Chapter 15 Opening Ceremony and Riot (3)
"Unfortunately, the one who consumed most of the alchemical materials was not Master Elect, but Viscount Ulysses' son, Brady V. Ulysses."
"Huh? It turns out to be the son of that fake hero, tsk!"
Alberta bit her nails and smacked her lips as she thought of something extremely unpleasant.
“Although I understand your feelings, please be a little restrained in front of outsiders.
After all, for the vast majority of the imperial nobles and citizens who do not know the truth, Viscount Ulysses is a hero. Principal Alberta, your remarks will only bring unnecessary problems. "
"I know~! I will keep an eye on it in front of outsiders. I'll leave the purchase of the new batch of alchemical materials to you. As for the budget, I'll find a way."
"I see. By the way, this matter is a little strange, so I think it is necessary to let you know. According to the records of the Pseudo-Gate of Life, Master Elect did not consume any alchemical materials when he summoned the puppet."
Sabrina thought of something else and added her report.
"No alchemical materials were consumed, right? Who else knows about this?"
Alberta was stunned for a moment, then immediately put on a very serious expression and asked.
"Besides you and me, there is only Instructor Swick who is in charge of guiding students in summoning. He was there to help me when I was gathering data on the Pseudo-Gate of Life.
Is this a serious problem?"
"Hey, let me ask you, Lina, you know the basic principles of modern alchemical science, right?"
"In any alchemical process, the mass of the consumed raw materials is always greater than or equal to the mass of the alchemical product. This is not the first year of the elementary department... wait a minute..."
The mass of consumed raw materials is always greater than or equal to the mass of alchemical products.
This is the iron rule of the alchemical science of this world.
If Alfred D. Elect really violated this iron rule when summoning the puppet, then he either broke the laws of this world or summoned matter from another world.
To Alberta's knowledge, nothing like this had ever happened in history.
So she wasn't quite sure what this meant.
"Lina, it seems that after working as my secretary for a few years, your knowledge of the alchemist's profession has become rusty."
Alberta chuckled and returned to her serious tone.
"Please inform Swick that this matter must be kept strictly confidential. Fortunately, Swick is a reliable person. As long as he is informed in advance, he should not leak the news."
"I see. Is there anything else I need to prepare?"
"Well, there is one more important thing. Please prepare a cup of coffee for me. Please add more sugar and milk because I am very afraid of bitterness."
"Well, since you are afraid of bitterness, why don't you choose a drink like milk tea? I will prepare it for you right away."
After Sabrina left the room, Alberta leaned back in her chair and removed her disguise.
She looked up at the ceiling, now looking very sad and depressed.
Alberta picked up the old book on the desk and held it tightly in her arms.
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The next morning, Alfred woke up to the sound of the alarm clock.
He first struggled to break free from Emilia's bear hug, then got up to wash and change his clothes.
"Emilia, I'm going out."
Before leaving the dormitory, Alfred said to Emilia, who had hugged her quilt and tightly wrapped her white and slender legs around it.
"Okay, I'll go find Al after I get some sleep. By the way, Al, I'll trouble you with breakfast."
Emilia responded drowsily, as if she would fall asleep again at any moment.
"I understand. But remember to use invisibility when you go out."
"I know, Al, be careful on the road."
After leaving the dormitory, Alfred found Rose at the meeting point and went to the school cafeteria with her for breakfast.
After buying some light breakfast for Emilia and putting it in his space ring, Alfred parted ways with Rose and went to the auditorium in the main castle to attend the opening ceremony.
Originally, senior students would also attend the opening ceremony with freshmen.
After the freshmen are divided into classes at the opening ceremony, the school holds an exchange meeting for senior students and freshmen.
However, Rose has work to do in the student council, so she needs to go meet up with Cecilia and Aeril first.
In the corridor leading to the auditorium, Alfred met a girl holding an ice-blue puppy.
It was the Earl's daughter who made a strange exclamation after he summoned the puppet in the puppet summoning hall yesterday.
Adelaide E. Bartlett, the youngest daughter of Lord Bartlett.
Adelaide walked absent-mindedly, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
Alfred saw that she didn't seem to be looking at the road at all. If she continued walking like this, she would directly bump into the pillars in the corridor, so he called out to her.
"careful!"
Adelaide was slow to react to Alfred's warning.
"W-Wow?!"
Seeing the pillar so close before her, she was startled and let out a lovely cry.
"Are you OK?"
“No, it’s okay… Thank you so much for what happened just now… Eh?! Why, why is it you?!”
Edward was still thanking Alfred.
But when she noticed who was helping her, she pointed at Alfred and started yelling at him rudely.
"May I ask you a question?"
Alfred said somewhat confused.
"No, no. I was just wondering, Alfred... No, it should be Mr. Itlet, why are you here?"
Edward explained in a panic, calling Alfred by his first name.
In imperial etiquette, there is a big difference between addressing someone by their surname and by their first name.
Generally speaking, calling someone by their first name is a sign of closeness.
However, calling someone by their name without their permission is extremely rude even among civilians.
Not to mention the aristocratic society that loves red tape.
Under normal circumstances, a well-educated daughter of a noble would certainly not make the mistake of accidentally calling another noble by his or her first name.
What's more, she is the daughter of a prominent family, Earl Bartlett.
And Alfred also felt a little strange about Edward's reaction.
"I am now preparing to go to the auditorium to attend the opening ceremony, just like Miss Bartlett. Is there anything wrong with choosing to walk through this corridor?"
"No, no..."
Adelaide seemed to feel guilty about something and avoided Alfred's sight.