Roland filled the office floor early in the morning with a variety of test props.

From solids to liquids, minerals to metal ingots, inorganics to organic matter, everything.

"You look very happy."The nightingeer squatted down, pinch the small soup bag in the dinner plate, and threw it into his mouth.

"Then, of course, there is a new witch in the town, and her ability is so incredible," Roland raised her eyebrows, "and don't think I didn't see it, you just stole the test product?"

"There are several more," she said, smearing her mouth, "Lucia's ability is useful?"

“It is of great use, whether broken down or reduced, to bring great progress to smelting and manufacturing.”Roland said excitedly, "with Anna, can make the strength of the machine several times, even if you can not mass production, as long as you make a few mother machines by hand, for the town's production level is definitely a qualitative improvement."

Now the use of the machine tools in the factory of Graysburg Industrial Co., Ltd. is refined by Anna, although at the beginning of the scale is extremely accurate, but limited to the defects of the material itself, the wear and deformation of the machine tool in the production process is becoming more and more obvious, and the tool is broken and broken.Without Anna's supplementary maintenance parts, these machines can only be used for a maximum of one or two years.

Lucia's ability to make it possible to accurately control the composition of the material, and the machine tools made of high-strength cast iron, steel and even alloys can not only improve the service life, but also step forward in processing efficiency and processing level.For example, the wheel gun, something that can only be produced by Anna for the time being, can also enter the sequence of mass production.

“Is it?”The Nightingoper jumped back to the table, "But she herself didn't seem to think so."

“Because she has not yet really realized the value of her ability, just like the month of mystery.”Roland did not think, "If Lucia could read the "Theoretical Foundations of Natural Science", he would not have thought so again."

“...” The Nightinge silently put two dried fish into his mouth.

When Lucia had finished breakfast and came to the office, the ability test officially began.

Roland watched expectantly as she turned one test product into a pile or a few small piles of different substances - iron ingots and iron ore turned into silver particles, and if you look closely, you can find some miscellaneous powder on the edge.Grapes and meat chops did not change, and small cages became water, slag and flour.

Halfway through the conversion, she suddenly stopped and said, "I seem to have exhausted all the magic."

Roland looked at the Nightinge, and the latter nodded, "She has very little magic in her body, and looks like a cloud of erratic smoke, but this color is the first time I have seen it."

“What color?”

“...grey.”She said.

Roland returned to his desk and beckoned to Lucia, "The magic of witches is that with age and training, you are not yet an adult, and it's good to be able to do this."When the little girl came to the table, he pushed the parchment paper that had already been prepared in front of the other party, "Since you have decided to stay in the border town, sign this contract."

Lucia looked down at the end of the contract and couldn’t help but take a cold breath, “A golden dragon a month?”“Your Highness, but my ability has not been tested yet?”

"It has nothing to do with your ability," Roland smiled and shook his head, "as long as you are a member of the League of Witches, the contract will be in effect forever."

“Even if the witch’s power is useless?”She couldn’t believe it.

"You may understand it this way," said the prince, "but I believe that any witch's ability has its own unique use, but only different kinds of excavations."So you don't have to worry about being useless."“Also, you should have heard the real reason for the magic phage from other witches, so you have to practice your abilities every day to ensure a smooth passing day of awakening.”After dinner, the book teacher will teach the witch in the drawing-room, and you will listen to it - although you have mastered the reading and writing, but the first mathematics and natural foundation courses are still necessary.

“Yes, Your Highness.”Lucia nodded her head.

You have a sister, right?”Roland laughed, "Take her with me in class, and she's the right age to be educated."

Lucia hesitated, raised her head to confirm that he was not joking, and happily bowed down, "Follow the instructions."

After the little girl retreated, Roland put the signed contract into the drawer and looked at the variety of test products on the ground.

“How is the result?”The Nightings asked.

“Surprising,” he said, holding up a small cage-packed plate and teasing the fine pieces of meat and flour, “such as this... when flour is knewed, the granular structure will form a mesh structure that makes the flour clumps flexible and stretched.”Once steamed, the gluten made of protein will be degenerate due to high temperature, and even if it is crushed into a powder, it will not be possible to return to the delicate and smooth appearance of the previous.The shift was irreversible, but...” Roland pinch a small cluster of powder spread out in the palm of his hand, and the touch was silky, like fresh flour just made, “and she brought the flour back to its original appearance.”

"Well, I don't understand very well," said the Nightingeon, "but then her ability can be regarded as a reductive substance?"

"Not so," Roland pointed to the iron ingot, "if it is only a reduction, the ingot should have become an iron ore, but in fact it was decomposed into iron powder and other impurities."

“What is her ability?”She is confused.

“It is not clear for the time being, but at least it can be assumed that perhaps her ability has both effects, and that the specific form in which it may be depends on her insight.”

“See... know?”

“Meat chops are not so different from iron ore in nature, they are made up of many kinds of particles, but Lucia’s ability can only break down iron ore and cannot act on meat rows, I think probably because she can’t understand organic matter ... or the composition of life.”Roland explained that he was not sure if the guess was correct, but there was no doubt that Lucia was the one who needed to learn to supplement his knowledge as soon as possible.

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Three days later, when a second convoy carrying the fugitives from the east arrived in the town, the same disease broke out on board, and this time it was even more serious, almost half of the people were infected.Roland learned through questioning that some patients had dark spots symptoms on the first day after boarding the ship, which means that they had been parasitic by strange insects earlier, and the incubation period was shortened accordingly.

At the same time, Roland also received a letter from the king, and the wax was printed with the mark of the Margari Chamber of Commerce.

After reading the letter, he frowned.

The evil epidemic is spreading throughout the king, and the church claims that it is a witch's plot and tells the people that they have holy medicine to fight the evil epidemic.A large number of infected people also appeared outside the royal city, and Tazar chose to temporarily terminate the transportation of fugitives for safety reasons.

If time is not wrong, the first return of the fleet will return to the royal capital in four days, and bring the news that the town can cure the evil epidemic, but those who have been infected may not have the opportunity to survive the journey of nearly a week on the ship, and the preaching of the church also let him smell a hint of intrigue.

After thinking about it again and again, he decided to send a team to escort Lily to the royal capital.Otherwise, the people of the king and the fugitives from the east will die in this man-made disaster for the most part, and the survivors will become devout believers in the church.

Roland must avoid this as much as possible.(Unfinished.)