dmims Chapter 96 "Russel's Notebook"
Chapter 96 "Russel's Notebook"
Chapter 96 "Russel's Notebook"
After listening to Altair's advice, Audrey nodded repeatedly, but still couldn't help her curiosity and tentatively asked, "If... um... I mean if, if I want to become an Extraordinary, how should I obtain the correct potion recipe, or rather, what kind of person has the correct potion recipe?"
"Families with long histories, various organizations, or wild extraordinary individuals, such as: the Loen royal family, the Augustus family, the Fussac Empire, the Einhorn family, the major orthodox churches, secret organizations, ————," Altair casually remarked.
After saying that, he added, "Of course, I don't recommend that you make and take the potion immediately after obtaining the potion recipe."
"Legend has it that there are 22 correct paths to becoming an Extraordinary being, which are also known by Extraordinary beings as the 22 Divine Paths." The corresponding potion recipes are, of course, 22 in total.
"And the abilities gained from taking the potion vary depending on the path taken by the person."
"However, potions, potions—don't forget the word 'potion' at the beginning. Different potions possess different forms of mental pollution," constantly influencing people's emotions, values, and behavioral norms.
"22, that's so many." Audrey couldn't help but exclaim in amazement when she heard that there were so many extraordinary paths.
After marveling at this, she asked, "Sister Altair, I remember my father once said that the Sheffield family has a history of nearly seven hundred years, and since you know so much, your family must have the correct recipe, right?"
"We're such good friends, could I possibly buy the recipe from you?"
Altair silently shook his head, which was a response to Audrey's expectations.
But to avoid arousing Audrey's suspicions, she added, "You're absolutely right, the Sheffield family does indeed possess the potion recipe."
"But my family only has two relatively complete extraordinary paths: one is the hunter path, which has potion recipes from Sequence 9 to Sequence 4, and the other is the warrior path, which has potion recipes from Sequence 9 to Sequence 5. The others are incomplete lawyers, arbitrators, generalists, voyeurs, criminals, and prisoners."
"It's not that I don't want to give you these formulas, but none of them are suitable for you. With the Hunter path, once you advance to Sequence Four, you'll become male. As for the Warrior path, don't forget you're a noble; you can't become a qualified warrior. And the other incomplete paths aren't quite right either."
"I myself wouldn't want to choose these paths, let alone you."
"My personal suggestion to you is to acquire the potion recipes for audiences, readers, singers, monsters, sleepless people, and apothecaries through other channels."
"Among them, the most recommended are the audience and the pharmacist. The audience approach will, as your skills improve, give you ultimate observation and mind-reading abilities."
Mental intervention — "The pharmacist path will give you superb medicine-making abilities. For example, many intractable diseases in today's society can be cured by you. As your sequence level increases, you will continuously gain animal taming, increased charm, and a minimum lifespan of 300 years — but this path also has very obvious side effects. The vampires that people talk about are outstanding representatives of this path."
After a moment of silence, Audrey still chose the spectator route, even after Altair had lavishly praised the abilities of the apothecary route, it didn't change her mind. Perhaps this was destiny; even with a better option, one couldn't change what was destined.
After this casual conversation, Audrey also looked at the other items in the Sheffield family's collection, such as a tattered Russell's notebook. Regarding this book, Altair explained, "This is a collection from an ancestor of the Sheffield family, and we, his descendants, all believe that this ancestor's contribution to Sheffield is second only to the founding father's contributions."
"It is thanks to the contributions of this ancestor that I, as the heir to the Sheffield family, have the opportunity to lead this family to even greater heights once again."
After watching Audrey leave, Altair returned to the villa. As soon as he entered, Vivian said with dissatisfaction, "She's Audrey Hall? Backlund's most dazzling jewel? I don't think she's anything special."
Sensing Vivian's jealousy, Altair stepped forward to comfort her, saying, "Of course, who is as beautiful and charming as my Vivian?"
As he got closer, he added in her ear, "Most importantly, she can play any role I want, and I also love the chirping sounds she makes when she sings."
Vivian blushed instantly at these words, lightly patted Altair, and rolled her eyes, saying, "You're shameless."
Altair then grabbed Vivian's wrist and pulled her into his arms, saying, "Don't worry, Audrey and I have nothing going on; we're just normal friends."
"Hmm... there might be a thought that's wanting a younger sister like that." After saying this, Altair lowered his head to smell Vivian's hair and added, "According to seniority, you're still her... um... sister-in-law."
After leaving Altair's embrace, Vivian said, "Actually, I don't mind that you have other lovers. Don't forget I'm from Intis, where the social atmosphere is more open than in Ruen."
"In our area, people from all walks of life, once they have spare money, will more or less have extramarital affairs, keep mistresses, or even worse, have two wives."
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"Rune, on the other hand, was quite conservative and only dared to keep mistresses outside the home."
"I don't need you to remain chaste. As long as you don't see other men and can guarantee that my place in your heart will never change, you can bring your mistress to me. As long as she behaves, I can tolerate keeping her. But please remember that I will inspect her personally."
Vivian's words had a great impact on Altair, who came from the modern world, both in terms of modern thinking and her understanding of Vivian.
Although Altair never mentioned Freya's situation, she knew perfectly well that Freya was most likely dead, otherwise why would she have disappeared without a trace?
Altair smiled wryly at Vivian and said, "Don't joke around, I don't think this joke is funny."
Vivian, who started the trouble, responded firmly, "I'm not joking, I'm serious."
"Hmm... You're worried about Freya's situation happening again, aren't you? Don't worry, my punishment for her was simply that she couldn't distinguish between the two kings; I didn't kill her."
"At first, I just sent her to a professional institution for education, and she can come back after a while."
"And don't forget the influence of the Witch Path on your own mindset. Do you have a way to maintain your masculine mindset indefinitely?"