After two days of the weekend, it’s the first Monday in September.
Although Valila’s classes were scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday, she still came to the university in the morning and saw the bustling campus again.
Sitting in her semi-independent office area, after telling some false stories, she suddenly felt a little emotional.
Just last year, she had to rely on the help of her cousin Reyes to learn some university knowledge. Now she has become a university lecturer herself and can even teach Reyes.
She used her own experience to prove her original understanding——
“Being extraordinary is the shortcut to climbing the social ladder.”
At the same time, Valeela couldn't help but think about the huge gap between the upper and lower levels of this society.
She knew how to "act", which was equivalent to taking a shortcut. As a result, it took her a year and she had only just touched the threshold of upper class society.
Moreover, to achieve this level, she mainly relied on Qili's legacy.
Valeera knew very well that if she relied solely on her own abilities, she would be an ordinary trainee lecturer, and her communication would be limited to the middle class. Unlike now, some things can be easily solved by leaving them to Audrey.
It only took Audrey more than a day to complete her request for the ball, and she found someone to deliver it yesterday.
Although that was all ordinary information, if it were a detective investigation, not to mention whether it could be hidden from an extraordinary person like Associate Professor Barak, at least the investigation time would not be so short.
Through the information provided by Audrey, Valeera felt that she had figured out the details of Associate Professor Barak.
There is nothing too special about him, the key is his wife Sasha.
Sasha is a faculty member in the Grammar Department of Backlund University, and of course, is also a "lawyer", but this is not important. What is important is her father's surname - Momont.
She is a full professor in the Engineering Department of Backlund University, an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Kingdom of Loen, and the daughter of Portland Momont.
This academician is very famous.
He won the "Light of Machinery" award for discovering several alloy materials.
His alloy materials have been widely used in shipbuilding and steam engine development. The patent proceeds alone made him a rich man worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Through a recollection in a "reasoning state", Valeela remembered that there were more descriptions of this gentleman in the original work.
He is a believer in the "God of Steam and Machinery", the "appraiser" of Sequence 7, and the first president of the Backlund Technical University that will be established in the near future. He is also the one who guided Melissa to become a "general" in the original work. A guide to those who know.
Portland Momont can become the "Appraiser" of Sequence 7, obviously he has a very close relationship with the Church of the "God of Steam and Machinery". It is normal to have access to the "Artisan" and see her portrait.
It is basically certain that Associate Professor Barak's "General Knowledge" potion was also provided by him.
Valeela was a little confused, why should they hide it for her? This good feeling came out of nowhere.
Could it be that just one honest transaction and two design blueprints of exquisite machinery could make them feel so good that they concealed the clues they discovered?
Valeela felt that she had to risk contact with Associate Professor Barak again.
After thinking about it carefully, she picked up the pen on the table and drew a small simple dial on the upper right corner of the first page of the instruction she had prepared, with the time pointing to 11 o'clock.
Then, Valeera took her textbook, came to Associate Professor Barak's office, and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
After seeing Valeela pushing the door open, there was a hint of surprise in Barak's eyes behind his silver-rimmed glasses.
Valeera pretended not to see it at all and said with a smile:
"Mr. Ascot, I have prepared a plan for tomorrow's lecture, but I am still a little worried. Can you please help me?"
As she spoke, she approached the desk and placed the teaching eucalyptus on the table in front of Associate Professor Barak.
When she withdrew her left hand, her thumb deliberately glanced at the dial pattern in the upper right corner.
As a "generalist" with a photographic memory, Barak naturally would not ignore Valeera's little movements. After seeing the dial pattern, he quickly stretched out his hand to adjust his silver-rimmed glasses to hide his shocked gaze.
He didn't expect that after receiving the secret message, Valeera would come looking for her.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have time now." He replied with a slightly dry voice.
"Okay then, I'll come back another time."
Valeela took back the teachings on the table, turned and left the office.
…
At night, it was approaching eleven o'clock.
In the brightly lit master bedroom, Associate Professor Barak and his wife Sasha sat side by side on the sofa, their eyes wandering in the direction of the balcony, without speaking.
Suddenly, the air rippled like water, and Valeela appeared in front of them.
This time, she did not change into Lexa's appearance, but only changed into a trench coat and trousers, which was equivalent to directly admitting that she was the "Phantom Black Queen".
Of course, she showed up after repeatedly scouting the area to make sure there were no traps.
Seeing that Mr. General and Ms. Lawyer were not as tense as last time, Valeera smiled softly, took a few steps forward and sat on the sofa opposite them, and asked:
"I'm curious, why didn't you choose to report it?"
Her expression was natural and her tone was relaxed, as if she were an invited guest.
"Because you are not an evil Beyonder," Barak glanced at the folding knife on Valeela's right waist. "If you had malicious intentions, we would have died during the last transaction."
Even though he didn't know much, he was certain that the person who could escape from the capture of the "Mechanical Heart" was simply not something that two of them, Sequence 9, plus one or two low-level magical items could fight against.
"And, even though it's a transaction, you can still be considered a favor to us."
"My original intention was that as long as what you did didn't touch my conscience, I wouldn't report it."
He spoke very seriously and his expression was serious.
When he spoke, Valeela did not feel any obvious evil desire, which showed that his words were basically credible.
Valeela thought about it for a moment, did not dwell on this aspect, and instead said:
"I have the recipe for the 'briber' potion."
"In addition, as long as you pay enough, I am willing to tell you a method that can reduce the probability of losing control and greatly increase the speed of promotion."
“This is my way of returning the kindness.”
Having said this, Valeela paused briefly to give the gentleman and lady opposite some time to accept and understand.
Then, in the surprised and doubtful eyes of the two of them, she continued with an indifferent but confident smile:
"This is extremely precious and tightly sealed mystical knowledge. To those who don't know it, its value should be no less than the formula of a high-sequence potion."
"And I'm sure you don't know this method."
"After all, Mr. Portland Momont is over sixty years old, and he is only the 'appraiser' of Sequence 7. He obviously has not mastered this method."
This sentence was another bombshell, causing a huge shock in the hearts of the Baraks.
