Chapter 15: Two Paths

"I don't think there's a conspiracy on the part of the church, after all, it's their duty to notarize this kind of contract. Alyssa shook her head and pointed at the church's seal with her slender fingers.

"In order to avoid the violation of the contract, we will find a neutral third party to notarize, and the church is the best third-party organization, such as signing contracts and other things, such as large-scale transactions of goods between merchants, and even covenants between countries, sometimes we go back to the church to notarize. ”

"What if one of the parties violates the contract after the notarization?" asked the white wolf

In that case, the church has a reason to punish those who have broken the contract, or force those people to fulfill their agreement, of course, sometimes because the person who has broken the contract has too much power, or runs too fast, so that they are not able to punish, for such people, the church will publicize the fact that they have broken the contract, which will greatly reduce their prestige. Alyssa replied.

"So how can the church ensure that they are absolutely neutral?" asked the white wolf suspiciously, realizing that there are advantages and disadvantages to such notarization, the advantage is that it has a supervisory effect on those who are not honest, and the disadvantage is that once this so-called third party makes a non-neutral trial, or uses these contracts for personal gain, then there is no way to guarantee the rights and interests of the notarized person.

"This.... The church says that humans have made a pact with the gods, so the pact is sacred to them and cannot be desecrated, and the church has been doing it for so many years, and everyone feels that they can be trusted. Alyssa scratched her hair and explained.

"I see. The white wolf nodded, and did not continue to ask, is the contract signed by the gods and the gods? This is a terrible information, according to the experience of the white wolf reading the novel, these churches and the like are generally either villains or behind the scenes, according to this line of thought, the gods that the church is talking about may be some evil things like the ancient gods of the Cthulhu mythos.

As a peace-loving wolf, in fact, he still hopes that the church in this world can be more reliable, and not make any stupid things such as issuing indulgences, hunting witches, molesting little boys, etc., and doing some dirty things under the sacred banner, which is intolerable to the white wolf.

Although she had a map of the area, Alyssa didn't plan to go back just like that, she wanted to see if she could find the Flower of Life to wake up her sleeping mother.

"I really haven't seen a flower with a strange scent, but a mushroom that glows red is okay...?" The white wolf complained in his heart, of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to really ask, and the white wolf couldn't do such a thing as joking about the safety of other people's mothers.

"Do you have any other means of identifying this flower besides its appearance and smell?" the white wolf thought that the stakes were very high, and that it was better to be more secure.

"Yes. Alyssa took off the gold necklace around her neck, because of the clothes before, the white wolf did not notice that there was a pendant hanging under the necklace, the pendant was made of polished mahogany, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, in the shape of a droplet, with this oil-like pattern on it, and the pendant could be opened.

Alyssa placed the necklace on the table and opened the pendant, only to see a miniature wooden-sealed glass tube containing a black liquid inside.

"This is my mother's blood, which I secretly obtained while the doctor was not paying attention, and it was already so dark when it was collected. If you find a flower that can turn the black blood back to a bright red color, then it can prove that it is the flower of life. Alyssa took out the glass tube and shook it slowly, the blood had coagulated, and it sank quietly at the bottom of the glass tube.

Although the cork sealed the glass tube, the white wolf could still faintly smell a trace of blood, which was probably left inside the mahogany ornament before it was sealed. Different from the general smell of blood, the white wolf can clearly smell a rancid smell, which is probably the first time that the white wolf has felt disgusted by the smell of blood since he crossed over, and faintly, the white wolf feels something in the blood.

"That's ..... Elemental runes?no, although it is a rune, it is not an elemental rune, but a rune of some attribute other than the five elements" The white wolf finally recognized what was attached to the blood, it was an extremely secret, extremely weak rune, but the white wolf was undoubtedly sure that this rune was slowly releasing a negative energy.

"With all due respect, have you had someone from the church come and treat your mother? I suppose your mother is not poisoned by something, but by an evil curse. The white wolf looked at Alyssa seriously and said what he thought.

"Cursed? impossible... The people from the church came to see it, and they confirmed that my mother was not cursed...."Alyssa's eyes widened, clearly not believing the white wolf's words.

"But I can confirm that there is residual magic in your mother's blood, and this magic is extremely negative!"

"Maybe you don't need to look for the Flower of Life... Give me a little bit of blood, and I may have a way to cure your mother, of course, provided that you can trust me, and the choice is yours. "The white wolf was confident in his rune analysis ability, and at the same time, he was also curious about the power of this attribute that he had never seen before, and he felt that he could parse and master this power.

Once the analysis is complete, he will be able to understand how the power of this attribute works, which in turn will help Alyssa heal his mother.

There was silence in the hall, and Alyssa seemed to be thinking about something, and Rika was not involved in the discussion between the two of them, she was making tea in the kitchen.

"I, I believe in Lord White Wolf, but I'm still going to find the Flower of Life. Alyssa thought for a moment and finally made a decision, she opened the cork, took half of the blood out of it, and closed the lid.

The coagulated blood was placed on the plate, and the rancid smell and negative energy intensified.

"There's no need to call me Lord in the future, I shouldn't be older than you. The white wolf shook his head and took the plate at the same time, still preferring to be called equal.

"It's... Is it really possible?" Alyssa seemed hesitant, but before she could make a decision, Rika had already walked over with tea.

"With such a small cup, it's definitely very troublesome to drink..."Looking at the steaming teacup, the white wolf was a little speechless, if this was a comic, he could probably see a few black lines popping up on his head...