The lights in the house were lit. Under the light, the decoration inside the house looked more simple and elegant. There was a warmth that was not found in the empty large manor. When the fireplace was also lit, it added to the life.
The breath of transformation.
Schiller couldn't be more pleased with the house, so while Raven and Zatanna were explaining the details, he kept pacing back and forth between the living room and dining room, admiring the details of the furniture and electronic equipment.
In fact, it doesn't take Raven to tell Schiller to know what's going on. He has a deep impression of the estranged father and daughter of the Three Palace Demons and Raven. The main reason is that the Three Palaces were revealed in the story line later in the comic.
The devil doesn't just have Raven's daughter, he also has other children, and these children are the "original sin".
Very coincidentally, the raven represents "arrogance".
In the subsequent Battle of Original Sin, the arrogant Raven showed far greater power than her father and herself, which made Schiller suspect that her power did not actually come from the Three Houses, nor from herself.
, and it most likely comes from the concept of arrogance.
Don't forget, the only designated spokesman for the concept of pride in this universe is Lucifer.
Schiller and Lucifer have a good relationship, precisely because they have the same arrogance, but what is the relationship between this little girl named Raven and arrogance? Schiller didn't understand it when he read the comics.
Because in the comic plot, especially in the plot of fighting the Three Palace Demons for the first time, Raven cannot be said to be arrogant, but can only be said to be the most humble and sensible one in the audience.
Her life experience is also very simple. Her mother was bewitched by a cult and gave birth to her by the Three Palace Demon. She was brought to a place called Azeroth since she was a child. She was protected by the goddess Aze and her granddaughter.
Priestly teaching.
As a result, after the death of Goddess Aze, due to the weakening of her protective power, Raven regained contact with her father and learned of her father's evil plan to invade and conquer the earth, so she came to the earth to rescue soldiers.
To be precise, it was to remind people on earth to save themselves, but when Zatanna saw so many evil powers in her body, she felt that she must be the devil's pawn, so she warned Zheng Lian at the time not to believe her. Zheng Lian was really
I didn’t believe it, and I wasn’t even prepared.
Later, the Three Palace Demons really came and confirmed that what Raven said was true. As a result, Zhenglian attacked the friendly forces because they did not trust Raven at all. They killed the sages who were resisting the Three Palace Demons at that time, and even the Three Palace Demons.
After they all showed up, they were still stubborn, but they just didn't believe that Raven was a good person.
From this point of view, whoever is the arrogant raven cannot be arrogant. Even if Lucifer comes, the award for the best talker must be awarded to the three giants of Zhenglian.
This story impressed Arrogance deeply, because it is true that the Justice League has its moments of failure, but it is relatively rare to be as pure a clown as in this story.
Someone warned him in advance, but Batman, who was good at planning and preparation, completely ignored him. When the crisis really came, he did nothing but beat up friendly forces. He realized his mistake, but he refused to admit it and refused to admit it. In the end, he didn't do anything.
He was able to clean up the mess, but it was the plot killing of Teen Titans that brought back the Three Palace Demons. This series of operations can really be called a legacy of Zhongzheng.
Because the plot was particularly irritating, Schiller had a deep impression on him. However, the Three Palace Demons are a typical character in DC comics whose combat power fluctuates and their strength depends entirely on the needs of the plot. Because of this, Schiller also I never thought about dealing with him.
Judging from the comics alone, the intensity of his first invasion was relatively high. At least it sent the entire Zhenglian into a frenzy. If it hadn't been for the subsequent killing to end the plot, the Teen Titans alone wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. his.
But now that the raven has appeared, the Three Palace Demons will come sooner or later. After thinking about it for a while, Schiller made some arrangements in his mind, but so far there is no rush. He still has to solve the problem of the house first.
"You have to find a way to find another place for her to live." Schiller looked at Zatanna and said, "I want to buy this house."
Zatanna appeared a little embarrassed. She said: "If we can let her enter the other world, we will definitely let her in. The problem is that she carries too much energy. Once she enters, it will significantly affect the stability of the other world."
"Gotham is so big and there are densely populated areas everywhere. It is not easy to find a sparse residential area. Besides, there is such a big place behind this house. If there is an explosion, going into the forest can reduce some casualties. What do you think? What? Professor."
Zatanna looked outside and said, "There are many houses in this community. How about you buy the one next to it? Is there any difference between the two houses?"
"There is a significant difference in price." Schiller replied: "I only have enough money to buy this one."
Zatanna was a little stunned by his straightforwardness. She was about to ask whether Schiller would still worry about money, but after thinking about it, who in the world wouldn't worry about money? She and Constantine would too. .
Some time ago, she and Constantine had been living above the bookstore. They finally made some money through business and were about to rent a house. Then the economic crisis came, and the business situation of the bookstore became worse and worse. Now they can barely make ends meet. We can only squeeze into a room upstairs.
Fortunately, both of them are magicians and can make money by taking orders, so their lives are still manageable. However, there is no hope of buying a house and opening a branch as mentioned before the economic crisis.
When she thought of this, Zatanna thought that she had a big job tomorrow morning. If she couldn't get up or was sleepy, she couldn't concentrate and would have to do it again.
So she simply said: "I know the price of this house must have been reduced because of the supernatural event. If you drive the raven out, the supernatural event will disappear, and maybe the housing agent will regret it again."
"How about this? You buy the house first, let Raven pay you the rent, and let her rent it here for a period of time. This way, if anything happens to her, you can solve it in time and won't let her destroy the whole city. They all exploded."
Schiller also saw that Zatanna really had no choice. After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "I have no problem, but this lady..."
Zatanna stabbed the raven with her elbow, and found that the other person had no special reaction. She knew that he must be a country bumpkin who had never participated in the fighting world and did not know Schiller's famous name.
So she had no choice but to say: "This professor is quite famous, and among ordinary people's society, he is a very powerful psychologist. He can teach you how to calm down your emotions without having to hold them in all the time.
Now that my emotions are smoother, I can control this power, what do you think?"
Raven had no reaction. She nodded, but then quickly said, "I have no money and can't pay the rent."
"Then go out and work!" Zatanna said in a louder voice: "Go and work in my bookstore. We changed the first floor of the bookstore into a coffee shop, selling English breakfast and coffee. The business is not bad, but we lack a person with enough strength.
I think you are capable of handling large incoming goods."
When Raven wanted to say something, Zatanna said helplessly: "It's good to have a job these days. Do you know how many people came to apply when I posted the recruitment notice? The first one who came yesterday was even a crocodile.
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Raven didn't seem to know how to refute, so she could only nod her head. Zatanna said: "The bookstore is in the carousel area, not too far from here. I'll leave you the address and give Constantine's old car
I’ll give you the car, you drive to work, don’t take the subway or bus, otherwise it will blow up on the road and you’ll be finished.”
"If she was driving to work, wouldn't it be the same if it exploded on the road?" Schiller said: "Are you expecting there to be fewer people on the road than on the ground?"
Zatanna sighed and said, "Then we can only open a portal. Damn it, we are almost out of money to buy materials."
Zatanna left in a hurry, leaving only Schiller and Raven. Soon Schiller was about to leave. Before leaving, she said to Raven: "Don't touch the supernatural props arranged in the room. I will go there tomorrow morning."
Sign the contract and we will bring some daily necessities in the afternoon."
Raven sat upright and nodded. Schiller found that her joints were stiff, as if she were really a sculpture. This was a severe somatization symptom.
But think about it, a child who is born ignorant has been taught to suppress emotions and not have any mood swings. This means that her emotional processing organs have never been working, let alone how to process emotions.
In other words, she won't laugh when she's happy, or cry when she's sad. She doesn't know what the instinctive actions these emotions represent, and she has no outlet to vent them.
Now it's okay. It's okay to move and open a psychological clinic. But the first patient we received was really difficult. Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid we have to reshape the entire personality to have any hope of cure.
Schiller kept thinking on the way back. He originally thought that curing Batman was the end, but he didn't expect that there would be another mountain higher.
However, Schiller admitted that he had not been a psychiatrist for a long time. Greed is a greedy thing. Since he came to Gotham, he has not had any normal psychological consultation. Most of his time has been in theoretical psychology and related applications.
He also needs to go back and look up more information on psychology.
Schiller arrived as promised the next day. The landlord had obviously sent someone to inspect the house and found that the supernatural incidents had not decreased. In the end, he had to accept his fate and sold the house to Schiller at a very low price.
But Schiller knew that the trouble was not over yet. The real estate agency had lost a lot of money, the kind of money that would make a rich man feel heartbroken. If the supernatural phenomena disappeared one day, he would probably make some other mistakes.
idea.
But Schiller didn't care so much. He had met many neighbors in the manor area in the West District. Most of them were old-school rich people. However, they all moved to the South District one after another. Schiller was basically the last one.
batched away.
If you want to open a private psychological clinic, in addition to the formalities, the customer base is also very important, so Schiller also has to draw up a list for the housewarming party and hold the party in a decent manner so as to attract future clients.
But hosting a banquet is not that simple. The previous banquets were basically held in a pathological manner. On the one hand, his arrogant obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia would make him be too serious when dealing with certain details, wasting time. On the other hand, he is arrogant and prefers to be alone.
, if the party can’t be held, then we won’t hold it.
But in fact, banquets and gatherings are the most common forms of social interaction in Europe and the United States. If something big happens, a party will be held. Neighborhood gatherings don’t need any reason. It may be that my house has a new lawn mower and I invite the surrounding people.
When neighbors come over to have a party, it's just a matter of getting together and finding something to do.
But Schiller's housewarming party obviously cannot be held this way. He needs to invite a lot of people. The banquet needs to be exquisite and decent, but at the same time it cannot be too extravagant and extravagant. It needs to have a sense of privacy to strengthen the connection with the guests.
For the first time, Arrogance felt like it was being pushed away by this society. In the lives of ordinary people, you don’t just have to stop contacting others if you want. Social interaction is not only their emotional need, but also their survival need.
In this extremely complicated and noisy cauldron of the secular world, no one can think of being a self-proclaimed rose. No matter how beautiful the flower is, it is no different from boiled vegetable leaves after being boiled for three times.
The best way for a lonely person to roam freely here is to treat it as a piece of ginger that no one can tell its true appearance.