13 Tragedy of the Young Alchemist

Master Seamus waved his hand dismissively, "It's alright." Master Seamus then asked, "What happened? It's rare to see you be this flustered."

After taking a deep breath the young alchemist said, "That piece of marble you entrusted.

Master Seamus raised an eyebrow, "What about it? Did something happen? Did you lose it?"

The young alchemist shook his head and said, "It's burning!"

Master Seamus nearly dropped the God's Locket of Retribution he was holding. Without even saying goodbye to Master Henry, Master Seamus quickly rushed towards the young alchemist and said, "Bring me to it immediately!"

After climbing a long flight of stairs, Master Seamus quickly arrived at his laboratory. Flustered, he saw the box Rocky was in currently being embroiled in flames and his laboratory having a thin layer of smoke fill the room. He quickly ushered the young alchemist, "Get water, quick!"

The poor young alchemist had to climb the long flight of stairs again and back while carrying a bucket of water. After seeing him come back, Master Seamus impatiently said, "Hurry up boy! Pour the water!"

The young alchemist, dripping in sweat, tossed all the water into the burning box Rocky was in. They heard a hiss of steam and the box was blackened with ash. Master Seamus heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Luckily there was nothing flammable nearby. Otherwise, my entire lab might have burned down."

The young alchemist said unassured, "Uhh… Master Seamus…"

Master Seamus said annoyedly, "What is it? I still haven't scolded you for almost burning down my whole lab!"

The young alchemist pointed inside the box and said, "That piece of marble… Is it glowing?"

Master Seamus hurriedly pushed the young alchemist aside and stared inside the box. He used a piece of metal nearby to brush away the ash in the box. Upon seeing a slightly glowing piece of marble he ignored the heat from it and excitedly grabbed it out of the box.

He tossed a token to the young alchemist and instructed him with a quickened breath, "Quickly, find all the masters of alchemy now."

The young alchemist asked, "All… the masters? Are you sure?"

Master Seamus waved his hand dismissively, "Yes, yes, all the masters. Use my token, quickly! Quickly! Have you never ran before in your life!"

The young alchemist muttered in silent protest, "Who made me run back and forth the whole day? Such a cruel master alchemist! I should try to be Master Henry's assistant next time. Much easier to work with."

Nonetheless, the young alchemist dutifully ran around the Alchemist Workshop the entire day. Unfortunately for him, he interrupted many of the master alchemists in the Alchemist Workshop from barging inside rudely. The poor young alchemist, unfortunately, offended most of the master alchemists in the Alchemist Workshop.

Finally, after scampering around the entire day gathering the master alchemists, the young alchemist returned with a handful of dignified-looking alchemists dressed in more regal looking, alchemist cloaks.

One of them annoyedly asked, "What is so important, Master Seamus, for you to drag us all from important experiments to show?"