Chapter 5: The Poison Master

  One blow after another made Count Raymond extremely disappointed in his son. And after disappointment, he worked even harder.

  Don't misunderstand, he no longer has the heart to spend his mind on such a talentless idiot son. The Earl put the direction of "effort" on his beautiful Countess wife.

  Since this son is already a waste, he is destined to have no ability to inherit his own family and cannot make the family prosperous. So... I have to work hard to give birth to another son!

  The Earl's continuous sowing and cultivation on the Countess for a month finally took effect. Soon, the Countess became pregnant again, and in the winter of the second year, Count Raymond got his second son as he wished.

  While everyone in the Earl's mansion was celebrating this joyful event, Du Wei remained in his own room, diligently studying the "Magic Medicine" books he had finally collected.

  Thank goodness, that last sentence of Clark's did the trick. The Earl, thinking "what could be worse", let his idiot son study potion-making anyway.

  For nearly several months, the Earl did not have the heart to come and see this son who thoroughly disappointed him. Even the Countess, who was originally affectionate towards Du Wei, had to reduce the number of times she came to visit her son due to pregnancy and childbirth.

  The day after his mother gave birth to a younger brother, Du Wei was led by the servant to the earl's room, where he saw his weak mother and his own brother.

  It's clear that the Earl is very satisfied. This newborn son, like the traditional Rollin family, has a loud and powerful cry, and although he is just born, it can be seen that he will definitely be very robust in the future.

  The Earl of Raymond didn't even have the interest to take a look at this waste son, after a courtesy greeting, he waved his hand and let him retreat. Although the countess lying in bed had some mercy in her heart, the cry of the newborn baby just drew her attention away.

  Du Wei quietly retreated, behind him was the Earl's satisfied laughter, and the baby's wailing. Although his heart had already become numb, Du Wei still couldn't help but feel a hint of loss.

  He reminded himself in his heart: Don't think nonsense. You are not a person of this world, he is not your father... and she... she is not either...

  Thinking of that stormy night, this beautiful woman had knelt in front of the goddess statue for a whole night for herself, Du Wei felt a tinge of bitterness and shook his head vigorously.

  Striving to eliminate distractions in his mind, Du Wei could only shift all his attention to studying.

  It is undeniable that Duvie still has a great interest in the magic of this world. Although Clark, the mage, had determined that he had no talent, Duvie was still holding onto a glimmer of hope. And naturally, the Earl's mansion had a considerable number of books, many of which were about magic.

  After many books, Du Wei had to admit that the words of Master Clark were true, he indeed did not have the talent to become a magician. Because even if he sat for a whole day and night, he couldn't feel any fluctuations in the magical elements. And once, he even fell asleep unknowingly.

  Afterwards, Du Wei, who was determined to reach the Yellow River, shifted his focus to the "Magic Potion Studies" mentioned by Clark.

  Because, it seems that magical medicine is also a kind of magic. Moreover, the magicians who make magical medicines are barely considered to be a kind of magician. Although Du Wei asked the servants in the mansion and only then did he know what kind of status this so-called "kind of magician" has in people's hearts in this world!

  In this world, although people verbally say that a potion master is also a type of magician, and even the Magical Association has explicitly stated this in black and white. However, in reality, what people are actually thinking is "Is this really a magician?"

  Potion-making, as the name suggests, is the study of various magical potions' configurations.

  While listening to this, Du Wei also made a very apt analogy in his heart: if he compared the medical industry in that world of his previous life. Then, true magicians are equivalent to doctors of various departments in hospitals! And alchemists... at most, they can only be considered as nurses who assist doctors. Although they all work in hospitals, the status and income of nurses are far inferior to those of real doctors.

  But after careful study, Du Wei became very interested in this magical medicine!

  To him, this is a very fresh field.

  For example... how to use the eyeballs of a poisonous frog, add some purple wormwood, and configure it into something that can make people temporarily lose their speaking ability and become mute. Or, for example, how to use the saliva of a sword dragon, add some three-leaf grass and the liver of a certain species of fish, and grind out a powder that can petrify people!

  For example, a substance extracted from a kind of pyrophyllite and dried into powder can cause instant combustion when sprinkled anywhere!

  However, the names of animals and plants mentioned above, especially those like "jumping frog", "sword scale dragon", "Kek three-scale fish" and "fire scale grass", nine out of ten are things that Du Wei has never heard of.

  What's it like?

  This is just like another world's chemical system!

  Du Wei never thought that magic could be interpreted in this way!

  A drug that can make you mute, a drug that can petrify people, a drug that can cause combustion... Isn't it interesting?

  The profession of a poisoner, in Du Wei's heart, was actually more like that of a doctor. Only, doctors saved people, while poisoners were better at manufacturing poisonous medicines to harm people.

  Du Wei did not know that his idea coincided with the evaluation of this world's people on magic medicine practitioners: poisoners.

  Days are passing day by day. Du Wei is still obsessed with this magical potion study. However, his knowledge can only stay on the theoretical papers. After all, many of the rare and bizarre raw materials mentioned in the magical potion studies are not even available in the Rolin Family's Earl Manor, which is known for its wealth and nobility.

  Only those true magicians' study rooms would have these materials. And in the field of magic, pharmacists are usually also serving as assistants and helpers for those true magicians.

  And besides, a child as young as he is, even if he's the son of an earl, no one would dare provide him with those dangerous magical materials!

  Six years have passed unknowingly. In these six years, Du Wei's younger brother has grown up vigorously. This child named "Gabri" is more like a typical heir of the Rowling family compared to the idiotic Du Wei.

  This young Duke's younger brother had been healthy and lively since childhood. At the age of six, he had already begun training under the Captain of the Guard, Alfa Swordsman. It was said that the Captain of the Guard had a high opinion of this Earl's second son. Almost everyone in the manor considered him to be the future hope of the Roline family! The Earl himself seemed to have poured all his care into his second son, and he had even decided to wait another two years, when Gabriele was eight years old, before formally passing on the Roline family's traditional martial arts techniques.

  People's admiration, the praise of the captain of the guard, the concern of his father, and even a tutor who was invited to teach him thought that this second son of the earl had great talent. It is even said that the Earl has decided to arrange a marriage for his six-year-old son with a prominent family in the capital for the sake of the family's future.

  But apart from this, Du Wei, the eldest son of the family, was forgotten in the corner.

  The Earl could hardly see his eldest son even once a month. Only the Countess, however, would often sneak in to visit her son, and on some nights, she would come to Duvy's room barefoot and in her nightgown, hold her poor child in her arms, sing lullabies to him, and coax him to sleep.

  It was only at such times that Duvic's heart would soften. Sometimes, he had to pretend to sleep in order to escape these moments that made him want to cry, and often the Countess's tears and sighs accompanied him into slumber.

  Finally, when Duwei was thirteen and Gabriele was seven, news arrived. It was also the final decision made by Earl-sama!

  Starting next year, he began to personally teach Gabriele martial arts and pass on the family's secret skills of the Rolin family. At the same time, Count Raymond also made an engagement agreement with the Imperial Minister of Finance, and the two families' allies in politics further cooperated through this marriage, while Gabriele's future wife would be the granddaughter (currently 9 years old) of the current Imperial Minister of Finance!

  Actually, there are also rumors that this marriage was decided a long time ago! Even before Gabriele was born! However, the one who was originally supposed to marry the daughter of the Minister of Finance was Du Wei! Only now, Du Wei is already considered an untalented fool, so the person responsible for the alliance between the two families has become his younger brother, the genius Gabriele!

  As for Du Wei...

  He left the imperial capital on a dark and windy night by horse-drawn carriage. His destination was the territory of the Lorain family in the province of Cort, southern empire! The external announcement was "The 13-year-old young master Duwei, who is about to come of age, will go to the family's territory to manage the family's property".

  But in fact, Du Wei understood: he had been sent away.

  Managing the family estate? That's just a joke. Everyone knows that the family's important business is in the Imperial Capital! In the political center of this empire! And those industries on the family's territory... Those farmlands? Those farmers? And those taxes? These only need to send a few stewards to take care of them!

  But in fact, what Du Wei got was the exact message that he would probably leave the Earl's residence from now on and move to his family's ancestral home in a rural area of Cot Province in the south! And... without the summons of the Earl, he would never be able to return to the Imperial Capital again!

  Everyone understands that the title of "Rolin Family Successor" has been transferred from Du Wei's head to his seven-year-old genius younger brother.

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