Lucien seemed to have countless crows flying before his eyes, and he seemed to see himself going bankrupt. Although he had made huge profits from technology investments such as Minerals and Harvest Company and Elemental Gift Company in the past few years, he had lost money three months ago.
All was invested in the construction of the magic tower, almost making ends meet. In the past few months, the arcane point rewards of the new alchemy, the supplementary rewards of the light quantum hypothesis, and the annuity income have finally returned to the ranks of "rich people", which can be compared with this improved Nine
Compared with ring ritual spells, I'm afraid there is still a big gap.
The Council's complete tilt in materials, potions, magic, etc. is difficult to be of use in this matter. If the price of "Pale Hand" does not increase all the time, it will be hindered by the last time the demigod lich hunted him.
So, Lucien seriously considered getting a loan from his teacher or Holm Mining Union Bank. At this time, the monocle became slightly hot.
"Lucien, I just finished the meeting of the House of Nobles and sentenced Count Baladi to a lesson and deprived him of his title..." Natasha said with some excitement, expressing her displeasure at the incident between Lucien and Lucien.
She didn't have any sympathy or pity for the mastermind behind such a huge injury to her.
Lucien suppressed the heartache of being about to go bankrupt and said with a smile: "Any nobleman who has the idea of assassinating you in the future will think carefully about the fate of Count Baladi before taking action."
Natasha recounted what happened in the chamber and the conversation with Ktonya in a casual tone, and finally said: "I divided Count Baladi's territory into five parts, and gave one part to Aunt Camille as a 'frightening
Damage fee, three parts to appease and win over Duke James and the others, the remaining part was originally intended to be given to you, but the current situation cannot put you on the bright side, so I took it back to the royal family, but I will convert it into a specific amount privately.
The amount will be given to you in the form of golden talers, alchemy workshop shares, materials, items, etc. This is what you deserve, and you are not allowed to refuse."
Lucien was immediately shocked, opened his mouth with a smile on his face, and blurted out: "Natasha, I love you."
This is simply a windfall from heaven. It is more than enough to pay for the improved version of "Life Hiding Technique"
And there is quite a bit of wealth.
"Huh?" Natasha didn't expect to get such an answer at all, and was at a loss for a moment.
Lucien did not try to hide it from her and told her about the improved version of the life hiding technique.
"This makes me feel more at ease. I didn't expect that you are still a money addict. Fortunately, I am the Queen and the future Grand Duchess, hehe." Natasha smiled and imitated what Lucien said in the morning. "It's a pity that the knight is being promoted."
Before becoming a legend, you must maintain the unity of your body, blood, soul, and will, and you cannot use this method as a last-ditch life-saving measure. The path of a knight is destined to be an arduous and difficult one."
The Violet family has produced one epic knight, and the Hoffenberg family has produced two. In terms of experience in knight promotion to legend, Natasha is much better than ordinary knights.
Lucien also understands this. If not for this, Ramiro's "physical control" ability to proliferate and regenerate in a relatively large range would not be his exclusive trump card.
After ending the call, Lucien found that his teacher Fernando was looking at him with a smile: "What's wrong, teacher?"
Fernando clicked his tongue: "It's great to be young and have a queen as your lover."
Lucien changed the subject slightly awkwardly: "Teacher, does the improved life hiding technique require body parts?"
This is a unique ritual of the "Pale Hand". Lucien does not know the specific situation and only knows the details of the original version of the life hiding technique.
Fernando glared at Lucien: "If I knew it in such detail, I could develop it myself. Anyway, the original life hiding technique can only use part of the limb."
"In the past few days, you can just stay in Arlinge and wait for the life concealment ritual to be completed. You can run wherever you want. Starting next month, there will be more discussions about the Oliver Transformation. We should also pay attention to guiding them to understand the effects of relativity.
I hope you can give Douglas your special theory of relativity a preliminary look in two or three months."
"Everything is up to you, teacher." Lucien has no objection. Currently, he is building a spell model to bring his magic strength up to the level of a stronger eighth-ring mage. The next goal is the "spell reaction" that he has thought about for a long time in seven-ring magic.
Sended.
In the office of the Atomic Research Institute, Lucien was looking at the papers reviewed by several of his students, fine-tuning his final opinions from time to time.
Rock walked in with a magazine and dozens of resumes, and said with a tired face: "Lucien, the second round of interviews has ended. The final interview will be held in three days. Let's see if there are any problems."
Lucien flipped through the resumes, there were about forty of them, and said with a smile: "Yes, there are five or six mid-level magicians. You go through them first, and then go to the affairs committee to check their backgrounds. During the interview, I
I will also use illusions to test it to prevent spies from the church and organizations from sneaking in."
It was an open recruitment and the Atomic Research Institute was very hot at the moment. Those spies would be dishonoring their responsibilities if they couldn't find a way to sneak in. Lucien didn't care about this at all.
Rock agreed: "The church's infiltration is very powerful. After all, there are many frustrated mages in the council who are about to reach the end of their lives."
At this point, he seemed to have thought of something. He handed the magazine in his hand to Lucien, lowered his voice and said quietly: "Did you know? Mr. Oliver and Ms. Florence have dissolved their marriage."
Lucien picked up the magazine and took a look, and found that it was a fancy journal called "Impressions of Arlinge". He flipped through it casually. He found a description of this incident, shook his head and said, "In this way, all seven members of the parliament
The Grand Arcanists are all single. This is really dumbfounding."
After chatting for a while about what Lucien called "gossip", Rock stood up with satisfaction and walked out the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw an elegant middle-aged man wearing a wig.
"Oh, Sir Oliver..." Rock's face turned pale, and he said a lot of bad things about him behind his back.
Oliver nodded, passed by Rock, and closed the office door.
"Lucien, this is the script I wrote. What do you think of it?" Oliver glanced at "Impressions of Arlinge" and said calmly.
Lucien took the script with a toothache and read it roughly. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he read it. He almost suspected that Oliver was a fellow traveler from the earth. This was very similar to Andersen's "The Mermaid Princess".
The two halves are essentially different.
Oliver wrote about a graceful prince who met a mermaid princess on the sea, and they fell in love. Then the mermaid princess gave up the others, swallowed the magic potion, lost her tail, transformed into an elf-like girl, and followed the prince back to his home.
The two countries made a lifelong promise to each other, but later the prince fell in love with the princess of another country, so the mermaid girl was heartbroken and returned to the sea.
As time went by, the prince gradually understood his heart and realized that he still loved the mermaid girl, so he went out to sea on a sailboat every day and called the mermaid princess's name in the wind and waves. Unfortunately, there was no response. Day by day, the prince finally became haggard.
And before he died, his hallucination allowed him to see the mermaid princess walking towards him, and a reassuring and sweet smile appeared on his face.
"It's very tragic..." Lucien didn't know how to evaluate it.
Oliver sighed: "Tragedy can impress a lady and save a marriage."
Lucien felt "toothache" again and couldn't help but said: "Sir Oliver, I really don't understand why you clearly love Ms. Florence, but you betray your marriage again and again and bring harm to her."
Oliver said seriously: "Lucien, you don't understand, I am serious about every relationship. I invest my most passionate and unrestrained feelings. Love is as fierce as fire, and I devote my whole body to the other person.
In this kind of love, my inspiration will burst out, my thoughts will be sublimated, and many of my achievements were researched under such conditions."
"I love each of them, but I love Florence even more."
Lucien didn't know what expression he should make. Although Chinese people on earth often "encourage peace but not divorce", after hearing Oliver's self-analysis, he would only applaud every lady who left him.
In just a few seconds, Lucien overturned his previous decision and no longer wanted to help Oliver adapt the opera. If Florence couldn't get out on her own and was willing to humble herself and forgive Oliver, that was her own business and she couldn't
Being an accomplice and writing this opera would make your conscience uneasy.
So Lucien considered his tone and said: "Sir Oliver, I'm really sorry. Mr. Hathaway and Mr. Morris don't want me to help you write an opera, and they..."
Lucien didn't finish his sentence, with a "you understand" expression on his face.
Oliver was stunned and let out a long sigh: "I understand, this matter is too big a fuss, and they are the elders of the Hoffenberg family. Lucien, I hope to collaborate with you on other operas in the future.
The best scripts naturally deserve the best musicians."
After sending Oliver away, Lucien closed the door, completely unwilling to interfere with their family's affairs. Anyway, Hathaway had already had a bad impression of Oliver for a long time. If Oliver asked her, she would only acquiesce.
After rejecting this matter, Lucien could only learn opera composition on his own. Fortunately, he had many classics in his mind as a reference. He had already initially selected the second part of Mr. Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung".
"Valkyrie" as a blueprint.
Of course, in order for this opera, adapted from German and Nordic folklore, to be consistent with the world and Natasha's situation, Lucien had to make essential changes, which can be regarded as a completely new creation.
The day after Oliver came to visit, Lucien received Fernando's summons and knew that the ritual could be performed.
On the 33rd floor of Arlinge Magic Tower, there was an empty hall.
Lucien saw Felipe, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and he still looked sick and pale.
"This magic is improved based on his cell memory research. With his cooperation, my success rate will be greatly improved." Fernando confessed that this was his first time using the improved life hiding technique, so the Lord of the Dead would not come in his way.
Hosted by Sean.
Felipe looked at Lucien. It was hard to believe that his teacher could not kill him again and again, and finally caused his own death. However, in front of Fernando, he would not say these things, but nodded gently.
Said: "The amplification magic you improved based on the principle of light is good, but it seems to be far from the effect you promised."
His magic level has been raised to the seventh level, which is a very rapid progress, but compared to Lucien, it seems a bit shabby, and his arcane level is close to level seven.
Lucien said seriously: "Improvement is always explored step by step. Don't worry, I will not give up research in this area."
Lucien had never dared to do the electron diffraction experiment, and planned to wait until the gains from the special theory of relativity and the Silver Moon were fully digested before proceeding.
After speaking, Lucien asked a question he was concerned about: "Felipe, can the improved version of life hiding technique only use limbs?"
Felipe said coldly: "Hair and teeth are ineffective without blood. Don't think about ensuring safety without affecting yourself. Are you greedy and irrational?"
He never minds taunting Lucien if given the chance.
Lucien frowned: "Where are the internal organs?"
Felipe snorted coldly: "Okay, but what's the point? Even the Sky Knights can only recover if part of their internal organs is missing. It doesn't mean that they can persist for a long time without their internal organs and out of the elemental state.
, and the parts cut off by the Life Hiding Technique cannot grow back, nor can you use the Transformation Technique, so don’t think about unrealistic things."
"In other words, internal organs are okay?" Lucien's expression relaxed, "I request to use the 'intestines' from the designated part."
Felipe looked at Lucien in slight shock, as if he had never seen him so stupid before: "Are you sure? If the ceremony fails, I will not compensate for the lost wealth."
"I'm sure." Lucien calculated that he had enough money to perform such rituals twice, so he could give it a try.
Half an hour later, Felipe froze on the spot, watching Lucien leave with the "Amulet of Life" relaxed and happy like a stone.
"Without a piece of intestine, he can still be intact..."