Chapter 144: Gordon's Past (Part II)
In the end, Gordon still accepted this marriage that was not considered a marriage and joined the Statham family as a personal servant, which meant that he had to give up his status as a free man and tie his dignity, future and even life to the chariot of the Statham family, but Gordon did not feel unwilling and humiliated at all, but had a kind of eager longing and excitement, because in exchange, the old man had promised to help Gordon obtain the official alchemist qualification and identity with family honor, of course, provided that Gordon gave birth to a son…… Well, it's to help my daughter give birth to a son.
At that time, this incident did not cause any waves in the Alchemist Association, it was nothing more than a handyman hired by the association who was accidentally appreciated by the noble lord and became the personal servant of a certain family.
There is nothing to say about what happened after that, half a year later, Miss Statham's daughter, who has always stayed at home, suddenly announced her pregnancy after going out to relatives, and claimed that the father of the child was the son of a duke who met at a noble dinner, but because the long-term gentleman already had a wife, and what he pursued was only romantic and pure love, so he did not intend to use the crystallization of their love to destroy the family harmony of others, and the old man Statham, who had seen it and had long been familiar with the romance of the aristocratic circle, also openly expressed his respect for his daughter's choice, and recognized this unborn grandson as the legitimate heir to his estate and title。
At the same time, Gordon, who had been working in the Statham family for half a year, was also appreciated by the old man Statham because of his patience, meticulousness and diligence, and was promoted to the family housekeeper, and Gordon's still excellent alchemy talent was finally discovered and discovered by the Statham family master who was an authoritative alchemist, and recommended his housekeeper to the Alchemist Association for further study under great appreciation.
At this point, Gordon's dream seems to have finally come true, and he finally got the opportunity to become an alchemist that he dreamed of, although this opportunity was not obtained by his true talent and learning, although even if he became an alchemist, he could not get rid of the Statham family's "grace" for his life, and the research results he obtained were the honor and property of the Statham family, but compared with his arduous dream road, the price he paid did not seem unacceptable.
However, in that era when the awareness of patent property protection had not yet been formed, and personal dependence was regarded as a matter of course, although these requirements were slightly excessive, they were also regarded as the price and sacrifice that Gordon had to pay for success, so Gordon had to make an expression of great gratitude for the kindness of the old man of the Statham family, and settled down as a housekeeper, on the one hand, he conscientiously handled the trivial chores within the family, and on the other hand, he also devoted himself to the research of his father-in-law as an alchemy assistant。
This period of time is probably Gordon's happiest and most fulfilling days, although he has been repeatedly tossing and turning, but after the birth of his son, he finally won the recognition and acceptance of the Alchemist Association, and finally from the miscellaneous servant who could only lie on the door of the real yàn room to eavesdrop and eavesdrop to learn knowledge, and could only be allowed to contact the alchemy equipment by currying favor with the aristocratic apprentices, he became an alchemist who had a place in the Alchemist Association and an independent real yàn room, although he was still a little-known little person in the association, although because of his civilian background that would discredit the noble blood and reputationAfter the birth of his son, the Statham family would rather let the child be an illegitimate child than allow themselves to recognize his father and son, but Gordon's heart, which was about to be extinguished, was once again on fire, and he was full of ambition to make achievements that shocked everyone with his talent, and then reunited with his son's family as a dignified and successful person.
Under the baking of this flame in his heart, Gordon's talent that had been buried for twenty years finally began to recover, and soon he began to emerge in the field of alchemy research and out of control, the next thirty years, it was simply the most proud period of Gordon's life, not only his research in alchemy was affirmed and praised by everyone, and for the first time as a commoner, he won the Merlin Medal for the outstanding contributions of noble alchemists, and even, when Statham's old father-in-law died, his son was still young and unable to run the family, and he shouldered the heavy responsibility of maintaining the Statham family's standing tall in the aristocratic circle and the alchemist association, as a steward, he took over the affairs of the Statham family.
At that time, Gordon finally had a little bit of a feeling of being willing to raise his eyebrows, he joined the Statham family as a secret lover and servant who could not see the light, and worked hard for so many years before he finally got the treatment that matched his talent, internally, he was the leader of the Statham family, and externally, he took over the alchemy research of the Statham family after the death of the old master, and maintained the mainstay of the family's status in the association, even he must be called the young master's biological son, and now he respectfully calls himself a teacher, so to speak, when the old Statham deliberately suppressed and did not give this son-in-law a right to enter the son-in-law, he had already worked hard to win it.
The only knot in his heart is that he can't recognize his son yet, Gordon occasionally sighs like this, but a little melancholy will soon be replaced by his own ambition, the day when father and son recognize each other is not far away, as long as he completes the alchemical research in front of him, a noble identity is at his fingertips, and at that time, he can recognize his father and son in a dignified manner without worrying that his embarrassing identity will hinder his son's future face.
By the way, the research done by Gordon at that time was now applied to the old man, and it was listed as a taboo human body refining as early as the beginning of the establishment of the Alchemist Association, and the Statham family did not invest much energy in this research project list when they first started this research project, but it was picked up by Gordon as a treasure, and the reason is very simple- The more taboo it is, the fewer people it touches, the more likely it is to make breakthroughs, and for Gordon, who desperately needs to prove himself, it's a shortcut to success, just as he did when he joined the Statham family.
"Then you succeeded?" I asked as I looked at Gordon, who had lived for hundreds of years and was still alive in front of us.
"Yes, it worked!" Gordon said with a self-deprecating smile on his face, "The price is the permanent loss of the ability to sleep and eat, and the permanent pain of the withering and withering of internal organs, driven by the replacement of the machine, and much more...... and his own own son, and the betrayal of his own son, and the ...... of his son's descendants" (to be continued.) )