As evening fell, Viscount Veder, who had been working all day, returned to his mansion by carriage from his mistress, Miss Lisa.
The viscount, who was in his fifties, had a sallow complexion, sunken eyes, and looked somewhat exhausted.
As the carriage entered Queen's Road, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man standing by the roadside, dressed in loose wizard robes, wearing a pointed hat, with a long nose, a long beard, and leaning on a wooden staff.
Viscount Wade thought the man looked a lot like the wizard he remembered, so he took another look at him.
Just then, a strange voice suddenly rang in his ears: "You've been having a lot of bad luck lately."
Viscount Wade was startled: "Who?"
The bodyguard sitting opposite the viscount was also startled: "What?"
Viscount Wade took a deep breath: "Didn't you hear the voices just now?"
The bodyguard was a little confused: "No."
"It's alright, it's alright now." Viscount Wade thought he was just a little out of it and had misheard.
But at that moment, he saw a middle-aged man standing by the roadside, dressed in a loose wizard's robe, wearing a pointed hat, with a long nose, a long beard, and leaning on a wooden staff.
Viscount Wade rubbed his eyes. His clothes, appearance, and demeanor were exactly the same as the wizard from before.
At the same time, he heard the voice again: "Your fate is in great turmoil, and a great disaster is about to befall you."
Viscount Veder's hands trembled. This time he was certain that he wasn't hallucinating; someone was really talking to him. But judging from the bodyguard's expression, he still hadn't heard him: "Stop the car! Stop the car now!"
He suddenly realized that it was very likely that the wizard from before was speaking to him in a magical way.
The window of the carriage behind them opened, and Bivis coldly said to the wizard on the street, "If you follow us any further, I won't be so polite."
His spiritual senses told him that the person was extraordinary, and that the other party seemed to have used extraordinary abilities just now.
Because Bevis did not sense any danger, and his employer had not given any orders to attack, he only issued a warning.
The wizard on the street was, of course, Odis.
After returning to the herbal shop, he rested for a while and then asked Kaina and several customers who came to buy medicine what kind of wizards they remembered.
Based on everyone's opinions, Odis summarized three characteristics: a long beard, a staff, a pointed hat, and a loose wizard's robe.
So Odis designed his own wizard image: a long beard that reached his chest covered half of his face, and he used props to lengthen his nose. After slightly drawing eyeliner, Odis's expression became somewhat sinister, creating a huge difference from the temperament of the herbalist.
What Viscount Ved heard just now, someone speaking in his ear, was actually Odis using his invented "whispering technique" to talk to him.
This witchcraft looks magical, but the principle is actually very simple. It's just a kind of necromancy that allows you to speak directly to other people's spirits.
Aside from speaking discreetly so that others can't hear, this witchcraft cannot harm the other person's soul, nor can it provide any spiritual guidance; it has no other function.
But it can be used to pretend to be a ghost or a spirit.
Odis ignored Bivis and instead addressed the carriage carrying Viscount Vede: "Fate has led me here, Salsi Vede! Son of Antonio! Glory to our ancestors..."
Bivis had already disembarked from the carriage: "Arrest him!"
"Wait." Viscount Wade confirmed that this was the same voice that had spoken in his ear just now. He rolled down the car window and said, "Let him finish."
Odis's whispering spell had just convinced Viscount Wade that he had encountered a true wizard.
He was indeed a true "wizard," but the wizard in Viscount Vader's concept was not quite the same as the "wizard" in the Extraordinary Realm.
In legends, wizards are mysterious and powerful, always hiding in dark villages or deep forests, brewing potions with strange effects, and it is said that they can even brew elixirs of immortality.
They seem to have a certain insight into fate, always able to predict the destinies of certain people and events.
Furthermore, the names of nobles are rarely known, yet this wizard in front of him uttered the name of the old Viscount Viscount Wade, who had been dead for about ten years.
This made Viscount Wade even more convinced that the wizard in front of him had the ability to divine or prophesy.
The extraordinary bodyguard, Bivis, immediately said, "Viscount, please don't be misled by his words..."
"Let him finish speaking!" Viscount Wade said weakly again.
Today's experience left him somewhat dissatisfied with Bivis, as he had neither noticed that someone had given him a laxative nor been able to find the culprit.
Reluctantly, Bivis had no choice but to step back two steps to make room for Odis.
Odis continued, "The glory of the Vader family's ancestors is very likely to show signs of decline in the near future."
Viscount Wade quickly asked, "Is there any way to solve this?"
"Yes," Odis said. "Impurities have been mixed into the river of your destiny. As long as you find the source of these impurities, you can resolve the problem."
How do I find it?
"Let's look for it at your home."
Viscount Wade said, somewhat weakly, "Please get in the carriage."
"No need," Odis said calmly. "You go first, I'll be there shortly."
Viscount Wade nodded, continuing to move the carriage forward while keeping an eye on the wizard.
As the carriage moved further and further away from Odis, he raised his staff as if chanting a spell, and then seemed to scatter some powder.
Then a magical scene unfolded. The wizard strode forward, and as he walked, he suddenly stepped into the air with remarkable ease, flying forward and quickly catching up with Viscount Wade's carriage.
As Odis analyzed, Viscount Vede was a very superstitious man, and after seeing Odis's "performance," he almost got out of his carriage to worship him.
The bodyguards all looked surprised, but only Bivis sneered, "A little trick."
When Viscount Veder's carriage entered the courtyard of his luxurious villa on Queen's Road, the bodyguards, servants, gardeners, and others inside were all stunned.
Someone actually flew in with Viscount Wade's carriage!
When the carriage stopped, the person who had been flying in mid-air landed steadily.
With the help of his bodyguards, Viscount Wade stepped out of the car and said with a smile, "Mr. Wizard, please come in."
Odis grunted an "Mmm" in a grand manner, strode forward, and walked at the front.
As soon as he entered, he nodded slightly to a noblewoman who came out to greet him: "Greetings, Viscountess!"
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
As he spoke, Odis, with his wealth of information, didn't wait for the noblewoman to react before striding into the living room.
He headed towards the Viscount's living room, where he sat down on the sofa to wait for Viscount Veder and his wife.
This performance surprised Viscount Wade once again. It wasn't too surprising that the wizard could recognize his wife without any introduction, since it was quite possible to tell from her clothing.
But the other party's confident demeanor, as if he had been to his own home before, left Viscount Wade completely baffled as to how he had managed to do it.
Actually, we have to thank Odis for the advanced intelligence system he established. He had a floor plan of Viscount Ved's house, knowing exactly where the living room, the bedroom, and even the bathroom were.
Within the entire intelligence network of Ruen, apart from MI9, which possesses such an advanced intelligence system, other intelligence organizations at most have written descriptions of the structure and purpose of their buildings.
When Viscount Wade sat down beside him, Odis still didn't rush to talk about the main topic. Instead, he said to the viscount, who looked very weak, "Your condition is still very serious. You need to rest for at least two or three days."
Viscount Veder's personal physician had been treating him for a day, but the effects of severe dehydration were still causing him great suffering.
Viscount Veder clearly did not know the "Pharmacist," otherwise the "Pharmacist" would have only needed one dose of herbs to restore him to normal.
Upon hearing Odis's words, Viscount Wade became somewhat agitated: "You know about my condition?"
Odis thought to himself: Of course I know, I was the one who put the drug in.
He did not answer Viscount Wade's question, but instead said, "Have someone go to the kitchen and bring a small bowl of black sesame seeds."
Viscount Wade knew that the wizard was going to use his magic to heal him, so he quickly sent his butler to get sesame seeds.
Soon, the butler brought sesame seeds.
Odis stood up and sprinkled a handful of green powder on his staff, which then sprouted new branches and leaves.
This stunned everyone in the room. Some servants rubbed their eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Odis looked like a charlatan, muttering incantations, sometimes waving his loose sleeves, sometimes gently stroking the branches and leaves, as if helping them grow.
The branches and leaves grew rapidly, flowers bloomed, and a peach was formed in just a few seconds.
This operation surprised even the well-informed Bivis, because it was another witchcraft invented by Odis herself, which Bivis had never seen before.
Odis picked the peach, and the flesh of the peach immediately became illusory, turning into the shape of peach blossoms and disappearing, leaving only a peach pit in his hand.
Then Odis cracked open the peach pit, revealing a plump peach kernel inside.
At this moment, the peach branch on his staff also quickly became illusory and eventually disappeared without a trace.
Before anyone could react, Odis put down his staff, grabbed some sesame seeds from the bowl the steward was holding, put them together with peach kernels, and pinched them together to form a ball with the sesame seeds and peach kernels.
Finally, he handed it to Viscount Wade: "Eat it."
Viscount Wade, who had been given a laxative this morning because he ate something inappropriate, was somewhat resistant to it.
But then he thought of the magical feats performed by the wizard, and in the end he took the ball, chewed it briefly, and swallowed it.
A few seconds later, Viscount Veder felt that his limbs had regained their strength. Although he had not fully recovered, he could walk without any support.
This was actually a prescription, somewhat like a folk remedy, that Odis acquired after his promotion. It could effectively relieve the symptoms caused by dehydration.
Viscount Wade had no more doubts at this point. He stood up and grasped Odis's hand: "Mr. Wizard, please help me! I've been having such bad luck lately."