Chapter 643 - Exposed (8)

"This will take time to build. We have to build a new mansion for it," Luke calculated.

"You're actually building a waterpark for her?" Charles was stunned.

"It's better than granting her access to the entertainment devices," Alex agreed with Luke.

"Really? You'll really build one for me?" I started to get excited.

"I'll work harder in synthesizing everything together!" I ran to the time-space room.

Micah continued to comfort the headmaster for her efforts in trying to teach me. Since I had passed the trial, she returned to the fairy world, her last words being she had more research to do. Although guilt filled my heart, there wasn't anything I could do about my poor skills. I waited for Micah to give me more instructions.

"You need to start pulling the elixirs out to store them in your own storage rooms. These will disappear soon inside your inventory. I'm going to continue teaching you so we will be in a better situation when you're forced to synthesize the ingredients together again," Micah opened the door.

Alex had given Micah full control over the mansion, including the map. I was led to various storage rooms, filling each of them with elixirs to the point I had trouble closing the door. Thankfully, Micah did most of the work, giving him the control over my inventory. Once the reward period passed, I could transfer the elixirs back into my inventory again. Micah was impressed with the human technology, exploring the features to implement in his own world.

"Are a trillion elixirs enough?" I left the last storage room.

"With your skills, it's not enough. I can store some of them inside your bracelet and I can take the rest to give to you once you run out," Micah started to mutter a spell.

Once we were done handling the elixirs, it was time to properly store the herbs. Micah wanted to check the progress of how the collection was going. I had forgotten both Ethan and Charles were with us, not giving Luke and Alex a warning. Micah frowned when he found the speed to be lacking, "this isn't enough."

"Take out everything you have in your inventories," he commanded them.

"Is he your other guest?" Charles wondered.

"Just take everything out," Alex was unwilling to reveal anything.

Once all the herbs were taken out, Micah sighed, "you will have to work harder. At most, these will last for a few days."

"You're not human," Ethan noticed, studying Micah.

"Keep on working. With Rika's skills, I need you to gather at least triple the total number on the ground within the next thirty minutes," Micah didn't answer him.

"Micah is my instructor in synthesizing the ingredients together," I introduced him to the others.

"I'm afraid this will be difficult to meet," Luke struggled to reach Micah's demands.

"I can teach you the collection method. Did Rika not teach you?" He wondered.

"I tried to teach them, but they said they already knew how to do it," I defended myself.

"Do it in front of them, and I'll explain the steps again," Micah wanted to check my understanding.

Micah grimaced while watching my slow pace, lowering his expectations for me. Since he wasn't saying anything, I knew I was doing it correctly. Micah hopelessly turned to them, "this method is supposed to be faster. However, it requires more concentration and precision. Follow me and ask me any questions if you don't understand."

I watched Micah getting touched from watching the results of his new students. Unlike me, Luke and Alex managed to empty the entire section within a few minutes. Meanwhile, Charles and Ethan took around ten minutes, quickly moving onto the other sections. I wondered why we couldn't reveal Micah to them earlier, knowing less herbs would be wasted. I couldn't face Micah anymore, wishing I could resemble his new students.

"You two are the best students I had in centuries. I'll purchase similar items for you while you continue to work," Micah favoured Luke and Alex.

"May I also get an item?" Ethan wanted to be included.

"I only do this for the children I have an agreement with," Micah revealed.

"And your skills are not as lacking as Rika. You can improve if you practice. Rika needs these items to do the very basic steps to even start the practice," he seemed drained.

After setting a couple of new targets, Micah left us to return to the fairy world. This made both Charles and Ethan confirm Micah was a fairy, watching the portal slowly disappear. My role was to transfer the herbs they gathered into my inventory, bȧrėly contributing to the team. Days quickly passed as everyone was forced to collect the herbs, only taking breaks for mealtimes. I was surprised by Micah's cruelty, pressuring them to stay up during the nights since we were running out of time.

"Won't one of them faint at this rate?" I turned to Micah.

"You can give them this elixir and they'll regain their strength again," Micah showed me.

"Fairies are slave drivers," Charles complained.

"Just continue picking," Ethan gave up on talking.

"This is the last day," Luke tried to comfort them.

"I'm never coming to your place again," Charles grumbled to Alex.

"We told you we would give you some herbs and elixirs in exchange," Alex was sick of hearing his complaints.