"...Anyway, that's it."
Varina explained to Qili the impact of the repeal of the Corn Laws, and then said:
"I believe that when the law is officially abolished, I will still receive a huge wave of performance feedback. It should not be a problem to fully digest the magic potion."
Qili rested her chin on her hand, thinking about what Varina had just said.
According to him, after the repeal of this law, the ones who actually benefited the most were the factory owners and wealthy businessmen who seemed to have suffered serious losses.
This is too counter-intuitive.
But if you think about it carefully, what he said does make sense.
No wonder conservative MPs, including Earl Leavitt, are opposing the repeal of this law...
Qili understood and felt like she got to know Varina again.
"I still don't understand one thing," she looked at Varina with a smile and asked: "Are you so sure that the proposal to repeal the law can pass the Kingdom Parliament?"
"You should know that the longer it takes, the less feedback it will give you."
"sure."
Varina certainly can't outright say that he has "foreseeed" the future, but he has another strong argument.
"This bill was repeatedly raised by the House of Commons last year, and was finally postponed for a year by the House of Lords using its prerogatives."
"You said, if I give a boost at the critical moment before restarting the proposal, will it make it easier to pass?"
"If you recall, you will know that the power of the House of Commons has grown rapidly in recent years."
"I think this is where things are headed."
After listening to this rambling, Qili's eyes were bright, as if they were glowing.
"I never thought you had the talent to be a politician."
She sighed with emotion, and then asked: "What happened to the sneak attack last night?"
“It starts with the Dockers Association.”
Starting from the salary request incident, Varina recounted the process of offending the Aurora Society, and finally said with some emphasis:
"... Just like that, that 'Hermit' attacked me outside the tavern."
"...Fortunately, I have those whale bone charms and my good calculations, so I won in the end."
At this point, the emotional foreshadowing was in place, and Varina asked:
"Lily, in this situation, I want to leave Backlund to escape. Do you think that's okay?"
Faced with such a reasonable request, Qili was very surprised.
"As long as I'm here, it'll be okay... Do you have to leave?"
Her eyes looking at Varina seemed to be covered with mist, and her tone seemed hesitant.
Such a gentle and reserved expression and tone were so lethal that Varina was almost moved.
She is a witch, he is a witch... After reciting it several times in his mind, Varina re-firmed his somewhat wavering will and said:
"It will take about two or three months. When the situation calms down, I will come back."
"It just so happens that I also want to go back to my hometown of Tingen to handle some personal matters."
After much effort, Varina asked Qili to agree to let him go for a while.
Of course, this is conditional.
He had to agree to keep in touch with Qili from time to time. If she issued a summons, he would have to return early.
Although this is an unstable factor that affects his execution of the plan, he can only agree to it first.
…
Full moon night, seven o'clock in the evening.
Varina, who had been staying at his residence all day, went out in disguise. Come to the Brave Bar.
In the chess and card room.
Maric waited for him to sit down and pushed over a voucher.
It represents proof of identity, but it is not proof of identity itself——
This is a voucher for the custody of items.
Varina did not dare to bring the woman's identity certificate and the two main ingredients of the "witch" potion back to her residence.
That is no different than surrendering.
"Everything you want is here, including two potion ingredients, identification, and a set of clothes...for men."
Maric pushed the trust certificate in front of Varina and asked: "When do you plan to pay off the debt?"
The main ingredients for the two potions cost a total of 1,450 pounds. The identification also costs 20 pounds. The clothes cost about 10 pounds. The total cost is about 1,460 pounds.
Varina only gave him 800 pounds when he collected the first potion ingredient.
Even if he helped for free, there would still be a shortfall of nearly 700 pounds.
Varina has thought about this problem for a long time.
Although he does not have enough cash, as long as Maric agrees, it is not too difficult for him to deal with the debt of 700 pounds.
If we must talk about the difficulties, then the most difficult part is actually not to expose the doubts.
He knew so many potion formulas, many of which were high-sequence, that it would be more than enough to pay off the debt with just one of them, but this would definitely arouse Maric's suspicion.
"Can I use items and potion formulas to pay off my debt?" Varina asked as he took out an exquisite jewelry box from his arms.
Looking at his actions, Maric replied noncommittally, "It depends on what you can come up with."
If there is no direct rejection, then there is no problem... Varina smiled, opened the jewelry box, and took out the "Hunter" with extraordinary properties.
"This is the extraordinary characteristic of the Sequence 9 'Hunter'. It's worth 400 pounds. Is that okay?"
Maric picked up the dark red jelly-like object and looked at it, then glanced down at the wooden wine glass in front of him, and then replied:
"Can."
Warina asked again: "As long as you are not short of money, I hope you can keep it as much as possible, okay? I will buy it back in the future."
He was thinking about training his men.
The promotion ceremony of the "Iron Knight" consists of a team of at least thirty people, and the higher the strength and tacit understanding of the team, the better the effect of the ceremony.
This definitely requires advance preparation.
Therefore, Varina values extraordinary characteristics more than gold pounds.
"Okay." Maric answered quickly this time.
Although this was just a casual promise, Varina was already very satisfied.
He continued: "I will pay for the rest with a Sequence 9 potion formula, is that okay?"
"The premise is that I don't have it." Maric nodded.
"Sequence 9 'Singer'," Warina asked quickly without thinking much, "Do you have this?"
After saying that, he quickly added, "If there is any, then I can only owe it first."
"Okay." Maric nodded again.
I knew this formula could... The debt was about to be reduced to zero, and Warina moved a little more briskly.
He quickly wrote down the specific formula of the "Songer" potion on the paper, and then handed it to Maric.
"Good, your debt is paid."
After reading the same process, Maric glanced down at the wooden wine glass in front of him to confirm the validity of the formula.
Then, he took out the thick holy book and planned to continue preaching to Varina.
"Sorry, not today."
Varina apologized and explained:
"I will leave Backlund temporarily soon, and I can't stay here for too long tonight."
"I'm going to Tingen and won't be back for at least two or three months."
Marichi looked at it intently for a moment and put the holy book away again.
