Chapter 842: Three Days Later, the Battle is About to Begin

To be honest.

Although Lan Qingyou was the party involved, even she herself felt this sensation was somewhat absurd.

After all, although the Emerald Tablet was a reward given to her by the World Will.

However, compared to Elisa, the days she had spent with this World Artifact were not long.

This feeling could be said to have been completely ignored in the past.

Or rather, perhaps it was there right from when she first obtained it.

But she didn't care, didn't take it seriously, and even directly ignored this feeling.

Could it be because of the so-called 'divine artifact recognizing its master'?

After all, no matter what was said, this thing was given to her by the World Will.

Then why didn't she come up with any coordinates when she was researching it before?

"What was your train of thought when you were researching it before, tell me."

Lan Qingyou, who had absolutely no train of thought herself, decided to pull one from the white guy opposite her.

And it was as if she knew Lan Qingyou would say this.

The second after she spoke, Elisa threw a notebook over.

This was a palm-sized notebook with a black monster skin cover.

Lan Qingyou flipped it open and took a look, directly gasping in a breath of cold air.

Densely packed line after line of numbers were recorded in the notebook.

She could understand every single number.

But connected together, she couldn't understand them at all.

"These are..."

Lan Qingyou raised her head and looked at Elisa, who was drinking coffee.

"A type of numerical deciphering; you can also see it as parsing, or rather, cracking."

"..."

If I understood these, would I still need to ask you?

Lan Qingyou felt a wave of speechlessness.

But looking at this sentence the other party just said.

Even if she asked and the other party explained, presumably she still wouldn't understand.

Although Lan Qingyou was indeed very talented in her research on magic and alchemy.

But not in math.

If math wasn't good, it just wasn't good.

Not to mention professional terms like deciphering and decoding.

She had already returned even simple calculus back to her teachers.

Don't underestimate the gold content of a junior high school graduate! Bastard!

Therefore, Lan Qingyou very sensibly shut her mouth.

Since she definitely couldn't learn the other party's method, then she could only try using her own method.

Mhmm... that is, random.

She would talk about it again whenever she thought of a direction to start from.

Anyway, the Emerald Tablet had already returned; she had plenty of time to research.

...

Not long after giving the Emerald Tablet to Lan Qingyou, Elisa left.

In her words, there were still many things waiting for her to learn at the Royal Alchemy Workshop.

That's true too.

It was originally the birthplace of the main family.

A guy like her, who had inherited the expectations of dozens of generations, definitely had to finish learning all that knowledge.

Anyway, it was her own ancestors teaching her.

It wasn't embarrassing either.

Moreover, compared to Lan Qingyou who only went out after preparing properly, there were still many other things that needed to be prepared on Elisa's side.

And Lan Qingyou was also very busy on her side.

Just these dozens of cabinets of books and notes were enough for her to read.

And outside.

Because of this audience, everyone got to know who Nikolai and Horn were escorting together.

Independent alchemists, a suspected Star-Rank Mage who could throw meteor showers, an outside princess of the Aureolus Family, and Title Holders.

Regardless of the titles in front.

Compared to the Title Holder at the end, they all appeared inferior.

It wasn't that those couldn't compare to this in terms of strength and reputation.

The main reason was still because of other things; whether it was a Star-Rank Mage or a princess of the Aureolus Family, they were too far away for most people.

Only the appellation 'Title Holder' could be considered the most 'approachable to the people'.

At least most people, whether nobles, commoners, or slaves, could understand it.

And when they learned that two more Title Holders had appeared.

No matter who it was, as long as they were the kind of person who didn't know their own limits, they all hoped to get a piece of the pie from these two.

After all, whether it was combat-specialized or research-specialized.

As long as they could connect with them.

Then they could always find a way to make money.

There are always more solutions than difficulties, right.

It was just that because one had the surname 'Aureolus', most people couldn't intervene.

So they all turned their gazes towards the other holder who hadn't appeared at the palace.

However, that holder had never appeared again since entering the villa.

Even if they wanted to manufacture a chance encounter, it was impossible.

Even those bold enough to go directly to the door were rejected by the Head Maid.

The reason was that she was reading.

Although they didn't know what was so good about reading books, combining it with the other party's identity as an alchemist.

Ultimately, even the bold ones still stopped there.

Of course.

Aside from this, there was also the matter of the Britt Rats in the Wailing Marsh.

It was just that in the eyes of the nobles and officials.

How could those rats compare to two Title Holders?

Especially under the circumstances where there would be a duel between the two in two days.

Those people who wanted to establish contact with the other one to see if they could profit from it all set their sights on the Colosseum tickets.

That's right.

When the Old Emperor learned that the two were actually going to duel over 'academic differences', he cheerfully started selling tickets.

As for what exactly this academic difference was, it was completely just a sentence Elisa said casually at the time.

And because the Old Emperor hadn't arranged any work for them.

So essentially, whether it was Elisa in the Royal Alchemy Workshop or Lan Qingyou in the Riverside Villa, both could study and research undisturbed.

Three days' time was actually not long.

Amidst their respective busyness, the third day finally arrived.

"Miss Lan, the Colosseum today will open at nine in the morning, and the guests will basically have entered around nine-thirty. The duel officially starts at ten o'clock. But please note that the battle time is best not to exceed one hour."

"Because there is another duel scheduled long in advance for the afternoon."

On the morning of the third day, Lan Qingyou was writing and drawing at her desk.

The Head Maid walked in and reported today's itinerary to her.

Lan Qingyou listened with incomparable bewilderment.

"A duel? What duel?"

"The duel between you and Miss Elisa."

"Oh, oh, has it already been three days?"

Lan Qingyou was stunned, and then turned her head to look out the window.

Another day's sun; speaking of which, it seemed she had indeed seen it three times...

Because Lan Qingyou had been swimming in the ocean of knowledge these past few days.

So she had completely lost her concept of time.

If the Head Maid hadn't come to notify her, she feared she wouldn't even know if the time had passed.

But then again.

"What the hell is this time arrangement?"

"And what's the deal with guests?"

Having recovered her wits, Lan Qingyou looked dumbfoundedly at the Head Maid's face, which was plastered with a professional smile.

She was just fighting a match with Elisa to decide the winner, or life and death.

How did there end up being spectators?

Never mind the spectators, the battle actually had a limit set?

The reason was that there was another duel scheduled long in advance to be held in the afternoon?

Are your Sima Empire's entertainment activities just watching gladiators bare their teeth inside the Colosseum?