Ellie opened the book chest and took out several manuals with golden covers. They looked ancient, and every page inside was made of thin alloy sheets. Only then did she speak with a sweet smile. "Mr. Belfran, these are ancient alchemy notes our family collected a long time ago. Would you be interested?"
To show her sincerity, Ellie deliberately flipped open each book to a page.
Hill glanced over carelessly, but his eyes suddenly froze for a second. Then he asked with interest, "Where did these come from?
They look a little like elemental Runes. Modern alchemy..."
He looked thoughtful as he broke off mid-sentence.
Ellie immediately picked up where he left off. "Yes, modern alchemical Runes are very different from these!
No one in our family has the ability to understand them.
Although I've learned quite a bit about Runes, I taught myself everything from reference books, so I can only recognize a few simple Runes that aren't too different."
Hill smiled and picked up one of the books, casually flipping through two pages. "Although these are somewhat outdated alchemical records, their analysis of various materials still follows a very distinctive line of thought!
I really would like to read them. Is the Sterl Family planning to..."
Ellie took a leather-bound book nearly thirty centimeters thick from the chest. "This is a reference book issued by the Alchemy Association to its Formal Apprentices. Of course, it may be nothing noteworthy to you, but there are many things in it that I can't even understand.
I wouldn't dare ask you to teach me as you would a Formal Apprentice, but... if it's an alchemical formula shared by these notes and the alchemy manual, could you teach me?"
Ellie rose and bowed deeply. "Please give me, an alchemy apprentice with nowhere