CH 99

On the first day that Ice Cream entered the castle, Xia Zuoyi received a letter from Grand Duke Orville asking him if he had any intention to write a new story after the end of the “Story of the Gods” series?

Finally, the Archduke wrote at the end of his letter—I got a cub of the snow wolf king.

Orville has a little wolf, too?

Xia Zuoyi thought for a while and replied to the letter—I have been busy researching new alchemy recently, so I probably don’t have time to create a new story. Maybe I will write later…

Finally: Congratulations, Grand Duke. Wolves are loyal animals. Please treat it kindly.

Xia Zuoyi paused while holding the nib of the pen.

He thought that with the degree of the Grand Duke’s love of plushness, he would definitely love the little wolf very much and provide it with the best living environment. There’s no need to worry at all.

So, he wrote again—I have no doubts about your love for animals. It will be free and happy around you.

It’s also worth mentioning that recently I also have a pure white wolf.     

He’s very handsome and proud. It was hard to finally let him get close to me. When he first came, he tamed a pack of wolves in the mountains…

I named him Ice Cream. It’s a nice name, right?

What’s even more gratifying is that there are two cubs with the white wolf. They are also very cute. There’s a very naughty dog ​​named Eggy.

And a well-behaved white fox. I call him Rice Cake…

Every day in the castle is lively and noisy. The days of raising cubs again remind me of Brown Sugar’s childhood. Oh, he has grown up, which makes me feel proud.

I love my plushies.

You must be too.

I think we have a common topic. We can discuss the experience of raising wolves in the future.

Your dear ally—Desinia.

…

He wrote so many words without knowing it.

Xia Zuoyi put down the pen and turned his wrist. He waited for the ink to dry before putting it in the envelope for Green Dumpling to send away.

After a while, he folded the letter, stuffed it into the envelope, and sealed it with red wax…

After Green Dumpling spread his wings and flew away, Xia Zuoyi leaned down by the window and looked out of the castle—

It’s summer, and the whole forest of Pal Mountain is bustling.

Flocks of waterfowls flew to and inhabited Lake Pal. The lake extended to the grassland valley in the distance, where there were horses strolling leisurely…

Nearby, the rose garden is in full bloom and full of flowers. There are also herbal planting areas, vegetable gardens, and breeding grounds around the castle…

Xia Zuoyi looked down at the servants coming in and out of the castle.

At this time, two rowdy cubs suddenly ran out of the gate of the castle. They were like two plush dumplings rolling all the way to the grass by the lake, looking too round and cute.

The white fox, Rice Cake, pressed on Eggy’s body and gnawed at the other’s fleshy ears.

Eggy waved his four claws to counterattack. His tender little teeth squeaked towards Rice Cake’s big tail, and they rolled together while playing.

The two dumplings’ fur was stained with a lot of green grass clippings.

And behind the two cubs, Ice Cream and Brown Sugar walked out one after the other.

Xia Zuoyi couldn’t help holding his face and chuckling. He laid on the window and looked hard. Oh, is it Brown Sugar today?

Below, the white wolf and the black panther separated into two directions.

Brown Sugar is obviously no longer interested in cub games.

After a faint glance, he jumped onto the boat that was staying by the lake, lay down on the bow, and startled a group of waterfowls that stopped on the boat first.

Ice Cream walked in the direction where the cubs were playing.

Brown Sugar’s long tail hangs down along the bow of the boat. The end is slightly upturned and occasionally brushes over the grass growing by the side of the boat, looking leisurely and comfortable.

He rested his head on his overlapping forelimbs, his golden eyes staring silently at the lively lake for a while. Then, he turned to look at the two cubs that were still rolling together.

The two cubs, one whining and gnawing at the other’s fleshy ears, and the other groaning and biting the other’s big tail, with the meaning of “you release me first”.

The white wolf circled the cubs that were almost fused together, then walked over and patted Rice Cake on the head with his paws.

Rice Cake’s dark eyes blinked, then let go what’s in his mouth obediently, and made a childish sound, “Woo~”

The other cub, however, didn’t let go, just like a crook.

Rice Cake moved his tail aggrievedly.

So, the white wolf lowered his head and bit the back of Eggy’s neck and lifted him up, forcing the cub to loosen his mouth—Eggy obediently curled up his chubby limbs, his ears drooped and groaned a few times to beg for mercy.

At this time, the howl of wolves resounded in the distant forest and mountains.

Ice Cream put down Eggy and looked up at the forest.

Immediately afterward, he lowered his head and pushed the cub’s round little buttocks with his paws, pushing the two cubs to the direction of the black panther, and then ran into the forest.

Ice Cream is still the leader of a wolf pack and has his own responsibilities and missions in the pack.

In Xia Zuoyi’s view—it’s like going to work. Ice Cream will go out of the castle every day and come back in the evening.

Of course, “overtime” also happens from time to time.

—It was only in the early morning of the next day that the figure of the white wolf would be seen slowly walking out of the forest.

Xia Zuoyi could clearly see that when the two cubs stumbled in Brown Sugar’s direction, his long tail froze.

Then, helplessly, he stood up from the bow, picked up the cubs one by one, and put them into the cabin…

Xia Zuoyi chuckled again before turning away from the window.

It’s time for him to continue his experiment.

…

At the same time.

Orville took the letter from Green Dumpling’s outstretched claw and read it… After a while, he stood still with his light gray eyes wide open, “…”

Pure white wolf?!

Two cute cubs?!

…

Robert had been watching the little wolf cub rolling around in the soft cushions laid in the study—its body was chubby, obviously well fed by the Grand Duke.

At this moment, its four claws were tearing at the soft pad. The outer lining was torn open and turned into strips by the little wolf cub, revealing the fluff stuffed inside.

The fluff plucked from the duck flew around, causing the little wolf cub to sneeze. After two ‘achoo’s, it continued to flutter vigorously.

Robert couldn’t resist the urge to laugh.

But he immediately felt that something was wrong. Why hasn’t the Grand Duke come over yet?!

He turned his head and looked—the Grand Duke was still standing by the window, reading the letter in his hand. The edge of the thin piece of paper was pinched and wrinkled…

Eh?!

Robert involuntarily took a step back.

Why does he feel that the Grand Duke at this time…is in such a bad mood?!

What does the letter say?

**

In the real Middle Ages, a scholar once mentioned that he believed that the essence of the liquor could be completely extracted by distillation.

And he called the liquid that appeared in this distillation “water of life”.

When Xia Zuoyi saw this sentence in the book, he thought of a kind of wine—vodka.

In fact, strictly speaking, vodka is not the only one called the water of life.

In medieval times in Europe, due to the backwardness of various conditions, people generally believed that wine was safer to drink than water.

They usually use wine as a supplemental source of water, believing that warm wine is good for the human body.

For example, people in medieval Europe would add spices to wine, thus the existence of spice wine was born.

Therefore, in the middle ages, basically, most alcoholic beverages can be called water of life.

The early history of vodka is that of distilled wine.

Distilled wine is the most commonly used medicine for medical purposes. It’s used for clinical treatment and saving people, disinfection, blending alcohol, and so on… In addition, it can be drunk with any wine or brew fruit wine…

Vodka is known as the strongest alcohol in the world, with an alcohol content of as high as 96 percent.

This wine can kill a person, like actual death.

—Even if you only drink it from the smallest cup, you will immediately feel numbness in your mouth and dry burning in your throat, as if you are on fire.

And your stomach is like being punched with a fist. It is very painful.

The process of making it is not difficult.

Most of them are brewed with grains as raw materials, then go through the process of saccharification, and then through distillation to distill alcohol liquid with an alcohol content of up to 96%. It will then flow through a container filled with activated carbon to absorb impurities and foreign matters in the wine.

When it comes to the raw materials for brewing vodka, there are actually not many special requirements.

Vodka has a wide diversity in the choice of raw materials… Such as commonly used grains, potatoes, corn, etc.

Therefore, almost all raw materials that can be fermented can be used to brew it.

Its biggest feature is its purity.

Such a simple, convenient, and versatile distilled wine is the first good thing Xia Zuoyi wanted to research.

He had seen a set of data in the system books exchanged for reputation value.

—95% alcohol can be used to wipe UV lamps, 70% to 75% can be used for disinfection, 40% to 50% can be used to prevent bedsores, and 25% to 50% can be used for physical fever reduction.

The most common medical alcohol is around 75 percent.

Vodka, on the other hand, has an alcohol content of 96 percent.

—Vodka can have great mining value, whether it is used medicinally or drunk in many ways.

… 

While Xia Zuoyi was obsessed with research, the news from the outside world was constantly changing—for example, the Saint Airo Empire sent envoys to the Powell Kingdom to shake hands and make peace.

No matter what the two countries are secretly doing, at least temporarily, they have reached a superficial reconciliation.

And a grand event, which has not been held for a long time, will be held in the San Airo Empire this winter.

—This event was initiated by the Alchemist Association, inviting all alchemists and doctors in the western continent to participate in the “Alchemists and Doctors Exchange Meeting”.

The location is in Mocha City, the royal city of the Saint Airo Empire.

In view of the backwardness of information transmission on the western continent, the time required for all alchemists or doctors to prepare for departure, the time to determine the time to take away experimental items, and so on…

The news spread ahead of time.

—There is no invitation letter. You can come as long as you are an alchemist or a doctor.

At this exchange meeting, there will be items to be auctioned, demonstrations of experimental results, etc… If you are talented enough, you will be remembered and become famous… Money, status, and appreciation of the nobles will follow.

No one wants to miss such a great opportunity.

Xia Zuoyi looked through the three letters he received from Segalot, Orville, and Archibald. The contents of the mails mentioned nothing more than this exchange meeting and asked him if he intended to participate.

Of course, he was going to participate. This exchange meeting came just at the right time.

Before winter comes, he can be well prepared.

He instinctively looked at the sea map in the system interface—the conspicuous green dot was happily hovering near a clearly visible continent.

The mosaic of the unknown land has faded, and Sweet Dumpling is no longer advancing. It just means that the fleet led by Samuel has finally found the new world.