Isabel's Greeting Gift

After the class on Tuesday morning, Isabel came to see Iver for dinner as a routine.

Isabel has many things to share with Iver. From last Friday to today, when the two have not met, the topic has been backlogged for four days.

If we put it before, Isabel would have no concept of time. For her, daily life is an infinitely repetitive cycle, with no expectations for the next day.

But that's different now. She is looking forward to being promoted together with Iver, looking forward to them taking risks in the Dream Realm and experiencing another life together; she is also looking forward to chatting with Iver and sharing interesting things in each other's lives recently.

Even though this kind of sharing happens every day, the content is completely different.

In the past Isabel still liked weekends. Because every weekend, she can stay quietly at the Silver and Tin Palace without talking to anyone. I was singing, painting, and playing musical instruments alone there, and the time passed in the blink of an eye.

The tranquility of being isolated from the world always healed her tired mind.

But now as the weekend approaches, Isabel will become worried about gains and losses. Because Iver will not be seen for the next few days, and she has gradually become accustomed to talking with others. Once she adapts to that kind of life, she will understand what loneliness is.

Therefore, Isabel will carefully prepare a notebook with the topic plan she has prepared. She and Iver are not in the same academic department. They can only see each other steadily for more than three hours at noon every day, and they may not even be free in the afternoon - something suddenly happens between the two of them.

This resulted in her sometimes missing the topics she wanted to talk about. Obviously I met something interesting last night or in the morning, but I forgot to mention it after meeting. I didn't think of it until after we separated, and the next chat was already a day later... After doing this a few times, Isabel began to take notes, make some plans and preparations for the chat session, and record down the questions he had thought about or the interesting things he wanted to say.

She heard last night that Iver brought his sister to school. Isabel was very curious at that time, because she knew before that Iver's sister was frail and sick and rarely went out to see the wind.

Now that she suddenly went out, she must have finally recovered from her illness, right? Isabel is quite curious about the sister Iver, because Iver often uses "Yuli" as a topic. Although Yulia·Moriarty has never met, Isabel already knows her to a considerable extent.

Her character... seems to be somewhat similar to mine? Thinking that both of them have no friends, and both have a good relationship with Iver. Maybe we can have a common topic and become friends? So Isabel took the initiative and wanted to meet Yulia. And Iver also readily agreed.

After asking Iver what his sister liked, Isabel went back to prepare.

It was only at this time that she realized that she was indeed Princess of Avalon - obviously it should be quite troublesome, but she just mentioned it and had it ready before the end of the afternoon class.

Although he had the key to 14 Ronin Street, in order not to give Yulia a bad impression, Isabel nervously rang the doorbell at the door.

The so-called comparing one's feelings with one's own - Isabel thought for a while, if it were herself, she would definitely feel uneasy if the door of the room where she was staying was suddenly opened by a stranger. No matter who that person is, it will only make Isabel feel subconscious discomfort and resistance.

Fortunately, she lives in the Silver and Tin Palace and doesn't have that opportunity.

What surprised Isabel was that it was not Lily who opened the door. But a cute girl she has never seen before——

Isabel is not too tall to begin with, but Yulia is half a head shorter than her.

The long white hair hangs down to her waist, and the bangs covering her forehead and temples make the girl's already petite face look even more delicate.

Her eyes were a rare, ruby-like warm color. Isabel subconsciously thought of the candies he usually likes to eat.

... surprisingly very energetic.

"Sister..."

Yulia made a soft voice. "Who are you looking for?"

Hearing this, a gentle smile appeared on Isabel's face unconsciously.

She is not the youngest in the family. In addition to her two-year-old brother, Isabel originally had younger brothers and sisters. But they are all dead now.

"I'm looking for Iver... and at the same time, I'm also looking for you."

Isabel closed the door and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Yulia's hair - the girl's white hair was not as white as an old man's bones, nor was it a pale color that made people feel cold. Instead, it has a slightly warmer feeling, which allows people to see the vitality and vitality at a glance.

The satin-smooth feeling gives Isabel a phantom-like touch without even touching it, just from the tips of your fingers.

She even wanted to touch Yulia's cheek. She looks so cute, just like Grandmother's cat.

But she felt that was too rude - Iver said that Yulia is a very shy and timid girl. This will scare her.

"You are Yulia, right," Isabel said softly, "I prepared a gift for you..."

With that said, she handed the satchel she carried with her to Yulia.

Yulia held the bag and tilted his head slightly, looking a little confused.

"Open it and take a look."

Isabel encouraged softly.

She was actually a little uneasy because she was a little confused about the gift she chose - even though Iver swore that this was what Yulia liked.

But Isabel still feels that this is too strange. Why would a fifteen year old girl like this? Yulia opened the satchel and found three thick books inside.

"Triumph Chariot of Stibium" "Theory of Metal Transmutation: Special Agents and Modified Metals" "Infernal Astronomy".

"This is-"

Yulia's eyes suddenly lit up, and she became excited.

Because these three books are all very famous alchemy works, and they are also books that cannot be bought through normal channels at Avalon.

"Triumph Chariot of Stibium" is the divine book Holy Book written by Valentine I, the founder of the Stibium Kingdom. "Infernal Astronomy" is an ancient alchemist's summary of alchemy - it regards alchemy as "Infernal Astronomy" and corresponds to the real astronomy "upper realm astronomy".

And transmutation is an alchemical term. It refers to one substance being changed into another substance, and one element being changed into another element... for example, a specific base metal is transmuted into silver or gold.

In this process, a transformation agent with mysterious properties is needed. It is a "special agent" that can carry out a large amount of metal modification by consuming only a small part. Different alchemical processes require different types of special agents, synthesis methods, and usage amounts.

The essence of the legendary "Philosopher's Stone" is the ultimate special agent - only a small amount is needed to transform base metals hundreds of thousands of times its weight into gold. This is also one of the three ultimate goals pursued by alchemists.

The same names as it are "Life Creation" and "Universal Solvent". The latter refers to a Universal Solvent that can dissolve all substances in the universe and return them to their most basic properties, so that any substance can participate in alchemy.

These three books respectively explain the three general directions of alchemy, "Spiritual sublimation", "material modification" and "conceptual projection". It can be said that they contain the foundation of the entire modern alchemy.

This is not a popular science book for laymen, but something that only extraordinary people who are serious about alchemy research should start reading.

Although this is not Grimoire, if you can fully understand these three books, you can also obtain at least three mysterious skills from them and change your profession to become a real alchemist.

Yulia has a Stibium Language version of "Triumph Chariot of Stibium", which is the professor's collection. She was almost done with it... She had read it at least ten times, and she could memorize many chapters directly.

But after all, she doesn't quite understand Stibium Language.

Even if I consult the dictionary repeatedly, I still cannot understand some of the rare words, alchemical terms and coined words in the book. She often pulls Professor Moriarty to ask him to help interpret words and passages that she doesn't understand.

The remaining two books are not even in the professor's collection - the former is too introductory for the professor, but it contains the mysterious skills "Material Transformation" necessary for changing the profession of alchemist.

The latter is another field that none of the professors have studied... It is a mysterious alchemy that uses the names and concepts of gods, similar to prayers and rituals.

It is impossible to buy these books at Avalon. They are completely banned books.

There are some in Royal Law University's library, but the books in the library must be returned after reading... This makes Yulia a little reluctant. Moreover, Iver also has books he wants to read, and Yulia doesn't want to use his brother's quota to borrow the books he wants to read.

Yulia flipped through it a little, and was surprised to find that - they were not typed by a typewriter, but handwritten in full! These books are written in Avalon Language, and the handwriting appears vigorous and powerful. I wrote down some notes, corrections and conjectures in the content——

Obviously, this is the "first draft of translation" of these books in the Avalon Language version.

"... You should be His Highness Isabel Princess, right?"

Yulia didn't dare to pretend not to know the other person anymore, she even hesitated. "Can I accept such a precious thing?"

She loves them very much. But it was precisely because of this that she could feel the value of these books—she even dared not accept them.

There is always a feeling, as if collecting these books is going to sell my brother...

"It's okay."

Isabel smiled and said, "This set of books was a gift given to Grandmother by Headmaster of Milton University back then... Because of Grandmother's education reform at that time, alchemy was no longer a taboo. In order to support this policy, he sent me Grandmother the eleven alchemy books he translated, so that they could become the basis for the textbooks compiled by Avalon Law University.

"After the textbooks were compiled, these books became Grandmother's private collection. Later, my Path of Authority's talent was not good, so Grandmother gave them to me.

"I also thought about whether to learn alchemy. But it turned out to be too complicated for me. Iver said you like alchemy... It's great that you like it, so that knowledge will not be wasted. It is really unfortunate that such a good book is left unread.

"Just keep them safely, Yulia."

Isabel said gently, "I want to become a great alchemist."

"Thank you sister!!"

Yulia was very happy and carefully put them back into the bag.

Seeing that Yulia really liked the gift he gave, Isabel also breathed a sigh of relief.

Iver is actually right.

Yulia really likes alchemy books...

How could a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old girl like this kind of thing?

Moriarty Family is not short of money, so giving away things that can be bought on the market is meaningless and will only make you look vulgar and tasteless; simply giving books is useless, because Royal Law University's library is the royal family's collection of books, so she is borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha; but Iver doesn't know what Yulia likes - the preferences he gave can be said to be extremely weird.

Mechanics, electronics, chemistry, paleontology, and my favorite products should be alchemy-related products, such as alchemy books.

... Listen, does this sound like something a fifteen-year-old girl should like?

Isabel even thought about it, why not give Yulia a set of butterfly specimens. This should be considered an ancient creature, and it looks more in line with girls' aesthetics - at least it looks beautiful.

But she thought about it for a long time and decided to respect Yulia's personal preferences.

So she finally thought of a suitable gift: a unique alchemical translation manuscript!

Even though Isabel was not very interested in alchemy back then, she still felt that these were very precious gifts and treasured them well. But as a treasure, Isabel almost forgot about it, and finally remembered that I still have such a set of books.

Now they can find the right owner for them, someone who truly understands their value.

Even excluding the factor of pleasing Yulia... Isabel is really happy now.

This girl is quite cute.

Looking at Yulia who was happily holding a book and smiling happily like a little girl, Isabel showed a gentle smile.

She guessed correctly, she would indeed be very happy getting along with Yulia! "Where is Iver?"

Isabel asked again.

"Brother is reading a book," Yulia followed closely beside Isabel, carrying his satchel, "He said... he was preparing for the next promotion."

Yulia's favorable impression of Isabel has increased a lot.

Not only did she give Yulia a gift that she liked, but her attitude towards knowledge also endeared her to Yulia - she originally thought that Isabel, as a transcendent of Path of Beauty, would not attach much importance to alchemy knowledge... Unexpectedly, she also had some research on alchemy.

While waiting for Iver, she chatted with Isabel for a few words. I found that Isabel actually read these books seriously... Although she has almost forgotten them now, she can still recall some of them with Yulia's prompts.

The amazing His Highness Princess!

Yulia was in awe.

Even she herself has never read many of the books in the professor's study. Either it's a field that I'm not interested in, or it's too obscure so I can't understand it, or it's a whole book that discusses a small topic in a professional field...

This kind of book doesn't seem that interesting. Yulia's original motivation for reading was to experience the world... but the highly professional knowledge seemed too abstract for her to understand at all.

Therefore, although her adoptive father also gave her some books, many of them were bought from abroad. But Yulia actually didn't finish reading it... Despite this, she brought those books with her when she moved.

And Isabel Princess, although not interested in alchemy, read these books conscientiously when he was given them as gifts. Because it is too serious, it seems to make people feel a little pity.

The character of His Highness Princess is quite cute...

Yulia thought to himself.

In the relaxed atmosphere where both of them thought the other was so cute, Lily came over pushing Iver's wheelchair.

After asking what Yulia was holding, Iver thanked Isabel on behalf of Yulia - he did not expect Isabel's gift to be so valuable. He originally thought Isabel would send a few hardcover books, but Isabel was so serious when they first met.

You have to prepare some return gifts, Iver thought to himself.

But he also fell into a gift-giving dilemma - as the aloof His Highness Princess, what could Isabel not get? After keeping this matter in mind, Iver and Isabel intentionally or unintentionally brought up the issue of Yulia's enrollment.

"No problem."

Isabel responded simply, "Leave this matter to me... but maybe Yulia will have to take a separate exam.

"After all, if she really can't keep up with the course, it won't be good for her study. It will put a lot of pressure on her. It will be decided based on her course results which department she will be assigned to... If her level of alchemy is not too high, then she might as well be assigned to Second Faculty to learn basic subjects for half a year, and then transfer to the Secret Department next year."

Princess His Highness kindly reminded.

She is no longer so timid when chatting with Iver. And under the guidance of Iver, Isabel has gradually understood how the power he possesses should be used reasonably.

The biggest change is... she no longer rushes to do it immediately after hearing Iver's request. Instead, try to think about the problem from the other party's perspective, use your own common sense and knowledge to judge what problems the other party will encounter, and then try to solve them in advance.

Isabel unexpectedly found that he was quite good at this.

Although she does not have Path of Authority's ability to control other people's will, guide others to think, and strengthen other people's loyalty... but she has the talent to feel the hearts of others. It is easy to perceive the true purpose hidden by others from just a few words.

Not everyone expresses their true thoughts in conversations. Some people can't do it, and some people don't want to do it.

And as "All-rounder", Isabel's understanding of everyone is rising simultaneously——

Perhaps it is because the interpretation of heart and thoughts itself belongs to the field of beauty.

As her conversation with Yulia deepened, Isabel gradually felt a little bit of the essence of Yulia.

She was vaguely aware of it.

...Yulia doesn't seem to be the fragile and soft girl Iver said. On the contrary, she has a rather calm... even cold to heartless heart.

Yulia has a strong and competitive nature. She is much stronger than Isabel on all levels.

The softness and attachment she showed was not because her heart was fragile... but because she had a good impression of herself, especially Iver. So in front of the two of them, Yulia was unwilling to reveal his aggression——

But if Yulia faces someone she hates, what will she do? Iver told Yulia to pretend to be colder when facing her classmates after entering school to protect herself... He always felt that Yulia was very weak and needed protection from others. And Yulia does have such an image in front of Iver.

But according to Isabel, this is not the case.

Yulia Maybe there is no need to disguise at all. She just needs to express her true feelings.

Isabel suddenly became interested.

——She wants to watch Yulia go to school. See how she reveals her cold nature.

An update of 5,500 words, two in one today! I originally wanted to take half a day off for one chapter, but ended up writing five thousand five hundred and five in one chapter and it turned into two in one...

I'm going to play Bode today, so I'll take a rest for a long time! Didn't write Little Butterfly, sorry! Kowtow, bang, bang, bang!