Ring of Fate

Chapter 849 "Negotiation"

After reading the first paragraph of the letter, Franca felt like it had finally arrived.

She had been waiting, waiting for Mr. Star to make a request so that he could exchange the low- to medium-sequence potions of the "Night" pathway for Amandine.

Franka read the following contents with a bit of anticipation and nervousness:
“He wants you to help him interpret the text in the attached document of this letter. They are somewhat similar to those in Emperor Roselle’s diary.

“He doesn’t set a time limit, you can take your time.

"You mentioned that Christa's father might be the Blood Emperor Alistair Tudor. This is very useful and important information.

"Now, we suspect that the one in the deepest part of the special mirror world, the one believed by the 'Mirror Man', may not be the 'Original Witch' in the full sense, but one of the purposes of the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Original Witch' in creating that special mirror world. She has a very close connection with the 'Original Witch', but it seems to be out of their control. The 'Original Witch's' current poor condition may be due to this.

"Next, your main task with the 'Seven of Holy Grails' is to find the 'Man in the Mirror' Jasmine and test the 'Black Witch' to see if she has a deep understanding of the special mirror world. Of course, the premise of all this is that you must ensure your own safety.

"If you encounter any abnormality, you can ask me for help."

Ms. Judgment still hasn't said a word... Franka turned to the next page of the letter.

The following is the accompanying information.

Franka only took a glance and her pupils suddenly dilated:
This, this is not the text in Emperor Roselle's diary!
It was unknown whether this was oracle bone script or bronze script, but it was one of the oldest scripts in the country before she and Emperor Roselle traveled through time!

“Where did you get this from?
"Who the hell knows this...

“I’m not sure if it’s real oracle bone script or bronze script. After all, I don’t understand it. I’m illiterate…

"Is it a mysterious language unknown to this world, but it's more like oracle bone script?
"But it does look a bit like it. It's obviously hieroglyphics!"

Franca identified it carefully.

Although she had never studied oracle bone script or bronze inscription, as a young person who grew up in the Internet age, she had more or less seen some of them and remembered the meanings of the simplest ones, such as "人".

Before long, she discovered several similar pattern-like texts.

"It's a little different than I remembered, but mostly the same...

"Let's treat it as oracle bone or bronze inscriptions first... Where did Mr. Xingxing get it from? Did they find Harrison from Easter Island? No, if they really found him, they would tell me...

"Or, when the Major Arcana holder of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' was tracking down the missing 'Ten Pillars' Camelot, he came into contact with the 'Heavenly Master'?
"It's very likely! No wonder the foreword of this document told me that the order of the text has been disrupted to prevent me from being contaminated during the interpretation process. You are indeed the 'Heavenly Master' who controls the two paths of 'Secret Peer' and 'General Knowledge'!
"But without context, the difficulty of interpretation increases by more than double...

"Chen Tu! 'Armored Shadow' Chen Tu might be able to do it, but I can only ask three or four questions at a time... I don't know if I can just ask what the general meaning of this information is..."

Franka's mind raced, and she decided to seek help from the "Curly-haired Baboon Research Association" first.

There are many members in the research institute who come from the same country as her, and many of them are highly educated, some of whom may have had in-depth contact with or studied oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions.

Franka does not require the other party to be a master of oracle bone inscriptions or bronze inscriptions. It is enough for him to be able to recognize the commonly used characters. The rest is left to the Major Arcana cards to guess based on the context of the original data.

After making the decision, Franka began to write a letter with great enthusiasm, intending to summon the messenger of Ms. "Hela" to request a gathering in the near future.

She was too lazy to go out for a "date" with Lumian to discuss matters concerning the "Black Witch". After chewing a loaf of butter bread, she sat down at her desk, picked out the few words she could barely recognize, and studied them over and over again.

…………

In the Memorial Hall area, in the apartment that Lumian rented.

Lumian sat on the sofa, looking at Ludwig who was reading "Grimace" magazine, thinking about the subsequent "taming" plan.

After more than ten minutes, he smiled at Ludwig:
“You’ve been quite free lately, and there’s nothing else to do except eating.

"Let me give you an assignment."

The key point of "taming" is to make the other party obey orders and force themselves to do things they don't want to do.

Of course, relying solely on deterrence and suppression is not enough. It may be okay once or twice, but if it happens too many times, Ludwig will definitely run away from home again.

Ludwig's expression suddenly turned into horror, as if to say, "See, you are still contaminated by the Church of Knowledge!"

Without giving him a chance to speak, Lumian added:

"This assignment is to taste the more famous meat pies in Trier, collect information by yourself, plan your own route, and finally compile a food report."

The first step to obeying orders is to make the child accept the orders, make it something he can and is willing to do, and then gradually increase the pressure.

Ludwig's eyes suddenly lit up.

He licked his lips and said:
"it is good!"

The little boy looked out the window and stood up impatiently:
"I'll go now!"

Lumian laughed immediately:
"It's dark now, it's too dangerous outside, and you're just a child."

It’s too dangerous… It’s just a child… Lugano, who was standing next to him, couldn’t help but glance at Ludwig, with disapproval written all over his face.

Lumian sighed and said:

"I mean, he's just a child, he doesn't have enough self-control, and he's dangerous to the citizens of Trier who are walking at night."

He then said to Ludwig:
"You should collect information from newspapers and magazines tonight, make a plan, and complete it tomorrow morning."

"Yeah!" Ludwig jumped down from the sofa and started looking through the newspapers and magazines he had subscribed to, quite seriously.

Lumian nodded with satisfaction, walked back to his bedroom, and placed a ball of continuously burning white flame into the independent space in the "Traveler's Bag".

After a while, he took out the completely charred and deformed body parts of Sally, and examined them for a few seconds.

According to the results of Franka's "magic mirror divination", after refining and extraction, this can replace the "double-tailed black snake tail tip" in the auxiliary materials of the "pain" potion.

There is no need to collect the "Flower-faced Bat Blood" in the auxiliary materials. Franka's blood is a better substitute.

Lumian stuffed the body parts back into the "traveler's bag" and took out the books he borrowed from the Morola Church of Knowledge.

Although the "Magician" lady has helped him seal the "Black Tear", no one can have too much useful knowledge.

Of course, the more useful the knowledge, the more likely it is to be polluted, which requires weighing and choosing between two options.

Lumian lit the gas wall lamp, picked up a book titled "Into the Mysterious Hall", and began to read leisurely.

As time passed, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the door.

His door creaked open and a figure emerged from the shadows.

That was Janna, who was wearing a white shirt and a light-colored gauze skirt. Her darker flaxen hair was tied up, her blue eyes were big and bright, her face was lightly powdered, and there was a small black mole in the middle of her nose.

Her white blouse with flower decorations was not revealing, but the nearly perfect curves made people imagine and feel dry in their mouths.

At this moment, Lumian seemed to see the figures of the past "flamboyant girl" Janna and the actress apprentice Celia Bello overlapped together, both of them were beautiful with an indescribable charm.

"I need your help with something." Janna smiled and closed the door.

Lumian suddenly had a premonition of danger. It was not that his life was threatened, but that he was uneasy about something else.

“I’m afraid I can’t help you.” Lumian said calmly, relying on his “ascetic” qualities.

Janna lowered her eyelids, covering her bright blue eyes.

She walked to the bedside, sat down, looked at Lumian again, and said with a smile:

"Just listen to me first and hear my reasons."

Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:
"You tell me."

Janna put her hands on both sides, leaned forward slightly, and said in a playful manner:

"It seems you have guessed it. Yes, I want your help in digesting the 'joy' potion."

As expected...Lumian said with a headache:
"Why not look for Franca?"

"There are two reasons, one superficial and one real. Which one do you want to hear?" Janna asked with a smile.

Lumian rubbed his forehead:

"On the surface."

Janna pursed her lips and smiled self-deprecatingly:
"She is happy to help me digest the 'pleasure' potion. I won't have any resistance in my heart and the pain will be minimal. This does not conform to the role-playing rule that pleasure brings pain, and I will digest the potion very slowly.

"As for you, I know you don't want to do this and are quite against it. The more you experience pleasure, and eventually you may even feel reluctant to give it up, accompanied by the pain of self-blame, the faster my 'pleasure' potion will be digested. In addition, a very important point is that you have a false angel status. If everything goes well, maybe I can digest the potion in just two or three weeks and consider being promoted to 'Witch of Pain'.

"As the leader of a team, isn't this the best choice? It can effectively help you improve the quality of your team and make the ceremony more effective.

"You don't need to recommend 'Black Tears' to me. I need a subject to digest the 'Joy' potion."

Lumian remained silent and did not respond.

Janna couldn't help but chuckle:
"Just think of this as 'teleporting' with your teammates and lending them strength. I don't want to gain your emotions or heart. Without emotions, don't you always care about nothing and always think you have no morals? Hey, are you a germaphobe? I'm just helping!"

Lumian said after a few seconds:

"What about you?"

Janna lowered her eyes and smiled softly:

"I also experience pleasure in pain and pain in pleasure, which is in line with the rules of acting."

Lumian was silent for a while and said:
"Where's Franka?"

Janna bit her lip and said with deep eyes:

"If she knew, it would be a good opportunity for her to digest the 'pain' potion."

Lumian let out a long sigh:

"I thought you would try to seduce me and ignite my desires to achieve your goals, but I didn't expect you to reason with me like you were negotiating."

Janna frowned and cursed:

"If I were to use temptation, you would definitely just 'teleport' and escape!

"It's better to explain the stakes to you and tell you that this is as normal as drinking water and eating. You don't need to feel guilty or have to invest your emotions. This is very common in Intis!"

(End of this chapter)