Making an Exception

Dave noticed that the atmosphere in the lab had changed when Mrs. Izu said that.

Dave glanced at Glenn, who looked innocent and sighed.

Although he didn't know why Mrs. Izu asked this question, but he still answered honestly, " Mrs. Izu, I've just learned how to refine a semi-finished potion like the Spirit Water, and the success rate is not very high."

"Oh? What do you mean by low success rate?"

"Uh... About 50%. If I didn't perform well, I might not even get 50%."

Dave said in a subtle way.

He didn't dare to say that he had a 60% success rate. He only dared to settle for the next best thing.

After all, he was using a glass beaker, and on the experiment table, there was a metal pot. The success rate should be lower.

"Fifty percent?"

It was not Mrs. Izu who suddenly exclaimed but another apprentice next to her.

Dave remembered him. His name was Aiur, and he was a level 2 apprentice. He was a senior who had entered the academy a year earlier than Dave.

He was not the only one. The other apprentices, except for Glenn, all had a look of disbelief on their faces.

Even Glenn's surprised expression wasn't fake.

Dave realized that he might have said something wrong.

Ever since he started refining potions, he had been researching by himself.

The only reference he had was the book " Basic Introduction to Potionology ", which did not have a record of the success rate of refining various potions.

Now, it seemed that the true success rate of refining was not quite the same as his.

"Fifty percent…"

Mrs. Izu looked at him with interest.

"Where did you refine it?"

"This... I bought some simple experimental equipment myself. I can only refine spirit water…."

"Oh? Can you refine spirit water yourself?"

Mrs. Izu's eyes lit up even more.

"Then why don't you try?

"I always thought that table six was a waste. If you can do what you say, I'll take you in as an apprentice."

"Accept him as an apprentice?"

The rest of the acolytes exclaimed in surprise.

Even Dave couldn't help but feel excited.

Mrs. Izu didn't seem to be arrogant and easy to talk to, but she was an official Mage!

She seemed to have four acolytes under her, two level 2 acolytes, and two level 1 acolytes.

As for a level 3 acolyte, normally speaking, it was impossible for an official Mage to take him in as an acolyte!

This meant that if he could really do it, then Mrs. Izu would make an exception for him!

"Of course. How about it? Do you want to try?"

Dave nodded.

"Let me try!"

He was worried that his research on Potionology had reached a bottleneck.

He had refined quite a lot of Spirit Water, but he was still not confident in refining a proper Apprentice potion.

He had been to the library for the past two days, but he realized that most of the books related to Potionology were not as good as the " Basic Potionology " book that Mrs. Izu had sold him.

If he wanted to read better books, he had to go to the second floor.

Unfortunately, only level 2 acolytes could go up to the second floor of the library.

For this matter, he had been going to the apprentice market for the past few days.

He looked at the shops or stalls there to see if anyone was selling books on Potionology.

Unfortunately, it was not uncommon to find books like the spell books, but it was really rare to find books on Potionology that were more professional.

Therefore, he had always returned empty-handed.

Dave had been worried about this, but now he had a chance.

If he could be taken in as an apprentice by Madam Izu, there was no doubt that his Potionology would continue to improve after receiving her personal teaching!

At the very least, he would not just be looking at Level 2 Potionology without even reading a Potionology book…

"Glenn, make the arrangements."

Glenn ran over with a smile.

"That... Dave, ahem, I didn't do it on purpose."

Dave knew what he was referring to. It was Glenn's betrayal.

However, he couldn't ask others to keep it a secret anyway. He could only say helplessly, "Alright, I don't blame you. I didn't tell you to keep it to yourself."

"Let's start quickly."

"Sure, no problem!"

Glenn took some materials from the cabinet next to him and planned to lead Dave to table six.

Experiment table number six had the least equipment in the entire laboratory, and it was also the only experiment table that no one used.

Dave used this table for his first experiment.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Izu suddenly stopped them.

She pointed at the lab table in front of her that was still covered with a white cloth and said with a smile, "Just let Little David use my lab table.

"It would be a waste not to use so much experimental equipment."

"Use yours?"

Not only Glenn and Dave but the other apprentices who had been secretly watching the event were also shocked.

Everyone knew that Mrs. Izu's refining equipment was very expensive.

Sometimes, when Dave was cleaning the lab, he couldn't help but lift the white cloth to take a look.

That exquisite glassware and all kinds of exquisite experimental equipment were amazing.

To put it bluntly, Mrs. Izu's table could easily be sold for a few hundred magic stones!

It was on a completely different level from the number six experiment table that he had planned to use.

"This... Such good equipment... Is it really okay for me to use it?"

Dave did not know what to say when he saw the envious looks on the other apprentices 'faces.

However, Mrs. Izu didn't seem to mind. She narrowed her eyes and smiled, and the wrinkles on her face smoothed out a little.

"It's a waste anyway. If they can help you do better, it'll be worth it, right?"

"...Yes."

Dave nodded gratefully.

He knew that Mrs. Izu was going easy on him.

According to their agreement, if Dave could produce a 50% success rate, Mrs. Izu would make an exception and accept him as an official apprentice.

With the amplification of this expensive refining equipment, who knew how much success rate he could reach?

Basically, he was already certain that he would be able to succeed.

Glenn brought over ten sets of materials for refining spirit water.

Dave lifted the white cloth and looked at the exquisite refining equipment inside. He was stunned for a while, then took out the ones he needed and started to clean them.

He swore that if he had magic stones in the future, he would get a set of all the refining equipment with such standards.

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he had to have it!