Chapter 844: A Good Show is About to Begin!

"Wait! Isn't that Teacher Albert? He also came to watch this match?"

After seeing who the newcomer was, one of the young nobles was a little confused.

But what confused him wasn't limited to this.

Because beside this teacher of his, there were also several people he recognized.

"Nothing fresh, after all, the ones battling today are two alchemists."

Hearing that his teacher had arrived.

The young person beside him first tensed up nervously for a moment.

But then, remembering that this was the Colosseum, he relaxed.

After all, they were just watching a match inside the Colosseum.

If the teacher came, then he came.

However...

"No, I know that of course, I'm telling you to look behind him!"

"Hmm!"

That unconcerned young person only then turned his head to look under his companion's reminder.

Subsequently, he saw a few familiar figures, yet ones he hadn't seen in a long time, or even ones he had only heard about from elders or seen on academy statues.

"Royal Pharmacist Sir Nikolai!"

"The Royal Alchemy Workshop's Philips!"

"That old lady is... Mentor Mera!!?"

Upon seeing a person he had only ever seen on the academy's statues, this young person immediately performed a pupil earthquake.

And his exclamation also caused many nobles and noble children present to exclaim along with him.

"What!? Mentor Mera?"

"Mentor Mera also came!!?"

"Hello, Mentor Mera."

"The Mentor is still so vigorous."

"Such massive magic power rushing against the face, truly worthy of being the Empire's number one expert."

Good words and flattery rushed against their faces.

This made Mera, who was sandwiched between Albert and Nikolai, frown frequently.

The current Mera was over sixty years old.

But spiritually, she looked even more vigorous than that loud-mouthed old man Philips.

She was seen using the magic staff in her hand to strike fiercely against this chaotic noble stand once.

"Shut up! You damned guys!"

Just once.

Those guys who were originally still piling on smiling faces and flattering immediately fell silent.

Wearing awkward expressions, they sat back down in their seats.

And Mera, accompanied by the few people, walked into the VIP room exclusive to her, which had an excellent field of view.

"But it's actually rare, that you would actually know there would be such a battle today."

Philips, who followed in behind, shook his head with his hands behind his back.

As Mera's classmate, he naturally knew the personality of this fellow Mera.

Explosive,

Mera hated crowded places.

If possible, she definitely preferred doing her own research or reading books or something in a quiet place.

As a result, today she ran to the Colosseum.

Sure enough...

"Is it still because the princess of our Aureolus Family is too outstanding."

Philips nodded his head with his eyes closed.

As if everything was this matter-of-course.

After all, the days of getting along with Elisa made this old man, who was extremely strict towards alchemy, unable to help but marvel at Elisa's talent.

That's why he was so confident in Elisa, this main branch princess who was living adrift outside and had only just been recovered.

However, Mera didn't give him any face at all.

She directly started scolding angrily.

"If it wasn't for these two little animals saying something about there being a very good match today that absolutely cannot be missed, this old woman definitely wouldn't have come to a place like this cesspit."

Hmm?

Two little animals?

Philips was stunned.

Subsequently, he realized this was referring to Albert and Nikolai.

He then shifted his gaze onto the two of them.

This happened to just catch the two of them snickering behind Mera.

That appearance.

Was just like bad students having fun hiding from the teacher after doing something bad.

In an instant, Philips guessed the general gist of it.

"Hehe, seems like you were played by these two brats."

Shaking his head, Philips casually found a spot where he could see below and sat down.

"Sigh... again saying something about new technologies, something about new drawing patterns, again an alchemy duel between two Star-Rank Mages."

"This old woman has been so disturbed by these things that I couldn't even sleep these past two days."

Mera sighed and walked over to the chair.

Only, before she sat down, perhaps she got angrier the more she spoke, or perhaps she got angrier the more she thought.

She directly struck both Albert and Nikolai on their heads with a swing of her staff.

Sure enough.

Knew these two guys wouldn't be honest.

But compared to them, Philips saw more things.

Therefore he also knew more.

He understood very well what the meaning of these words in Mera's mouth was.

Never mind someone like her who was just listening; even for him who saw it with his own eyes and even participated in it.

There were still many things that could make him toss and turn deep into the night.

"But one of the little girls is really from your family?"

The angry Mera, after hitting her two disciples, turned around and looked at Philips to ask.

"It's true, there's no doubt about this. Whether it's the Patriarch's Ring or the nature of her magic power, both have the characteristics of the Aureolus Family, and it's an existence with the same purity as the main family."

Philips nodded.

This kind of thing he definitely wouldn't fake.

Even if the other party was a Title Holder, it was impossible to make the proud Aureolus Family bow their heads.

So on that night, Philips conducted an extremely complicated verification.

He even collected some of Elisa's magic power to conduct analysis.

Only then did he finally settle it with peace of mind.

As for why there were two Patriarch's Rings, this kind of thing they didn't know, but there was also no need to trace it back.

Because the nature of the magic power represented everything.

If they weren't of the same family or bloodline, there would still be a very large difference in the disparity of magic power properties.

It could be said that here, magic power was even more effective than blood.

Because blood could be exchanged, could be passed off as someone else's, could be a usurpation of another's position.

But magic power was impossible.

Whatever it was like, that's what it was like.

It simply couldn't be exchanged.

"Then does that little girl of yours have any good points? Speaking in terms of alchemy."

Because she knew both were alchemists.

So Mera wanted to understand a bit first.

However, Philips knew some things were still better left for people to see for themselves.

Or rather, compared to saying it out himself.

He preferred to let Mera hold it in first.

That's right.

Wasn't Mera asking this just to get him to spoil it?

A spoiler dog, he wouldn't be one.

Thus...

"It can't really be counted as any good points, but after you see it you will definitely still have your eyes light up."

"..."

Philips didn't give Mera the answer she wanted.

This indeed made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

What she said earlier about insomnia and not sleeping well was actually all fake.

The old lady could eat and sleep just fine.

But regarding new things, she indeed truly wanted to know.

Unfortunately, whether it was her students or her classmate, it seemed none of them had any intention of telling her.

But the more it was like this, the more curious the old lady became.

What kind of surprise and eye-opening experience would these two newly arrived girls give her?

"Teacher, it seems it's about to begin."

Just as Mera was getting angry, Albert, standing on the side, bowed slightly and said softly.