Annan's mood is a bit complicated.

Whether Evelyn gave up the ceremony or completed the ceremony.

It's nothing more than the difference, that is, the body leaves Benjamin, or the mind leaves Benjamin...

Benjamin would enter the Black Tower of Zedi, choose to become a transformation wizard, and recruit a large number of apprentices to sell transformation products - is it because of Evelyn's death that made him think that this was because he did not get the ointment back then?

...It seems reasonable.

According to Salvatore, a large number of civilian conversion products have only begun to appear in the Kingdom of Noah in the past decade.

The "meat thread" that can suture the trauma, the "witch's ointment" that cures burns, and the "panacea" that can relieve injuries caused by unknown reasons... and the price is dozens of times lower due to the improvement of the synthesis method. At the same time, there are glasses, artificial gems, high-quality gauze and sails made using conversion technology.

The most famous and representative of these is that the "green fire" that has now entered the Noah Kingdom, which has almost completely replaced the candle.

——And the methods of improving the panacea, witch ointment and green fire were all from Benjamin. He was also respected as "Master Benjamin" because of this.

The improvement ideas of these transformation products are also completely consistent.

It is not to continue to strengthen their effectiveness against extraordinary people, but to choose to significantly reduce costs and synthesize them without using expensive materials to make a low-cost and easy to convert civilian version.

...This is very likely, it is the obsession that Evelyn brought to Benjamin.

Evelyn would die directly because she was traveling during the pale tide and watched the pale princess dance;

She would be fascinated by the pale princess's dance because of her obsession with dance;

She would have obsession because she was disfigured by the fire;

She would be disfigured because she could not buy the "witch's ointment" that could heal the burns.

Evelyn was not poor.

No need to work, no farming, no calluses on her hands, and she can still know Benjamin - this shows that she is not unable to receive treatment because of poverty.

It's just because of the arrogance of the wizards.

Salvatore told Annan that the technological monopoly of wizards in that era was very serious.

Not to mention ordinary people, even other types of extraordinary people are difficult to buy wizards. It is useless to have money - because wizards strictly prohibit the sale of transformed products to people outside the Black Tower of Zedi.

Can be used for them, but cannot be sold.

The purpose is to prevent the transformation wizards from other towers from cracking their transformation ideas and imitating transformation products with better effect.

And more than twenty years later...

I don't know if the situation has completely changed because of Benjamin's efforts:

He improved many civilian versions of "conversion products" to occupy a large amount of low-end market, helping Zedi Black Tower to obtain huge funds, and also aroused competition from wizards in other countries, forcing them to lay down their heads and study "conversion products for ordinary people."

It has indirectly promoted the wizards around the world and shared their technology with ordinary people.

This is an era that alchemists could never imagine before the war of wizards’ unification—

Benjamin is a transformation wizard who really wants to use the transformation products that only the transformation wizard can produce to benefit and help the public.

...But who knows that it has almost changed the beginning of an era, just because of a dancer who was disfigured by a fire?

Annan thought silently.

He was a little worried... Benjamin would not be willing to preside over the ceremony for himself.

But when Annan and Benjamin came out of the back-shaped room, Annan vaguely heard something.

The sound is very small, very far away...

It's like... a very ethereal song.

"…have you heard anything?"

Annan's heart moved and asked Benjamin in a low voice.

Benjamin was stunned for a moment, frowned and listened for a long time, and slowly shook his head: "No, there is no at all. I'll listen carefully-"

"No, don't worry... I heard it wrong."

Annan comforted softly.

But the singing in his ears became clearer and clearer:

“Life is brilliant and beautiful, but it is a cage for prisoners;

“Love is fierce and brilliant, but it is a fire of confusion;

"The wandering dancer who follows beauty and freedom-

"Pale already knows what you are going to do,

“Put the remnant soul and love to the pale;

"Donate the head and blood to the pale..."

That was almost exactly the same as what Annan saw on the note in his dream.

...That was a sound coming from directly above me.

They are the ghosts in the hall!

Annan immediately realized that this was the first time he floated out of the "reflection of the church in the lake", and the reversal praise!

At the moment when he heard the praises clearly, Annan lost consciousness again.

When he woke up again, he stayed at the prison gate - still in his original position.

“…Huh?”

Annan was stunned for a moment.

Behind him, the prison door was wide open... but there was no one inside.

The chains that were originally removed by themselves were hung on them all the time.

He twisted the lock of the door and found that it could still be switched normally and not smashed by the lock head.

...Is this at an earlier time?

Annan thought something and walked straight to the left.

But this time, Annan did not see the light of the candlelight.

He walked to the middle of the corridor and saw that the table was blocked before the "beheaded room".

Annan lit the matches and lit the candle.

But the candlelight is too dark.

At this distance, the lights were not enough to reach the beginning of the corridor... it was very difficult to reach halfway.

The table must be pulled halfway.

“…Well, don’t worry.”

Annan muttered: "Let's see if the letter is different..."

As he said that, he skillfully took the letter paper apart.

Annan's movements paused slightly.

The length of this note is much longer than what he saw at first!

“To those who are loved by the pale:

"Seeking love without fate,

"Imprisoned in the body of life,

"The wandering dancer who follows beauty and freedom-

"Pale already knows what you are going to do,

“Through this door,

"Put the remaining soul to the pale,

"Put your lover to freedom,

"Put your head to the earth,

“You will be given the condensed soul, the pure spirit;

“Or leave here,

"Abide by the rules and send the remaining souls to the earth-

“You will be remembered by your loved ones.

“The choice is up to you,

“—But I already know your answer.”

This is a very narrow strip of paper, about four fingers wide.

After reading the newly added content on the note, Annan understood something.
To be continued...