15 Angel Astr
After a while, the chaos gradually subsided.
The maid sister held Astr's hand like a wrapped rice dumpling and stroked it distressedly; even though it had healed under the effect of the treatment potion, she cast a glare at Professor Keal from time to time.
Professor Keal, while avoiding eye contact, thought, 'I think I should take my leave.
"Okay," Rafeal said impatiently, rolling his eyes at Astr. "Don't be so crybaby! Even if you are weak, shouldn't you have the courage to overcome the pain?"
"Although the measuring tool is broken, what I can tell you is that my measurement results are the best among all the candidates."
"It can be said that I have inherited the excellent genes of the Louis family; I will become the most famous wizard in the entire empire."
Astr: "Oh." 'It's none of my fucking business.'
"..."
Rafeal choked, stared at Astr angrily, then raised his chin and said arrogantly,
"It seems that you have not received etiquette education, and you do not know how to respect the Louis family. However, after you get admission to the academy, you will know your real place."
Rafael thought in his heart proudly, 'I have received an elite education since childhood, and I was not only smart but also hard-working. Who can outshine me? I am simply the chosen one, okay?'
Astr could hardly hold back his laughter."Well, I wish you success, Mr. Rafael." In the end, Astr just said it plainly.
"Even without your blessing, I will succeed."
With these words, the arrogant young master Rafeal walked out of the Academic Affairs Office with great pride.
'My legend will begin with the entrance exam!' Rafael thought confidently.
In the academic office, several people looked at each other.
"Uh..." Keal scratched the few strands of white hair that were left on his head and smiled cautiously. "Shall I get you the registration form?"
"Yeah," Astr nodded. He said with a hoarse voice, and he was showing that he was still feeling pain.
"Excuse me," Astr said with a painful expression.
"No trouble, no trouble!" Keal felt as if he had received an amnesty and was extremely grateful.
'This young master of the Serene family seems to be very gentle and kind! It is clear that his hand was bitten by a measuring tool, even though it was not my fault, but there was not a single complaint or blame from him! Keal looked at Astr with an extremely grateful expression.
'What a commendable little gentleman!' In contrast, Professor Keal even felt that Astr was like an angel.
"Huh... I found it here." Professor Keal stood up, panting, and handed Astr the entrance exam registration form and the pen to fill it out.
"Come here with me and write here; I will help you." Keal pushed aside the messy things on his desk and said it eagerly.
For a moment, the only sound in the Academic Affairs Office was the rustling of the pen tip across the paper.
The tension slowly subsided, and KealHe now realised that he had broken an expensive alchemical product.
Looking at the horrific wreckage on the ground, Keal closed his eyes in despair.
'No, I am most afraid of the dean of the Alchemy Department. The tall, thin professor with a hooked nose always speaks cold and vicious words with a snake-like voice.' Keal thought, looking at his future.
'Moreover, all my salary was spent on, and I haven't researched anything yet. To sum it up in two words: no money. So what will I do now?
'Although I am a professor at the biggest academy in the Empire, all my money was spent without even knowing about research and all'
"Alas..." Keal couldn't help but sigh, attracting Astr's attention.
"Ah, it's okay." He waved his hand quickly and said with a smile to Astr, "Just write on your own; if you don't understand anything, ask me."
"..."
Astr was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and continued to fill in the form.
However, after he finished writing, Astr took the money bag from the guard, counted out 10 gold coins, and submitted it to Professor Keal along with the registration form.
"This is -" The professor's eyes widened, and just as he was about to refuse because he felt it was against his ethics, Astr took the lead and said,
"Please take it, professor; the measuring tool broke in my hands, and I think I should take some of its responsibility. So please accept it. Come on, Professor Keal, this is compensation for damage, not a bribe."
"..."
Keal gulped for some time, and his eyes were glued to the shining golden coins.
Although reason told him that he shouldn't take compensation from an innocent child who has been harmed by his mistakes,
But Astr's words whispered in his ears like a devil's whisper, tempting him to nod.
After several seconds of hesitation, Keal finally gave in.
"I just want these." Keal blushed and took the five gold coins, and he gratefully said, "You are such an admirable gentleman with a kind heart like an angel, Mr. Serene!"
"I can't let you go back empty-handed, so Please wait a moment."With that, Professor Keal hurriedly ran out of the Academic Affairs Office.
When he came back, he was holding a small glass tube in his hand. There was a strange, dark purple liquid in the tube.
"This is..." Astr looked at the dark purple liquid and found that it was slowly squirming.
"This is an improved version of the healing potion made by me." Keal said while panting and wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Oh, by the way, I am a professor of herbology. It's just that, due to some reason, I have to work in the Wizard Department.
'Healing potion!' Astr raised his eyebrows and stared at the potion curiously.
The magnificent dark purple liquid flows slowly in the tube's glass wall like a thick mist, giving people the feeling that it is alive.
"If my memory is correct..." Astr raised his head and pointed at the large red wet marks on his body jokingly.
"Shouldn't the healing potion be red?"
"Ah! Yes, yes... I'm sorry, kid... I didn't explain properly."
Professor Keal rubbed his hands in shame.
"It's okay; don't worry about it, professor. So, the effect of the improved version should be better, right?" Astr asked.
"Yes,yes! This is my favourite work, but its effect has become a bit 'too' good."
Keal said with a simple smile: "It will lead to excessive cell proliferation in the user's body, causing abnormal growth and the development of sarcomas, but it will heal all the wounds."
'Huh? Did I hear right?' Maid looked at Keal angrily. And she said it immediately, with anger.
"What kind of healing potion is this, Mr. Professor? It's too dangerous and disgusting! If it has more side effects than good."
"Uh-huh..." Keal's chubby body immediately curled up, and he looked at Astr. He wishpered in a question tone, "You, don't you like this gift? I think it's quite interesting."
'Master! You can't just accept this thing out of kindness!' Maid stared straight at Astr, trying to let Astr know her thoughts with her stare.
Astr didn't see Maid stare; he opened the system inspection.
[Keal-improved version of the healing potion]
[Effect: Recover 150% of health at the cost of deformation of the whole body, loss of 80% of sanity, forced into a state of madness, and growth of cancer cells for a short time]
Astr looked at the results, used his soul thread voice transmission, and woke up the sleeping Canvasbane.
The voice of Canvasbane sounded in Astr's' head. {Why did you wake me up? Where did you get such disgusting stuff? }
For some reason, when Canvasbane saw the tube of dark purple liquid, it suddenly felt a strong sense of disgust.
Astr nodded with satisfaction: "Seeing as you hate it, then I'm relieved."
Canvasbane: {…} 'Human being, did you wake me up only to see my reaction!' But I didn't dare say it out loud.
"I like it very much, Professor Keal." Astr smiled sweetly and said, "Of course it is very unique, but it looks very interesting."
'I wonder how beautiful it will look when used on the enemy.' Astr thought he was hiding his true intention.
Hearing this, the maid sighed as expected.
'My young master is still too kind and naive. He will not refuse even inappropriate kindness from others.'
