"Ms. Portia, long time no see." Angel gave a standard greeting greeting.
Portia took out a lace folding fan and opened it slightly. The pattern on the fan was the poker color that is quite popular in Sky Machine City today.
Portia opened the folding fan and covered her lips with a smile: "How long? How do I feel that the last time we met, it seems like it was yesterday."
Angel replied seriously: "Perhaps Ms. Portia studied too seriously and lost track of time?"
Portia smiled softly and did not answer. Instead, she set her sights on Orao next to Angel: "Hey, this tall little brother is your new assistant?"
Angel: "That's right. His name is Orao, and he will be conducting alchemy research with me for a long time to come."
However, Orao is the subject of research.
Portia raised her eyebrows: "So, little brother Orao is someone you think you can trust?"
Both Antonio and Midora actually noticed Orao before, but they did not ask about Orao's identity. On the contrary, Portia asked about Orao immediately. From this, it can be seen that Portia is interested in Orao.
Angel's trust level is not high. She can try to trust Angel because of his status as a member of the R&D Institute, but it is difficult for her to trust other people around Angel.
Antonio and Midora believe in Angel, so they also believe in the Orao brought by Angel.
Close and distant, all at a glance.
Angel didn't care about this. He didn't have much contact with Portia. It was normal for her to be cautious: "Yes, he is someone I trust."
After a pause, Angel continued: "Although Orao looks young, in terms of actual age, he is actually very old."
The implication is that Orao is not a little brother.
However, Portia obviously didn't think so. She smiled sweetly and said: "Age is not important, but the heart is important. His eyes tell me that he still retains innocence and ignorance."
This is not sarcastic.
Orao's actual age is indeed very old, but he spent most of his time in a closed poetry room, and he could not even enter the Mirror Realm. To him, these ten thousand years were more like a dream.
His mental age should be calculated in terms of time tens of thousands of years ago.
After calculation, she is not necessarily older than Portia.
Angel thought for a while, but did not refute, but smiled and said: "Today's theme shouldn't be Orao, right?"
Portia smiled: "Of course not... Since little brother Angel is so impatient, let's get to the point?"
Angel nodded noncommittally and muttered in a low voice: "...Can the suffix after my name be removed?"
Portia closed the folding fan with a smile and nodded gracefully in the direction of the light screen: "No, I will change my tune when your strength surpasses mine."
Angel: "..."
Obviously everyone is an alchemist, so what does it mean to look at their strength? It depends on their technical ability!
Angel complained silently in his heart, but in fact he also understood that even if he really looked at alchemy technology, he probably couldn't compare to Portia in terms of technical breadth.
After all, Portia is a real master of alchemy. Unlike him, when he first joined the R&D Institute, he also relied on the back door of refining semi-mysterious things...
What's more, Portia is also the most talented alchemist in the research and development institute, besides the muse, who was hand-picked by Nail Granny.
In terms of breadth, it is definitely better than Portia.
But when it comes to depth, that’s another story.
However, it is useless to say all this now. Portia did not discuss alchemy techniques with Angel at all, and only suppressed her with her own strength. He really had no way to refute.
Who makes him weaker than Portia? According to the rules of the wizarding world in the Southern Region, he can only passively accept this title.
Angel sighed: "Forget it, whatever."
Seeing Angel slightly deflated, Portia smiled even more happily.
However, this smile did not last long. As Angel took the initiative to talk about Qili, Portia's expression slowly turned calm.
"...That's what happened." Angel briefly told Qili's story again.
Portia smiled lightly and said: "It's similar to what Regina said before...are you very concerned about this Qili?"
Angel just smiled and didn't answer.
He knows this kind of topic very well. Once a "senior" talks to you about women, there is a high probability that the next topic will be emotional topics.
If it were Lai Yin, he would already be thinking about how to marry her.
And for a fun-loving witch like Portia, she most likely just wants to hear gossip.
Once Portia hears three points of gossip, she can tell nine points of gossip at the tea party.
So, it's better to keep your mouth shut and not answer.
He is willing to listen to other people's gossip, but he never wants to be the object of gossip himself.
Portia didn't embarrass Angel. When Angel didn't answer, she changed the topic in a good-natured manner: "I already have some thoughts on how to help Qili get out of the current predicament. However, we will discuss this topic later.
Chat, I want to talk to you about something else."
Angel: "Okay."
He was calm on the surface at this time, but he was silently saying in his heart: What should come, has come.
Portia sent a message to him through Regina, saying that if she wanted to meet him, she must have something to ask him about. Moreover, there was a high probability that she wanted to use Qili's affairs to make some kind of exchange with him.
The recent actions of contacting Portia must be related to the alchemy of life...
Just when Angel was thinking this, Portia whispered: "I want to ask you to help me refine a hat."
"I'm sorry, I haven't..." Angel was about to say that he hadn't found the magic pattern yet. But he stopped mid-sentence.
"Hat?" Angel raised his head in confusion and looked at Portia.
Hey, why is it different from the script he thought of? Isn’t Portia going to ask about the magic pattern of life alchemy?
Portia nodded: "Yes, I want to ask you to help me refine a hat... Why, you seem surprised?"
Angel shook his head quickly: "I'm not surprised, I just didn't expect that Ms. Portia would ask me to refine a hat. As far as I know, Master Matthew and Master Gusiro are both in Sky Mechanical City. If you want to refine a hat, you can actually
Go find them."
"Golden Touch" Matthew and "Moonlight Silver" Gu Xiluo are both members of the Research and Development Institute, and they are both masters of the epigraphy blending school. In terms of alchemy level alone, they are definitely the best in the Southern Region.
.
Although Angel is also a member of the Research and Development Institute, it is definitely impossible to say that his alchemy level must be higher than that of Matthew and Gusiro.
This is also the current consensus of the entire alchemy circle.
How old is Angel? How old are Matthew and Gusillo? Just in terms of accumulation of knowledge, Angel is definitely not as good as the latter two.
Therefore, Angel was very confused about Portia coming to him to make alchemy. Is there some unknown gap between Portia and Matthew and Gusillo?
Portia: "Of course I have to consider who I choose to refine it with."
The implication is that she considered Matthew and Gu Xiluo, but finally chose Angel.
Angel frowned and asked, "Can you tell me the reason? Why do you want me to refine it?"
The reason why he wanted to know the reason was because he wanted to know what Portia valued? Portia must have had a certain tendency when she came to him to refine it, and what could this tendency be?
Moreover, let alone Portia, even if other close friends asked him to refine items, he would still ask why.
This is a basic matter of principle.
Portia: "Yes, but the answer I give you may be ridiculous."
"Absurd?" Angel: "That is, false?"
Portia shook her head: "No, this is the real reason, but it may sound ridiculous."
Angel did not interrupt, but looked at Portia quietly, waiting for her words.
Portia held a folding fan, nodded her eyebrows, and seemed to be sorting out her words. After a while, she said: "The hat I asked you to help refine was not for me, but for another person. This
You should have seen her before, her name is... Dong Liz."
Liz Angel was stunned for a moment, and a girl wearing a big hat flashed in her mind.
Angel did meet Dong Lizi, and he also talked to her. To be precise, it was Dong Lizi who took the initiative to find Angel.
At that time, it was the Rising Stars competition stage.
As a referee, Angel does not go to every game. When he is not a referee, he occasionally chooses a few games to watch.
To be continued...