Chapter 2 The Shield Woman and the Philosopher's Stone (2)
The pirates took Ella to a luxurious house. It was supposed to be a merchant's mansion, but now it has been looted. There were fragments of porcelain everywhere in the aisles, and every door was smashed.
There are still white marks left after a row of hanging paintings were taken down. The place where gold and silver utensils should have been placed is now filled with large and small glass bottles, some containing strange-colored liquids, and some containing some liquid.
There are small solid pieces, and there are also empty ones with nothing inside. In addition, there are grinding utensils, portable small stoves, and various weird-shaped pots.
Dan didn't notice at all that Ella had entered the room, holding two reagent bottles in his hands, and was walking around the room while shaking the reagent bottles. Ella didn't dare to say anything, and just watched Dan walking around the room.
After spinning around for an unknown amount of time, Dan looked up unconsciously and suddenly found Ella right in front of him. He was so frightened that he immediately stepped back half a step, and the reagent bottle in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.
. So Dan shouted angrily outside the house
"Where are the people? Where are the people guarding outside? What do you do for food? How many times have I told you not to let outsiders in!"
Hearing Dan's shout, several pirates ran in in panic. But when they saw that Dan and Ella were the only ones in the room, they immediately shook their heads on the spot, as if they were used to this kind of thing.
The pirate who brought Amy here came forward and said, "Chief, you forgot again, you asked us to bring her."
Dan looked at Ella in confusion, then at the pirate, and suddenly slapped his head, showing an expression of realization: "Then what are you doing in here! Get out quickly! Don't disturb my experiment!"
"Are you an alchemist from the Hermetic School?"
After a few pirates withdrew, Ella finally couldn't help but ask. Alchemy is a forbidden skill in the Seven Hills Empire. Ella has dabbled in it, but has never practiced it.
"Yes, I am a disciple of the triple great Hermes, exploring the mysteries of the world."
As Dan answered Ella, he started tinkering with his bottles again.
"Little girl, don't be afraid, I won't touch you. You will be sent to the King of Beasts tomorrow. If I touch a hair of yours, he will leave me with none. By the way, you can first
Sit there."
Dan pointed to the only stool in the room, but there was a transparent sticky substance on the stool.
"Don't worry, I was just testing the corrosiveness of this liquid. The results show that it cannot corrode wood or skin, it will only corrode the fabric of clothes, so don't worry about it at all."
Don’t worry about it at all! Ella almost cursed. But she still tried to control her emotions and said in a calm tone: "I didn't know that there were members of the Hermetic School among the pirates. They should have considerable
A group of knowledgeable and mysterious people..."
Dan said without looking back: "It doesn't fit the image of a pirate, right? In fact, I completed my studies in the island republic, and I followed the pirates in order to collect materials and documents from all over the world. Pirates also need people who can help them read and write.
, we need doctors even more, I am mainly doing these two aspects of work for the King of Beasts."
"If you want to collect materials and documents, there should be many other options. Why..." Ella hesitated.
"Why help the pirates?"
Ella nodded hesitantly.
"If you're talking about looting, all armies do it, I don't think pirates are any different."
After saying this, Dan picked out a bottle of golden reagent from the bottles.
"The chat is over. Come, let me try my latest achievement on you - with the help of the wisdom of God Hermes, after one hundred and twenty days and nights, I finally prepared this great recipe.
Reagent!”
Dan intoxicatedly raised the reagent bottle high and let it enjoy the caress of the moon.
"What... effect does it have?"
"It can make your blond hair more vivid and attractive! You are blond and blue-eyed, which is rare and beautiful. As long as you add my potion, you will become the most beautiful woman in the world, even the king of beasts.
Addicted to you!"
"One hundred and twenty days..." Ella whispered, "...just prepare a dye?"
Ella's words seemed to hit Dan's sore spot, and he immediately shouted excitedly:
"It's not dye! The dye is put on the hair! I drink the potion in the stomach! It's completely different!"
"Moreover! The effect of my potion is longer-lasting than the dye! It is not an exaggeration to say that it is permanent! Moreover, it will also give your hair a charming aroma... just like the aroma of barbecue, which makes
Men can’t say no! This is simply one of the greatest inventions of this century!”
"I...I don't want my hair to smell like barbecue!"
"Are you doubting my great invention?" Dan stared, suddenly forced Ella's mouth open, and poured the entire bottle of medicine into Ella's throat.
"Cough, cough, cough, how dare you... cough... no... it won't be poisonous, right?"
"Don't worry, I've done experiments on several cows and none of them died."
"Then...that's fine..."
"It's just that a few mice died when we experimented with mice."
"Doesn't that mean it's poisonous?"
Ella almost fainted from the anger. But her hands and feet were tied, and even if she tried to struggle, she would just twist her body in vain. Dan had already picked up the grinding dish and continued to do other experiments.
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Amidst the sound of the collision of vessels, Ella felt the changes in her body with fear. Even a death row prisoner watching the executioner sharpen his knife would probably not be as tortured as Ella at this time.
After an unknown amount of time, Dan walked back to Ella. When he saw Ella's hair, he was so frightened that he dropped the utensil in his hand to the ground again. A gust of wind blew from the window and blew Ella's hair onto her head.
In front of her eyes, she was able to recognize the changes in her hair: the beautiful blond hair disappeared, and turned into a tan between black and red, and became dry and rough, like sandpaper.
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"It's over! It's all over!" Dan was so frightened that he ducked under the chair, trembling. "I was originally a beautiful girl of the highest grade, but I suddenly turned into a defective one! The King of Beasts will definitely turn me into one too.
Defective product! It’s finished! I will die!”
"Defective products... actually treat me as an object." Ella was so angry that she almost yelled. But she remembered what Amy said to her and held it back.
"No, absolutely not! If you want to change your hair color back, you must change it back!" Dan suddenly jumped up and pushed his head directly onto the chair. He didn't bother to take the chair off his head and ran all the way to the experiment.
In front of the stage.
"Three-fold great Hermes! Please give me endless wisdom!"
He clamored to put on the protection of Hermes, which he didn't know was useful, and began to frantically fiddle with bottles and jars.
