I really just want to hang out in the magic world.

"Have you ever had any conflicts with students from other dormitories?"

"Ah? How did you know?" Ruan Xiaozhe was a little surprised.

"You are not the first freshman here, and you won't be the last. This kind of thing is natural to guess." Lei Bu took a puff of cigarette and said in a pleasant tone.

"Let me guess. The opponent is a student of the White Tiger Tower, right?"

"Yes, you're right."

From Lei Bu's words, Ruan Xiaozhe understood that the Azure Dragon Tower and the White Tiger Tower had always been at odds.

"It's natural that the relationship is not good. On one side is the imperial noble family, and on the other side is the knight family. They are young and energetic, so conflicts are inevitable."

"It's ridiculous, fighting for nothing over something like this. I'm busy enough with my magic studies."

Ruan Xiaozhe's words made Lei Bu nodded.

Ruan Xiaozhe was right, this was indeed an extremely stupid behavior.

But young people are prone to making mistakes.

"But you do have some vision. Yes, unnecessary fighting is meaningless. You should spend more time practicing magic."

"Yes."

"With a freshman like you this year, there may be fewer conflicts. Even if the guys from the White Tiger Tower pick a fight, just ignore them."

"Uh, I've already called."

"..."

Lei Bu put down the pipe in his mouth and looked at Ruan Xiaozhe in astonishment.

"Didn't you say you didn't want to fight for unnecessary reasons?"

"They started the trouble first, what can I do?" Ruan Xiaozhe defended himself aggrievedly.

Lei Bu nodded. Indeed, sometimes there was nothing you could do about being provoked first.

"It seems that the guys in this year's White Tiger Tower are very wild. They usually don't start a fight in the first week. How did you start fighting?"

"Because I went to sword fighting class, they picked on me."

"..."

pat-

Lei Bu dropped his pipe once again, which was ridiculous.

"They are such annoying guys." Ruan Xiaozhe said indignantly.

"It's obviously you who is abnormal!" Lei Bu was speechless.

"With so many courses to choose from, why did you choose to take sword fighting?"

Now he understood why the people from the White Tiger Tower were looking for trouble.

"And you actually escaped? Even though those guys in the White Tiger Tower learned magic late, they are very good at fighting."

"Yes, three people surrounded me and I had a hard time defeating them."

"..."

Lei Bu quietly put his pipe aside. It seemed that he couldn't smoke it today.

"You defeated them?"

"Yeah, it was quite strenuous, but I was lucky."

"...Let's stop here today. I'll go get you something to eat."

"Is it really possible?"

"No problem at all."

Lei Bu decided to be nicer to Ruan Xiaozhe. After all, he might become the strongest swordsman in the empire and come back to settle accounts with him in the future.

……

The vegetables grown in Lei Bu's cottage seemed to be bathed in the essence of nature, and each one was big and fresh.

The professor washed the potatoes, onions and carrots with water, peeled them and cut them into large pieces.

Then he threw a stick of butter into the pan and sautéed onions and garlic.

"Bring the hanging piece of meat here," the professor ordered.

"That was the meat that Yunel and I gave you last time." Ruan Xiaozhe said.

"...Aren't you going to eat?"

"Okay, I'll get it." After hearing this, Ruan Xiaozhe hurriedly took the hanging bacon.

Lei Bu put the meat into the pot, stir-fried it for a while and then poured in a large amount of wine. The rich aroma of wine filled the air.

Then put in potatoes, carrots and onions in turn, Lei Bu added salt to season while saying:

"This is our family stew. As long as we have this, we don't need any other dishes. Just pair it with freshly baked hot bread."

Lei Bu said confidently.

That stew does look delicious.

……

Ruan Xiaozhe, who hadn't had hot soup for a few days, felt his stomach warm up after taking a sip of the stew made by the dwarf professor.

Inside the room, the sound of wooden spoons scraping against wooden bowls and the sounds of people eating stew mixed together.

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

"Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious." Ruan Xiaozhe, an experienced graduate student in his previous life, replied immediately.

Although Lei Bu didn't say anything, it could be seen that he looked very satisfied and was in a very good mood.

"By the way, before I came, were you managing all these by yourself?" Ruan Xiaozhe asked curiously.

"Yes."

"Is there no one else to help?"

"Ahem, they are all too lazy and useless, so they all ran away."

"..."

Ruan Xiaozhe suddenly felt that he had been cheated, but since things had come to this point, there was no point in regretting.

"It seems... quite troublesome."

"Trouble? Becoming an alchemist is nothing, it's just basic skills!"

Sweep the dust in the house, tidy up the stove, check the materials, manage the vegetable garden, check the fish cages by the river and the small traps on the road, although these things should not be basic skills...

"It's a bit strange to list them out. Why didn't I feel how difficult it was?" Ruan Xiaozhe felt helpless about his awareness of the current labor situation.

I've been working under a professor for so long that I've become numb.

"There's still a lot of space left in the vegetable garden. Can I grow something?"

"Oh, of course..." Lei Bu exclaimed.

What Ruan Xiaozhe didn't know was that Lei Bu was secretly admiring him in his heart: "He is indeed a natural alchemist."

Faced with so many chores, he not only did not back down, but also wanted to find things to do for himself. This mentality is very rare!

“What do you want to grow?”

"I plan to grow some cabbage and green onions."

"Both of these are good." Lei Bu nodded, and suddenly stopped.

"…You don't want to sell it, do you?"

"Ah? How did you know? Have any students done this before?"

"..."

"You're the first one, boy!"