"Nope!" Audrey replied firmly.

While speaking, she let her inner island say: Are you so worried about me? Now that you have decided to join the secret organization, you still have a sense of secrecy.

"Good." Herwin on the couch smiled and said, "I'm just curious, Hobert should be able to see that you are an extraordinary, didn't he question where your potion recipe came from?" ”

"Nope." Audrey said again firmly: "We are very concerned about maintaining each other's privacy. ”

Her "island of mind" echoed at this time: Hobart seemed to have asked once, but he didn't ask in detail, because he had more secrets than I did.

Herwin nodded in satisfaction, and asked Audrey about the process of summing up the "acting".

In the end, Hewen smiled kindly: "You are very talented, and you have even figured out the 'playing method' by yourself." ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "However, prior to Sequence 6, we didn't advocate using this method to speed up the digestion of potions, so we won't teach it. ”

"Why not?" Audrey sincerely asked.

Herwin took another sip of tea before saying, "This will make the extraordinary not like themselves, and some will even be assimilated by the residual influence of the potion." ”

Audrey suddenly remembered that "Little Sun" mentioned that the most important thing in the acting method is: remember, you are just playing.

Then she felt that there was some truth to what Herwin had said, but it wasn't entirely true, because she knew that both she and Hobart had digested potions quickly, but they had been in good shape.

Herwin put down the teacup and said, "You do have the talent and qualifications to apply for the potion recipe for Sequence 5 'Dream Walker', and I will give you some tasks one after another, which is both a fair need and an exercise of your abilities." ”

"Understandable." Audrey has no objection to this: "What is the first task? ”

Herwin smiled kindly, "A simple but long-term task, and every feedback you give counts as a contribution." ”

Speaking of this, he took a deep breath: "Pay attention to Hobert's movements, including what Hobart met with those people, and what they probably talked about, especially about some of the actions of Hobart's organization, even if you only know part of the information, report to me immediately."

"The other thing is to make a long-term observation of the 'Earl's Light', find a way to visit the power plant, and then tell me about the internal structure of the power plant.

"Of course, don't take risks when doing these things, some information you can get is the best, and don't force it if you can't get it."

Herwin seemed to pause habitually and said, "Don't worry, we won't hurt Hobert, we just hope to have some cooperation with the 'founder'." ”

The last sentence actually has no logical support, just a promise, but as Herwin on Audrey's "Heart Island" raised her right hand and pressed her forehead, Audrey actually felt that he made a lot of sense!

Immediately Audrey quickly came to her senses: if you cooperate, you can go directly to Hobert, and so secretly let me pay attention to Hobert, obviously asking me to collect information about the "founder" forces!

At the same time as this thought arises, Audrey controls her "island of mind" and does not show any suspicious emotions in her heart.

Then she responded, "I'm very willing to facilitate the cooperation between the Psychological Alchemy Society and Hobert. ”

Herwin smiled with relief, and her eyes suddenly darkened a little: "Given your identity and the circumstances you live in on a daily basis, you will forget about our conversation, and there is something to convey through Isrant and the others.

"When something very important needs to be reported, you will subconsciously visit me and ask for a question about your knowledge."

At the same time as Herwin said these words, Herwin on Audrey's "Mind Island" also repeated, which caused some of the "rocks" on the "Mind Island" to change and quickly sink into the subconscious ocean.

But Audrey remembered the conversation so clearly, she controlled herself, got up in a daze, and said, "Yes, sir! ”

With that, she quickly got up and left the living room step by step.

The moment she closed the door, Audrey instantly felt that two distinct memories appeared in her mind, one with Herwin Lambis and the other without.

The two memories blended in an instant, causing Audrey to be confused for several seconds, but having been promoted to "hypnotist", she immediately sorted out the priorities and authenticity, and reorganized every detail that had happened before.

Audrey sighed: What a great mind-reading and hypnosis, although there is the blessing of the "fool" angel, but when recalling some things just now, it is still like looking at a yellowed photo, it seems that many years have passed.

She was a little proud at first: it turned out that the Psychological Alchemy would care so much about the power of Hobart and the "Founder", as Hobart said before, if he came with him, just getting off the carriage and watching the scenery on the street, it would also put great pressure on the Psychological Alchemy.

Then Audrey was in a bad mood, she didn't expect the Council Committee of the Psychological Alchemy Society to "hypnotize" herself despicably and let herself help them gather information.

……

In the afternoon, Hobert enjoyed a rare leisure time on the terrace with a cup of tea.

It's just that he had just drunk two cups of tea when he saw the carriage with the coat of arms of the Count of Hall enter the Earl's house.

Audrey, who wore a plain long dress and an ordinary headband, but still couldn't hide her beauty and vitality, got out of the carriage, and Susie jumped down behind.

Hobart got up and smiled and said, "Ha, Audrey, it's really time for you to come, I'm having afternoon tea, how about you have a cup too?" ”

Audrey downstairs smiled, "Okay." ”

Audrey then went upstairs while Hobert went out to greet her, and the two met on the stairs.

Hoberta grabbed Audrey's hand: "How did it feel on your first day at work?" ”

"Not bad." Audrey replied.

The two of them went back to the study together, and when the door of the study closed, Audrey suddenly showed some grievances: "Hobert, I encountered something that didn't go well today. ”

Hobart opened her arms, and this time Audrey did not refuse, and threw herself into Hobert's arms.

He hugged Audrey tightly and said, "Tell me, why didn't it go well?" ”

Hobert's solid arms made Audrey feel very comfortable and at ease.

After the two of them hugged each other for a few seconds, Audrey took a step back and said, "I really met the members of the Psychological Alchemy Society's jury today. ”

Hober pulled Audrey back to the terrace: "Sit down and talk slowly." ”

Audrey sat on the terrace and glanced at the gardener who was tending to the lawn outside, and her meaning was self-evident: our conversation would be heard!

Hobert smiled, "It's okay, our voices can't be heard beyond the terrace." ”

This effect can be achieved simply by "tampering" with the propagation distance of the sound wave.

Audrey nodded before saying, "I'll ...... this afternoon as I agreed with the psychology teacher before."

She briefly described to Hobert how she met Herwin Lambis.

After listening to this, Hobert was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Have you ever thought about being the president of the 'Psychological Alchemy Society'?" ”

"Huh?" Audrey thought she had misheard.

Hobert smiled: "Just kidding, I've seen Herwin, he looks quite kind, I didn't expect it to be so insidious behind his back." ”

Then he asked, "How do you want to punish him?" ”

Audrey sighed: "I thought about it just now, but it's nothing, it's just a little hypnotic on me, and it won't punish him for anything."

"I just think that some of the manifestations of the Psychological Alchemy Society are gradually different from what I imagined."

Originally, she had always felt that the Psychological Alchemy Society was an academic organization that focused on the study of topics in the field of psychology, and she didn't seem to be too interested in the battles of the extraordinary world.

But after meeting Herwin Lambis, Audrey realized that the top of the organization also had a lot of utilitarian intentions.

Hobert didn't ask what was different, but suddenly said, "I'm going to form a 'Witch Research Society' recently, are you interested in being the president?" ”

Audrey was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I'm not a witch. ”

"It doesn't have to be a witch." Hobert smiled: "This position needs to be filled by someone I trust very much.

"I thought for a while that you are the most suitable, although you are not a witch, but those witches dare not say anything."

Audrey's appearance is originally comparable to that of a high-level witch, and when it comes to beauty and charm, she can throw out ordinary witches a few streets.

With such a young lady as the president of the research society, no witch will have an opinion.

Of course, there is another key reason, she is still Hobert's fiancée, which is Hobert's "status blessing" for her.

"I'm sorry, Hobert." Audrey was interested, but she didn't feel like she was capable of it: "I can't ...... it. ”

Hobart raised his hand: "Don't be too busy refusing first, let's listen to my thoughts first." ”

Audrey nodded and looked at Hobert.

Hobart explains, "I am a loved one who is reused by the 'Founder' to handle most of the real-world affairs for the great Maker.

"These works have made it very clear to me that there are currently five systems of the Extraordinary Forces of the 'Founder', which come from three Extraordinary Families and two Extraordinary Organizations.

"The war that just ended has made me feel that the traces between the family and the extraordinary organization are too heavy, and this is an uncontrollable factor at some point.

"Therefore, the 'founders' hope to join them with new extraordinary power to neutralize the traces of the family and the organization."

He picked up the teapot and refilled Audrey's tea: "The 'Witch Workshop' is a key part of this project, and according to my observations, Helen, well, it's a witch.

"She and her companions try to inflict pain on the forces of evil or the wicked, to bring pain to themselves, to bring pleasure to their lovers, and to digest potions.

"At the moment, there don't seem to be any side effects of these ways of digesting potions, other than their lovers taking more tonics.

"I think these methods should be universalized, and maybe it will reduce many disasters for the world.

"That's why I want to establish the 'Witch Workshop' to cultivate extraordinary powers loyal to the 'Founder' and promote this method of digesting potions."

Audrey exclaimed, "The idea is ...... It's great. ”

"Greatness can't be talked about." Hobert smiled, "But it does make the world better."

"Well, I think that the gods that the witches we have cultivated ourselves are loyal to are not as bad as the 'primordial witch' state, which will reduce the negative impact of this path potion to a certain extent, and it should not follow the old path of the witch sect."

He smiled and said, "Back to the question just now, the problem I have now is that I need someone who knows a lot about the 'acting' and trusts me very much to be the president of this research society." ”

Audrey hesitated and didn't immediately refuse.

Hobert said, "You can think about it. ”

"I'm afraid I'm not capable enough." Audrey voiced her concerns.

"At first, I only planned to recruit some ordinary people to participate in this workshop, and at most recruit some 'low-order' members." Hobart already had a relatively mature idea:

"After you're promoted to Sequence 5, recruit members of Sequence 7, and in short, there will always be 2 sequences between the members and you.

"Also, if you have any management questions, you can come and ask me."

Finally, Hobert said seriously: "Ability can be cultivated. ”

Audrey was a little moved: "So what are we going to study?" ”

"Research how to digest potions quickly and efficiently! Study the true meaning of 'witches'! Hobert said: "For example, the first research topic is: only women can enter this research group!"

"This should reduce the distortion between the extraordinary and the extraordinary traits, and it should be better for them to stay in good shape."

This topic completely moved Audrey: "When will the research committee be formed?" ”

"When you want to be the president, you immediately enter the formation process."

Audrey smiled, "That's ready to be formed." ”

"Okay." Hobert smiled: "I will recruit the first batch of members for you as soon as possible, and you can recruit the rest of the members yourself."

"As for the venue, I'll rent a villa first, and by the way, solve the accommodation problem of the members, and when there are more members, I can rent a mansion in Queens."

"Okay." Audrey continued: "By the way, in my conversation with Herwin Lambis today, I mentioned 'acting'.

"He said that if he used the trick too early, the Extraordinary Potion would be digested too quickly and would be prone to losing himself."

She looked at Hobert: "Our potions are digested quite quickly, will this leave any hidden dangers?" ”

"This old man's theories are not entirely correct!" "He missed a very crucial factor," Hobart said. ”

"What's that factor?"

"Love and emotion." Hobert smiled, "Or rather, humanity." ”

He looked at Audrey with tenderness in his eyes: "I have also considered before that you have played a huge role in the stability of my humanity, which has made my state very stable.

"I think it's reciprocal, and I should let your humanity be revealed, enough to fight against the remnants of extraordinary traits."

Audrey smiled a little sweetly and shyly: "But, but the extraordinary below the demigod have no divinity, and we also need to show off our humanity?" ”

"In my understanding, extraordinary properties are anti-life, anti-human." "It's so cold and it's crazy," Hobart said.

"So below the demigods, what needs to be fought with human nature is the extraordinary characteristics, to be precise, the temperature of life to warm the extraordinary characteristics."

Finally, he spread his hands: "Of course, this is my own conjecture. ”

Audrey nodded, feeling that the idea made sense.

The topic ended, and the two of them looked together at the huge courtyard of the Earl's Court.

Today's "weather" is good, although it looks like there is still some mist in the distance, but you can see the sun and feel the temperature of the sun.

This makes the greenery of the entire Earl's Court look thriving.

After more than ten seconds, Audrey seemed to come back to her senses and said, "Hobert, I have another incident today. ”

She withdrew her gaze from a distance and looked at Herbert again: "Today 150,000 pounds of money from the 'Earl's Light' have been withdrawn in cash, but I have noticed that there is not a penny missing on the books.

"If I'm not mistaken, the money should have been 'spent' through some previous misrepresentations of investments."

Hobart smiled, "That's exactly why I let you go to Earl's Light." ”

"Let me make a fake account?"

"No, let you supervise the money, whether it is really spent where I want to spend." Hobert said: "At the moment the money is 500,000 pounds, and it will be transferred in three batches. ”

Audrey was a little surprised, 500,000 pounds! This is more than the property she can inherit, and the dowry when she gets married in the future is estimated to be so much.

Hobart then asked, "Are you curious about where the money is spent?" ”

Audrey nodded immediately.

Hobert got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Southern Continent." ”

"Southern Continent?" Audrey was in disbelief.

"Yes, Southern Continent." Hobert smiled and held out his arm.

Audrey grabbed Hobert's arm with some surprise, and the space in front of the two of them became illusory, and after entering the spirit world, they quickly disappeared in place.

After a transit in Byam, the two men came to the southern continent, the upper reaches of the Khodis River.

Audrey saw a huge plain! You can also see the mountains and rivers in the distance, and it is a huge basin with nothing else in the basin, just whole crops.

It looks neat and tidy, and it looks like a bumper harvest is about to be harvested.

Audrey looked at the farmers working in the fields, and suddenly smiled: "It's a pity that I didn't bring my own brushes and canvases." ”

But Hobart said, "Let's go closer, look carefully, look carefully." ”

Audrey sensed that something was wrong in Hobert's tone, and she took Hobert's arm, and the two of them went to the field again with "travel".

The people around him were "distorted" by Hobert and turned a blind eye to them.

Coming to the field, Audrey immediately sensed that something was wrong: the farmers in the field were too thin! And many of them are still shackled.

She took another look at the crops around her, which were growing well, and she was a little incredulous!

Then, Audrey saw a few Northlanders sitting there smiling and chatting in the shade of the trees, judging by their height and appearance, they should be Fursaks.

Boom~

Suddenly there was the sound of gunshots, followed by the laughter of the Fursaks.

Audrey noticed that there was a middle-aged man with dark skin who was working a little slowly, so one of the Fursacks shot him directly.

The middle-aged man immediately knelt down, spoke the local language, and begged the Fusaks for mercy.

Boom~

But his pleas for mercy didn't work at all, and the Fusak people began to use him to practice their guns, and the middle-aged man turned his head and ran, but at the fourth shot, it hit the middle-aged man's back.

So in the surrounding fields, the wailing of the middle-aged man could be heard.

Audrey wanted to save people, but Hobart pulled her back: "Years of high-intensity labor and long-term malnutrition have made him very weak and about to come to the end of his life."

"That's why the Fursacks would kill him mercilessly, otherwise slaves are valuable assets and are not easily killed."

Hobert paused and said, "You saved him now, what about later?" How is he going to live? What should he do if his life is in danger again? ”

Audrey looked at Hobart with some surprise: "We saved the person in front of us first......"

Hobert interrupted Audrey in a rare way: "Audrey, if you look around, there are no yeoman farmers in the whole plain you see, either the estates of the Fursaks or the estates of the local nobles.

"Those who work in the field are slaves.

"If you come back a year from now, you'll see a third of the new faces, and the numbers haven't increased much."

Finally, Hobert said, "This is the colony!" It can't be saved! ”

Audrey was about to say something, but Hobert took the lead and said, "During the Beckland smog incident, I also felt that I could save one of them.

"It was only later that I realized that this efficiency was too slow!

"So I've been actively facilitating an extraordinary war against the Witch Sect, and the first battle has left them hiding in dark corners!

"I think any of them dare to create a big smog incident!"

Hobert pointed into the distance: "It's the same here, it's useless to save one of them!" I don't even know where to put them to save people here? ”

Audrey opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, she suddenly felt that Hobert in front of her was a little strange.

At this time, the middle-aged man who was still wailing just now even disappeared.

"I'm sorry, Audrey." Hobert said solemnly: "Let you see the cruel side of this world, but this cruel side has always existed.

"Think of the homeless homeless people in Beckland, think of the big-headed kids in the slums.

"I think you should take a look at the cruel side of the world."

Audrey took a deep breath before saying, "You're right, I was too well protected before. ”

Hobert finally regained his smile: "It's this era that's wrong, it's not you who's wrong." ”

He said: "I plan to spend the 150,000 pounds here, the land king here has been controlled by our people, and these invaders will also give up the manor here under the pressure of the governor's palace."

"Of the 150,000 pounds, 50,000 pounds were used to bribe the Governor's Palace, and of course, the 50,000 pounds were only temporarily deposited with them.

"The remaining 100,000 pounds will be used to buy farm tools, set up some workshops for the production of building materials, etc., so that the people here can have a watertight house to live in, so that they can have enough to eat and a piece of land in the future.

"The annual mortality rate of the population here is as high as 30% now, and it will not exceed 3% next year!"

In the end, Hobert said solemnly: "Audrey, in the future, we will have more money to spend on this kind of place!" I want to build and invest on a large scale in the southern continent.

"Such an investment may not pay off for decades, but it could save countless lives!"

Audrey smiled slightly: "Hobert, as I said just now, what you are doing is great!" ”

(End of chapter)