Chapter 476: Making a Big Trade

The one who spoke was precisely the master here, Elisa von Oriolus.

Lan Qingyou looked up and saw this person on the second-floor balcony, holding a book, leaning on the railing, and looking down at her.

That slight smile at the corner of her mouth clearly showed she was pleased by Lan Qingyou's arrival.

Obviously a cold and aloof character, yet she learned to curl her lips like others.

This woman really is infuriating.

Thinking like this, Lan Qingyou, who didn't want to be looked down upon, flew straight up.

Arriving at the second-floor balcony, Lan Qingyou took a look around.

A carpet with various books and refreshments placed on it; it seemed she was reading while eating breakfast.

I came... at quite the right time.

"You just came out of the dungeon yesterday, and you ran over to my place today?"

Seeing Lan Qingyou acting like she was returning to her own home, Elisa wasn't angry either. She walked over, sat opposite Lan Qingyou, put down the book, and then picked up her teacup.

"Tell me, what did you come looking for me for?"

As Elisa spoke, she picked up the bell on the carpet and shook it.

Subsequently, a Homunculus wearing white clothes walked in and served Lan Qingyou a breakfast combo of bread, eggs, salad, and black tea as well.

Just as Lan Qingyou guessed, Elisa had a very rare sleep until dawn yesterday, so she figured since she was awake anyway, she would have a rare breakfast.

As a result, just as she had someone prepare it, she heard the alarm below. Walking over to look, she discovered it was actually an acquaintance.

Elisa's feelings toward this person Lan Qingyou were complex.

To be honest, when she first heard the name, she looked down on her somewhat.

Especially after later joining the masquerade ball and learning through that channel that Lan Qingyou wasn't some academic bigshot from Blue Star, and was even just a youngster around twenty years old, she looked down on her even more.

After all, she herself had been researching alchemy since Blue Star, although at the time, due to the lack of the prerequisite 'mana', she couldn't research anything at all.

But at least in some theories, especially in the theory of biological alchemy, she had constructed a complete system of her own.

As a result, not only did Lan Qingyou beat her to the punch, but it happened twice.

Although it was a bit of a blow, she wasn't discouraged.

In her view, although there were many directions for the development of alchemy, the path she took was the path the entire Aureolus Family had walked for hundreds or thousands of years.

Moreover, she had acquired "Lomei's Alchemy Notes" right at the beginning of her transmigration, allowing her to take her research and study of alchemy to the next level.

However, it was only when she truly encountered Lan Qingyou that she learned the other party was an existence just like her.

Although Lan Qingyou's starting point might have been a billion times lower, she had to admit that in terms of brain circuitry, she was indeed more formidable than herself.

Later, upon learning that she had systematically studied chemistry under her own chemistry professor, making the two of them count as senior and junior sisters, even the last trace of disdain vanished.

Replacing it was treating the other party as a researcher just like herself.

Uh... actually, from the moment she made the same Witch Potion as the other party and evolved into a witch, she had already acknowledged her.

But at that time, they hadn't interacted at all, and psychologically she needed a stepping stone.

So the appearance of Professor Mai could be considered to have allowed her to find this stepping stone.

"There's no particular matter for coming to find you this time, it's mainly for this..."

Saying so, Lan Qingyou took out a green stone tablet from her card and placed it on the carpet between the two of them.

"This is!!!"

The moment she saw the stone tablet, Elisa's eyes went straight.

Excited heart, trembling hands.

At this moment, Elisa didn't even know how to describe her feelings.

Although her Demon Eye wasn't an existence capable of appraisal like Lan Qingyou's, intuition told her this thing was exactly what she wanted.

It was the thing the family had been searching for and thirsting for since its establishment.

Now, it was right in front of her.

Completely intact, without a single flaw.

"The Emerald Tablet, you should know what it is, right."

With one hand placed on the Emerald Tablet, Lan Qingyou's scarlet eyes looked at Elisa's sapphire-like eyes.

"Of course. Since you brought this thing out, there should be a reason, right."

Suppressing her excited feelings, Elisa pretended to be calm and nodded, then stared fixedly at Lan Qingyou.

"I want your research data and papers, and if you gain anything from the Emerald Tablet, you must share it with me at the first opportunity."

Lan Qingyou had already thought it through last night.

Although the Emerald Tablet could add some attributes and knowledge points, Lan Qingyou no longer needed these things.

Rather than keeping a World Artifact by her side as a decoration, it was better to give it to Elisa, someone who had studied more systematically than herself.

At least this way, the other party might be able to research something out of it.

What she needed to do was have the other party share the obtained knowledge and the like with her, making herself a beneficiary as well.

This was also why she used the very ambiguous and broadly encompassing word 'thing' when she spoke just now.

As for whether the other party would renege on the debt, Lan Qingyou wasn't worried at all.

Leaving aside things like contracts, just the other party's proud personality wouldn't allow her to do such a thing.

"Okay, but I need to know what you want these for. After all, it's my technology, and I have the right to know."

Elisa agreed to Lan Qingyou's proposal without even thinking.

But not knowing what exactly the other party was doing, Elisa still wanted to know the reason.

Of course, even if the other party didn't say, she would still agree; this right to know was just treated as an included bonus.

"It's nothing, just that after being away from home for ten months, returning to find the house completely changed makes one sigh with sorrow. So I want to give certain people a little punishment."

Lan Qingyou calmly shrugged.

Although she appeared calm, anyone could see that her mood right now was not very beautiful.

"Ah~~ this matter..."

Elisa suddenly understood.

That makes sense.

Someone who just returned would definitely pay more attention to this problem that she herself had long stopped paying attention to.

After all, when the matter occurred, the impact was indeed very great.

"Then a little punishment is indeed necessary. Actually, my side is the same as yours, but I have already finished punishing them."

Elisa shrugged.

She had already punished them, which was why she no longer paid attention to this issue.

"Already punished? How did you punish them?"

Lan Qingyou looked at her, with doubt in her scarlet eyes, as well as a hint of excitement.

After all, to put it bluntly, in terms of underlying logic, everyone was a troll.

She really wanted to see how this woman would punish others.

Thinking about how her own Tower Clan had suffered disaster, there was no reason the Witches of the Workshop Clan were let off.