Solving Pierre is like solving the spirit seed in the body in the valley, and Gong Hao has removed a big hidden danger.

And with Pierre's death, a huge power and technological vacuum has emerged in the Alchemy Castle.

Hines desperately needed an assistant who could help.

Not surprisingly, Gong Hao became the best choice, whether it was from the perspective of his relationship with the princess, or from the point of view that he was bound to show a great favor for Hines this time, or from his own ability and wisdom, he deserved this reward.

Of course, Gong Hao took Andrew's place, and as he had expected, from this day on, all the work of the servants was entrusted to him. Andrew, on the other hand, will take over from Pierre in charge of the apprentices.

Although there are still many top-level alchemy Hines who are not open to Gong Hao, after all, Hines cannot trust Gong Hao as much as he trusts Andrew and Pierre, but for most people, this is already a thousand times more grace.

As a lowly servant, after becoming an apprentice, and then becoming an assistant, it is already a very remarkable thing for everyone to get to this point.

It's just that for Gong Hao, with Pie's secret private record text and the Electra's notes, he no longer has to think about top-level alchemy - after Pie's death, Gong Hao came to his room openly and took those things.

So now he just needs to focus on the study of space magic.

In the dead of night, he would secretly study wind and soul spells, and he had to hurry up and learn more about the mysteries of magic before Avril left, otherwise it would be difficult for him to get guidance after Cross followed him away. As for Padgett, he directly asked this earth warrior for some basic experience of samurai cultivation and a manual, and planned to practice again in the future.

Under Cross's guidance, he is now proficient in the four basic spells of the wind system and the two basic spells of the soul system.

Of course, no one knew he could do magic except Lancelot. Even Lancelot only knew that he knew a little bit of basic spells, well, isn't that what every alchemist should master?

For Gong Hao, there is no good or bad magic, only those who use it can distinguish between good and evil. On this island where life is in danger, not to mention forbidden spells, even if he is allowed to sleep with the undead puppet in his arms every day, let Qianfu point out, and be hunted down by the world, he will not hesitate at all.

To his surprise, alchemy did have a fairly obvious effect on his ability to increase his magic power. When he consciously used his magic to integrate into alchemy, he could clearly feel a noticeable increase in his magic power.

This kind of magic may not grow faster than meditation, but for ordinary people who do not have the talent for magic, it is equivalent to truly having a shortcut to becoming a magician. Gong Hao doesn't have a talent for soul spells, but he can completely exercise his correspondence sensing ability by making the soul beads needed for flesh puppets.

Since his main focus was on alchemy, the result was that although he had the induction talent of the wind element, in fact, his later improvement in soul spells was even faster than that of wind spells.

Gong Hao felt that if he continued like this, he might not have become a wind mage, but a soul mage first—although he was far stronger than the soul talent in the wind element.

Fate always likes to play tricks on people, and this situation is really a bit ironic.

On the sixth day after Piet's death, Avril finally arrived to leave.

Although she has understood her feelings for Gong Hao, she has no right to take Gong Hao away after all. Pierre's death made Gong Hao's position even more important, and Hines could not afford to lose another good apprentice and new assistant, and the empire could not afford such a loss.

And the fables, fairy tales, and legends that Gong Hao told her also made this princess gradually understand the rights and wrongs of people's hearts and understand many truths. So that she is no longer easily angry and willful—at least in front of Gong Hao.

The night before leaving, Avril was lying in bed, with Gong Hao next to the bed. She was half-nestled in Gong Hao's arms and listened to Gong Hao tell her the final story - Hamlet.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's later work, and although Romeo and Juliet may be more famous, Hamlet is more outstanding in terms of artistic value, philosophical perspective, and social perception.

The story is actually very simple, the simple vengeful prince, the insidious usurping king, the innocent infatuated girl, and those ill-intentioned ministers, perform a tragicomedy of life on the scenes of court gladiatorial battles, and in the end, everyone dies together, achieving the most famous tragedy in history.

Shakespeare expressed the idea of a never-ending retribution in the simplest and clearest way possible.

He considered forgiveness to be a virtue.

"What a noble act to forgive what others cannot forgive!"

That's exactly what Shakespeare said.

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"To live or to perish, this is a question that must be answered;

Should we silently endure the merciless blow of harsh fate,

Or should we be enemies of the endless suffering as deep as the sea,

And overcome it.

Which of these two choices is more noble?

Death is sleep, it's nothing more than that!

If a sleep can end the sufferings of the soul and the troubles of the flesh,

Well, this ending is hopeful!

Die, sleep......

But in sleep there may be dreams, ah, that's an obstacle;

When we get rid of this dying skin,

What dreams will come in the eternal sleep of death?

It makes us hesitate,

that we may willingly endure the calamities of many years,

Otherwise, who will tolerate all kinds of torture in the world,

Such as the government of tyrants, the pride of the arrogant, the pain of broken love, the slowness of the law, the insult of corrupt officials, or the humiliation of mediocrity,

What if he could do it with a simple slash?

Who else will be willing to be a cow or a horse, and be tired of labor all his life,

Silently endure its sufferings and difficulties, and do not fly far away, floating in the realm of misshape,

What if he didn't hesitate out of fear of what was behind him?

This realm is a state that no one knows, and there has been no one to return from ancient times.

So, reason makes us cowards,

And worry can make our already brilliant mind dull, like a sick man.

Moreover, these can do even more bad things, make big plans, and make them lose their courage. ”

In the room, Gong Hao gently recited this classic line sung in Hamlet for a hundred years, thanks to the blessing of his college career, which is a classic passage often used by a small number of contemporary sullen college students in courtship, and Gong Hao is not exempt from vulgarity, so he can reproduce it at this moment. The same is the dialogue between Romeo and Juliet in the jungle. If he was really asked to record all the dialogues in full, he would never be able to do it.

"It's such a poignant and touching love story. Huey, why do people take revenge?" asked Avril.

"Because they have hatred in their hearts. ”

"Then why do people have love again?"

"Because they also have love in their hearts. ”

"Which is heavier, love or hate?"

Gong Hao hesitated slightly, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I know that whether it is love or hate, it is not without reason." Everything happens, naturally has its cause and effect, but we can't find out. ”

Avril thought for a while, and then snuggled up to Gong Hao tighter: "I don't like this story, Xiuyi, it's so sad." At least Romeo and Juliet still died for love, and they at least died together. But Hamlet and Ophelia are not together. He drove her crazy, he let her die...... I hate him, I hate Hamlet, he is a madman who only knows revenge, and ignores the preciousness of the lover around him. ”

"You're right, Avril, no one can hurt their loved ones like that, but there are always things to do. Perhaps, it's just a difference in the limit. ”

"And if you were Hamlet, would you be determined to take revenge?"

Hamlet insists on revenge because Claudie wants to kill him and never suffer again, and he himself has hesitated to take revenge. If I were Hamlet, I would not have to take revenge on Claudie for the sake of the woman I loved, but only if he promised not to do anything to me. ”

Avril nodded understandingly.

She didn't know that the reason why Gong Hao wanted to tell this story to herself today was not to promote forgiveness and promote kindness.

Because in the real Hamlet story, Hamlet's fiancée is not the daughter of Claudius, the object of his revenge, but at this moment in Gong Hao's narration, he deliberately changed it to Ophelia is the daughter of Claudius, the usurping king, which makes the story more and more similar to the situation between Gong Hao and Avril, but the little princess herself will not understand it for the time being.

But at some point in the future, she will understand everything.

And this is what Gong Hao wants to tell her.

An answer, an answer advanced to Avril.

Gong Hao didn't know why he did this, subconsciously, he thought that he wouldn't fall in love with this little girl, he just kept using her, but deep down, he always had a vague uneasiness. That's why he told this story adapted so that Avril would understand it by then.

In other words, do you care about her feelings? Gong Hao was a little unsure.

After the discussion, Gong Hao said, "Okay, Avril, it's time for you to rest." Go to bed early. ”

"Okay. The little princess reluctantly lay back under the covers. She still had tears on her face.

At this time, the tears were still shed for Ophelia, a young girl who died innocently in the battle between her lover and her father.

Early the next morning, Avril returned to the dragon boat.

Before getting on the boat, she cried again, and the tears at this time were for the boy she was about to leave the boy she had really loved.

At the moment before she got on the boat, she suddenly rushed into Gong Hao's arms and imprinted a kiss on his face.

A soggy long kiss full of the fiery tenderness of a girl was imprinted on Gong Hao's lips.

This kiss made everyone bow their heads in fright, and they didn't dare to look up again.

Last year's parting, the little princess shocked everyone with a guardian knight.

This year, the little princess used her first kiss to declare that her heart had been completely occupied by Huyglare.

When she left, all the servants, warriors, maids, mages, and butlers looked at Siegler's eyes full of magic.

Only Gong Hao himself was unmoved.

His heart was like a rock.

Looking at the king ship in the distance, Gong Hao muttered: "Go all the way, my ...... Ophelia. This may be our last meeting. ”