Bernadette nodded slowly: "That means you made 30 pounds on this deal!"
She laughed and said, "You're a real genius when it comes to acting. You even destroyed the fighting arena in Backlund to play the 'Fighting Scholar'."
"Playing the role of a 'wizard' can also be a way to make money."
"When others play the role, it's both expensive and time-consuming, but when you play it, you not only digest the potion, but you also make money."
Odis placed his long staff aside and laughed, "It's not as amazing as you make it out to be. I just used the time others spent drinking coffee to smoke my pipe."
"Hahaha~" Bernadette's hearty laughter echoed through the air once again.
As the two became more familiar with each other and their conversations became more casual, Bernadette found chatting with Odice increasingly interesting.
Now, the people Bernadette encounters are either subordinates or enemies.
The former are usually very serious, and you can't have a casual conversation with them. As for chatting with the enemy, that's a very dangerous thing.
Odis was not as cautious as a subordinate, nor as cold as an enemy.
After a few hearty laughs, the two resumed their serious conversation.
Bernadette asked Odis, "I still don't quite understand why the 'Morse Ascetic' insisted on capturing you?"
The situation was urgent, and she didn't have time to talk to Odis in detail.
Later, Bernadette heard from Arya that the "Morse Penitentiary" had spent so much time planning, only to capture Odysseus!
Crucially, this order was issued by the "Hidden Sage"!
This is quite unusual. It's not surprising that the "Morse Ascetic" would take notice of Odis, given that Odis's research is truly admirable.
However, these studies have not yet reached the point of alarming the "hidden sages".
Odis had already thought of an answer to this question: "They may have discovered that I have a close working relationship with you and want to capture me and interrogate me about information about you."
"Don't worry, even if I'm captured by the 'Morse Ascetic Order,' no matter how severely they torture me, I will never utter a single word about you!"
Bernadette paused for a few seconds before saying, "Not really."
She meant that the "Hidden Sage" didn't seem to be planning to capture Odis in order to obtain information about her.
But then she thought that Odis probably didn't know the reason either, so Bernadette said again, "I feel that people who can say such things are unlikely to keep any secrets."
Odis did not refute, but simply smiled and asked, "Do you have any magical items that grant the ability to 'travel'?"
"Yes, but the negative effects are very strong," Bernadette said. "I can help you trade for a magical item with less severe negative effects for 19,000 pounds."
"We are good friends."
"Then it'll be £18,500."
"Is our friendship only worth 500 pounds?"
"That makes sense." Bernadette thought for a moment. "18,800 pounds!"
Odis: "I..."
Bernadette laughed and said, "The asking price is £18,500. If you don't have that much money, I can help you pay part of it."
Odis pondered for a moment before saying, "Let's wait a bit."
He hasn't figured out exactly how to run the route yet.
Bernadette said, "Okay."
The two chatted for a while longer, but Bernadette had other things to do, so their conversation ended there for the time being.
Odis wrote a letter to Mandy, asking her to ask the "pharmacist" to prescribe two herbal remedies for male and female infertility.
Actually, that "pharmacist" was "Fat Pharmacist," a member of the Mysticism Research Association, but Mandy was always the one in contact with him.
After finding a horse-drawn carriage to deliver the letter, Odis continued reading while waiting for her client.
Today was a relatively leisurely day. He ate dinner early and went to bed early, using "meditation" to enter the "wilderness of knowledge".
Odis first took the "Star Ring" he had captured that day, and then, using the "Wilderness of Knowledge" position, learned that it was a seal artifact corresponding to the "Apprentice" pathway sequence 5 "Traveler".
What's rather strange is that Odis couldn't use the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to learn about the formation process of this sealed artifact.
The formation process of the other sealed artifacts obtained before can be understood through the "Wilderness of Knowledge," but this one cannot.
Odis simply kept this in mind and did not continue to think about the problem. Instead, he used the "wilderness of knowledge" to understand its capabilities and negative effects.
The "Star Ring's" ability is this: if it's hung on a door, it can quietly teleport all life that approaches that door to a rainy wasteland, and only there. The holder of this sealed artifact can freely enter and exit the rainy wasteland and can release the life that has been teleported there by opening the door.
The negative effects are: whenever the sealed item is used, the holder will be awakened one night by rain from an unknown source. If the holder uses the sealed item only twice a week, they will frequently have nightmares of wandering aimlessly in the rainy wilderness and encountering terrifying monsters. If used three times a week, the holder will be teleported deep into the rainy wilderness, lose the right to possess the sealed item, and will never be able to return.
Odis sighed. This negative effect was quite strong. Being woken up by rain after only one use was barely acceptable.
Using it twice a week seems a bit dangerous, and daring to use it three times would be considered a missing person incident.
Moreover, this sealed artifact isn't very useful. It's fine in the city, but if you're fighting in the wilderness, where are you going to find a door?
This made Odis lament: what a waste of the extraordinary qualities of that "traveler".
Having learned about the sealed artifact's abilities and negative effects, Odis began writing her previous research report.
Odis was overjoyed to discover the small crystal that could store spiritual energy the night before last, and didn't have time to write a research report, so he's making up for it tonight.
After submitting the findings to the "Knowledge Wilderness," this week's research is considered complete.
Odis returned to the real world and wrote another letter to Klein, roughly telling him about the abilities and effects of the sealed artifact, and discussing with him how to possess it.
At the same time, Odis offered Klein another option: he paid Klein 2,000 pounds to take full possession of the sealed artifact.
In terms of the level of the sealed artifact, 2000 is indeed too few, but in terms of the ability and negative effects of this sealed artifact, 2000 is neither too many nor too few.
Odis was willing to pay this amount of money because he had a spiritual perception that the rainy wilderness was not simple and seemed to hold many secrets.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
However, with his current strength, exploring the Rainy Wilderness would be extremely dangerous; he would need to reach at least Sequence 6 before he could attempt it.
This could be considered venture capital, but Odis was fairly certain that there would be good things in the rainy wilderness, it just required a little exploration and searching.
After finishing the letter, it was getting late, and Odis yawned as he went to sleep.
The next morning, while Odis was having breakfast, Mandy's assistant Bella brought the medicine that the wizard Gandalf needed. It was still the same price: 10 pounds per dose, for a total of 20 pounds.
Bella also delivered the dividends from "Nanmu Ballroom." The November dividend was £3,122. She could have received more, but since she had just acquired the shop next door, Mandy planned to renovate it and connect it with "Nanmu Ballroom."
This is a considerable expense, and it will take two or three months to complete.
Odis gave the letter for Klein to Bella, instructing her to mail it using the address of "Nanmu Ballroom." He then told Bella to inform Enoch to prepare, as he would be bringing the newly developed device on Sunday morning, which would equip Enoch's men with a wealth of fighting skills.
After Bella left, Odis continued to wait, just like yesterday.
The first person to visit was a man in his thirties who had slightly crossed eyes.
Odis charged him 50 pounds, gave him the two potions, and instructed him which one he should drink and which one his wife should drink, and told him not to mix them up.
The cross-eyed man left with the herbs, somewhat skeptical.
Odis did not put on any show in this regard, because he believed in the "fat apothecary's" abilities, and such things were more effective than any performance.
Around 9 a.m., Odis was greeted by York Elton, the wealthy man who suspected that his son was not his biological son.
This time, York was even more polite than before: "Mr. Wizard, I am honored to visit you again. I have prepared some gifts to express my respect."
During his last visit, the wizard mentioned that he had been having good luck lately. As a result, he had just returned home when he learned that his subordinate had signed a very profitable contract.
York already trusted the wizard completely. As he spoke to the wizard, his personal servant quickly brought over wine and cigars, but Odis waved his hand and said, "I don't need any of these. You can take them back."
Without waiting for York to continue declining, he turned and went into the living room.
York was also in a dilemma. He had inquired for a long time but still didn't know what to give the wizard, so he tentatively sent wine and cigars.
Seeing that the wizard refused to accept it, he did not insist.
After having the valet return to the carriage to wait for him, York quickly went into the living room and closed the door.
The two approached the fireplace, and Odis asked, "Have you brought what I needed?"
"I brought it." York quickly took a small glass bottle from his inner pocket, which contained a few strands of his eldest son's hair.
Odis nodded: "Go sit on the sofa for a moment."
As he spoke, he took out the spiritual materials and pen he had prepared beforehand and began to draw a magic circle in front of the fireplace.
Odis was very skilled at drawing various magic circles, and within a few minutes, two magic circles were completed.
Odis pointed to the magic circle on the right: "You stand in there."
York quickly stood up and stood where Odis had pointed, watching the wizard open the glass bottle, take out the hair inside, hold it in his hands and mutter incantations, as if he were chanting some kind of spell.
After a long while, the wizard Gandalf placed the hair from both sides into another magic circle and told York, "In a moment, flames will appear in this circle. If these hairs are burned, your firstborn son will not be your child."
"If the hair is not damaged, he is your child."
York was taken aback, feeling that the hope that his eldest son was his biological son was very slim, after all, hair is easy to burn to ash.