Chapter 11: Maturity
The three of them continued to search the house, and they found a room with wide-sleeved clothes in the style of mage robes in the closet, which seemed to be Nopig's room.
With an entire stack of expensive log bookshelves and a desk of the same material, Norpige had a full and excessive material life. The pen holder on the table was filled with pens of various colors, many of which were dried out without a cap. There is a whole layer of gratitude on the shelf, such as "Thank you to Lord Norpige for solving the food problem", "Thank you for making clean water, our eternal benefactor", "Thank you for healing the scald patients, you have changed their lives", and so on. This reminded Xi Ke of the large row of medals on Kuohe's body, so conspicuous that people couldn't see his appearance.
There were no toys in the room, not even a ball game that was considered a healthy and leisure game. There are no books for young people to read on the shelves, no entertainment publications, and half a novel or comic book on the shelves of such a rich child.
Xi Ke saw "Higher Elementology", "The History of Shijie Spells", and "Scroll Preservation", all of which were difficult books to understand. Nick continued to look and found a large row full of mage-specific books, which were also very difficult for a person who was studying for a doctorate in magic.
He discovered that "The Interaction of Parallel Space and Time Inverse Interference", a book that was really too difficult, was also given the title of "Relativity in the Wizarding World". The book was often only cosmetic even on the archmage's shelves, and the entire Staff of Light could have been counted on one hand by anyone who had actually read it.
"Apagounos Skilar", also known as "Illusion Calculation", has both two extreme evaluations: "a must-read classic for mages" and "a collection of waste essays that normal mages don't waste time reading", and the proponents of both evaluations agree that "this thing is the most unsuitable spell book for laymen to get started", and it is completely impossible to fit a young man who has not attended a mage university.
Rick turned his head and saw a driftwood about the size of a man on the bed. The driftwood pressed down on the sheets and sank into the mattress, covering it with a thin layer of dust, and for some reason no one had moved to remove it. The shape of driftwood is twisted and the skin is smooth. Xi Ke went forward to inspect and found that the outer skin, branch shape, and cross-sectional growth rings of this wood were the characteristics of different varieties. This wood was made by conversion. Combining Contouring with the Transformation Technique can transform the target into what the caster wants, as Norpig proved to be when he decorated the gates of the Elthara.
Could this driftwood actually be the missing concubine?Seeker looked at the way the wood looked, and with a lot of imagination, he could see a woman lying on her side, her body arched in pain, her knees and head propping up on the bed, her waist off the ground, and a hole between the bed, her hands over her head, her arms bent, and her fingers furious, forming the approximate shape of the whole log, including the trunk and branches.
"What's wrong?" asked Namo, who rummaged through Norpig's drawer and found Nick staring at the wood.
"It's a conversion technique. Rick pointed to the wood.
"I guess it was a pillow or something. Naimo shrugged, "Nopig often practices transformation with things in his hand, so it's no wonder. 」
As Naimo said this, the log looked like a pile of pillows layered on top of each other. Rick reached out and touched the surface of the wood, and he had a way to be sure. Rick asked, "What's your name?"
Driftwood was silent. No necromancer responded to Rick's call.
"Leave that alone, look at this. Naimo took out an envelope: "What I found in the mezzanine at the bottom of the drawer, it must be worth a look when it was so carefully hidden." 」
Naimo opened the envelope and took out the letter paper, wafting the scent of roses. This is magic perfume paper, which is five times more expensive than ordinary perfume paper, and it still smells after all this time.
Lisina held her face and smiled, "The woman sent it. 」
Rick craned his neck to read the words on it, when he suddenly heard an angry roar that made him stop and hold his ears.
It was a woman's voice, "Don't look!"
Rick turned his head to confirm where the voice was coming from, it was the log. Cheek said to Naimor, "Speak, that log! It's a woman's voice. 」
"What did she say?" Naimo looked at the wood and then at the Rick.
"Don't look at it. 」
"Wow, that's a must. Namo immediately unfolded the letter.
Driftwood screamed, and Brooke's ears were completely useless, the sound wasn't transmitted through the air.
Nemo read the letter aloud: "My beloved Norpig, you who are more important than myself, please forget me and the events of that day, which was only a mistake I made in a moment, and ask the only God to forgive me. 」
The woman's voice screamed, "No! That thing doesn't deserve my love at all, God should let him go to hell!
Namo continued, "A man as promising and gentle and kind as you should not be with a sinful man like me, for I am afraid I will stain your heart. I also suffer from the decision to separate from you, but I really can't bear to hurt you like this. 」
"He killed me, the murderer, the born butcher!" the woman screamed, "He's just a magic trick, an empty shell! useless scum!"
"Recalling the first time you and I met, though I was—" Naimo pronounced Nopigue's father's name, "-, my heart fluttered for the first time since I was born, for you. I know that you are a person who was born with a great mission and whose destiny is appointed by God will definitely have great achievements in the future, and will definitely bring great favors to Shijie, and a small woman like me is not worthy of you......
"Retreat is advance, this sister is a good move!" said Lisna.
Naimo continued to recite, this time pinching his throat to enhance the performance: "I can only hide this love in the bottom of my heart, and endure the desire to get close to you, even if I can only get you a smile, I have fulfilled my wish. Who knew that God would have mercy on me and arrange a miracle for me and you for only one night. Even though I know this relationship is not going to last, I am grateful. 」
"I can't fall in love with him!" Like all ghosts, the woman's voice didn't need to be breathed, and her last note turned to a roar, which lasted for twenty-five seconds, and then continued to roar: "That inferior and arrogant trash, he just wants people to praise him, to take care of him, to ask people to guarantee that he is great day and night! He is more fragile than an egg! If this shijie doesn't go around him, he will be traumatized! I'm just playing with him, who knows that he doesn't have any money, everything belongs to his father, he's just an idol young master!"
"I really can't be with you anymore, even if my heart cries out to be with you. If you still have the slightest pity for me, I am waiting for you at the old place at midnight. Please bring all the important things with you, our journey will inevitably cost a lot. I'm waiting for you. Naimo folded the paper and stuffed it back into the envelope and stuffed it into a drawer: "A typical woman in the dust abducted a letter from a rich family and asked him to bring enough money. 」
Wick squinted at Driftwood, who continued to scream indistinctly. "That's what she said. 」
Driftwood made a nausea sound like spitting out a swarm of rats, and it felt like it wasn't human. The woman's voice shouted, "That bastard, he turned me into this way just by telling the truth! Weishenme no one found him to be a hollow megalomaniac! He has been praised since birth, and he only uses praise and gratitude to maintain his self-esteem, and he can't stand anything else! He only lives in flattery, and whoever dares to criticize him will kill people!"
Xi Ke understands the truth about the bloody case of the Shi Sang family. Norpige and the concubine agreed to elope, but Norpige failed to bring the large sum of money that the concubine expected, so he was insulted by the concubine. Unable to bear the humiliation, Norpige angrily murdered the concubine with a spell. He probably wanted to get away with it, so he sculpted the piece of wood. But because he was killing people in a fit of rage, Liliang lost control and converted the whole room together. Except for this concubine, everything else is an accident.
Naimo tapped the driftwood with his knuckles and asked, "What about this wood?" Wake up the dead, and if you leave it alone, it won't be long before this place will be haunted.
Driftwood continued to curse and began to mention Norpig's behavior in bed.
"The same old way. Xi Ke moved his lips and said, "Burn it."
So the three of them carried the wood to the embankment and burned it. They sat side by side on the walkway on the embankment. Rick crossed his knees and watched as the driftwood was engulfed in flames. The woman's voice faded away, like smoke from a burning, blown away by the wind. Nick relayed what the female voice had said to Nemo, who judged the same as Nick.
"A man who can't even bear the humiliation of a woman is the worst. Namo straightened his feet and leaned back, holding the weight of his upper body with his hands.
"I couldn't agree more! The master, though he is a fool, sometimes makes some sense. Lisina said with her hands clenched into fists against her chin and a smile on her face. Naimo took her into his arms with a serious face, tickled her, and made her laugh.
Rick held his cheeks in both hands, rested his elbows on his legs, and waited for the driftwood to completely turn to ashes.
Driftwood didn't stop cursing Norpige until Zuihou, and her barely audible words were, "No one likes him!"
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Rick spent the night in his rented accommodation and went to work on time the next morning.
Above the rain of the gate of the Altaro Demon, Norpig's trick has escalated again, this time there is a human-height male genitalia, the shape is very bad, it should lead to some obstacles, this should be regarded as a pre-planned humiliation procedure that echoes each other before and after.
Large iron plates can often be seen on the ground around the building, which are used to cover the holes underneath, presumably caused by the zombies crawling out.
Today, Norpig's work hindered the operation of the Altaro Magic, and many female customers walked to the door and turned away when they saw it, and several men turned around and left. Nick wondered how long he would be able to hold out on to the Staff of Light.
After clocking in to work, Nick first went to check the place where he and Nemo had set traps, and it was clear that Norpige had been there, but so many traps remained as they were, not dismantled or triggered.
Rick couldn't figure out what was going on.
He entered the wiring room and looked up to see Naimo and Lisna riding on a small platform with their heads in hand, holding a special wrench in their hands, apparently doing the work of an operator. Xi Ke was stunned on the ground floor, and the head of the wiring department waved him over, and the man looked very haggard.
The supervisor said, "I've heard that you're here to be a bodyguard, but there are so many people who have quit their jobs recently that they can't keep busy, so please help the operator." 」
So he got the workbook, squatted at the bottom and began to memorize: what does blue mean, what does red mean, what does green mean, and what does it mean to have two colors at a time...... How to operate the small platform, officially known as the "Multi-function Automatic Orientation Reading Shuttle...... What is the correct way to hold the copper plate, it will rust if you hit the wrong place, and the function of different joints...... He memorized all the way to the Zuihou page, where there was a brief list of the country's regional codes and the rules for the routing of the wiring room.
Nick looked at the channel table, which used a large row of flat images to express the three-dimensional space of the wiring room. He spent a lot of time working on the map in his head, and found that the shape of the wiring room was similar to the map of the hidden space he had found earlier. Many of the hidden spaces he found were located along the walls of the wiring room, which appeared to be the annex equipment room of the wiring room.
Nick continued to check the differences between the two sides, and finally found a large secret room that was not next to the wiring room, and Nick thought that it must be a wide office.
His knowledge of the battlefield improved dramatically, and he felt that the time to catch Norpige was near, and he stood up with confidence. The director's eyes lit up, and he trotted over and asked, "Are you ready to work?"
Before Nick could answer, Sister Dai appeared at the door of the wiring room and shouted, "Nick, Namo, the security department needs support, come and help!"
The wiring room director's expression was as if someone had punched him in the stomach.