Ordinary Black Box

The Knight Commander and Celia knew how precious these things were, but they couldn't understand why the Apothecary was so careful. Could the ingredients in the potion formula be fragile? But the mage seemed to have taken it lightly just now, didn't he? Two pairs of hesitant eyes landed on Edith.

Right now, Edith looked at the box as if it were a holy relic. She placed her hand gently on top of the box, as if she wanted to touch the black box but couldn't bring herself to do it. Mo Fan saw that she was conflicted. The expression on her pretty face was so conflicted that her beautiful face lost some of its color.

He couldn't stand it anymore. He was about to press her hands down himself. She looked so awkward! Edith turned to Mo Fan, her big eyes blazing.

"Honored Archmage—this is—this must be the box of the Thor Clan!"

Mo Fan nodded. When this box was obtained as a reward after he completed a mission, the system had said that this box was one of the few magic items passed down by Thor. At that time, he had completed the mission in a rush. He saw this thing as a random gift and had never taken it out.

When he was outside, he took the four magical items out of his backpack. There was nothing to put them in. He thought that he couldn't hold them in his hand, so he found a box. From the woman's reaction, it seemed that this box was an extraordinary item!

Princess Celia, who was standing at the side, suddenly said, "The Thor race, is it—the Thor race that has disappeared?"

Edith was a little too agitated now.

She said quickly, "Of course, Princess. Look at the writing at the bottom of the box. It's the most ancient writing of the Thor people. Currently, some of the recipes for the most precious magic potions passed down are recorded in this type of writing."

She carefully lifted the box so that everyone could clearly see the words at the bottom.

The princess seemed to remember vaguely. She nodded at Edith. "I think Teacher showed me a text like that."

The Knight Commander Irigore had never seen it before. He had a hereditary knighthood, and his family was considered one of the oldest in the Skadi kingdom.

He had always studied about knights but had little knowledge of potion formulas. However, he knew that the Thor Clan was the source of the physician branch of magic. It was understandable that the Apothecary was so excited to see the heirloom of the Thor Clan.

The history of magic on Azure Continent was tens of thousands of years old. Many magical races had been born in these tens of thousands of years, and there were also magical races that had disappeared in this long history. The Thor race was one of them.

The apothecary specialized in healing and generally learned healing magic. The entry barrier for an apothecary who specialized in healing was usually very low. Even if one could only preliminarily sense magical elements, one could still learn healing magic. As long as one practiced diligently, one could treat ordinary injuries. However, for a mage who specialized in healing, it was very difficult to reach the level of an advanced-level mage. It was even more difficult than becoming an attack-type or a defense-type mage because of a low ability for sensing magical elements and poor congenital conditions. Therefore, while there were many apothecaries, very few of them were proficient at healing magic.

There were a few legendary apothecaries in the history of Azure. Legend had it that a legendary apothecary had saved a holy knight from the siege of several archmages. This legend was recorded in the history of Azure and was the lifelong goal of many apothecaries. However, many mages who had read this history felt that there was a high chance that this was fabricated by later generations. Many of them matched the historical facts. A holy knight with an apothecary could barely fight two archmages. How could he turn the tables against a few archmages?

Edith, on the other hand, was convinced of this history. The legendary apothecary was the most brilliant physician in the Thor race. He had started a great era of apothecary. But because the legendary apothecary died at a young age, and the Thor race was plagued with internal and external problems, the mages who supported them fell, and their race was wiped out in an instant.

After the battle at Fullmosa, the Thor people, who had lived in the Fullmosa Plains, were destroyed. There were no more Thor people in the world. However, most of the magic classics of the Thor people had been passed down. Now, the introductory books of apothecary were all books of magic passed down from the Thor people. The Thor people were equivalent to the ancestors of the apothecaries. It was obvious that the black box which Mo Fan had produced was very precious to Edith.

Mo Fan was a little confused, thinking that Edith was making a fuss. No matter how legendary, it was just a box. But he didn't know that for an apothecary, this box was a very important item.

Princess Celia clearly did not know the significance of this ordinary box. She asked in confusion, "Teacher only told me that the potion formula passed down from the Thor race is very precious.

I've never heard of any boxes!"

Edith placed the box carefully on the table. "It's not surprising that you haven't heard of it, Your Highness. The Thor people have been lost in the Azure Continent for thousands of years. There isn't much left to pass down.

Even in my family, there aren't many medical classics and formulas of the Thor race.

It was a coincidence that I knew about this item. When I was looking for the formula for the potion, I saw it in an old book. The pamphlet was old, but the page that recorded this box happened to be intact."

At this point, Edith couldn't help but sigh, "I suppose it was fate."

Then she asked Mo Fan respectfully, "Where did the Archmage get this box?"

Mo Fan was stunned for a moment. He couldn't possibly say that he was good at playing games and that it was a gift from the system.

He pondered for a moment, looking inscrutable. "It seems that we are fated to be together. I obtained it by chance."

After that, he added, "It looks okay, so I'm using it to store things."

Mo Fan looked at Edith and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Hearing this, Edith looked at Mo Fan with a tinge of jealousy. Is such a precious box only used to store things? Are Saint Mages so rich? So rich that they'd use rare treasures to store magical materials? Although the magical materials were also very rare, she had never seen a mage storing magical materials in a box that was much more precious than the magical materials themselves.