Chapter 2146 Inscription Space <TOC> Chapter 2148 Feng and the Oil Painting
Translator: SumTLMan
Little Seim hesitated for a moment, but under Angel’s encouraging gaze, nodded and opened the locked deerskin iron box by smearing blood on it.
As the iron box was opened, its contents were revealed.
There were only three items inside.
Two differently styled bottles, and a sheepskin parchment pressed beneath them.
Little Seim hesitated for a moment, then picked up the transparent-looking bottle. This bottle had a beautifully curved body, resembling the torso of an elegant young lady.
At first glance, the bottle seemed transparent, but upon closer inspection, one could see fine, hair-like, colorless lines inside, as if carved with a special chisel. These intricate and beautiful lines bore a mysterious significance.
The liquid inside the bottle was thick and dark. Looking closely, it resembled a dark vortex in deep space, seemingly capable of absorbing one’s soul.
Such a delicate bottle, yet filled with a sludge-like thick liquid? What could this liquid be?
As Little Seim wondered, Angel’s voice reached his ears.
“This bottle is a specially made bloodline vial. The bottle alone is worth no less than a hundred magic crystals.”
“Bloodline vial? Magic crystals?” Little Seim looked at Angel, puzzled.
“Magic crystals are a form of currency among wizards, hard to value in mundane terms… If one were to force a conversion, a single magic crystal would be equivalent to hundreds of pure gold coins, but that’s just an analogy; in reality, it’s hard to make such an exchange.” Angel explained, “As for the bloodline vial, as the name suggests, it’s a magical bottle that holds bloodlines.”
Little Seim was stunned. A bottle worth tens of thousands of gold coins? So, just this bottle alone could buy the Star Lake Castle?
And if the bottle is so valuable, the liquid inside must be worth at least ten, or even a hundred times more!
Soon, Little Seim confirmed his guess through Angel.
“The most valuable thing in this box is probably the content inside this bottle. The bloodline in a bloodline vial is generally a purified bloodline that can be directly integrated into oneself. Such purified bloodlines are worth no less than a thousand magic crystals, and rarer ones start at ten thousand at auctions.”
A thousand magic crystals?! Initially, Little Seim felt indifferent about the bottle in his hand, but now his hands trembled.
He carefully placed the bottle back in the box, fearing any mishap.
Looking at the bloodline vial for a long time, Little Seim then closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, “This bloodline vial should be given to Mr. Pat. Something so precious, with my current situation… even if I have it, it brings not luck, but disaster.”
Even with sufficient social status, the bloodline vial might not be beneficial for Little Seim; if exposed, it would become an object of envy. Moreover, Little Seim was now reduced to a slave.
Angel waved his hand: “This thing is useless to me; it was left to you by Queen Lorraine. I can feel that the bloodline inside is very compatible with you, probably a gift specifically left by Queen Lorraine for her suitable descendants.”
If the bloodline were different, Angel might have taken it for Little Seim’s sake.
But the essence in this bloodline was very compatible with Little Seim. Moreover, when Little Seim held the bloodline vial, signs of bloodline pulsation appeared inside, indicating that it was left by Queen Lorraine for her kin, usable only by the descendants of Saint Seim.
“Left for a suitable person? Then… can I use it?” Little Seim’s face showed bewilderment.
“It’s left for your Saint Seim Family’s descendants; it’s useless in others’ hands. But to use it, given your current state, it might be difficult.”
Generally speaking, even for wizards of the bloodline side, to integrate into the bloodline, one must at least be in the late stage of a junior apprentice, or a second level apprentice, to withstand the bloodline.
Moreover, Little Seim is not even a wizard apprentice.
However, after all, it is left for the suitable candidates of the Saint Seim Family, perhaps the threshold for integrating into the bloodline can be lowered. It’s possible that when Little Seim grows up, his vigorous vitality will be enough to bear this bloodline.
Little Seim, upon hearing this, said nothing but set aside the bloodline bottle and took out a second bottle from inside.
It’s called a bottle, but it’s more like an iron water jug with a seal. It’s just smaller than a water jug and made to look like a bottle.
It’s very crudely made, not at all exquisite.
Little Seim looked at it for a long time and didn’t find any useful information on this bottle. He didn’t dare to unscrew the sealed cap, so he could only hand it to Angel and ask, “Mr. Pat, do you know what is inside this bottle?”
Actually, Angel had not discovered what this bottle was when he sensed it earlier. After Little Seim handed it over, he carefully observed it and finally found a hidden transcendent symbol on the bottle cap.
A Nightsong Flower with its petals leaning to the right.
This symbol, just like the emblem Angel added to his alchemical creations before, represents the identity of the alchemist.
And this right-leaning Nightsong Flower represents a witch named Windsor.
Or rather, witches of the Windsor School.
Windsor is an alchemy master of potion-making, specializing in Witch Soup. The Windsor Witch Soup, named and pioneered by her, is her school.
The most famous Witch Soup of the Windsor School is the Windsor Double Spiral Witch Soup, a high-rank potion, which is a top remedy for destructive mental power injuries. Whenever someone manages to make it, it would be frantically sought after.
Since there is Windsor’s symbol on this cap, it means that the soup inside should be from the Windsor School of Witch Soup.
However, which specific one it is, needs to be determined by opening it.
Witch Soup is different from regular potions; even if exposed to the air, its effectiveness evaporates very minimally. Therefore, Angel did not hesitate to unscrew the cap immediately.
The bottle is specially made to prevent the Witch Soup from deteriorating over time. Even so, after so many years, the Witch Soup inside had already solidified into chunks. Fortunately, its effectiveness hadn’t dissipated severely and could still be consumed after heating.
However, if left for a few more decades, the Witch Soup would probably have gone bad.
After sniffing the aroma inside and using the Eye of Nalda to appraise the Witch Soup, Angel had already determined what this Witch Soup was.
“I originally thought the bloodline bottle might be the most expensive, but now it seems that what’s in this bottle is not any less valuable than the bloodline in the bloodline bottle,” Angel said with a touch of emotion.
Little Seim: “Then, I’ll give it to Mr. Pat…”
Angel shook his head, interrupting Little Seim: “Although what’s inside is valuable, it’s still of no use to me.”
“What’s inside is the Windsor Double Spiral Witch Soup.”
Its full name is Windsor Double Helix Spiral Witch Soup. The double helix referred to here are actually the two mental power lines on the mental power value.
And its function, as the name suggests, is to increase the height of these two spiral lines on the mental power value.
Simply put, it increases the upper limit of mental power.
The effect is even better than the Cold Night Potion, and it can increase the upper limit of mental power by 3 points.
In terms of value, it is not cheaper than purified bloodlines.
Angel glanced at the bloodline bottle and then at the Windsor Double Spiral Witch Soup, and roughly understood Queen Lorraine’s intention.
It seems that Queen Lorraine plans to cultivate the eligible descendants of her family into real wizards. It’s about increasing the mental power value and compatible bloodlines… which explains everything.
Previously, Angel was worried that the bloodlines in the bloodline bottle could not be used by Little Seim, but if he could become a talent, then the bloodlines could eventually be used.
“The Windsor Double Spiral Witch Soup, increases the upper limit of mental power… what does this mean?” Little Seim asked, puzzled.
Angel did not answer but pointed to the parchment paper in the iron box, pressed by two bottles: “You might want to see what’s written on the parchment, there should be the answer you want to know.”
Little Seim nodded, took out the parchment paper from the bottom layer of the iron box.
The edges of the parchment were frayed, but the words on it were not damaged at all.
Although Little Seim was a slave, he received noble education since he was young and naturally was literate. He picked up the parchment and began to read from the beginning.
Angel also read the contents of the parchment with his mental power.
After reading, Angel was quite emotional.
The content of this parchment was personally written by Queen Lorraine, narrating some incidents that happened after she met the Magic Painter in her later years.
Lorraine did not write about how she met the Magic Painter, only mentioning that they resonated in their souls in the domain of art and became close friends. In Angel’s view, it was probably a resonance between artists.
At that time, Lorraine learned about the extraordinary world from the Magic Painter and was extremely yearning for it.
However, by then Lorraine was in her later years and did not meet the mental power standards, and forcing herself to practice would have been futile.
Therefore, Lorraine pinned her hopes on her descendants. If she could not practice, so be it, but if her descendants could become extraordinary beings, they might be able to protect the prosperity of the family, or even turn the family into a wizard family.
Lorraine shared her thoughts with the Magic Painter and, with his help, left behind the Bloodline Bottle and Witch Soup.
Generally speaking, Angel’s speculation was correct.
However, he diverged in some details.
For example, about the bloodline in the bloodline bottle, Angel originally thought it was specifically found by Feng for Lorraine, but the truth was not so.
It was clearly recorded on the parchment by Lorraine——
“Mr. Feng told me that although my mental power has not reached the standard of becoming an extraordinary person, I have a special talent called ‘Near Spirit Body.’ Unfortunately, because of the thin concentration of my bloodline, this talent did not manifest in my life.
However, Mr. Feng told me that this is a talent that can be passed down through bloodlines. You, the future reader of this letter, must also possess this talent, as only the eligible can enter this inscription space.
Your talent probably has not manifested yet, but if combined with the bloodline refined from my body, the concentration should be enough to bring out your special talent.”
The so-called eligible refers to the descendants of the Saint Seim Family who have the Near Spirit Body talent.
And the bloodline in the bloodline bottle was not specifically found by Feng, but was extracted from Queen Lorraine herself.
It’s no wonder that Angel felt that the bloodline in the blood vial was a perfect match for Little Seim. It turns out they were of the same lineage all along.
Given this, the bloodline is even more useless to Angel, and only Little Seim can utilize it.
At this time, Little Seim had also finished reading the contents of the parchment. He was a bit confused after reading it. Queen Lorraine had extracted her own bloodline to benefit her descendants, hoping that one of them would become a wizard. For this purpose, she had specially prepared a Witch Soup to increase the upper limit of mental power.
Moreover, it also recorded how to go to the Feran Continent, and how to find the extraordinary organization.
Queen Lorraine had arranged everything clearly for Little Seim.
Little Seim was lost in thought for a long time before looking up at Angel: “Mr. Pat, Queen Lorraine left these for me, what should I do…”
“Do you want to become a wizard?” Angel asked Little Seim.
Without hesitation, Little Seim nodded: “I do.”
“Then what are you hesitating about?”
Little Seim said, “But Queen Lorraine wants me to become a wizard to protect the Saint Seim Family. But now, I am just a slave.”
As he spoke, his head lowered, his eyes filled with a hint of hatred and sorrow.
He was proud of being born into the Saint Seim Family but resented the Silver Heron Royal Family that now ruled over Saint Seim City.
The Silver Heron Royal Family, also descendants of the Saint Seim Family, were originally a side branch but now became the main line. Little Seim’s family was the main line before, but now only he was left, and he had become a slave. The cause of all this was the Silver Heron Royal Family.
If he really became a wizard, would he have to protect the Silver Heron Royal Family that destroyed his family?
Although Angel didn’t know the specific situation of the Saint Seim Family, he understood the implications after a little thought.
“Protecting the family’s continuation doesn’t mean being responsible for every branch and every person in the family,” Angel said. “As long as you or your future children can continue the bloodline, that is also protecting the Saint Seim Family. After all, you are also a member of this family.”
Little Seim, originally conflicted, seemed to be enlightened by Angel’s words.
His survival also meant the continuation of the Saint Seim Family. He was a part of the family! He didn’t need to protect the Silver Heron Royal Family!
“What if I destroy the Silver Heron Royal Family in the future…”
“Don’t think too far ahead; the Silver Heron Royal Family has extraordinary members.” Angel patted Little Seim’s shoulder, indicating him to focus on the present and not to worry about the future.
“Have you made your choice now?”
This time Little Seim was no longer hesitant: “I want to become a wizard.”
He still wanted to repay Mr. Pat, but the method of repayment didn’t necessarily have to involve giving him these things that were useless to Mr. Pat. In the future, if he really became a wizard, he could find a better way to repay Mr. Pat.
Angel looked at Little Seim’s determined face and said lightly, “Don’t think that having the Witch Soup will definitely make you a talent. The basic mental power required for a talent is 10 points, and ordinary people have 1-9 points of mental power. If your mental power is less than 7 points, even if you drink the Witch Soup, you still won’t become a talent.”
Little Seim, who had been full of confidence, began to feel uneasy again: “Then my mental power is…”
“It needs to be tested to know.”
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