After helping Maric relieve the curse, Valeela was not in a hurry to leave.
She sat at the card table with Sharon and Maric and chatted for nearly an hour, exchanging a lot of things.
Valeera is most concerned about, of course, the two auxiliary materials for the "Pain" potion;
After getting the formula of the "Pain" potion, she asked Sharon to pay attention to two auxiliary materials corresponding to the sequence.
Unfortunately, there has been no harvest until now.
Valeera took the opportunity to chat with Maric about the situation of the "artisan" agent at the extraordinary party, that is, Professor Barak, and the answer was that he was recently looking to purchase the extraordinary material "Crazy Grass".
"Crazy Grass" is Sequence 8 corresponding to "Lawyer" and one of the two main materials of the "Barbarian" potion.
In addition to the auxiliary materials, Valeera also chatted with them about Harold-related matters.
She relayed Harold's thoughts on playing a "criminal", hoping to gain some inspiration from Sharon and Maric, and by the way, she also talked about her own teaching of critical concepts.
The three of them discussed it for a while, but couldn't come up with any good ideas.
In the end, Sharon and Maric simply gave up the idea of direct contact with Harold, leaving Valeera to decide how much Temperance ideas to pass on.
After all, judging from Valeela's description, Harold of the "criminal" path has difficulty even following the concept of criticism, let alone the concept of moderation.
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Valeela is mainly concerned about these two aspects.
Finally, before leaving, they chatted about the rumors of the "Phantom Black Queen."
Of course, Sharon and Maric would not take the initiative to inquire about privacy. Valeera initiated the topic. She only briefly explained that spreading the story of the "Phantom Black Queen" could help her digest the potion and asked for help.
This is not difficult to do.
The bar is a place where rumors are flying all over the place. As long as Kaspars can arrange one or two people at random, the rumors will continue in the bar for a long time.
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Arranging the spread of rumors about the "Phantom Black Queen" was Valeera's attempt with good expectations.
She wasn't sure, but hoped it would work.
However, Valeera never expected that after only a few days, she would really feel the spiritual oppression and feel the slightest bit of relaxation.
This proved her previous suspicion that rumors and strange stories could also help her digest the potion.
In fact, although Valeela’s guess contained good expectations, it was not groundless——
In another memory of hers, there is this joke: "A wife is worse than a concubine, a concubine is worse than a maid, a maid is worse than a prostitute, a prostitute is worse than a thief, and being able to steal is worse than not being able to steal."
All in all, the best is never available.
Rumors of the "Phantom Black Queen" are flying all over the place. Everyone who meets her talks about it, and the rest who haven't met her will naturally imagine it.
This is somewhat similar to horror stories.
People who can be frightened by horror stories will naturally also gain joy from rumors.
Since Klein can receive performance feedback from the former, there is no reason why the latter, which is almost equivalent, cannot provide feedback to Valeela.
Of course, this is theoretical reasoning. The real example was brought back by Harold from a dance.
At the dance, he chatted with several superficial friends, ranging from political reform to Qixing entertainment, and heard urban rumors and tabloid stories about the "Phantom Black Queen".
Most of the topics among men fall into these two categories.
The rumors have been spreading secretly quite widely. It can be said that anyone with some connections in that area can hear some of them, and the business in related industries has increased a lot as a result.
There are also some jokes here, mainly related to followers who don’t know the truth.
After they heard the rumors about the "Phantom Black Queen", they swarmed into entertainment venues. Many of them were deceived by imitators who used their names. They spent a lot of money but got very little happiness.
Of course, the number of imitators is still relatively small, and most of them are unfamiliar faces.
Harold's superficial friends don't know it, but there are actually many imitators. However, before they have even done a few tricks, they will be asked to check the gas meter at their door and be taken to the police station for interrogation.
There are entries and exits, and this forms the appearance they see.
What Harold mainly used to illustrate was another conclusive real-life example.
A certain baronet had the good fortune to come into contact with the "Phantom Black Queen" and had a joy that he described as extremely wonderful... Since then, he has been in a state of depression and can no longer feel any pleasure from entertainment activities.
In this way, half of his life was forever reduced, leaving only the comfort of "wine".
Friends tried to comfort him, but he instead acted like a master who had nothing to seek for, saying frankly that he had been sublimated and would no longer be confused by vulgar tastes...
Harold gave an example of this matter, not because he noticed the connection between Valeela and the "Phantom Black Queen", but because he thought that this matter might involve supernatural factors, so he mentioned it during Valeera's occult course. consult.
Valeera casually gave some reasonable reasoning and left the topic behind. Instead, she said a few more words about the political reform that Harold mentioned in passing.
That’s right, it’s the civil service examination system.
This incident made Valeela basically feel relieved, believing that she had generally corrected the deviation between reality and the original work, and maintained the accuracy of the "Book of Prophecy" in her memory to a considerable extent.
Afterwards, Valeela also found an opportunity to remind Liya and ask her brother to read more grammar-related books.
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Until now, Valeela had only given Harold two tasks, and the requirements were very loose.
One of them is to expand his social circle and show his desire to join the upper class society. In this regard, he can only say that he is quite qualified;
The other one was to attend the gathering of Beyonders and collect formulas and materials. After Lydia and Admissor were promoted, his tasks were shared.
This gave him more time to explore acting methods.
In fact, during the period after he learned about the "acting method", he tried minor crimes, but they didn't work.
As for criminal acts with serious consequences, even if Valeela would not allow it, he would not be able to pass his own test.
Valeera told him:
The essence of the "acting method" is to "make behaviors that fit the name of the potion, clearly understand the hidden rules, and strictly demand yourself accordingly." Only in this way can the state of the body, mind, and spirit be adjusted and get closer to the remaining contents of the potion. Spirit, gradually digest it.
Referring to this sentence, after a period of thinking and searching, Harold found two examples——
The demonstration, which directly led to the repeal of the Corn Laws, clearly caused a certain amount of harm to the normal social order, and it also violated official obstruction. It was a pure criminal act.
In the end, instead of being punished, the workers who participated in the demonstration had their demands met.
The same means are used to accumulate wealth, making it difficult for many people to live a sustainable life. "Fraud" is a crime, but "business" is legal.
The two actually have some things in common in some aspects, and there are also a few methods that are close.
Harold hopes to find the acting behavior that suits him through thinking.
