09: Puppetry
Slave...... Is it?
Nolan smiled, although he didn't like such explicit names, his appeal to Yuna was no different from the nature of a slave, all of them were seeking absolute control over her.
When she wants to clean, she wants to be her maid; When she wanted to kill, she had to be her own thug.
He also hopes that she will never betray herself, be loyal to herself forever, and become a being completely dependent on him.
In this way, he is willing to invest in her, and he can rest assured that he will give her his alchemy weapon to use.
"Fair deal, I promise you." Nolan bowed, "However, I have one more condition. ”
"You say."
"From now on, you will obey my commands completely; You are to report all your actions to me, and you are not allowed to do anything privately without my permission. ”
Nolan said slowly, "And, the timing of your revenge is up to me. ”
He didn't want to see that he had managed to catch Yuna's legs, so she slipped out of the city and blew up with the prairie people.
Yuna's expression faltered slightly, but Nolan's tone was unmistakable, and she understood that she had no bargaining rights.
This seemingly fair equivalent exchange is actually not equal, and she now only has Nolan as a life-saving straw, and Nolan can pat her ass and leave at any time.
After a moment of silence, she nodded, "I understand." ”
"Then put this on." Nolan threw a black leather collar at her.
"It's ......"
"A small alchemy item, if you try to break the collar or betray me, it will blow your neck in two, and the same will be true if you want to kill me."
"I won't betray ......!" The girl's eyes widened, as if insulted.
"Then put it on, you can take it as a command."
“…… I understand. ”
Yuna felt like she had a little idea of what kind of person her future master was. Although he seems to be about the same age as himself, he is by no means the type to be easy to match, and his calm and relaxed tone leaves no room for others to refute.
She sighed a little resignedly, then took the black collar and put it around her swan-white and elegant neck.
Normally, only slaves wear collars, and she still doesn't hesitate to become a slave, but when she is really ready to do so, her heart is full of unspeakable shame.
The black collar was a little weighty, and when it was fastened, it was like a shackle that landed on her collarbone, contrasting with her white skin.
Nolan's scrutinizing eyes were tinged with satisfaction, and she asked, "Do I need to call you 'master'?" ”
"Not yet." Nolan stood up and walked out, "Since you've made up your mind, I'll show you the same sincerity. Wait, I won't let you down. ”
He left the workshop and went to the doll shop next door, opened the door, and saw Aisha putting her lunch box in the box.
"Ah, Nolan!"
Aixia's eyes lit up, "I was just about to deliver lunch to Miss Yuna, and I even prepared your share?" ”
"There's no rush to this." Nolan said, "Take me to meet your father first, I have something to talk to about Yuna's prosthesis." ”
"Oh, I mentioned this to him last night, he's in the studio inside, I'll take you there."
Aisha took Nolan to the booth of the doll shop and knocked on the innermost door: "Daddy, I'm bringing Nolan here!" ”
She knocked on the door several times, and after a while an impatient roar came from inside: "Stupid girl, the door is not locked, what are you knocking on!" ”
"Don't call me stupid!" Ai Xia was rarely angry, "Last time I came in without knocking, I wasn't counted by you again!" ”
"Didn't you just say a few words about you, so what are you doing with grudges?"
"Oh, this old man is annoying." Aisha stomped her foot, "I'm not going in, you can talk to him yourself." ”
"Okay."
Nolan nodded and pushed open the door to the studio.
What greeted me was a large "corpse dismemberment scene", countless stumps and severed arms were scattered naked on the ground and tables, rows of "humanoid specimens" were placed in the corners, and an old Mediterranean man wearing monocles was standing in front of an operating table to operate on a humanoid "corpse".
When he looked closely, he found that the scalpel he was holding in his hand was a carving tool, the humanoid specimen was a finished puppet, and those stumps and broken arms were just parts of the puppet.
Nolan covered the door with his hand, bowed slightly and said:
"It's the first time we've officially met, Master Luo Zhen. I'm Noren Wiess, an alchemist who lives next door to you, and I've known Aisha for many years, and I wonder if she ever mentioned me to you? ”
Luo Zhen put down the tools in his hand, took off the monocle on the bridge of his nose and looked him up and down, and then stopped at the Ouroboros badge on his chest for a moment, and snorted:
"Heh, he looks like a dog."
What...... When we first met, we called it a dog!
Ai Xia had already mentioned to him that his father's personality was a little weird, but Nolan didn't care, but he didn't want Luo Zhen to pinch his nose again, and said in disgust:
"Can you take care of the traces on your body before you visit? Don't get me in trouble then. ”
"Huh?" Noren was slightly stunned, this black robe was something he had just changed in the workshop.
"Smell." Luo Zhen blew his beard and glared, "Although it's very light, I can still smell it." ”
Noren knew that he smelled a trace of blood on his body, which was left on his body when he killed the cloaked man before, but it was not noticeable to ordinary people after changing his clothes.
The nose is so smart, and you should be talking like a dog!
"I'm sorry, I'll handle it cleaner next time."
Since he sniffed out the clues, Nolan also responded generously, although Luo Zhen's expression was disgusted, but he was actually not disgusted.
"Killing" may not be a deduction in the eyes of this strange old man, or even an affirmation of his strength.
In this continent of Eden, where human civilization has not been out of barbarism for a long time, it is always easier to be respected for having the power to dominate the lives of others.
"Next time? I'm afraid there won't be a next time, and I won't let outsiders into my studio easily. ”
Luo Zhen muttered, "The stupid girl begged me to do you a favor and asked me to make a prosthetic leg for your friend?" ”
"Yes, this must be done by you, the master, and only you can do it." Nolan nodded, "My friend wants to be able to stand up with this prosthetic, she wants a moving prosthetic. ”
His gaze fell on Luo Zhen's left arm, Aisha had said that her father's left hand was made of prosthetics, and his left hand looked no different from a normal person's hand at this time, moving very naturally.
"Movable prosthetics...... Hehe. Luo Zhen laughed meaningfully, "You have a very high vision, but this price is ...... You may not be able to afford it. ”
Luo Zhen said this, but Nolan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the conditions can be negotiated, then everything will be easy.
In fact, the moment he observed Luo Zhen's left arm just now, the omniscient book in his mind moved, and it automatically turned the page, recording a secret technique called "puppet manipulation" on the page.
Knowledge +16.
He also learned the secret of making the prosthetic leg move:
When the prosthesis is attached, the doll wire is connected to the human body, and the human body uses "puppet manipulation" to control the doll wire to make the prosthesis move.
In addition, the ability to manipulate the Doll Thread requires the use of magic, which means that only the transcendent can use puppetry.
This shows that Luo Zhen is a transcendent being, and he doesn't know if he is a knight or a mage? Looking at his size, Nolan is more inclined to speculate that he is the latter.
It also shows that the reason why Aisha can't do puppetry is not because she is really stupid, but because she is not extraordinary.
But then again, even if he used the book of omniscience to steal the secret of "puppetry", he still needs Luo Zhen's help in the end.
One is because puppet manipulation requires the use of prosthetics and puppet suspension wires, these two things he can't make by himself now, or it's too troublesome to make, so it's better to get spot from Luo Zhen directly.
The second is that I can't explain why I know how to do puppetry, everyone is a neighbor who looks down and doesn't look up, you steal other people's technology and dangle it in other people's faces, what does this make people think?
Did they cross the river and tear down the bridge and kill them all? People didn't recruit you to provoke you!
It could have developed into a relationship of friends and allies, and there was no need to make both parties unhappy.
"The price or something, it's a lot to talk about."
Nolan said seriously, "I've known Aisha since childhood, and we're still so close neighbors, you're as close as an elder in my eyes. Even if you don't have today's things, if you need anything in the future, you can just ask the younger generation to do it. ”
Luo Zhen laughed: "I can really say, you kid is very sharp-toothed, no wonder you hooked the soul of that stupid girl, she has been pestering me to help you last night." ”
Nolan also smiled, "Asha has always been kind to people, and I will thank her again later." ”
"That stupid girl is indeed this character, but not everyone deserves to be this level......"
Luo Zhen restrained his smile, "You should know that this is our family's ancestral secret technique, and according to the rules, only our own family is qualified to teach it." ”
Nolan nodded, "I swear this secret art will never be passed on." ”
"Swear? Only children and the most pedantic knights would believe in such a thing. Luo Zhen shook his head, "If you want to learn, you have to show greater sincerity." ”
"Greater sincerity?" Nolan paused, "You mean ......"
Luo Zhen glared at Nolan, wanting to see if he was pretending to be stupid, and said after a long time:
"Aren't you going to marry my daughter?"