Chapter 100: Guardians
Okay, Olive Wait, wait patiently, after the New Year, we can get enough spiritual power material quota, and then I will start to prepare potions for you. ”
"Actually, Lola has a way to buy safe spiritual power materials on the black market...... "Olive never gave up pestering Charles, she has actually figured out Charles's son, and it can be summed up in one sentence, as long as she can cry, there is no toy that you can't get.
"It used to be fine, but now it's not all right," Charles said, standing up and walking to the window, pointing to the street outside, "Olive do you know how many eyes are staring at us outside now?
“.......”
"Okay! I'll wait another day, and you'll have to give it a try for me......
"Okay, okay, I'll talk about it next day, now let's go to the piano room, and let Sister Fani test how well you practice......
"Charles, I don't want to practice today, I don't want to!"
Olive wasn't so easy to fool, she heard Charles's perfunctory meaning, and she was very annoyed and started a little tantrum.
"It's time for me to go back, it's been a great lunch today, thank you for your hospitality Charles!" Fani stood up and said her goodbye gently, without the slightest hint of helping Charr appease Olivi.
"Alright, Olive bring me the gift we had for Sister Fani, that is it...... That Bayona's specialty......" Charles was a little panicked, and hurriedly gave the little girl a look, asking her to prepare some gifts for emergency relief.
"I've already prepared it for Sister Fani, and I still need you to say it!"
The little girl snorted and went out to prepare, which made the two people who stayed behind feel both funny and embarrassed.
The two of them walked out slowly, and Fani said with some sighs: "Olive is a lucky child, she used to be protected by the Marquis of Lorraine, and now she is protected by you, the eldest brother, I really envy her." ”
Actually, you can also seek ...... A ..... Hehe..... Hehe......" Charles's heart moved, but it didn't taste like that as soon as the words came out.
Fani gave Charles a blank look and didn't speak, but the distance between the two was a little closer.
Out of the door of the residential hall, Fani was visibly stunned when she saw her carriage with a brand-new horse and harness, but she didn't say anything, just smiled helplessly.
As the carriage drove out of the gate of 17 Rue de Lutesia, Charles asked Olive "What gift did you have for Sister Fani?"
"Two hundred gold louis coins. ”
“........”
"Isn't it a little vulgar?"
Olive rolled her eyes, "When I went to look for you in Spaya, Sister Fani sold all her valuable jewelry to support me, and now she is the most short of money, do you think I should give her a few barrels of red wine?"
“.......”
Charles suddenly felt ashamed of what had just happened, and the Lord of Fani might have really thought of himself as a member of the Chevalier family.
The brother and sister looked at the silent courtyard in the wind and snow, and the lonely street scene outside, and fell silent for a moment.
After nightfall, Charles sat in the study that belonged to the Marquis of Lorraine, staring at a piece of paper on the table in a daze.
There were four lines written on that piece of paper, Spiritual Objects Administration, Occult Research Association, Church, Black Market.
The word "church" has been crossed out by Charles, indicating that this option has been abandoned.
In the remaining three lines, "Spiritual Goods Administration" and "Occult Research Association" are all marked with question marks, and only the line of the black market is marked with a check mark.
In other words, Charles agrees with Olive in his heart, and the black market, which seems to be not protected by law, is actually the most suitable source of spiritual power materials for Charles today.
Needless to say, the Charles, who had an encounter with "pure darkness" at every turn, were now reluctant to deal with high-ranking clergy so as not to be seen as physically abnormal.
The Spiritual Goods Administration is under the jurisdiction of the royal family, and it is still unknown whether the Shevalier family's quota will be distributed normally next year, and Charles does not have much hope.
As for the Occult Research Society, Charles doesn't know much about them, only that they have a large number of pharmacists, and they undertake the business of "processing with supplied materials" to the outside world, and many small families who have inheritance but lack potion preparation skills will find a way to gather the materials and go to them to make them for themselves.
Charles doesn't have any materials in his hands now, but he has money, which is barely an alternative.
The "black market" at the bottom of the list seems to have all kinds of drawbacks, chaos and lawlessness, but it has one of the most important advantages of the Shire, that is, "secrecy".
But the premise of secrecy is to go to the black market to buy by yourself, and no one else, not Lola.
"I have to find a way to quickly improve my potion preparation level!" said Charles, who thought about it for a long time before making a decision.
Charles pressed the bell switch on his desk, and a few seconds later Roy was knocking on the door outside, and after getting Charles, he opened the door and came in, waiting for Charles' instructions.
"Roy, help me to the Society for the Study of the Occult to send my greetings to Lord Kopal, and ask if there will be time for my visit tomorrow afternoon!"
Nobles generally do not visit each other rashly, they will let people notify you in advance, if the other party is not willing to see you, they will use various reasons to shirk it, and both parties will avoid embarrassment.
"Master, it's getting late today, I can only deliver the letter to you tomorrow morning, and I can't make an appointment until tomorrow afternoon, isn't it too hasty?" Roy didn't immediately carry out the order after listening to the order, but reminded Charles.
"No, if he wants to see me, he may already be waiting for you to come to the door at this time, if he doesn't...... What's the difference between being in a hurry and not being in a hurry?"
"Okay sir, I'm going to deliver the letter!" Roy closed the door and went out, but after a while the door opened again.
"Lola, please remember to knock on the door first, okay?"
Charles looked at the female knight who "broke in" and expressed his dissatisfaction with it.
Lola gave Charles a cold look, and after a moment of silence, she nodded suddenly.
"She agreed!"
Charles suddenly had a feeling of "unexpected joy", and even the tone of his voice was a little brisk.
"Sit down, Lola, what's the matter with me?"
Lola didn't sit down, and asked with a cold face, "You refused Olive Live's request?"
Charles's kindness immediately disappeared, and he also said with a cold face: "Does this have anything to do with you? I am her guardian, and I have the right to refuse anything that is dangerous to her, I warn you Lola, don't do anything to guide Olive in any way, don't you know how dangerous it is to awaken the drug?"
Lola fought back without hesitation in the face of Charles's questioning, "Is it more dangerous than the current situation of the Chevalier family? You are her guardian? Do you have the ability to ensure his safety? Doesn't becoming a hunter knight make you feel like a genius again?"
"Is it true that an eight-year-old Wind Hunter is a genius, and an eighteen-year-old Hunter Knight is also a genius......?
"Alright, alright, Lola, I don't think you should dwell on this with me now, your job is to keep Olive safe and remove any potential danger from her side, instead of running here to discuss with me whether my sister should be transcendent, it's our family business, you know?"
“........”
"I've been fulfilling my duties, you don't have to worry about this, Lord Earl, but according to the custom, the family should ensure that we Guardian Knights have combat needs, should you give me the required combat support potions first?"
Charles seemed to hear Lola gritting her teeth, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Soon, I will soon prepare you with auxiliary potions." ”
"Lord Count wants to make the potion himself......? Looking forward to it!"
Lola smiled and said a word, and walked away briskly.
Charles felt the urgency of the family's need for a pharmacist.
The Marquis of Lorraine left a lot of information books on the preparation of potions in the family secret room, but the starting point was too high, and Charles couldn't get started for the time being, and even if he wanted to get started, he needed to get the materials first.
"Kopal, what do you have to do with us?"
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