Chapter 104: Glory Days

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Chapter 104: Glory Days Enjoying this feeling of being boundlessly admired for the first time, Pergina felt as if she had been transformed. The pride at the corners of her mouth was completely unstoppable. Suddenly, Demi posed a question she was curious about: "Why would someone of such noble status choose to live in hiding here?" Pergina, basking in adoring gazes, didn’t react immediately. "In hiding? Right, right, right... I decided to live in hiding in Rock Sand City..." She began contemplating what would be a suitable reason for her hiding out. Enemies? A broken heart? Or because of... "I need to quickly think of a reason that sounds right for my status..." For a moment, Pergina was stumped and didn’t respond immediately. "Because... because..." Meeting Demi’s adoring gaze, she couldn’t think of a suitable excuse. Just then, Demi noticed her teacher’s gaze toward her and had a thoughtful expression. She asked embarrassedly: "Is it because of me?" "Yes! It’s because of you!" This sentence immediately gave Pergina inspiration: "It’s because of you! My dearest student, you possess alchemical talent no less than mine. My purpose in living in hiding here is to cultivate you into the second alchemist worthy of the title ’Great’!" As for the first great alchemist, that was naturally Pergina herself! "Teacher!" This affirmation, though very similar to past encouraging words, had an unprecedentedly strong impact on Demi. Demi’s delicate body trembled slightly, and endless excitement surged in her heart. "I... I will definitely become the next great alchemist!" Her voice was incredibly firm. Demi secretly decided that as long as studying didn’t kill her, she would study herself to death. With her teacher’s example before her, the hall of glory was calling! "Teacher believes in you!" Pergina looked at her student, who was full of fighting spirit and radiating powerful confidence from within, but felt somewhat worried inside: "Should... should be no problem, right? Although I embellished my past experiences a little bit, this was all to inspire this kid’s alchemical fighting spirit! There absolutely won’t be any problems!" Though she thought this way, Pergina was actually a bit regretful. She felt that keeping up this image of a great-level alchemical master wouldn’t be easy in the future... The excited Demi suddenly remembered she had something else to tell her teacher. "Teacher, please teach me how to make ’Uto.’" "’Uto,’ now that’s not easy to make. Even I didn’t successfully develop it until I was around forty." Pergina instinctively bragged as usual. "Teacher! I want to challenge myself! I’ll strive to create ’Uto’ before I’m thirty-five!" Demi’s eyes burned with alchemical fire. She wanted to challenge her teacher’s record—the student surpassing the master! "...This... truly worthy of being my student!" Pergina could only show support on the surface, but inwardly she was panicking: "This is a disaster! How would I know how to make Uto? It’s a legendary ancient alchemical life form! When I found it at age forty, it was just a small disc that slowly grew into what it is now. No, I need to stall!" Pergina looked serious: "Demi, don’t bite off more than you can chew! First, you need to learn to make alchemical masks, alchemical potions, alchemical armor, etc. Only after mastering these ’basic’ knowledge can you proceed to the next step." "Alright... fine." Demi was still very obedient to what the great alchemical master said. It’s just that this way, she temporarily couldn’t make it up to her teacher with a new Uto. Seeing Demi had listened to her advice, Pergina breathed a sigh of relief. She believed that mastering these ’basic knowledge’ would take Demi decades. "By the way, since your mission is over, let Uto out. It’s probably been going stir-crazy all this time." Not having Uto making a fuss around for a while, Pergina really felt somewhat out of sorts. "Teacher, I forgot to tell you. I traded Uto with a lord." Demi felt somewhat embarrassed. Although it was to save herself and her teammates, Uto was her teacher’s possession after all. "So it was traded, if it was traded then..." As she spoke, Pergina realized what had happened. Her face went white, and her voice immediately shot up: "What! Traded!!!" "Mm-hmm..." She gripped her ’dear’ student’s shoulders with both hands: "You traded Uto!!!" Her voice was so full of disbelief. Her teacher’s reaction was a bit intense. Demi still nodded in response: "Yes! Teacher!" Having confirmed this terrible news again, Pergina uncontrollably began shaking Demi frantically. "Who did you trade with? Where did you trade? How long ago did you trade?!!!" "Stop shaking me, I’m going to be sick. Listen to me!" "Spill it!" Demi shook her head to clear the dizziness and began recounting: "During this mission, we encountered a large group of traitors..." "...Finally, to express gratitude, I took it upon myself to trade Uto to that lord..." After finishing, Demi carefully watched her teacher’s reaction. After listening, Pergina’s body seemed turned to stone, her eyeballs motionless, even her breathing stopped. Her heart was wailing: "Uto! My Uto! How did you get targeted just by going out once! Without you, how will I find bargains in the future!" Honestly, Pergina didn’t blame Demi for making the trade. In that situation, without trading, both the person and Uto would probably have vanished together. After trading, at least the person came back. Demi looked uneasy. She hadn’t expected her teacher’s reaction to be so intense. This was just a work created at age forty. Did it have some special meaning for her teacher? "Teacher, how about... how about after I make a new Uto in the future, I’ll swap the old Uto back?" Pergina, who was feeling heartbroken, thought irritably after hearing this: You really dare to dream! Could someone like us, a third-rate alchemist, create an ancient alchemical life form like Uto? But thinking of the words she had let slip earlier, she really couldn’t tell Demi the truth. "It’s just one Uto. Don’t worry too much about it—it doesn’t have much value. For me, it’s more about some nostalgia for past years." Pergina looked indifferent, as if her earlier meltdown was all an illusion. "Teacher, I understand!" Demi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it wasn’t too precious. Actually, Pergina was screaming frantically inside: "I have to get Uto back!" Even if she had to give away all her treasure-hunting finds, she would get Uto back! "By the way, Uto was given as a grateful gift for saving lives to that mysterious person, right?" Asking seemingly casually, Pergina needed to confirm the value of Uto’s trade again to gauge the buyback price for later.

Chapter 104: Glory Days

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