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Thaddeus breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as you don't want to join... Wait, that's not right!"
He didn't want to join the Eye, but he wanted to learn the Eye's magic?
Didn't that mean he didn't want to fulfill the responsibilities of being a member of the Eye, but he wanted to enjoy the benefits of being a member?
Could such a good thing exist? Could you introduce me to more places like that? My whole family would be interested!
After realizing what Morin was suggesting, Thaddeus firmly refused. "No! Free-riding is shameful! Free-riding must be forbidden!"
Morin raised his hands in a gesture of compromise. "Fine, then I'll just join, how about that?"
"Hmm, that's more like it," Thaddeus nodded.
"..."
"Wait, what did I just do?!" After a few seconds, Thaddeus finally came to his senses, wanting to go back in time to a few seconds ago and strangle himself.
"Did you use a confusion spell on me? Or a mind-control spell?" Thaddeus looked at Morin with a serious expression.
"The Eye will never admit... Wait, what is that in your hand?"
"A camcorder. It can also double as a voice recorder, and of course, video is more convincing," Morin said, fiddling with the camcorder he had pulled out of his pocket.
"See how photogenic you are?"
Thaddeus was shocked.
"Sir..." Thaddeus's female assistant, Catrina, came over to him.
"You need to calm down." As the third party, she was clear-headed.
At this moment, she knew that Thaddeus had completely fallen into Morin's trap and had revealed a lot of crucial information.
Like the existence of the Eye and the fact that there was magic training there. So, as his assistant, her duty was to remind Thaddeus and help him readjust himself to avoid further losses.
"I need to go to the bathroom..." Thaddeus used the old "escape to the bathroom" trick, deciding to temporarily avoid the situation.
With his assistant's interruption, his mind was finally able to detach from Morin's pace.
"Catrina, please entertain Mr. Morin for a while." With that, Thaddeus stood up and hurried toward the bathroom, looking like he was running away.
Morin didn't stop him. The escape-to-the-bathroom trick was highly effective.
As long as it wasn't an enemy, this trick would almost always work, and Morin wasn't at the point of an open conflict with Thaddeus.
As for a more extreme version, there was the "fecal escape," but that was rarely used because it was too damaging to one's pride.
Since the main person had run off, Morin was left with nothing to do... so he looked at Thaddeus's female assistant, Catrina, his eyes lighting up.
Her headlights were dazzling! Her face was also pretty good; he'd rate it an eight!
"So..." Morin said with a smile. "Ms. Catrina, how about we chat for a bit?"
...
"Phew..." In the bathroom, after washing his face with cold water, Thaddeus didn't rush to leave.
He sniffed the fragrant... no, he took in the rich aroma... no, that's not right either. In any case, he just let himself calm down in that environment.
Calm down, calm down...
After calming down, Thaddeus finally realized how much information Morin had extracted from him in just a few short sentences.
Not only had the existence of the Eye been exposed, but his identity as a member, the existence of magic within the Eye... all this important information had been revealed by him!
Thaddeus was incredibly annoyed.
As a proper magician and a member of the Eye, he naturally knew a few magic tricks, and he had gone through systematic training, acquiring a lot of knowledge about magic.
That's why Thaddeus was so annoyed. In his observation, Morin hadn't used a single magic trick.
That meant all this information had been extracted from him by Morin's clever use of words!
Damn it!
Thaddeus shook his head, washed his face again, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down to think of a countermeasure.
As an older person, Thaddeus was very experienced. He had only been caught off guard by Morin's unconventional approach and lost his cool.
After a while, Thaddeus finally came up with a plan.
"When I go back, no matter what he says, I'll just be firm and not let him join or learn magic!"
Thaddeus thought to himself as he returned to the office. However... when he opened the door, he saw his female assistant, Catrina, almost leaning on Morin, the two of them chatting happily.
Chatting happily... Thaddeus was completely shocked.
Catrina was Thaddeus's adopted daughter, whom he had raised since she was a child. Since he had no wife and no children of his own, Thaddeus basically raised Catrina as his own daughter.
When Catrina grew up, Thaddeus made her his assistant and also had her learn some magic and magic knowledge.
Thaddeus's plan was that when Catrina was ready, he would introduce her to the Eye and have her pass the test so that after he died, Catrina wouldn't have to worry about her future.
This was also why Catrina was able to remind Thaddeus earlier and why she knew about the Eye and magic.
If Thaddeus really didn't want Catrina to know these things, she wouldn't have been able to.
But now... Thaddeus was furious. It was bad enough that this guy had come here to get a free ride without giving anything in return... no, he couldn't let that go!
Now he was also trying to steal his daughter?
The sound of Thaddeus opening the door made Catrina and Morin snap out of it. Morin was thick-skinned and didn't move, but Catrina's face turned red.
She stood up and mumbled, "Remember to call me."
Then, without daring to look up or say anything, she "quietly" walked past the angry Thaddeus, who was giving off an intensely low-pressure vibe, and left.
Catrina had just advised Thaddeus to calm down, and now she herself had been completely captivated.
Naturally, Catrina was too ashamed to face Thaddeus. But... Mr. Morin was so interesting!
Catrina thought to herself. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said that to him.
Catrina had temporarily escaped, leaving Morin and Thaddeus alone in the office. To be precise, it was Thaddeus unilaterally giving off a low-pressure aura.
But for Morin, this kind of aura was completely useless. After a year, Morin had successfully reclaimed his original temperament "do whatever he wanted."
He could be cool, cute, serious, or gentle... in short, "do whatever he wanted" was the most fitting description.
"Alright, alright..." Morin waved his hand without turning around. "I was just chatting with Ms. Catrina. You don't have to be like this, do you?"
"She's my daughter!" Thaddeus's anger, which had been slowly diminishing because Morin was ignoring him, swelled up again.
He rushed over to Morin, looking down at him. "And you're trying to date her!"
Of course, Thaddeus wasn't just angry about that.
What made him even angrier was what the scene he just saw implied: it seemed like it wasn't just the pig wanting to eat the cabbage; the cabbage seemed to be quite willing to be eaten as well. It was infuriating!
"Wait, your daughter?" Morin was a little surprised. He hadn't known about this relationship; it was never mentioned in the movie.
Of course, what really surprised Morin wasn't that. "If I'm not mistaken, your daughter is a white person?"
Morin looked at Thaddeus with a hint of sympathy in his eyes. For some reason, in Morin's vision, the black hat on Thaddeus's head was faintly glowing with a green light.
This was getting to a whole new level of "green."
"What's with that weird look in your eyes?!" Thaddeus was furious again and immediately realized.
"She's my adopted daughter!"
"Oh, okay then." Morin's attitude instantly went from "intrigued" to "uninterested."
"What do you mean, 'oh, okay then'?" Thaddeus was shocked by Morin's attitude. "She's my adopted daughter, and you're trying to date her!"
"Hold on," Morin said, raising his hand and pointing to his face. "Am I handsome?"
"...Average." Although Thaddeus really wanted to say "you're garbage, not even close to me," his conscience stopped him.
"Am I rich?" Morin asked again.
"...Okay, I guess." Thaddeus wanted to say "not as rich as me," but he knew that with the way Morin was going, he would never be short on money, and surpassing him would be easy.
"Then there you go, right?" Morin spread his hands.
"...Huh?" Thaddeus was so angry he laughed. "Even if you're average-looking and okay with money, you're not a good person!"
"What's wrong with not being a good person?" Morin squinted. "I don't want to marry Catrina, I just want to date her."
"Oh, that's true, you have a point." Thaddeus subconsciously nodded.
"..."
"What the heck do you mean, you have a point?!" Thaddeus snapped back. Wasn't this a classic example of Morin wanting to get a free ride without taking any responsibility?!
"In any case, it's just a matter of young people wanting to be together, so you, as an old man, shouldn't interfere too much," Morin said, waving his hand and leaning in to put his arm around Thaddeus's shoulder.
"But you know, if you introduce me to the Eye..."
"You won't try to date her anymore?"
"I will."
"Then what are you talking about?!"
"Look, I promise I won't use force. I'll just use my own charm to attract her. Whether Ms. Catrina agrees or not is her own business. Of course, besides that, I can also promise you something else."
"You actually want Catrina to join the Eye." Morin said with a smile.
"Don't be so quick to deny it, Mr. Bradley. Trust me, I can see through people. As a member of the Eye, you must know what kind of benefits it would bring to Catrina to join, right?"
"What do you want to do?" Thaddeus forced himself to ignore the first thing Morin had said, otherwise he was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist punching Morin in the face.
Although he didn't know if he could win, Thaddeus really wanted to do it.
"Look, even though you've mastered so many of the Eye's magic tricks, I'm guessing you haven't taught them to Catrina. I suspect the Eye has some rules that prevent you from teaching her, right?"
Morin laid out the results of his split-second analysis of all the information he had.
As a high [Intelligence] player, his information analysis skills were second to none.
In the original story, there was no mention of Catrina being Thaddeus's adopted daughter. But based on a few sentences from Thaddeus and the information he got from chatting with Catrina, Morin had already deduced the relationship between them and what Thaddeus wanted to do. As a father, he would naturally want to give the best things to his children. The fact that Thaddeus hadn't done so suggested he was being restricted by the Eye.
It was clear that joining the Eye would lift this restriction, but Thaddeus hadn't had Catrina join.
Combined with the tests the protagonists and the Four Horsemen went through in the original movie, Morin immediately understood everything.
"You want Catrina to join the Eye, but you're worried that her abilities aren't enough for her to pass the tests without getting hurt. So, you're currently in a dilemma and don't know what to do."
Morin's words were like a hammer hitting Thaddeus's heart.
"So, now, I can give you an opportunity, Mr. Bradley." Morin grinned, instantly shifting his role from a petitioner to someone being petitioned, a complete reversal of roles.
"You want Catrina to join the Eye. I can help you with that."
"...What do you want?" Thaddeus asked, putting aside his previous biases against Morin. He knew that Morin wouldn't work for free.
He was certain that this free-rider would never have that kind of awareness! But, he was also certain that Morin could do what he said help Catrina pass the Eye's tests!
"Didn't I already tell you what I want?" Morin said, spreading his hands and sighing helplessly.
"Mr. Bradley, I'm starting to wonder if you're getting senile due to your age. Here, let me recommend a drink for you: eight-spiced celery and cilantro juice. It's rich in various vitamins, and the flavor is so complex that it will give your nerves a chance to develop again!"
Thaddeus was dumbfounded.
"What are you even talking about? Is that even something a human can drink? I believe you when you say it's rich in vitamins and has a complex flavor, but that 'nerves developing again' part sounds more like a way to come back as a hero eighteen years later! Why are you so obsessed with these dark-themed drinks? Can't our conversation be normal?"
Thaddeus's urge to rant was once again out of control.
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