108 Ridiculous (1/2)

”Leader Lys, I am William Merlin, the one who consulted you last year when you visited the Merlin Family.” William looked as if he had seen a savior. Regardless of whether he had hit the old man when pushing the door open, he introduced himself with an expression of pleasant surprise.

”Ah, it's you, William. Why are you so flustered…” Seeing that the newcomer was William Merlin, Lys' expression softened and his unhappy feelings disappeared. Over the past decades, Lys had taught several dozen alchemists in the course of his work at the Alchemist Guild. It was hard to avoid being partial to someone as talented as William.

Even if one disregarded his good relationship with the Merlin Family, he could still be considered William's elder. And it wasn't good for elders to bicker with the younger generation. But he couldn't help thinking that last time he met William, the latter had been very steady. How could he be so flustered in Thousand Sails City?

Unfortunately, William didn't know what Lys was thinking. All William could think about was how to make Mafa suffer.

”It's like this, Leader Lys. This Mafa Merlin fellow cheated me of an alchemy formula. I wanted to discuss with him just now and make him compensate me, but I didn't think he would be so unwilling that he would attack me inside the laboratory!”

After saying this, William threw a provocative glance at Lin Yun.

But this glance gave off the feeling of a weak person trying to appear to be strong.

William Merlin could contain his sense of superiority, unlike that idiot, Mason.

William knew that he had been wrong about Mafa being a failure that couldn't become a mage. Mafa was clearly a true, high-level Great Mage whose strength was far above William's.

This was undoubtedly a huge blow to William Merlin.

That realization was even worse than the two slaps on his face.

It turned out that this unknown outer family member was, in fact, a lot stronger than he was. He had been fostered to be an heir to the Merlin Family every since he was a child, and he was at least in the top five of the young generation in terms of strength.

But he hadn't expected that he would be knocked down in one move and then slapped twice in a small place like Thousand Sails City.

William couldn't accept this.

But being a scion of a major family had many advantages. Regardless of whether he accepted it or not, he would be able to come to terms with reality and immediately react.

William's method was very simple. 'Since I'm not as strong as you, I'll drag you down by competing in alchemy. I don't believe that you are as formidable in alchemy as you are in raw power. That's right, I'm going to frame you.'

William was quite confident that this was the correct way to approach the situation.

'I, an esteemed Great Alchemist, am going to frame you in front of a Master Alchemist. What can you do about it? Going to try to explain? Are you as knowledgeable as I am when it comes to alchemy? Are you as close to Leader Lys as me?'

Thus, after complaining to Lys, William threw a provocative look at Lin Yun and then revealed a smile full of confidence.

”Ridiculous!” Sure enough, Leader Lys' expression sank.

At this time, William Merlin was feeling extremely delighted. 'Heard that, Mafa? Leader Lys is already scolding you. The boss of a broken down alchemy shop in Thousand Sails City is being scolded by a Master Alchemist. I want to see how you can stay in Thousand Sails City from now on.'

”It's okay, Leader Lys. You don't have to get angry over such a trivial matter. I'll settle this.” Lin Yun actually had a smile on his face as he said a few comforting sentences to Leader Lys.

William wanted to snort. 'You still think you can get away with this?'

William threw a disdainful smile at Lin Yun, thinking that Mafa was truly too naive. 'After getting an alchemy formula gained from cheating the Merlin Family, do you think you can get away with just a few sentences? Aren't you too naive?'

”This isn't a trivial matter, cheating an alchemy formula!” Lys was someone who would always keep his anger hidden, yet he was showing an extremely ugly expression on his face right now.

”Yes, yes, I know. Cheating an alchemy formula, I'll have a chat with William later.” Lin Yun had a helpless expression. Lin Yun didn't know what he should say concerning this older cousin he had never met before. 'Seems like I need to have a proper chat with this older cousin after Leader Lys leaves.'

William didn't know what Lin Yun was thinking about.

The worse Lys' expression became, the more cheerful William felt.

'Yes, yes, this Mafa Merlin will quickly run out of luck.'

William was carefully keeping his thoughts from showing on his face while he looked at Lys' reaction from the corners of his eyes.

”Do you know what you are talking about?” Lys pointed at William Merlin. ”Do you know how grave the accusation of cheating someone's alchemy formula is?”

William's mood rose as he inwardly repeated that sentence, but once he did, he couldn't help feeling strange.

'Why is Leader Lys pointing at me?'