Two days.
After two days of back and forth and testing, Varina and the Witch finally completed their initial run-in, and each achieved some of the desired results.
Wariner basically confirmed that Qili would abide by the "tacit agreement" he proposed most of the time and would not interfere too much with his freedom.
Of course, he also paid some concessions as a price for this.
For example, his so-called "starting from a new understanding" is in name only.
He had to quickly accept the "love" of the witch, became a superficial couple with her, changed his name to "Lily", and even had to have a few "heartbeats" from time to time - this was due to the witch's increasingly sophisticated curse skills.
In her original words, "I think men should be excited at this time. Since you still don't understand the charm, let me help you."
In short, their relationship has entered a new stage.
During this period, Varina took the time to verify the new uses of the "Connect" ability, but found that he was not qualified yet.
He was unable to use the "connection" ability while in a meditative state, which meant that he could not even complete the verification attempt.
This may be because he is not spiritual enough now, or for some other reason. Varina can only temporarily put aside the idea of verifying his inspiration and wait until later to try again.
He felt a little pity.
If he could do it now, he would immediately be able to obtain an interrogation method no less than Klein's version of "dream channeling" and an ability similar to the "spiritual communication" that only demigod hunters have.
Because the effect of the skill is so strong, Warina can accept it after thinking about it carefully - this is not a skill that he can master now.
…
In order to slow down the "heating up" of the relationship between the two as much as possible, and also to improve his abilities, Varina also asked Qili for mystical knowledge and fighting techniques.
After all, the effect of self-study is definitely not as good as the guidance of famous teachers.
To his surprise, Qili didn't have much occult knowledge.
In addition to mastering one more giant language than him, what she is best at is only a few ritual magics, the kind that prays to the "original witch", which she learned in the "Instigator" stage.
However, in terms of fighting skills, Qili has many methods to teach.
Different from the general techniques that Xio taught him, Qili figured out many tricks that were only suitable for "Assassins", which matched well with "Assassins'" light and dexterous extraordinary force-generating methods.
Warina and Qili practiced many times in the other empty room and gained a lot of experience.
Here is another little episode.
Perhaps the noise during their practice affected the landlord's family downstairs. The next afternoon, the landlady, who was rarely seen except to collect rent, came when they were practicing again.
The landlady went up to the second floor, stood on the edge of the common area and knocked on the wall.
"I can understand that you young people have deep feelings and strong physical strength," she said in a half-advisory, half-reprimanding tone: "But can you pay attention to the impact? Can you calm down for a while?"
"In the past two days, during the day and at night, there have been at least a dozen times, right? It's time to stop."
After saying that, she hurriedly went downstairs and left without waiting for the two of them to respond.
In the empty room, Qili covered her lips and snickered, and raised her eyebrows to tease Varina.
Varina could only keep his expression tight and not respond, clapped his hands and said, "Come on, finish this round, and let's stop for two days."
Downstairs, the landlady who heard the noise again shook her head, while the landlady sighed.
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15th, 7pm.
This was the third night after the full moon and the first time I went to Brave Bar after the full moon in Varina.
He had already made up his mind. He went to the bar and found a place to sit for half an hour. If nothing unusual happened, he went to see Maric.
With this half-hour buffer, even if there was a possibility that Qili was really following, Sharon would be aware of it.
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
Seeing that everything was normal, Varina drank the Southwell beer in his glass and knocked on the door of the chess and card room.
As soon as he entered the door, Maric frowned and asked:
"It's such a strong scent, or is it a woman's perfume? You haven't been here in the past two days, just hanging out with women?"
Varina subconsciously smelled his body from side to side, but didn't feel any smell.
This is for sure. He was worried about this in the first place and even washed it before coming here...but he was still discovered...
Before Varina could ask, Maric explained: "You can't smell it. Don't forget, my pre-sequence is 'Werewolf', and my sense of smell is far beyond that of ordinary people."
Varina thought for a moment and dispelled half of Maric's doubts with one sentence.
"My boss, a 'happy' witch, moved to live next door to me."
His tone was a little heavy, and Maric was not sure how much expandable content was compressed in this sentence... He couldn't have completely degenerated and turned into a semi-indulgent person, right?
He was a little surprised when he saw Varina sitting opposite him and extending his right hand.
Because this is a gesture used by members of the Temperance faction to ask the seniors of the faction to check their willpower.
"The body is the prison of the mind, and the world is the prison of the body."
The former focuses on oneself, focusing on self-discipline; the latter favors others, emphasizing environmental influence.
When a new member's self-discipline goes awry, the seniors can help the new member get back on track through human intervention before it becomes irreversible.
At the same time, this is also a way for teachers to test the progress of students.
Because of Varina's words, Maric took it for granted that he was asking for help, mustered up his own extraordinary will, and took his hand.
Then he felt unexpected again.
He originally thought that Warina must have been tortured by the witch, and his will was damaged and depressed. It was probably the limit for him to be able to ask for help here. He did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to help save it.
But I didn't expect the exact opposite to be true.
Warina's will is not only intact, but also has a high-spirited vitality, and the various skills revealed in his operation are already quite proficient.
"What is this?"
Maric took back his right hand and sounded quite surprised.
"I haven't lost yet," Varina said briefly: "This is the gain."
"I will try to get out of this situation as soon as possible, but until then, I won't be able to come here often."
After saying that, Varina stood up and walked out.
Before he went out, Maric added a word of encouragement; "Hang in there, you won't lose."
…
When Varina went to the Brave Bar, Qili also went out.
In fact, these days, she goes out every night.
The destination is the Golden Rose located at 19 Hope Road, Jowood District.
This is the best legal brothel in the Cherwood and Backlund Bridge areas, opening at 3pm every day and staying open until 2am.
Now that she is wanted, she can't go to high-end banquets, so she can only go to places like this to find snacks.
After all, the big meal she was interested in was not easy to eat, and she obviously would not give up dessert for the big meal.
