Chapter 155: Will Auceptin : Do you want to taste the flavor of a witch?

Chapter 155: Will Auceptin : Do you want to taste the flavor of a witch?

Nighttime.

Hastur removed the origami crane hanging at the study window, placed it in his palm, and then drifted into dreamland.

After a while, Will Auceptin appeared, wrapped in a blue floral nightgown, rubbing his eyes.

"Why can't we meet earlier? It's already eleven o'clock, and I still need my sleep for growth," he complained.

Hastur listened silently to Will Auceptin 's complaints before responding, "I'm accustomed to handling things at this time. I'll try to be a bit more considerate next time."

"So, what's the matter tonight?"

"I need the main material of a Sequence 6 Corrupted Baron. Where can I find it easily?"

Will Auceptin pouted, "Aren't you on good terms with Bernadette? Just buy it from her. She killed quite a few nobles at sea, though I'm not sure if she sold them all."

"What about other options?"

"The Rune Royal Family, the Nigan Family, and a destitute noble like yourself."

"Tell me about this destitute noble."

Hastur's interest was piqued.

He had already consulted Bernadette through Sharon; she currently didn't have the main material of the Corrupted Baron, having sold those items for money in the past.

The Rune Royal Family was absolutely out of the question at this stage.

Before he had fully grown, it would be detrimental to enter the Rune Royal Family's sight as an extraordinary person too soon.

The Nigan Family might inform the Rune Royal Family right after he dealt with them.

Gleick was trustworthy, but if he sold the items to Hastur, the Duke of Nigan and others would surely know.

"Count Gilbert is nearly on his deathbed, a matter of three months at most. If you can wait, you can take his extraordinary characteristics directly after his death."

"Is it that simple?"

"He's a follower of the god of Steam and Machinery Church. When he dies, the church Will Auceptin send people to reclaim his extraordinary characteristics."

"Why isn't the Rune Royal Family responsible for reclaiming this extraordinary characteristic?"

Will Auceptin scoffed disdainfully, "Once you join the church, everything naturally belongs to the church. If the Rune Royal Family wants it, they can obtain it through a deal with the church."

Hastur nodded, already deciding to seize Count Gilbert's extraordinary characteristics. Not only was it fast, but it was also free.

As for the god of Steam and Machinery Church, they had already stolen a Black Emperor card once; they probably wouldn't care about losing something again.

"Do you know where to find an extraordinary person from the Witch Sect?"

Will Auceptin didn't answer but looked Hastur up and down, lamenting, "So, you want to experience the taste of a witch now?"

"…"

Hastur's mouth twitched. He had no desire to experience the taste of a witch, not knowing if the other party was originally male or female.

The thought was unsettling, more uncomfortable than anything else.

"I've recently adopted a little black cat named Aisala, intending to cultivate it into an extraordinary creature."

Will Auceptin stared in astonishment, "So, you like that sort of thing!"

"…"

Hastur was speechless but also curious, unable to resist asking, "Once it reaches a high sequence, can it really become human?"

"It should be possible. For the Witch Path, gender is never an issue, and race probably isn't either."

"Even you're not sure?"

Will Auceptin glared at Hastur, "Which family's prodigal son would use such resources to cultivate an ordinary cat to a high sequence? Besides, the probability of extraordinary creatures losing control is far greater than that of normal extraordinaries. Not to mention reaching a high sequence, it might not even safely pass the initial potion consumption."

After speaking, he added enviously, "Not everyone can be like you."

"…I am human."

"Why cling to the word 'human'? The further you go, the less human you become."

"…"

Despite understanding that Will Auceptin's words were accurate, they still felt off to Hastur.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Why is Ulorius so handsome, and you are so… cute?"

"…"

A dark line crossed Will Auceptin 's forehead, and his voice rose several notches, "Can that stupid snake compare to me? He has always been like that, never changing. I, on the other hand, have experienced thousands of lives in different forms."

"Has there ever been a form that surpassed His?"

"…"

Will Auceptin fell silent.

So, he had never won against Ulorius in terms of appearance.

No wonder he always mocked Ulorius's intelligence.

Knowing the answer, Hastur didn't continue to tease and quickly changed the subject, "Back to the matter at hand, do you know the whereabouts of the Witch Sect extraordinaries?"

Will Auceptin hummed, "Of course, I know. She's in Beckland."

"Oh, tell me more."

"The White Maiden recently arrived in Beckland. With your looks, it would be easy to obtain the potion formula of the Witch Path from her. As long as you make her happy, she might even give you the formulas for Sequence 9, 8, or 7 directly."

"…"

Hastur knew the White Maiden, a powerful existence of Sequence 3 on the Witch Path.

He would never choose to sell himself for potion formulas.

Clearly, Will Auceptin was deliberately provoking him.

Hastur chuckled awkwardly, "Are there other extraordinaries from the Witch Sect?"

"What, you despise her age?" Will Auceptin 's face showed a playful smile, "Katerina may be old, but she's well-maintained, almost like a young girl in her early twenties. Especially that delicate and perfect face, with eyes that are both seductive and a bit naive. She likes to wander around in a pure white robe, ah, a young boy like you probably couldn't resist her at first sight."

"Have you tried?"

"…"

Will Auceptin 's face darkened, and he huffed, "It's getting late. I need to rest. Don't bother me if it's not important."

Hastur quickly apologized, saying many nice things to avoid further hurt.

Will Auceptin held his head high, listening for a while before speaking contentedly, "Actually, it's easy to obtain the Assassin potion formula. That Lady Germanny seems to have some connection with the Witch Sect."

"…"

Will Auceptin ignored Hastur's speechlessness and left, laughing as he exited Hastur's dreamscape.

"Lady Germanny doesn't seem like an extraordinary person of the Witch Path."

Hastur left the dreamscape, still pondering Will Auceptin 's last words.

Although he had no particular fondness for Lady Germanny, he never thought she was a witch.

Lady Germanny's beauty and temperament were quite good, but far from the witch who could stir desires at any moment.

"Perhaps Germanny isn't an extraordinary person of the Witch Path, but she just happens to know someone from the Witch Sect."

Hastur felt this was the most likely guess. If Lady Germanny were a witch, Will Auceptin would have used her to tease him.

After careful consideration, Hastur felt this path was unreliable and needed to find another way.

"Sigh, I shouldn't have provoked Will Auceptin with words earlier. He definitely knows other ways to obtain the Assassin potion formula."

Hastur sighed, rested a bit, then entered the Hall of Stars. After scanning the stars as usual and finding nothing unusual, he logged off to sleep.

…

Tingen, Blackthorn Security Company.

Klein could finally leave the sickbed. Although he still felt weak, his stomach had stopped churning.

All he needed now was proper recuperation to recover fully.

"I'm so hungry…"

The first thing Klein did after getting out of bed was to look for something to eat.

These past few days had been torturous. Due to his upset stomach, he dared not eat much, and his appetite was poor.

He barely ate some liquid food to fill his stomach, not touching any meat. Now that he felt better, his stomach was empty, and he was famished.

His gaze swept the room. Aside from some fruit, there was nothing else to eat.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just as Klein considered whether to eat some fruit to tide him over, a knock came from the door, accompanied by the aroma of food.

Klein's face lit up, and he hurried to open the door.

The visitor was Leonard, holding a bag of packed food.

"Look at those eyes of yours, almost glued to the food," Leonard teased, handing over the food to Klein.

"I feel like I could eat an entire elephant right now," Klein said as he placed the food from the bag onto the table.

"Too bad there's no elephant leg here, or I'd roast one for you to try," Leonard said as he pulled up a chair and sat down, watching Klein, who was ready to dig in, and laughed, "Don't eat too fast all at once; choking is not a pleasant way to die."

Klein was too busy to pay attention to Leonard's jokes, his eyes nearly turning green as he looked at the somewhat lavish food in front of him.

Black pepper steak, pan-fried fish, mashed potatoes with pork sausage, buttered bread, a glass of apple juice, and a box of ice cream.

"Don't worry, I supervised the cooking of every dish this time," Leonard assured Klein, who didn't speak and began to battle with the food in front of him.

After Klein had eaten more than half of the food and slowed down, Leonard began to talk about the latest situation in Tingen.

(End of Chapter)