Chapter 89: Temperance and Criticism
Saturday, July 7th.
Miss Sharon arrived much earlier than Valeera had expected.
At around seven o'clock in the evening, Valera enjoyed dinner in the lounge on the second floor of the house.
The real restaurant is too big, and she eats alone, and she doesn't like the empty space there, so she chooses this small lounge instead.
During the meal, Valilla suddenly had an inspiration and looked at the dark window that reflected the gas light.
Dressed in an intricate black Gothic court dress, a small black floppy hat, long blond hair, and blue eyes, Miss Sharon appeared there, lifted the hem of her skirt, bowed slightly, and saluted her.
Valilla quickened her meal a little, and symbolically walked around the garden, and it wasn't long before she returned to the master bedroom on the third floor of the house.
It wasn't until the valet Leah left that Sharon showed herself on the couch opposite Valeera.
"Don't indulge in a life of pleasure, that's often the beginning of indulgence."
He is worthy of being the pillar of temperance, and as soon as he appeared, he gave Valera a word of advice.
Valera shook her head calmly and explained:
"I don't feel like it's a pleasure, on the contrary, I feel constrained."
"I accept who I am because of another reason, not for the pleasure of living."
"The idea of moderation, I think more important is the inner self-criticism, the clarity of right and wrong, knowing what to do, what can be done, and what cannot be done."
"This is a different way to achieve the same goal than following the dogma that the body is a cage of the mind, internalized into the depths of the mind from external self-control."
Hearing this, Sharon fell into quiet thought.
After a long while, she came back to her senses, and her tone was unusually a little undulating, and she said:
"You have a point."
"It's not for most people, though."
Valera nodded, kind of accepting Sharon's words.
As long as Sharon agrees with her current philosophy of temperance, she doesn't want to waste any more time discussing doctrine with Sharon.
"It's a pity that you're not a 'xenomorph' pathway."
Sharon looked at Valilla silently, and suddenly let out a similar exclamation as Marich had been.
Valeera didn't answer.
She waited for a moment, and after Sharon had restrained the emotion that was exposed, she spoke:
"Mr. A's meeting is on West Villas Street, very close from here, starting at about eight o'clock and ending before ten o'clock."
"I'm going to go over at nine o'clock, and when the meeting is over, I'll offer to make a deal with him."
"I'll disguise my appearance, so you just need to stay in a secret place near the meeting place and keep the retreat I have reserved."
This arrangement is quite reasonable, and Sharon nodded, "Okay." ”
"'Mr. A' is very powerful, and may even have demigod-level means," Valilla added solemnly, "so if the deal fails, we'll just run away." ”
"Of course, I'm still more confident in my trading chips, and the probability of a trade failure is not high."
With that, Valera smiled a little, and after causing Sharon to be cautious enough, she tried to relieve some of the stress she might have.
Sharon nodded again, and there wasn't even a "good" left.
……
It was nearly nine o'clock.
Valera rings the bell outside the door through the rope in her bedroom, summoning her personal maid Leah, who is standing outside.
After more than ten minutes, after serving Valeera to rest, Lia exited the room and told the rest of the servants to go back to rest.
After locking the entrance to the servants' passage, she went back to her small bedroom on the third floor of the house and went to bed.
This time, under the influence of Miss Sharon's spell, she quickly fell asleep.
Of course, because it's a death-biased spell, it shouldn't be a good dream.
A few minutes later, Valera and Sharon arrived at the end of West Villas Street and stopped in a hidden spot diagonally across from the "Mr. A" hangout.
Valera opens the "Gray Vision" and leaves a "Split Shadow" here.
"Just stay here, I've already left a way out." Valilla said to Sharon, "To be on the safe side, we keep our hearts in touch. ”
With Sharon's consent, Valera creates a "connection" between the two.
This invisible "psychic connection" is what Valera envisions, and it may be able to barely resist the means by which "Mr. A" forcibly dragged her into her dreams.
Intuitively, Valeera felt that it must be useful to wake herself up from her dreams.
She was just not sure how much time it would take to wake up, and if it took too long, she was in a precarious position.
Fortunately, the results of the divination showed that the level of danger was still within an acceptable range.
Moreover, the current situation is already the best result that Valilla can get, and she can only choose to take a risk once.
After making arrangements, Valeera put on the "Lost Mask" and adjusted her appearance and stepped out of her hiding place and knocked on the door of the meeting place.
Sharon also disappeared after Valilla left.
The concealment ability of the "resentful spirit" is quite powerful, and below the high sequence, even if the sequence is good at spiritual vision, there is no way to find the "resentful soul" in this state.
Except, of course, for special probing capabilities.
For example, the "secret puppet master" can detect the hidden "resentful spirit" through the "spirit line".
……
Valilla waited several minutes before the waiter opened the door for her.
Moreover, the waiter also unceremoniously reminded her that this party was almost over, and she would come early next time.
When Valila entered, the party was in the middle of the "break", and the extraordinaries were talking to each other in twos and threes.
She waited a few minutes, until the party had "accepted" her as a latecomer in the atmosphere, and then she took a pen and paper and wrote down the key tips for the transaction.
She then folded the note, summoned the waiter, and asked him to hand it directly to "Mr. A."
Similar to Valeera's first party, "Mr. A" is still dressed in a black robe and hooded, sitting on a single couch in his old position.
He casually took the note and glanced at it...... Then, suddenly, he stood up!
Soon, he locked his eyes on Valeera.
Valera looked at him calmly, and even smiled.
The time to make eye contact is quite brief.
The confirmed "Mr. A" continued to sweep his gaze over the rest of the crowd.
Because of "Mr. A's" actions, the extraordinaries in the hall soon stopped talking and looked at the convener of the party, waiting for him to speak.
"The party ends early!"
They didn't expect that "Mr. A" did not announce that the party entered the next process, but directly ended the party?!
Why is that?!
But it was clear that "Mr. A" did not mean to explain it to them.
His attendants had also opened the door and began to arrange for the dispersed departure of the personnel.
With their arms twisted around their thighs, these extraordinary beings had no choice but to accept the arrangement and leave with a stomach full of doubts and uneasiness.
After everyone else, including the waiter, had left, "Mr. A" removed his hood, revealing his pretty, feminine face.
He took a few steps closer and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have the potion recipe for the 'Darkless One'?" ”
"Crippled."
Valera replied with a smile, but her heart was wary.