the crystal-like tears in her eyes fell onto the red carpet with a pitter-patter sound.