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Chapter 52: Chapter Fifty Two - I attend a lecture

The strange pulling sensation brought them back to the outer school, where they were met by a senior student, who looked at the three suspiciously before acknowledging them with the tilt of his head. They left the portal room giving the same amount of acknowledgement to that student as he had afforded them.

Leon turned to Jin Li, as they stepped into the hall and asked; "How long d-does it take to w-walk to m-my hut?"

"It would likely take you the rest of the day," he said with a slight sneer to his words, gazing up at down at the boy and hinting at Leon's weak body. The youth ignored him and simply nodded as he listened, before smiling at the two martial artists.

"Well, I should get started," he said as if it were of no consequence, but before he could take another step, Jin Li grabbed his arm and held him back. Naturally, Sun saw this and frowned.

"Jin Li, why did you stop him," he pouted. "I hoped to exchange pointers with you, Jin Li. You can't be meaning to walk back with him to the alchemist school can you?" Leon's eyes widened wondering if Jin Li actually had that intention, but when he glanced up at the youth's scowling face, he knew this to not be true.

"I had no such intention," he replied, crossly. "This Lord does not need to expend the effort in carrying his body when he collapses in the attempt. I was merely going to suggest you go to the Griffin nest."

"But we came here with Teacher Sagi," Leon replied, thinking that was why they were given such privilege. Jin Li thought about this and decided that the older boy was probably not wrong.

"Well then, let us ask if Teacher Sagi has returned or if there might be another way of sending you back," Sun said, brightly. Leon thanked him, thinking that he was a good person, could not see why Jin Li treated him like air so often. Also he felt guilty about his first sour thoughts about the bubbly boy. He was not aware that Sun just wished to get rid of him quickly.

As it happened, Teacher Sagi was due to give another lecture to the first year students about the side effects of taking pills. This lecture was meant to warn them and let them know that while pills and potions had their place, they should not be taken as substitute for hard work or relied on heavily.

Leon decided that they should not disturb the Teacher before the lecture and instead took a seat hoping to learn something new. He was surprised, as was Sun, when Jin Li opted to sit beside him, even though he continued to scowl as if this was a waste of his time. Sun sat beside his idol quietly, shifting blame for Jin Li doing this and not sparring with him in the arena squarely upon Leon's shoulders once more.

As far as Jin Li was concerned, this lecture was boring. In fact, this was not just in his opinion. A lot of the martial arts students seemed to be thinking much the same. If he had dwelled much on this, he would have realised that there was a common vein; the students least interested and looking half asleep were all wealthy young masters. These students had learned this lesson before or simply didn't care; wasn't that what purifying potions for? While those who stared at the Teacher bored, but trying to seem otherwise were aspiring young Masters, told by their families to listen and respect the Teachers and seniors, but at the same time, had been brought up to think they were special and above others. The small group who were listening attentively either actually liked learning this or were from poorer backgrounds, unaware of this knowledge and aware they needed to learn as much as possible so when they graduate, they can improve their lots in life.

Jin Li watched Leon, one of the latter group, his eyes were sparkling attentively as he took in every word. Did he not know all of this already? He was from the alchemist school after all, this would taught to them as well. Well, he thought to himself, seeing Leon this happy was not unpleasant. He would put up with this boring lecture for now.

If he cared enough to look to the other side of him, he might have found that Sun was in the same situation as him; a bored young master. But he didn't; care, look or find out.


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Chapter 53: Chapter Fifty Three - I walk through the herb gardens

Leon returned back to the alchemists school with teacher Sagi leaving a sullen Jin Li behind. Beside him, Sun simply pouted and wished Leon a good riddance.. in his heart at least. He then dragged Jin Li away to train with him in the arena, reminding Jin Li why he had sought out the peaceful sanctuary of Leon's poor hut in the first place.

The griffin landed as abruptly as before, causing the remnants of Leon's breakfast to lurch about in his stomach. He was glad that the time the lecture took had allowed him to digest, otherwise he feared that there would have been an unfortunate accident occurring.

Leon helped Teacher Sagi take his things back to his own abode, which happened to be behind the Herb Hall. To get there, they needed to pass through the large walled gardens behind the hall. Leon (nor his body's original owner, Leo) had ever been into the gardens before, so he was not sure what to expect. At first glance, there was a small stone patio with several drying racks along the walls, each holding herbs in various states. Some of these were better used dry and some were being held in order to harvest their seeds.

The patioed area was contained with its own walls and there was a stone archway leading into the next garden.... which was not a garden at all, but a mass of fields. As it happened, this area was apparently a dimensional pocket, though not as large as Leon first thought. Teacher Sagi claimed that this sort of pocket was not too unusual. It was an artificial pocket, a space that originally was merely fifty metres by fifty metres, but had been stretched until it reached five hundred metres squared. However, the crystals that supplied the magic required for such a feat needed to be replaced every other month, something that was dealt with by the magic school in return for pills.

The scents of common and quickly growing herbs were first to hit his senses as he followed the Teacher along the path through the fields. He suspected that these were what were regularly harvested for the junior students and others such as himself, who needed these common ingredients regularly.

At the opposite side of these fields was another wall and archway, which lead into a garden filled with heady, rich scents. His eyes darted left and right as he recognised a few of these less common plants from pictures in Leo's diaries, but there were many more that he did not know of. The tall plant with knife like leaves he recognised as bladed thistle, which had large blue flowers when it bloomed. These flowers had no use in pills, but girls like to use them to top their bath water, claiming the oils they released were refreshing in scent. The plant itself was used in cloudy spiritual pills, which like their lesser version, the clear spiritual pill, helped aid cultivation. Those of secondary and tertiary stage favoured these. They naturally were not without draw backs. He also recognised the horned lantern flower. It's strange orange bloom looked like a dragon's head from Chinese mythology. He did not know what potions and pills it was for. Leo had died before he had written more details about the plant down.

Leon was then lead past a huge circular pond, which was filled and surrounded by even stranger looking herbs, in fact he recognised one or two as they grew near the water's edge of the lake. His eyes narrowed in thought as he considered how he might go about cultivation those within his own small garden. Perhaps he could purchase a small tub and create his own pond? It didn't think it would be too hard to try at least. In the back of his mind, he added this item to the list of things he wanted to buy in town the next time he was there. He would talk to Mino, arrange for another visit. He also needed to see the blacksmith's apprentice after all.

The path finally lead to a small, but neatly architectured house, which overlooked the precious herbs. Teacher Sagi turned around and thanked Leon for his assistance before sending him on his way, trusting that the boy would not steal any herbs from the gardens. His trust was not in vain. It never even occurred to Leon to steal herbs in the first place.


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