Chapter 45: To Learn Potions, First Learn Magic!
Cooking the Capron Beast and eating it raw were two extremes, and the only ones who ate cooked food were Vetter and Celine.
In the end, Ao and the others had to choose to go for a different kind of food.
As for Winters, after bringing Vetter and the others to the cafeteria, she left.
As for the first floor of the academy, there were no special facilities, if one had to say, the plaza was the important facility on the first floor, serving to give the young dragons a chance to vent their excess energy!
It was worth mentioning that although Winters had left, the young dragons who cast curious gazes towards them from time to time did not flock over to lay hands on them!
Of course, the truth was that their gazes, more often than not, rested on Celine's body.
As I said before, in the academy, the five-colored dragons and metal dragons were the most numerous, followed by the crystal dragons, and after that, the elemental dragons, while the fae dragons were the least numerous.
So far, in the entire academy, there were only two fae dragons that Vetter knew of, one was him and the other was Celine.
Today, he saw the third one, which was Carlos.
Other than that, among the young dragons, Vetter hadn't seen any other Fae dragons!
And even though Vetter was a Fae dragon, he was extremely similar to a silver dragon, so Celine became that only one in the spotlight.
So, while eating, Celine had been frowning and kept on urging Vetter and the others in small voices. .
She really couldn't stand those gazes.
In response, Vetter had nothing to say, it was impossible to stop people from looking.
Moreover, they would often have to eat here in the future, Celine was going to have to get used to this sooner or later.
After having dinner, Vetter and the others returned to the Dragon's Den, and with the anticipation of tomorrow's potions class, each of them went into their dreams!
The night was silent!
Early the next morning, for the first time without a leader, Vetter and the others went to the second floor cafeteria and ate breakfast before heading straight to the fourth floor potions classroom!
When they arrived at the classroom, it was to meet the unexpected dragon!
“To introduce you guys, she is a young dragon born at the same time as you guys, Isha!
From today onwards, you'll be studying together!”
Bocco opened his mouth to introduce the five dragons that ran in, looking in unison at Isha, who had already taken her seat.
Before Vetter could say anything to them, Isha beckoned her paw towards Celine.
“Celine, Dinnet, you guys come over here!”
Seeing Celine and Dinnet staring at her with surprised faces, Isha also said with some embarrassment, “Actually, I only found out about this matter this morning.
Although I don't have to eat and live in the academy like you guys, the academy's courses are something that must be completed.”
Saying that, Isha grimaced bitterly.
One must know that the academy's courses were to be taught until they were out of the hatchling stage!
Bocco looked at this scene and a flash of realization flashed in his eyes.
“So you guys know each other, that's even better, to be honest, previously I had quite a headache on how to make you guys get along!
Alright, Vetter, Billy, and Ao, you guys find a seat as well!
I'm going to take you guys and conduct a new lesson!”
Upon hearing Bocco's words, Vetter's and their attention was then diverted from Isha's.
Vetter's attention was then focused on the counter in front of Isha, where a four-square piece of metal was placed.
But after a closer look, Vetter then realized that it wasn't any metal block, but a much shrunken metal book.
“Alright, Vetter, hurry up and find a spot!”
Hearing Bocco's words, Vetter came back to his senses, and only then did he notice that he was the only one left who hadn't found his spot.
Looking up, he scanned the room.
Celine and Dinnet had Isha sandwiched in the middle, Billy was in a spot closest to Bocco, and Ao was alone in a spot two rows behind Isha.
Rather in keeping with Ao's character.
Vetter thought about it and simply walked over to Billy's side.
It couldn't be helped that Billy was a guy who always liked to explore all sorts of novelties through his mouth.
Although Bocco had already said that he would keep an eye on Billy's situation, ...... really wasn't at ease ah!
Once Vetter sat down, Bocco took out a small stack of metal books and distributed them to Vetter and the others.
“This book was specially made to be a textbook for young dragons like you to use, as for its content, it has information about, when refining potions, all the herbs that may be used, as well as their various properties!”
Vetter curiously surveyed the metal book on the counter in front of him.
“Is it the Encyclopedia of Herbs?”
Bocco shook his head.
“Nah!
It's only a part of the Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, a very small part even.
Potions is a very advanced skill!
To this day, there are still new herbs being discovered and used to make new potions!
Even the book Encyclopedia of Herbs fails to include all the herbs in this world.
And what you are going to learn is just the basics of making potions.
This course will not allow you to become a qualified apothecary, and even if you complete all of the lessons, at most you can only be considered an apprentice!
Only by studying in depth afterward will you be able to become a true apothecary.”
Upon hearing this, Vetter looked at Bocco doubtfully.
“Then why are we still learning to refine potions?”
Bocco, like Winters, was quite patient, and after hearing Vetter's words, he explained, “There are three main reasons for exposing you to potions.
The first is to provide you guys with a future that you can choose from, the same goes for magic formations and alchemy!
Secondly, to screen out young dragons who like potions and are interested in developing in the direction of potions.
For a dragon nest, apothecaries are a must.
Many diseases that were fatal to young dragons were able to be treated through potions, and after an injury, potions were also of considerable help to the body's recovery.
Some of the more powerful apothecaries were able to concoct potions that directly boosted their strength.
Those apothecaries who have obtained the title of Legend are even able to refine potions that can revitalize a dragon's severed limbs.”
Hearing this, Vetter's heart stirred.
No wonder Winters had intentionally guided him towards the aspect of potions before, in the case of not being able to use magic, potions that could directly enhance one's strength were indeed able to attract him.
Bocco continued, ''The third reason, that is, many of the potions learned during the young dragon period have a considerable effect on yourselves.
If there is a day in the future when you need to use these potions, you will be able to make them yourselves.”
“So we're going to learn how to make potions now?”
Billy had a strong curiosity for anything new and strange, and after hearing Bocco's words, he couldn't wait to ask.
However, Bocco still shook his head.
“Potions are not simply, put a bunch of things into a container and boil them, and then you can make them successfully, if that was the case, it wouldn't be called a skill!
So, before you learn how to make potions, you will need to do a lot of preparation.
At the very least, you all need to memorize the contents of this book in front of you word for word, and on top of that, you need to learn some new magic!”
Hearing this, Vetter and the others couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
“The refining of potions, does it also require magic?”
“Of course, like ......”
Saying that, Bocco stretched out his paw, then extended a finger, followed by a rather awkward tone.
The words of meaning were clear to Vetter and the others.
Sharp!
Then, Vetter and the others saw that the finger that Bocco stretched out was slightly elongated, and the whole thing thinned out a bit, giving them a feeling that it was also a bit more dangerous!
“Dragon language magic has two branches, one is the magic that Winters taught you, which is also known as elemental magic, and the other is the one I'm using right now, which is called shaping magic!
The so-called shaping magic is meant to reshape the body.
So far, there are only three shaping magics, which are Sharpness, Strength, and Acceleration!
Don't underestimate these three magics.
Although the number was far less than elemental magic, relatively speaking, these three shaping magic didn't differentiate between magic levels, and their power was only related to your proficiency in magic and your own strength.
The more skillful you are at magic and the stronger you are, the more powerful these three molding spells will be.
Of course, in our potions class, we don't need you to master all three shaping magics, just one sharp one!
We need to use this magic to handle materials!”
Saying that, Bocco couldn't help but let out a light laugh when he saw Vetter raising his head with a hint of worry in his eyes, as well as a faintly undetectable anticipation.
“Vetter, don't worry, although Shaping Magic also requires the use of elements within the body to construct elemental nodes, it doesn't need to invoke the participation of external elements.
This kind of magic, theoretically, is something you can use!
In addition, Winters is a staunch supporter of the idea that 'elemental magic is all there is to dragon language magic', so she was always reluctant to call Shaping Magic dragon language magic.