Chapter 7
Legal Approach
Chapter 7 Legal Approach
Hobert frowned; he hadn't expected that "King's" guess would be confirmed so quickly.
"You don't seem shocked?" Christine smiled.
"Yes," Hobart "confessed," "I was very interested in the occult when I was in high school."
"About a month ago, I suddenly felt an indescribable sense of madness within my body, and it got worse and worse. It was very much like a curse described in the occult."
He paused for a moment, then said, "I'm quite surprised to hear you say that. Does this mean that some occult knowledge might not be just legend or unfounded speculation, but actually exists?"
Christine said seriously, "That's right, behind the appearance of the whole world, there really is an extraordinary world."
He said, "We need to have a heart-to-heart talk. Where should we begin? Well, let's start with your biological father."
"I should have told you before that your biological father is my best friend. He is an extraordinary person who has reached a level that many people cannot reach."
"He is also the most likely person to end the curse in your family's bloodline."
Christine said sadly, "Unfortunately, he still failed."
family?
Hobart gleaned a crucial piece of information: he had never previously associated himself with any family, after all, he had never met any of his blood relatives. Could it be that he was the only one left in the family?
In addition, it is unknown whether his family is an extraordinary family.
Christine continued, "I fought alongside your father, Rex, in West Baron. We talked about everything back then. He told me about the curse in your family's bloodline, and he also told me that he didn't intend to continue this cursed bloodline."
"But later he met your mother, and the two of them were very much in love. It was through your mother's insistence, or perhaps it was fate, that you were born."
"Generally speaking, the curse in your bloodline is awakened on your 12th birthday, but your mother sealed it for you, buying you ten years."
"She hopes you have a carefree childhood, the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of life, the opportunity to fall in love and kiss with girls your own age, and not to always have a stern face like your father."
"So when she left, she made me swear that I would tell you part of the truth once the curse was awakened."
Hobert felt a surge of intense joy and sorrow welling up inside him. He knew that it wasn't his mother, and there wasn't even a trace of his mother in the original owner's memories, but he was still deeply moved by the mother's love.
"Time flies," Christine remarked. "That was twenty years ago."
He continued, "When you were born, Rex's condition was already very bad. In the last moments of his life, he was still worried about how you would fight against the curse in your blood."
"He wants you to choose for yourself. One path is to remain an ordinary person, but you will be in a state of semi-madness. However, your biological father has left you enough property, and I will send you to a manor in the suburbs and help you select loyal servants."
"Rex made a deal with the Life School before he died: after you turn forty-five, you will be lucky enough to gradually wake up from your semi-mad state and enjoy the rest of your life as an ordinary person."
"There is another path: become an Extraordinary. Once you become a Sequence 9 Extraordinary, your madness will be greatly reduced."
"But Rex made me remind you that, firstly, you can only choose potions for the Lawyer path, because when your family's curse is awakened, it will make you a half-Sequence 9 in the Lawyer path; secondly, when you become an Extraordinary or advance for half a year, the madness will gradually intensify again."
"At that time, potions will be like opium to you. Regardless of whether you have digested the potions before, you will be eager to advance."
"Or you can choose not to be promoted and fight against the endless madness, but this will also make your emotions very unstable, and most of your family members died in the process of losing control."
Christine said, "You can think about it first; there's no need to rush to give me an answer."
"Oh, right, I should remind you that I only have the Lawyer's Path Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 potion recipes here."
Hobert was taken aback: "My father didn't leave behind any potion recipes for higher orders?"
"No, this is a test Rex is giving you," Christine said. "Or perhaps your father would prefer you to be an ordinary person."
Hobert's lips twitched. Everyone else is a troublemaker, but the original owner's father was a professional troublemaker for his son!
Then he realized that his code name in the Tarot Club was "The Emperor," and the true god of the lawyer's path seemed to be the Black Emperor. Was this a coincidence?
Haha, this is an extraordinary world, how could there be such a coincidence?
After a moment's thought, Hobart said, "Actually, there's no need to consider it. I can't possibly waste the best years of my life in a state of madness."
Of course, it's also because the dear "Mr. Fool" will get the Black Emperor card, the "Blasphemy Card," in six months. By trading with the Fool, he can obtain the potion recipe for the future.
Christine said, "I still advise you to think about it. There are many people in this world who didn't make the most of their prime, and they still live very well."
Hobert shook his head: "I still prefer to take my destiny into my own hands rather than leave it to 'enough luck.' Father, please give me a Sequence 9 potion. I will continue the family business, and the day I become strong enough, I will be able to remove the curse from my bloodline."
Christine laughed heartily: "Rex would be very pleased to see this."
He said, "I respect your choice."
As he spoke, he took a piece of parchment from the drawer, got up, and went to the square cabinet in front of the bookshelf.
Open the cabinet door, and you'll find a set of beakers and many extraordinary materials in small bottles or jars.
Christine placed the parchment on the cabinet, took out a beaker, and began to prepare the potion.
He didn't ask Hobart to step aside, so Hobart went up and glanced at the contents of the parchment. Just as Hobart had guessed, it was the "Lawyer's" potion recipe.
Main ingredients: the eye of a Fear Worm, a fruit of a Flash Tree.
Additional ingredients: one black iris flower, six monkey face orchid leaves, 8 grams of black heart grass juice, and 120 grams of white wine.
After seeing the recipe, Hobart was taken aback, not expecting that the potion recipe would also require wine.
His thoughts wandered, and he thought: It seems that people who are allergic to alcohol cannot be "lawyers".
He was both excited and apprehensive at the moment, so he used his wild thoughts as a way to vent.
Christine first added the auxiliary materials to the beaker, then used tweezers to place a black eyeball that was clearly lifeless but still instilled fear into the beaker, and finally a fruit that looked like a peeled walnut.
After adding all the ingredients to the beaker, without stirring, all the extraordinary ingredients melted instantly. After a small amount of black, psychedelic mist appeared in the beaker, the dark black liquid potion was ready.
Christine pushed it towards Hobart: "This is the Sequence 9 'Lawyer' potion."
Thank you to [Yu Zhe] for the 100-point reward.
(End of this chapter)