Varina looks forward to getting the recipe directly from Maric.
He has a certain degree of confidence in this, because there is Miss Sharon hidden behind Maric, who is a Sequence 5 "Wraith Soul", and they are from the Rose School, and they have angel-level teachers and have "Assassins" Potion recipe possibilities are high.
However, things were not as easy as he thought.
Facing Varina's questioning, Maric snorted and directly cut off this expectation:
"No."
"The potion formula you want is in the hands of a secret sect, and I don't want to have anything to do with them."
"There's only so much help I can give you."
"The knowledge I give you is worth 50 pounds. Once you pay, you can leave."
This scene was different from what Varina had expected. He didn't expect that after just saying these few words, the other party wanted 50 pounds! What made him even more uncomfortable was that the content he said was something he already knew.
If I had known this, I shouldn't have positioned myself as a novice in occult science.
Thinking of this, Varina spoke awkwardly:
"That's right, sir."
"I admit that the knowledge you gave is enough to match your quotation, but the problem is that I originally thought that the process was to inspect the goods first, and then quote and trade, so..."
Maric took up the conversation and completed Varina's words: "So you didn't bring enough money?"
"Yes, that's it." Varina then suggested, "So sir, can you pay in installments? I promise, I will come back."
"How much do you have?" Maric asked very directly.
"15 pounds!"
Varina took out the bills from his left trouser pocket and raised his hand to eye level.
Maric glanced at it, walked up to Varina in a few steps, took two 5-pound bills from his hand, and then pointed to the door, "You can go."
From his tone, it seemed that both parties were clear about this.
So should we say that he really deserves to be one of the remaining elites of the Temperance sect? Although he looks malicious, he is actually quite kind in nature.
Varina walked to the door and turned back before opening the door, "I will remember sir's kindness. I hope I still have a chance to repay you."
After saying this, he opened the door and walked out without waiting for Maric's response.
Caspars was standing guard not far outside the door. When he saw Varina coming out, he immediately walked up and asked, "Is the matter resolved?"
"About half of it has been solved," Varina smiled bitterly: "Is there anyone else you can introduce?"
"But Maric is already the scariest person I know. He's not even afraid of bullets!" Kaspars shook his head. "If even he can't help you solve the problem, I don't think I have anyone I can introduce to you. .”
"That's not necessarily the case."
Varina explained: "Solving my problem requires less strength and more knowledge. Why don't you think about it again?"
"If you say so——"
Kaspars drew out his words for a long time, obviously thinking, "Maybe... that old gentleman can help you."
After having an idea, his speaking speed increased significantly and his tone became confident again:
"In this way, I will send you to a gathering of their kind, where you can seek help."
"What I can tell you in advance is that, in my opinion, the one of them most likely to be able to help you is the old gentleman hosting the party."
"Well, as for time..."
"I can't tell you the time in advance. Well, you don't have to come in the last three days, but it's best to come here before eight o'clock every day. I will make other arrangements."
Varina smiled and nodded. Kaspars's decision was exactly what he expected, "Thank you for helping with the arrangements. How much do you want me to pay for this?"
"Two pounds." Kaspars nodded and said, "Of course, you don't have to pay me now."
"Okay, that makes sense."
The two walked back to the bar hall, and Varina said goodbye and left through the door.
In the chess and card room, Maric sat on a chair with the wine glass in his hand. He asked as if talking to himself:
"Why did you suddenly signal me to show my kindness to him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman wearing a black palace dress appeared on the window opposite Maric. She had light blond hair, blue eyes, and a very delicate appearance.
"It's inspiration."
Miss Sharon said in an erratic and calm tone: "His behavior of hiding in the shadows just now slightly touched my spiritual intuition."
…
At nine o'clock in the evening, Warina dragged his exhausted body back to his residence.
After taking a bath, he suppressed the rising sleepiness. He first played with the revolver he had just acquired for a while, and then began to think about his next plan.
The focus of the plan is to make money.
To be on the safe side, when he goes to the Brave Man's Bar three days later, he'd better have at least two hundred gold pounds on him. If not, what should he do if someone at the party comes up with the "Assassin" potion formula?
Two hundred pounds, a huge amount of money for Varina.
You know, he has been working for more than a year and has basically no large expenses. His total savings is only about twenty pounds. In other words, if he wanted to save enough money from his current salary of more than one pound a week, he would need to work for another ten years.
And he only has three days now.
Obviously, he's going to have to resort to some dirty tricks.
Regarding this point, there was a widely circulated saying in another memory that helped him open up his thinking——
"The ways to make money quickly are written in the law."
Varina actually has a vague plan in his mind. He plans to solve this problem through theft. For this reason, he has even prepared the last means of self-defense for himself——
That revolver.
In addition to being a mission prop for establishing friendship, it can also be used as a deterrent weapon for self-defense.
In addition, the extraordinary qualities awakened in Varina can also add a powerful layer of insurance to his theft operations.
Varina had to admit that although he was not the most satisfied with it, such extraordinary qualities were quite useful.
The extraordinary trait that he is currently most satisfied with is the "photographic memory" of a "generalist". If this trait is what he has awakened, then what money will he have to save?
There are at least twenty or thirty complete potion formulas recorded in the original book, and there are even many high-sequence ones among them. Take out any one, and it will be worth piles of gold pounds!
Unfortunately, there is no if in reality.
Wariner does not have a "photographic memory", so he basically only remembers the names of those potion formulas. The few potion ingredients that he remembered sporadically can only remember the corresponding pathways, but he can't remember the specific sequence. .
This is like guarding the treasury and begging for food. It’s so miserable!
He had thought about ways to excavate this vault, and he did think of it - when he became a Sequence 7 "Witch", he should be able to use mirror divination to completely recall those recipes.
Ah, speaking of Sequence 7, that is another sad thing!
…
After an unknown amount of time, Varina recovered from his deviated thoughts, only to find that he had not yet been able to formulate a specific action plan.
He sighed, gathered his thoughts and started from the beginning.
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and Varina was stuck on the first step of the plan - choosing a suitable target to commit the crime.
