157: Chapter 156 Letters

Chapter 157: Letters

Time flew by, and another year passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past year, Byron had spent almost all his time in the Laboratory, aiming to modify that ancient Potionology recipe as quickly as possible and become a Limit Wizard Apprentice.

Besides that, after the First-circle Spell analysis was completed, Byron spent some time engraving it into his Mental Sea.

However, after engraving the First-circle Spell into his Mental Sea, Byron did not spend any more time on it and threw himself back into modifying the recipe.

As for Daphne, after she followed Byron into the Laboratory, although she was inexperienced at first and made some mistakes...

...under Byron's guidance, she began to adapt, gradually keeping up with his pace, and started to reduce his workload, allowing him to spend more time on more valuable tasks.

After a year of continuous experimentation and research, that ancient Potionology recipe had reached its final stage and would be completely successful before long.

However, at this point, instead of pushing harder to finish the research in one go, Byron did something out of character: he stopped his experiments and walked out of the Laboratory.

Pushing open the Laboratory door, Byron squinted slightly as he looked at the dazzling sunlight streaming into the room through the window.

Although the Laboratory was brightly lit, just like the outside world, it still felt slightly lacking compared to real sunlight.

After watching the sunlight for a while, Byron looked at Daphne, who was following by his side.

Seeing her listless expression and the lack of her usual vibrant energy in her eyes, Byron shook his head helplessly, feeling a sense of emotion in his heart.

Although Daphne was an elf, she had never undergone any proper Cultivation, making her almost equivalent to himself when he had just become a First-Rank Wizard Apprentice.

As a result, a year of continuous, uninterrupted experimentation had taken quite a toll on her energy.

Moreover, having experienced the assistance of an aide, Byron could not imagine returning to the way things were before, when he had to conduct experiments all alone and do everything himself.

Looking at it from these two perspectives, he really needed to start preparing and think about how to improve Daphne's strength.

If things continued this way, she would definitely be unable to keep up with his future pace, and in that case, he would have to return to the miserable life he led before.

Byron: "Daphne, I will be staying outside for a few days to handle some matters. You should take a good rest during this time and recover to your previous state as soon as possible."

Daphne managed to muster some energy, raised her head, and nodded gently at Byron: "Understood, Master. I will recover as soon as possible. Please don't leave me alone and go back to the Laboratory."

Looking at Daphne's listless appearance, Byron nodded helplessly: "Rest assured, I wouldn't want to lose such a good helper."

Hearing Byron's assurance, Daphne walked toward her room, feeling relieved.

Watching Daphne's back, Byron fell into thought.

As for methods to improve Daphne's strength, he only knew of two places where he could find answers.

One was the academy's Library, and the other was the Beilike Slave Chamber of Commerce.

The reason Byron was certain he could find answers in these two places was simple.

The Library was the place with the most information in the entire academy, and the Beilike Slave Chamber of Commerce was where Daphne had been sold.

If neither of these places had the answers, then Byron would really have to go ask Mentor Isolde and pay a price to inquire from her.

"Wally, during the time I was experimenting, did anything major happen in the academy?"

After Byron came out, Wally, who had been patrolling the building, came to his side.

As for Wally, after Daphne followed Byron into the Laboratory, the tasks Byron assigned to him had changed.

Materials needed for experiments, gathering information about events in the academy, cleaning the Laboratory... Byron had handed all of these tasks over to Wally.

In response, not only did Wally have no complaints, but he also executed Byron's orders meticulously and never made a mistake.

Whenever he thought about the time he purchased Wally and Daphne, he felt that the choice was truly correct, as it had saved him so much energy.

Hearing Byron's order, Wally spoke up.

"Over the past year, all the Limit Wizard Apprentices in the academy mysteriously disappeared for a period of time. According to rumors, they were actually participating in a trial."

"Also, a new batch of freshmen has arrived at the academy. Based on what Wally has seen, there should be around one or two thousand of them."

"Master's friends, Gray and Eliza, came to look for Master several times, but according to Master's previous orders, Wally refused them on the grounds that Master was conducting important experiments."

"Master's senior, Alina, also came several times, and Wally refused her for the same reason."

"However, the people who came to look for Master all left letters for you. Does Master need to see them?"

Hearing this, Byron nodded slightly and asked Wally to hand him the letters they had left behind.

After receiving the letters, Byron saw that Wally had nothing else to say, so he let him leave to attend to his own affairs.

As for himself, he opened the letters one by one and began to read them.

Byron read Gray's letter first; the reason was simple: his letter was on top.

"Byron, I haven't seen you for a year. I don't know how your experiments are going, but I want to congratulate you on your success in advance, because I won't be in the academy when you come out."

"You and Eliza have both successively promoted to Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice, while I am still stuck at the Second-Rank Wizard Apprentice level. Furthermore, the Magic Stones I have are not enough to support me in continuing to stay in the academy to study and experiment with alchemy."

"Therefore, I have also decided to start taking on missions to earn Magic Stones to maintain my studies and alchemy experiments."

"I hope that by the day your experiment succeeds, I will also be able to successfully promote to Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice. I don't ask to catch up with your pace, but I hope not to be left too far behind."

After finishing Gray's first letter, Byron didn't say much and continued reading.

The subsequent letters from Gray were all centered around his observations during the missions he executed, as well as earning Magic Stones and expressing his thoughts.

Although Gray wrote in his letters that he was very excited, Byron could see his exhaustion and fatigue between the lines.

After finishing the last of Gray's letters, Byron sighed slightly, feeling worried for Gray in his heart.

He hoped Gray would be successful and safe.

Byron also decided in his heart that when he met Gray later, he would properly advise him not to be so anxious and not to compare himself with him and Eliza in everything.

Although he didn't know about Eliza, Byron knew about himself; the reason he could promote so quickly, conduct experiments so smoothly, and progress so fast in Potionology was largely due to the help of the Eye of Omniscience.

Of course, Byron would not deny the role the Eye of Omniscience played, nor would he ignore his own efforts.

Really, what was the point of comparing oneself to someone with a cheat like him?

It was just a pity that he couldn't say this to Gray.

Afterwards, Byron picked up Eliza's letter and began to read it.