[WP] Chapter 37: Doctor's Praise

[WP] Chapter 37: Doctor's Praise

Still meeting with Shade in the same clinic. Compared with "the lady" on the third floor of the club last night, Shade has a high degree of trust in the doctor, so he tells everything that happened last night. He doesn't think there is any detail that needs to be concealed.

Of course, this also includes the matter of [Dark Box], but Shade blurred the conditions for the containment of the box.

When the doctor heard that Shade had lost control of the relic at the beginning, he stood up and paced around the room in surprise; halfway through, when Shade mentioned the sage-level [relic], he stood there and covered his forehead; when he heard the crazy idea of the "Silver Eyed Man," he groaned without disguising:

"What a lunatic! I knew that [Blood of Mercury] was in the New World before and tried to use the unique minerals there for alchemy, but I didn't expect it to come to Tobesk."

He was very satisfied with Shade's performance in the face of [Dark Box], but he didn't think that [Silver Moon's Lighting Technique] had much value because there were too many such magics. Although the lighting technique described by Shade was a little too bright, it was not too unique.

As for Shade's behavior of trading the statue with the remnants of the old god to others, the doctor thought he did the right thing. Even the possibility that the woman knew about the five-person correspondence group from Shade was not a big deal.

"A lot of people know about our existence. Otherwise, how can we exchange materials and knowledge with others, and how can we find those talented people to help? Do we have to wear masks every time? As long as it is not the Orthodox Church, the other party is willing to trade with a low-level wizard like you, which means she is very friendly."

As for the speculation about the identity of the woman, the doctor couldn't think of who it might be, but he also thought that the other party's ring wizard level was very high; otherwise, there would be no reason to discover Shade in that way and know the specific information of the sage-level relic.

"Anyway, this is a good thing. You didn't risk your life, but you got a rare spell and a very good [relic]. I think this should be considered lucky. This world is not safe, and you don't always have such luck."

The doctor finally concluded the matter.

"Is it lucky?"

Shade asked, but after thinking about it, it seemed lucky.

The evil god statue with the remnants of the old gods, although Shade can only gain knowledge through first contact, its actual value is far greater than that clerical-level relic. But if you add the free information and knowledge and Shade's inadvertent behavior of causing the [Dark Box] to go out of control, it is no problem to barely call this transaction a "fair trade.".

More importantly, "that lady" is much stronger than Shade.

The doctor doesn't care much about "that lady" in the club. After all, this is the capital of the northern kingdom of the old continent, and any kind of ring wizard may appear at random. He cares about [Mercury Blood].

"The academy has recently issued a task related to the [Mercury Blood] organization, and I am even ready to participate. It seems that I still need to consider it, Sage level."

The doctor muttered to himself, then looked up at Shade.

"Shade, overall you handled this matter quite well. You didn't encounter any danger, and you handled the transaction with the unknown ring wizard properly and provided valuable information to the team. You are already considered. It's the beginning. This is what your future life will look like.

But this information is quite useful. Maybe I should give you some reward. Don't refuse. Although the five of us belong to the same group and are likely to cross the northern ice sheet together in the future, some things need to be settled. Ordinary information can be shared at will, but this time it's about this kind of thing."

He thought for a while:

"How about four pounds? One pound for each of the four of us. This information is probably worth this much."

Such important inside information would certainly be worth more than four pounds if sold on the black market.

But sharing it within the five-person group would not be at that price. The four pounds are not a return of benefits to Shade but a recognition of his contribution to the group. Of course, there is an essential difference between the two, representing that the relationship between the five people is not a pure exchange of benefits.

"Four pounds, that's equivalent to me bringing little Franklin back from the club eight more times, and it's also equivalent to one more orange cat, Mia."

Shad calculated in his mind, equating the three relationships. He didn't want more, so he smiled at the doctor:

"Of course, that's great. But the doctor, I didn't tell her the information about Mrs. Lasoya last night. Will this have any impact?"

He took this opportunity to ask, and Dr. Schneider shook his head:

"Since the other party didn't ask, you have no right to say. But don't contact the lady (Miss Lasoya) you mentioned again. The other party is probably a member of [Mercury Blood]. However, I haven't heard that they have control over The gender-changing [relic] is probably also prepared for the synthesis formula of [Mercury Blood]. The difficulty of the academy bounty order is greater than I thought."

The doctor frowned.

"In short, don't touch anything related to [Mercury Blood].

I will probably do something shortly, but I am a five-ring wizard, and you are not. [Mercury Blood] is a group of lunatics who always think that they can make the legendary angel-level relic, but how is it possible?"

"That's right. If angel-level [relics] can appear casually, then this world is too crazy."

Shade also said so; he thought so.

The blue-eyed doctor seemed to have had some experience with this organization, but he didn't intend to share it with Shade, so he changed the subject:

"Shade, your task now is to learn more about common sense and start your detective career. Get in touch with the ordinary world more, and when you are promoted to the second ring or have enough power, consider participating in the shadows of Tobesk City. This crazy world is always crazier than you think."

"Then doctor, does the academy always do this, hiding key information from us?"

Shade took the opportunity to ask, but the doctor shook his head unexpectedly:

"Don't think too hard of St. Byron's Comprehensive College. They usually share the right information with us at the right time."

"When is the right time?"

Shade asked again and then saw Dr. Schneider leaning back slightly on the single sofa:

"Only they know it themselves."

After leaving Dr. Schneider's psychological clinic, nothing happened that day that was worth remembering except that he heard at noon that there was an unexpected gas explosion in the alley opposite the Silver Parrot Milk Company last night.

No illegal organization came to the door, no generous client rang the bell downstairs, and no acquaintances of Sparrow Hamilton came to see him. Instead, Shade's research at home alone yielded results.

He was still completely unable to mobilize any power of [Time and Space], but for [Silver Moon], probably because of the breakthrough use on the third floor of the club, now in addition to the light spell, Shade can make the light of those [Silver Moon] attached to external objects.

In one of the most successful attempts, he made the orange cat "Mia," who gradually became close to him, emit light for ten seconds.

Such an action scared the cat and made it run around the house, and it even ran up to the third floor of the apartment through the broken stairs.

It took Shade a long time to call the escaped cat back, and he wondered whether the detective hid his gun on the closed first floor, the inaccessible third floor, or the uninhabited room 2 on the second floor.

Unfortunately, he did not have enough tools to go to these three places to investigate. But exploring these places has also been included in Shade's schedule. After all, he must confirm that the house he lives in is safe.

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