Wizards and Witches Chatting

The one who spoke was Dr. Duzem.

Because he had gotten carried away chatting with the witch just now, the young scholarship student had completely forgotten that he was in Dr. Duzem's courtyard and naturally overlooked the courtyard's owner, who had remained silent all this time.

Jiang Yu seemed startled by Dr. Duzem's sudden praise as well, though she was far calmer than the wizard.

"That wasn't what you said just now," the witch said with a smile, glancing back at the doctor. "You just said that without absolute certainty, we must never take risks... Changing your tune so quickly isn't something a true alchemist should do."

Dr. Duzem had clearly not expected the witch to throw his own words back at him at that moment. He was immediately at a loss for words. Seeing this, Constantine, who had been standing nearby, promptly stepped forward, smoothly took the cardboard box from Zheng Qing's arms, and headed toward the little building in the distance.

Dr. Duzem immediately let out a long breath. "You two keep talking. I'll go help you inspect it... It won't take long, just a few minutes. You don't need to come. Don't come over..."

As he hurried toward the little building, he waved behind him, stopping the young wizard from following.

Zheng Qing had wanted to follow the doctor and take a look, but Dr. Duzem had stopped him. Besides, he would not be much help there and would probably only make things worse. And there was still a witch beside him. After several thoughts ran through his mind, he obediently stopped and continued chatting with Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu no longer pressed Dr. Duzem over his earlier slipup. At that moment, she seemed in no hurry to leave either. She merely wrapped the cloak around her