Gerald

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Gerald (乔洛德) 19
Alias(es)	Master Gerald; Gerald of the Alchemy School; Jolod 19 23 61
Species/Race	Wizard 19
Gender	Male; described as an old man 23
Affiliation	Alchemy School; Black Tower Wizard Academy; Golden Dawn Society; Richard-Gerald Merchant Guild 19 98 108 190
Occupation/Role	Alchemist Wizard, academy mentor, chimera researcher, Merchant Guild president, later Vice Dean of Black Tower Wizard Academy 19 23 134 275 276 411
Status	Deceased; died peacefully and was buried by Richard 792
First Appearance	Introduced as the creator of the Seven-Headed Demonic Sheep 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Second-level / Second-Ring Wizard	19	Listed as an Alchemy School wizard specializing in alchemy, with 1,300 apprentices taken in over the previous century.
Third-Ring Promotion Preparation	196	Announces his plan to advance; Great Wizard Kanon provides the crucial promotion material, and Gerald entrusts Richard with his will and teaching duties.
Third-Ring Wizard	275	Successfully breaks through; the Academy holds a banquet, and his status rises sharply among the Black Tower and affiliated Wizard Families.
Vice Dean	276	Great Wizard Black Tower formally announces Gerald as Vice Dean of Black Tower Wizard Academy.

Background / History

Gerald is first tied to Richard through the entrance exam: the Seven-Headed Demonic Sheep that Richard kills is an artificial Magic Beast created by Gerald 11. Richard later recognizes Gerald’s name from the Academy mentor listings and recalls him as Anna’s mentor and the wizard who made his wizard robe 19.

As a Second-Ring Alchemist Wizard, Gerald is listed as a major Alchemy School mentor with a huge apprentice base. His apprenticeship system is commercially practical: many apprentices work in his alchemy workshop, while only a few receive close personal guidance 19 22.

Anna brings Richard to Gerald after seeing the extreme purity of Richard’s Red Mercury. Gerald evaluates the Red Mercury, sees through Richard’s Bloodline Alchemy state, and gives him the Pale Mask magic armor blueprint as a trial 23 24. After Richard passes, Gerald has him sign a Soul Contract, performs Enlightenment for him, and provides beginner curriculum materials 31.

Gerald later gives Richard more advanced alchemical inheritance, including the complete alchemical spell set and access to equipment for training the Body of Adaptation 61. He also teaches Richard about the Secret Realm, Wizard society, the Truth Council, Black and White Wizard Academies, the World Origin, and the Tower of Truth promotion process 65 66 97 98 99.

His relationship with Richard grows from mentor-apprentice into collaboration. Gerald supports Richard’s potion machine revelation, introduces him to the Golden Dawn Society, handles Merchant Guild business, and later negotiates commercial matters around the Spell Support Vehicle 71 98 105 190.

Gerald prepares for a self-designed Third-Ring Promotion Ceremony after Great Wizard Kanon helps solve his missing-material problem. He chooses to advance in the Black Tower where he has lived for thousands of years rather than at the Tower of Truth 196. After succeeding, he becomes a Third-Ring Wizard and is appointed Vice Dean 275 276.

During the Academy War, Gerald fights as a Third-Ring Wizard whose combat strength depends heavily on chimeras. His long-time octopus-like chimera is targeted by two Meteorite Academy Third-Ring Wizards, prompting Richard’s Fire Lizard forces to help protect it 323.

In the later Civilization War era, Gerald is conscripted into logistical production and eventually works as a factory director in an Alchemy World producing humanoid chimeras 480 482. Even in old age, he refuses to be transferred away from demanding work, saying the position is where he can best use his skills 637 724.

Gerald lives long enough to learn that Richard has become a Great Wizard and is returning home, news that moves him to tears 566. He later reunites with Richard through Richard’s Nightmare World return 636. In the New Era, Gerald dies peacefully; Richard forges an Orichalcum coffin for him and arranges a simple funeral attended by only a few close figures, as most of Gerald’s friends and family have died in the war 792.

Appearance

Gerald looks outwardly like an ordinary old man: white or graying hair, a bushy beard, and a wrinkled face. His most unusual feature is hidden in his eyes, where Richard notices tiny compound eyes deep within his pupils 23.

• Graying/white hair and bushy beard 23
• Wrinkled, elderly appearance despite being a powerful Wizard 23
• Pupils containing tiny compound-eye structures 23
• Later shows visible life-force decay and additional white hair as he approaches old age 439
• Maintains a plain personal room with only essentials: bookshelf, desk, chair, and bed 566 636

Personality

Gerald is stern, demanding, and procedure-minded as a mentor. Even after Anna personally recommends Richard, Gerald insists on testing him with the Pale Mask assignment before accepting him 23 24.

He is commercially practical and sometimes shrewd. His apprenticeship model, workshop labor structure, and later Merchant Guild management all show an alchemist who understands resources, production, and long-term business 19 73 108 190.

Despite disliking Alchemy Machinery, Gerald does not suppress students whose talents point that way. He grudgingly tolerates Anna’s mechanical focus and later supports Richard’s machine-made potions and Spell Support Vehicle work, showing that his professional ethics outweigh his personal preferences 71 81 105 188.

Gerald values truth over pride. He is initially shaken when Richard shows him Fire Lizard chimera technology, but after examining the evidence, he accepts that native alchemy can hold knowledge Wizards lack 278 295.

He is proud of Richard to the point of openly showing him off before old friends. Jerar quickly recognizes this when Gerald brings Richard to the Golden Dawn Society, and Gerald becomes smug when Richard’s strategic magic equipment is mentioned 98.

In old age, Gerald becomes an old-school Wizard surrounded by a changing world. He continues reading magic books while newer Wizards prefer crystal-ball dramas, and he privately feels that many modern Wizards are merely Mortals with Wizard power rather than true researchers 566.

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy

Gerald is one of the Black Tower’s leading Alchemist Wizards and is described as the most accomplished alchemist at Black Tower Wizard Academy 23.

• Recognizes the exceptional purity of Richard’s Red Mercury after direct inspection 23
• Assigns Richard the Pale Mask magic armor blueprint as an apprenticeship trial 24
• Knows Metal Transformation Biological Modification Technique 107
• Evaluates rare alchemical materials such as active flesh and blood and rune-wear revealing ink 276 278
• Has an Alchemy Workshop and enough resources to support Merchant Guild development 276

Chimera and War Beast Research

Gerald’s core research direction is chimeras and war beasts. His combat system, teaching interests, and Academy role are all built around biological alchemy 23 81 134.

• Created the Seven-Headed Demonic Sheep used in the entrance exam 11
• Experiments on chimeras in his protected laboratory 23
• Serves as Minister of the War Beast Department 134
• Optimizes Dragon Beasts for Richard using active flesh and blood 295
• Relies on chimeras in Third-Ring combat rather than direct spellcasting 323
• Maintains deep affection for a chimera companion that has followed him for over two thousand years 323

Teaching and Inheritance

Gerald is a major Academy mentor with a long record of taking apprentices 19.

• Has taken 1,300 apprentices in one century 19
• Uses Soul Contracts to formalize apprentice inheritance 31
• Performs Enlightenment for Richard, increasing his Spiritual Power 31
• Gives Richard beginner curriculum books and later advanced alchemical spell inheritance 31 61
• Provides Body of Adaptation training resources 61
• Assigns his students to substitute for his Academy classes during his Third-Ring advancement 196

Wizard Society Knowledge

Gerald often explains the larger structure of the Wizard World to Richard.

• Describes the Truth Council, Mortals’ protected position, and the pyramid of Wizard society 66
• Explains the functional split between Black and White Wizard Academies 66
• Teaches Richard about the World Origin and why Wizard promotion now requires Tower of Truth qualifications 97 98
• Introduces Richard to the Golden Dawn Society, an Alchemy School Wizard society for information sharing, research exchange, and trade 98

Connections and Networking

Gerald’s long life gives him a wide network among Alchemist Wizards and Academy figures.

• Introduces Richard to Jerar, a two-thousand-year acquaintance and bloodline researcher 98
• Brings Richard into contact with Ancha to obtain a Wizard Tower after promotion 103
• Has good relationships within the Golden Dawn Society 105
• Finds Leo, an old friend skilled with Teleportation Arrays, to obtain Spatial Beacons for Richard 276 277
• Uses connections through the Black Tower Academy and Merchant Guild to help collect materials 411

Business and Negotiation

Gerald becomes a key commercial partner in Richard’s alchemical ventures.

• Establishes the Wizard Merchant Guild, warning Richard it may not be profitable for a century 73
• Helps sell Mystic Steel through Society channels 108
• Handles the transaction details for the Spell Support Vehicle order 190
• Later serves as President of the Richard-Gerald Merchant Guild 411
• Recognizes that Richard’s rune-wear ink and Spell Support Vehicles can support the entire guild 276

Combat

Gerald is a Third-Ring Wizard after his promotion, but his combat strength is primarily mediated through alchemical creations 275 323.

• Uses flight and high-speed movement with his Staff 98
• Casts fire casually, including when striking Jerar during their bickering 98
• Uses buff spells prepared for chimeras rather than relying on direct personal combat 323
• Is vulnerable if his chimeras are suppressed or targeted by enemy Third-Ring Wizards 323

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Staff — Used for flight, spellcasting, and casual combat gestures 98
• Crystal Balls — Used for trials, communication, and Academy-related instruction 23 24 566
• Soul Contract parchment — Formalizes the mentor-apprentice inheritance bond with Richard 31
• Protected laboratory — Located on the ninety-ninth floor of the Central Black Tower; built with rune-engraved black bricks and filled with organs, glands, books, notes, and anatomical diagrams 23
• Chimeras / War Beasts — His primary research creations and combat assets, including a long-time octopus-like chimera companion 23 323
• Dragon Beasts — Optimized by Gerald from Richard’s active flesh and blood materials 295
• Spatial Beacons — Obtained from Leo for Richard’s ultra-long-range Teleportation Array project 277
• Alchemy Workshop — Supports Gerald’s independent resources and the Merchant Guild’s development 276

Relationships

• Richard — Formal apprentice, business partner, and later Great Wizard; Gerald mentors him, supports his promotion, introduces him to Wizard society, and remains proud of him until the end of his life 31 97 98 103 275 566 636 792.
• Anna — Student and senior disciple; she discovers Richard’s alchemy talent and brings him to Gerald, though her talent for Alchemy Machinery clashes with Gerald’s chimera focus 23 81 105.
• Jacques — Student connected to Gerald’s chimera and war beast line; offers Richard custom chimera work and remains one of Gerald’s main students 31 105.
• Yelena — Junior student with chimera talent; becomes an Academy faculty member at Gerald’s suggestion and is positioned for safer logistics work 196.
• Alex — Vice Dean and old acquaintance; discusses exam matters with Gerald and later steadies him during the shock of huge Spell Support Vehicle orders 11 57 275.
• Jerar — Two-thousand-year acquaintance and Golden Dawn Society member; a bloodline researcher who bickers with Gerald and briefly tries to poach Richard 98 105.
• Leo — Old friend skilled in Teleportation Arrays; gives Spatial Beacons near the end of his life, while Gerald offers help and respects his final arrangements 276 277.
• Great Wizard Kanon / Physique Crown — Provides the key help that enables Gerald’s Third-Ring Promotion; later relays news of Richard’s survival and Great Wizard promotion 196 566.
• Ellie — Calls Gerald “Master” and attends his funeral with Richard 636 792.
• Kayan — Merchant Guild member and later staff officer; remembers Gerald as a good person who took care of him 480 724.
• Long-time chimera companion — A two-thousand-year companion whose injuries visibly affect Gerald during Third-Ring combat 323.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Entrance Exam and Early Mentor Setup

• Creates the Seven-Headed Demonic Sheep, one of the artificial dangers in the entrance exam 11.
• Appears in mentor listings as a Second-Ring Alchemy School wizard with a massive apprentice history 19.

Richard Joins the Alchemy School

• Accepts Anna’s recommendation but requires Richard to pass the Pale Mask trial 23 24.
• Makes Richard his formal apprentice through a Soul Contract and begins transmitting curriculum knowledge 31.
• Provides advanced alchemical spell inheritance and Body of Adaptation resources 61.

Wizard World Guidance

• Explains the Bloody Exam’s place in Wizard society and the distinction between Black and White Wizards 66.
• Guides Richard to the Tower of Truth for Wizard promotion and explains the World Origin requirement 97 98 99.
• Introduces Richard to the Golden Dawn Society through Jerar and later Society gatherings 98 105.

Merchant Guild and Richard’s Inventions

• Supports Richard’s machine-made Focus Potion revelation despite initial disbelief 71.
• Helps build the Wizard Merchant Guild and later handles major business negotiations 73 190.
• Recognizes the commercial value of the Spell Support Vehicle and rune-wear revealing ink 190 276.

Third-Ring Promotion and Vice Deanship

• Plans his Third-Ring Promotion with help from Great Wizard Kanon and asks Richard to cover his Academy classes 196.
• Successfully becomes a Third-Ring Wizard and receives an Academy banquet 275.
• Is formally appointed Vice Dean of Black Tower Wizard Academy 276.

Academy War and Later Civilization War

• Fights in the Third-Ring Great War through his chimera companion and is targeted by enemy Third-Ring Wizards 323.
• Continues serving the Wizard Civilization through high-intensity logistical chimera production despite old age 480 482 637 724.
• Lives to hear that Richard has become a Great Wizard and is finding his way home 566.

Death and Funeral

• Dies peacefully in the New Era 792.
• Receives a simple funeral arranged by Richard, who buries him in an Orichalcum coffin according to Alchemy School tradition 792.

Notable Quotes

“Make this thing, then hand it over to me. I'll give you three months. If you can't finish it in three months, it means your talent isn't that good.” 24

“This is my student, don't get any ideas.” 98

“None of my students fail.” 103

“You still say you're not a Master. Your work alone can support our entire Merchant Guild.” 276

“It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back.” 636

“This place is the best place for me to utilize all my skills. If you transfer me away, are you asking this old man to lie in bed and wait for death?” 637

Trivia

• Gerald dislikes Alchemy Machinery, yet two of his most important students, Anna and Richard, achieve major results in that direction 81 105 188.
• He is repeatedly described as lucky with apprentices; Leo remarks that Gerald’s luck in taking students is unusually good 276.
• Richard’s success reverses the usual teacher-student dynamic: Gerald eventually says meeting Richard was the greatest fortune of his life 326.
• Gerald’s room remains extremely plain even in later eras, reflecting his old-school Wizard habits 566 636.
• Richard buries him in Orichalcum because, in ancient Alchemy School tradition, Orichalcum represents immortality and perfection 792.