The Secret Code of Monsters.

Chapter 201: Bargains

Exchanging one secret for another was not too much trouble for Roland.

Especially the "fantasy" route is a losing business for brokers - it's not that no one is curious about it, but if something remains as cheap as grass for thirty or fifty years, who would hoard it?

Without achieving immortality, the ritualist's life span is only a few decades.

So, when Roland used a secret to exchange for a ring-raising ceremony for the "Elegy" path, and asked him to give him two ring-raising ceremonies for the "Fantasy" path as a gift...

The broker then knew that this was another newcomer who wanted to get rich overnight.

Just like when he was young.

This relatively kind ritualist told Roland that "Fantasy" does not have a single ritual link.

This means that even if someone fits this criterion and is chosen by it, he will never be able to embark on this path.

It is different from those "dead ends" that are not the crown gods - at least those roads can allow people to reach the second or third ring roads, and even if they are lucky enough and have enough wealth and connections, they can find the fourth, fifth or even sixth ring road promotion ceremony.

But the "fantasy" can't even begin.

'So, have you seen anyone who wants to buy it?'

The ritualist said: 'No.'

The "Fantasy" ring-raising ceremony was initially circulated only in the hands of those who wanted to get something for nothing.

Later, as time went by, it became a piece of rubbish that no one cared about.

It's just a nice-looking product.

No one has ever seen who truly fits this criterion and who is chosen by the criterion.

'I guess the reason there's no ring is because it's a dead rule.'

Because apart from the number of rings, non-path people cannot see the specific ritual information or what kind of power the ritual possesses. They guessed, or can say that this is the only way to conclude.

Dead norms.

Since it was only a one-ring "Elegy" ritual (ignoring the two fantasy rings), the ritualist said that Roland only needed to pay one piece of knowledge about "alien species".

But don't miss the most common echidnas and whistling birds.

Roland told him about the genie in the bottle.

All in all, except for Ms. Helen Hawkins, Roland's first trip to the Golden Island went smoothly - but it also made him wary.

On the "Fantasy" road, there are a group of enemies with unknown goals.

The good news is: no one should be aware of the power of this path at the moment, otherwise after the Chloe massacre, the "White Veil Killer" who caused a sensation would have been wanted and even become a "major crime".

The bad news is...

He lost himself in the difficult, painful and confusing process of searching for the ascension ritual, just like most ritualists.

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"Ritual": —— (Second Ring)

"Ritual": Lawless romance/strange objects/occult organs/admirer's kiss

"Turn the rolling boulders into balloons and the trumpets into morning glories!"

"This world is absurd enough, so..."

"We need some messed up truth!"

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This is the ring-up ceremony that Roland received...By the way, the third ring is also so 'expensive'.

This basically confirmed to him that he would be inseparable from rare objects and mystical organs in the future - just like Yihuan, he would probably have to bear the pain of burning a rare object, and at the same time, he would have to possess a mystical organ.

'This is killing me.'

"What's the matter?" Alice blinked, swinging a fur tassel in her hand. "Roland has become beautiful again."

Cordoni's shoemaker's shop.

The day after Roland completed "The Whipper", he went to Mr. William's house to inquire about him.

For this skilled old leatherworker, it was not difficult to hand-make a whip long enough for Roland to wield. According to the gentleman who had been doing good business recently:
He could do this with his eyes closed before he even reached adulthood. "It seems like he's doing really good business lately."

Business is good and my mood is good too.

"Alice, don't bother Roland." William Cordoni stroked the cut vegetable-tanned kangaroo leather and put it into the cutting machine one by one. He held the wrench with one hand, exerting force from time to time, and with the other hand stretched the leather rope tail and slowly pulled it out.

The thickness and uniformity of the leather rope are very important, which will directly affect the feel of the whip after it is woven and the smoothness when it is swung...

Or so Mr. William said.

Roland didn't quite understand either.

"Alice is never annoying, Mr. William. I haven't seen her for a long time."

Roland opened his arms.

Then the little girl grabbed the fur tassel and fluttered into Roland's arms like a little bird.

She nuzzled his neck and giggled.

"…They said bad things about you, saying that you had become a bad person and had even captured a new neighbor." Alice was carried to Roland's lap, and she put her arms around Roland's neck. Her clever eyes murmured, "But I don't believe it! They are jealous of you, Roland!"

Roland let her hug him, and when the girl started fiddling with her nose and lips, he bared his teeth in a ferocious manner: "Oh, let me hear it. What are you jealous of?"

"I'm jealous that you have a job and make a lot of money..." Alice whispered in his ear, "...I said you can make ten shillings a week."

"That's about right, Alice. I'm a rich man now."

Alice gently pinched Roland's ear and rubbed his earlobe with two fingers, having a lot of fun: "Then can you eat meat every day?"

"That depends on what kind of meat."

"pork?"

"The piglet refused."

"What about...beef?"

"The cow is not at home."

"chicken?"

"Traveling with the Eagle."

Alice was not very happy: "Roland, I'm grown up!"

Roland hugged her and smiled continuously: "Really? But you are still like a feather now."

He suddenly stood up, and with the girl in his arms screaming, he lifted her up high while laughing.

"Roland!"

Alice was horrified at first, but then she couldn't help but laugh like Roland.

William Cordoni sat on a low stool, rubbing the cut leather cords over and over with his oiled palms.

He looked at his daughter flying up and down in Roland's arms and listened to her cheerful and childish laughter. It was as if he had returned to many years ago when his wife was still alive.

"Alice has said a lot of good things about you, Roland." William talked about the children's interesting stories without interrupting his hands' neat work. "One person who slandered you was hit on the leg by a small stone by her. He cried for the whole afternoon."

Roland looked at Alice.

The princess, who didn't know her knight was not blind, flapped her 'wings' and stuck out her tongue at him, making strange faces.

"You are amazing, Your Highness."

Roland held her in his arms again, took two steps back and sat down.

"But that's a job for knights, isn't it? What will knights do if you take over their work?"

Alice thought about it and felt that her knight was right.

"…Rick Rich had a brother," she whispered to Roland, "but he disappeared."

Disappeared?
"Don't listen to her nonsense."

William glanced at Roland and sighed, "That family was unlucky. A thief broke in. No one noticed in the middle of the night."

"By the next day, the child was gone."

(End of this chapter)