Angor wanted to get straight to the point and ask why Kanter wanted to see him.
However, as soon as he spoke, he noticed Kanter's robe.
Kanter had always been the epitome of "classic and elegant" in Angor's mind. His attire had always been exquisite, like a classic Magus.
Every time Angor saw Kanter, he would wear a custom-made robe with blue-black embroidered with flowers and a triangular soft hat with a glowing flower pendant.
It was not inappropriate for a man to wear a flower hairpin. In fact, it looked elegant.
Today, however, Kanter was dressed differently. Although he was still wearing his wizard robe, the patterns on his robe were no longer Lan Wei flowers. Instead, they were blooming fire lotuses.
One had to know that Lan Weihua was the representative of the Lilith Family. As the current leader of Lilith Clan, Kanter had always been proud of his robe.
But now, he changed the pattern on his robe?
Did the pendant on his hat become a fire lotus too? Angor couldn't tell because Kanter wasn't wearing a hat today.
Kanter looked down at his robe and realized something. "You want to know why the pattern changed?"
Angor nodded. Kanter didn't change the pattern when he saw him at the Sea of Mist.
"I don't want to change the pattern, but sometimes I have to compromise with reality."
Compromise with reality? Angor looked at Kanter in confusion.
Kanter stroked his white beard and sighed. "It's all because of an encounter not long ago …"
He was wondering if Kanter had met someone destined for him, so he had to compromise for it. But as Kanter explained, Angor realized that it wasn't the case.
Kanter didn't meet a person. Instead, it was a Dark Fire Lotus that carried the aura of the underworld. The location was the Fire Zone of the Tidal Realm.
Since it was in the Land of Fire, there was no doubt that this Dark Fire Lotus was an elemental creature.
To be more precise, it was an elemental sprite that had just been born for 300 years.
Yes, Kanter had his eyes on this particular sprite.
He wasn't doing it for himself. He was doing it for Keely.
Kanter already had a fire elemental creature that matched his needs. While he did meet many other creatures in the Tidal Realm, Dark Fire Lotus was definitely not his. The Dark Fire Lotus's attributes didn't match with Kanter's, but rather with Keely's. In Kanter's opinion, the Dark Flame Lotus was more than 99% compatible with Keely.
Keely had the Netherworld Flame, which was one in ten thousand among all Fire Element cultivators. The Dark Fire Lotus was also a Fire Elemental Spirit with the Netherworld Spirit, which complemented Keely perfectly.
The value of the Dark Fire Lotus was undeniable. It was currently in the sealed Tidal Realm, so it didn't need to worry about being targeted … However, the Tidal Realm was definitely going to open up. Besides, with Rhine and the others entering the Tidal Realm, even if all the elemental creatures in the Tidal Realm chose to hide, the will of the world would still reveal the Tidal Realm.
The opening of the Tidal Realm was inevitable.
Moreover, in Kante's opinion, the Tidal Realm could be discovered by outsiders at any time. Once it was discovered, it would not be far from opening up.
At that time, a large number of Magi would flock there. If someone saw the Dark Fire Lotus … Kanter felt pressured just thinking about it.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Keely, but Keely hadn't become a formal wizard yet, so she wasn't qualified to take the Dark Flame Lotus.
He was worried that the Dark Fire Lotus would be taken away by someone else before Keely could break through.
Therefore, Kante planned to take the Dark Fire Lotus away before the Tidal Realm opened up. This way, he would be able to avoid any possible conflicts later.
Magoo the Wise also allowed Kante to take the Dark Fire Lotus away as long as it agreed to do so.
However, the Dark Fire Lotus didn't seem interested in Kante at all. It preferred to stay in the lava lake in the Fire Domain. No matter how Kante tried to persuade it, the Dark Fire Lotus didn't listen.
Kante changed his robe into a Fire Lotus pattern as a way to persuade the Dark Fire Lotus. He didn't see how it would work yet, but he believed that as long as he paid enough attention, the Dark Fire Lotus would be convinced.
"So it's for the Dark Fire Lotus …" Angor rubbed his chin. No wonder he felt familiar when he first saw the pattern on his robe.
When he was in the Land of Fire, he had seen the Dark Fire Lotus on the lava lake.
The Dark Fire Lotus was unique in nature and would be sought after by countless wizards. However, the Dark Fire Lotus wasn't suitable for Angor.
He wanted a fire-elemental creature that could be used as an alchemy tool. The fire of Dark Fire Lotus was too simple, which limited the type of items he could craft. Therefore, it was not his first choice.
In fact, he didn't even consider taking the Dark Fire Lotus when he first saw it.
Still, he had to admit that the Dark Fire Lotus was perfect for Keely.
"If you want to help Keely find a Fire Spirit, I think you should let her go there herself, Mister Kante," Angor said.
Kante sighed. "I know. When we're looking for elemental creatures, they'll choose us as well. If Keely was here, perhaps the Dark Fire Lotus would choose her because of the netherworld fire aura on her … But now, she can't come. "
"Keely can't come? Is it because Wizard Rein sealed the passage to the Tidal Realm? "Angor wondered.
Kante shook his head. "No. Keely has other business to attend to."
Kanter glanced at Angor. "Actually, I asked you to come here because of Keely."
"Go ahead, Mister Kante. I promised you that I'll do my best to help as long as it's within my power. "
Back when Angor was looking for help at the Sea of Mist, Kante came here to ask for Angor's help. Angor agreed, and he wouldn't go back on his word.
"Did something happen to Keely?" Angor asked curiously.
Kanter sighed, "Indeed, Keely has encountered some troublesome matters. She doesn't think it's a big deal, but I can't stand it. How can a good girl do something like that? That's why I came to you. "
Something like that? What kind of thing?
Angor didn't know what Kante was talking about, but he could tell that it wasn't something urgent. Otherwise, Keely wouldn't have done it.
Also, Kante could have told Angor about Keely's problem back at the Sea of Mist. But he didn't do it right away, which meant it wasn't something urgent.
Now that Kante came to him in such a hurry, it was probably because of the Dark Flame Lotus.
As expected, Kante's words confirmed Angor's suspicion.
Indeed, the Dark Flame Lotus was the reason why Kante came to Angor and asked him to help Keely.
However, Angor was wrong about one thing. Kante didn't tell Angor about it not because he wasn't in a hurry. It was because he didn't know how to tell Angor about it yet.
After all, Keely's problem wasn't something he wanted to talk about. It might affect Keely's reputation.
It all started back at the Rising Star Competition.
Keely joined the Rising Star Competition, but she didn't do it for a title. Instead, she wanted to defeat someone in front of everyone in the arena.
"Someone" was the student of "God of Sea" Flunza, who held a grudge against Keely.
Also known as "Child of Sea" Jebra.
Keely and Jebra had always been enemies. Every time they met, a fight would break out. Keely knew that Jebra had nothing to do with her grudge against Angor.
However, Jebra was Flunza's student.
Since she couldn't defeat Flunza, she had no choice but to vent her anger on Jebra.
Her goal was to defeat Jebra in front of everyone in the Rising Star Competition. However, things didn't go as she wished.
It wasn't that Keely couldn't defeat Jebra. It was just that the rules of the competition prevented her from running into Jebra.
The main reason was that Jebra was unlucky enough to run into Shiliew, who was the perfect match for him, in just a few rounds.
Later on, for some reason, Jebra didn't participate in his duel with Su Yatutai, which meant he lost again.
Even though Keely surrendered several times, she never ran into Jebra again because of the rules of the competition.
In other words, Keely's dream of fighting Jebra in the Rising Star Competition was ruined.
Frustrated, Keely abandoned the competition and began to fight Jebra outside the arena. It was an earth-shattering fight. Jebra even summoned a giant wave that drowned several blocks of Floating Mech City.
Unfortunately, Jebra's attack happened to reach the Fragrant Square, which was a gathering place for Fragrance Alchemists.
Drowning the Fragrant Square had already made these alchemists very unhappy. What was even more serious was that the statue of an Ancient Fragrant Master Alchemist had completely collapsed under the surging seawater. And this statue was the spiritual belief of many alchemists in the School of Fragrance.
Jebra and Keely were now hated by the alchemists of Fragrance Alchemy.
They didn't care who did the most damage to the statue. As long as they knew it was Jebra and Keely who caused the statue to collapse, they were both guilty.
Angor knew about this as well. Although he wasn't at the scene, he contacted Antonio as soon as he learned of the situation, and helped Keely eliminate any future troubles.
Thanks to Antonio's intervention, the people who were affected by the fight finally forgave Keely. However, the Fragrance Alchemists couldn't forgive them easily.
However, since Antonio was here, Alchemist of Fragrance did not do any harm to Keely or Jebra. Instead, he simply banned them from doing anything.
Keely and Jebra would be banned by every alchemist in Fragrance Academy.
In other words, they wouldn't be able to buy anything related to Fragrance Alchemy in the southern wizardry region. Even if they asked someone else to help them, they would be banned from the market as well.
Actually, this ban wasn't too much. At least, they could still buy other alchemy items apart from Fragrance Alchemy.
As for the alchemy products of Aromatherapy, apart from the "fragrance", most of the other products could be replaced, so it wouldn't be impossible to survive.
Angor felt satisfied with the result, so he didn't bother with the matter anymore.
Now, Kanter was telling him something else, something that Angor did not know about.
Keely wanted to get rid of the ban.
Because of this ban, everyone in Lilith's Clan was implicated, as well as the neighboring clans.
Although the other members of Lilith's Family weren't banned and could buy the perfume, the seller was worried that they would give it to Keely, which would make him a suspect. Therefore, he didn't dare to sell the perfume to the Lilith's Family.
Lilith's Clan only had one descendant, but they still had a lot of followers, including many wizard clans.
There must be at least one witch in each of those clans.
Most of the witches were fond of fragrances. Because of Keely, a large number of witches were "secretly" blacklisted by Fragrance Alchemy.
They didn't blame Keely openly, but Keely blamed herself for it.
She was bound to be the matriarch of Lilith's Family in the future, and she would also take over the connections and relationships of Lilith's Family. If these supporters were implicated because of her, in her opinion, it would also be harmful to Lilith's Family.
She felt that she had to take responsibility for this. So, she went to Floating Mech City again and tried to find a way to get rid of her ban.
Many things happened in the process, including verbal humiliation.
Angor frowned. He already knew about Keely's condition. Keely had obvious mental problems, and she tended to be autistic. Such humiliation, even if it was just verbal, would hurt her as much as physical damage.
Fortunately, Keely endured it. After going through all kinds of difficulties, many alchemists saw her sincerity.
Because of Keely's perseverance and Kanter's secret operation, the master of the Fragrance Department of Ashley Academy, who had issued the ban order, finally met with Keely.
She also promised Keely that as long as Keely finished sorting out the Fragrance Department's raw material warehouse within two years, she would lift the ban on Keely.
And Keely … agreed.
Kanter sighed deeply. "I didn't expect a master alchemist to be so cruel as to ask Keely to organize the warehouse. And I didn't expect Keely to be so stubborn as to agree. "
Kanter frowned when talking about "organizing the Ingredient Warehouse". It was obvious how terrifying the place was.
Angor never went to Ingredient Warehouse No.1, but he heard about it before. It was a place that all alchemists in Ashillia Academy would avoid.
Although Ingredient Warehouse No.1 was filled with Fragrance Alchemy's raw materials, the Fragrance Alchemy's raw materials were just as good.
Students of Ashillia Academy had a nickname for "Ingredient Warehouse No.1".
It was called Migon Pit.
(End of Chapter)
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