bookpower Chapter 243 Hello, Lucia, I Came to Lania Kaia Just to Meet You!
Chapter 243 Hello, Lucia, I Came to Lania Kaia Just to Meet You!
After just an hour, Rita had a clear idea of how to brew a low-cost version of [Melting Time]. What amazed her was that Lucia hadn't directly handed her the solution—she had skillfully guided Rita to figure it out on her own.
More importantly, Lucia—a legendary alchemist—had even complimented her efforts!
Pre-lesson Rita: "I'm just here to deliver something, don't try to involve me in anything else."
Post-lesson Rita: "Hello, Lucia, I came to Lania Kaia just to meet you!"
Rita smiled, thanked Lucia, and prepared to leave.
Lucia chuckled. "Still pretending you don't know what I want?"
With a sigh, Rita sat back down. Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
"What do you want me to do? Could you tell me first?"
Lucia took out a potion bottle filled with swirling silver mist. "This tells me you've been exposed to moonlight."
Rita scratched the back of her bovine head with a sheepish smile. "Haha, this is Eternal Night Fortress. Moonlight is everywhere. What do you mean?"
She refrained from putting her pocket watch, containing the [Wrathful Moon], into her bag. Keeping things steady was the best approach for now.
Lucia stowed the silver potion and instead placed a cobalt blue potion in front of Rita. "This is a gift, a reward for not wasting your talent."
Rita internally groaned. Stop being so charismatic!
She silently picked up the potion.@@@@
[Gold-Class Assassin]:
- For one natural day, your charm will be set to 5.
Lucia sighed. "I only mentioned the rewards. I haven't discussed payment yet.
"Whether you succeed or not, I'll pay you 50 bottles of [Gold-Class Assassin] upfront, simply for agreeing to help. I don't have much useful intel, so I'm giving you a year to try. All I ask is that you make three serious attempts. You don't have to succeed, just try your best.
"If you agree to this, we can settle it with an oath, and I'll give you the rewards immediately."
Rita's demeanor shifted. Her eyes sharpened, brimming with interest.
For someone with a resurrection skill, the task's lenient terms were hard to resist. Lucia didn't demand success, only effort. But Rita still had reservations...
Lucia took out a round gemstone and handed it to Rita. "I know you don't want to share your real name with me. This is an Oath Stone. Make your promise to it. The penalty for breaking the oath is returning the rewards. If you've already used them, you can repay the equivalent value in gold coins."
Rita marveled at how thoroughly Lucia addressed her concerns. Lucia was clever, accommodating, and kind.
But admiration and goodwill didn't dull Rita's caution. She inspected the stone with detection skills, then briefly listed it on the auction house to verify its description. Only after confirming its legitimacy did she swear her oath.
In a game-like world, swearing oaths was as routine as signing contracts.
After the agreement was finalized and she received her rewards, Rita asked out of curiosity, "Do you want moon sand because it contains moonlight? Is it for crafting moonfox-exclusive potions?"
Her deduction wasn't hard to make. From the unfinished potion Lucia had shown her, it was clear she was already experimenting with moonlight alchemy. Perhaps Hecipah's fascination with moonfox alchemy had originated with Lucia.
"Yes," Lucia confirmed, pulling out a fingernail-sized transparent container. Inside was a small amount of silvery sand, beautiful and mysterious, like a tiny scoop of the galaxy sealed away.
"This is what 1 gram of moon sand looks like," she explained, holding it out to Rita. "Take a look."
Rita reached out to accept it.
Just as her hand neared, Lucia pulled the container back, her expression turning serious.
"You're right. I'd better hold onto it myself."
Rita: ???