Chapter 59: The Beginning of Russell
Hearing the question of the "fool", Audrey did not answer as soon as before, but opened her crystal eyes and glanced at the "hanging man" with a scrutinizing attitude.
Alger unconsciously restrained his body movements, and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke:
"I found two pages of the diaries of Russell the Great and memorized their contents. ”
"I have a page. Audrey, whose eyes were separated by gray mist, replied in a bystander-like tone.
"Very nice. Klein didn't let his joy and disappointment fill his voice.
He was pleased to have three full pages, and disappointed that there were only three pages, because the first collection must be relatively easy, and it is a mining of the potential of its own resources and channels, and when it comes to the follow-up, it will become more and more difficult and involve more factors.
"Shall we 'express' it now?" Audrey asked calmly.
"Yes. Crane nodded briefly.
He maintained his previous posture and barely changed it, and in front of the "audience", he had to be cautious.
As his words fell, tawny parchment and dark red pens appeared in front of Audrey and Alger.
The two of them each picked up the writing instrument and began to recall the symbols in their minds and express their emotions urgently.
Silently, there were lines of text on the yellow-brown parchment, some upright, some delicate, and some crooked.
In less than a minute, Audrey and Alger forcibly wrote down all the content.
Crane's mind moved, and the three pages of parchment flashed into his hand.
Sweeping his gaze, he scanned the diary and found that the order of the language was reversed, and there were omissions and typos in the contents.
However, experiments have proved that a certain degree of order error does not affect Chinese reading, and he has no fear of missing words and mistakes after being tortured by asterisks:
"On the 8th of April, I stood on the bow of the Black Throne, opened my arms, and said to Grimm and Edwards, 'Do you want my treasure?
"On April 11, I found a nameless island that was not in a safe lane, and there were quite a few otherworldly species on it, no, I prefer to call them otherworldly, which is more forceful. In addition to them, there are many strange creatures on the island, and I think that if Darwin had crossed over, he would not have been able to write the theory of evolution. ”
"On April 15th, Green became a little weird, was he infected by something?"
When did Russell the Great, who was born in the kingdom of Intis, sail away, and the Misty Sea must be the sea west of the Republic of Intis...... Well, I'll have to go to the library and find some historical materials to compare...... Klein quickly read a page and looked to the back.
At this point, he no longer concealed that he knew the secret symbol of Russell the Great, for it was an act in keeping with the identity of a fool, and neither Audrey nor Alger spoke, sitting there quietly waiting, as if they were not at all surprised by the result, and even thought that it was the right thing to do.
"On October 2nd, they decided to let me get engaged to Matilda of the Abel family without consulting me beforehand! God, I haven't even met her yet! No, I'm going to refuse! Even if I run away from home, even if I'm self-reliant and oppressed from now on, I will rebel against this arranged marriage!"
"Miss Matilda is so beautiful on the 5th of October. ”
"On October 6th, her personality, her temperament, are the type I like, and I began to look forward to our marriage. ”
Hey, Emperor, where's your festival...... Klein leaned back in his high-backed chair, not letting his emotions penetrate the gray mist.
He found that in the early days, Russell did not write a diary every day, and usually encountered something, needed to complain, need to record, and need to express his emotions before he put pen to paper.
Looking down, Klein looked at the last entry on the page of the diary:
"On October 9th, they called me the Child of Steam, and I loved it. ”
Seeing that the content of the first two pages is of little value for the time being, Klein is inevitably a little disappointed.
But he was not discouraged, and changed the third page of the diary to the top, which reads on both sides:
"On the 21st of May, the Church of the God of Artisans gave me two choices, the beginning of two sequence paths, one being the 'Knowledgeables,' which belonged to the complete chain of sequences that they themselves possessed, and the 'Voyeurs,' which they received from the Morse Asceticism, lacking a higher sequence. ”
"On May 22nd, my choice is very simple, 'Knowledgeable'! There is a complete sequence of 'Knowledgeables'! Although mastering more occult knowledge will help me find a way to go home, but the problem is that if I am not strong enough, I will inevitably use external forces to cross this kind of thing, and whether the external forces are good or bad, good or malicious, cannot be controlled, and it is very dangerous, in this case, it is better to make myself strong and go back by my own strength, so the complete sequence is the primary factor I consider!"
"On the 23rd of May, I became a 'general scholar', and by the power of potions, I was able to recall all the knowledge I had learned, physics, chemistry, etc., etc., etc. ”
"Not only recalling, but also deeply understanding and mastering them, haha, this is simply a 'career' tailored for me, a foreign visitor, which can maximize my advantages! I have to say that if I go back in such a state, back to the third year of high school, I will definitely become the champion, if there is a more standardized and in-depth professional study, the goal of a scientist is not too difficult. ”
"On May 26, I enjoyed being a 'generalist'. A strange thing, when I thought of myself as a 'generalist' and did everything that fit its position, the whispers that drove me almost crazy quieted down a lot, and my temper that flares out from time to time was controlled, and I remembered the diary. ”
"Is this the 'play' that the mysterious Mister Zarathu mentioned to me? ”
Klein looked at this page of the diary and felt that there was a clear difference between himself and Russell the Great in personality and style.
For example, when it comes to going home, he thinks more about avoiding danger and achieving his goal by mastering the occult knowledge in depth, while Russell the Great's idea is to rely on himself and take the danger into his hands.
"I have to say, sometimes, I envy this kind of person, perhaps, everyone will crave what they don't have...... Of course, I also have to think about strengthening myself, and I have to be hard to ...... both hands" One thought after another came to Klein's mind, making him sigh for a while.
And Russell the Great's description of the reduction of potions' hidden dangers gave him a lot of confidence in last night's summary, and a clearer grasp of the essence of "playing".
Putting down the three pages of the diary, Klein looked up at "Justice" and "The Hanged Man", and said with a slight smile:
"I'm sorry, but I'm fascinated. ”
Audrey soothed the envy in her heart and smiled indifferently:
"I can understand that I look forward to the day when I will exchange the contents of the diary of Russell the Great from you. ”
"That's at a price. Klein glanced at "Justice" with a smile, and swept past the silent "Hanged Man".
Audrey clasped her hands together and put them in front of her and said:
"Mr. Fool, Mr. Hanging Man, I have three questions for you, and if you think the answers are of high value, tell me what you want, and I will try to find them later. ”
"No problem. Alger replied simply and calmly.
Crane nodded slightly, leaning back more comfortably.
Audrey thought for a few seconds and said:
"First question, what exactly does 'playing' mean, and I found that the residual spirit in the potion had a slight effect on me, is it because I've been playing the audience all this time?"
Alger didn't speak, but turned his gaze to the Fool, as if waiting for an answer.
Klein tapped his fingers on the edge of the long table and said in a relaxed tone:
"Let me use a more vivid example to illustrate, the core power of the sequence potions is a well-guarded castle, and those remnants of the spirit that will cause repulsion live in the castle, and our goal is to solve it and truly become the master of the castle. ”
"We have two ways now, one is to force it in, which may not be successful, but it will definitely hurt ourselves, unless we crush it with absolute superiority, but obviously we don't have it. ”
"The second way, we have an invitation letter from the owner of the castle, this invitation allows us to pass the guard's inspection, sneak into the castle smoothly, and easily deal with the enemy, but the problem is that this invitation has the appearance characteristics of the guests and the corresponding temperament description, so we have to disguise and 'play' as the invited guests, understand?"
As if he had already guessed, Alger immediately asked:
"That invitation is the name of the sequence potion?"
"Yes. Klein replied in the affirmative.
Audrey listened for a while, and felt that she fully understood the meaning of "playing".
And she was a little excited, and she immediately got out of the state of "audience" and praised happily:
"What a remarkable approach, I think, I think, it lives up to your title, and its style and 'Fool' are very ...... I didn't expect 'acting' to work like this at all, and thankfully, I've been instinctively playing the 'audience' all these days. ”
She paused and said:
"I think this is a very valuable answer, and I can't just accept it with peace of mind, Mr. Fool, what kind of exchange do you need? Of course, I remember that I owe you a page of Russell the Great's diary. ”
"More Russell diaries, or ......" Klein paused.
He originally wanted to say anything about the "soothsayer" sequence, but he felt that such a low-level request would ruin the image of the fool, so he gave up for the time being, intending to ask without a trace when he found an opportunity to do so later.
Anyway, I haven't been promoted for a long time, and I haven't completely digested the "soothsayer" potion...... He comforted himself and added quietly:
"Or any case of the Antigonus family, even if it is part of what I knew before. ”
Alger was silent for a few seconds, glanced cautiously at the bronze table, and said slowly:
"Mr. Fool...... Then I can pay you for your answer now. ”