Chapter 173 Go to Tingen City again
join p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters
Hobert still sat in the law firm for more than ten minutes before asking Barton for leave, and would come back to work next Tuesday.
Barton thought Hobert was a little tired from handling the previous case, so he approved his leave slip.
Leaving the firm, Hobert first returned to 192 Blanka Street to complete the deal reached at the previous "Justice League" gathering.
Xio and Fors were both there. As soon as he entered the door, Xio told Hobert that Sheriff Rotol, who had previously brought people to break down the door, had sent 12 pounds in cash.
Hobert didn't make things difficult for the sheriff and threw the IOU into the fireplace.
Xio had already found someone to repair the door, which only cost 3 Soli.
So Hobert divided the compensation he received from Rotol into four parts, three parts of 30 pounds each, one for Hobert, Xio, and Fors.
Hobert gave the remaining 9 pounds and 17 Soli to Fors, asking her to use the money to improve everyone's food.
Then, Hobert went upstairs to retrieve the Beyonder characteristics, returned to his bedroom, and first used the method of sacrificing himself to bring the "Psychological Spoon" into the "Nation of Disorder", sealing most of the memories about "Adam".
Then, he used the method of praying to himself to bring the Beyonder characteristics of "Sheriff", "Trickmaster", and "Arbiter" from the "Nation of Disorder" to the real world.
Back downstairs, Hobert gave Xio and Fors a considerable discount, selling each Beyonder characteristic to them for 550 pounds, two Beyonder characteristics earned Hobert 1100 pounds.
Xio and Fors had already prepared the auxiliary materials, and the two of them successively prepared potions and took them.
Xio's process of taking the potion went smoothly, but Fors's process of taking the potion was a bit thrilling. As soon as she took the potion, it seemed that there were poisonous snakes crawling around under her skin, making her look completely different.
It took Fors three or four minutes to basically control the signs of losing control.
She usually rarely acts as an Apprentice, so the "Apprentice" potion was not completely digested.
This was something Hobert didn't expect and didn't have time to remind her.
Fortunately, she only took a Sequence 8 potion. Even if the Sequence 9 potion is not completely digested, it will only increase the mental burden, or it will lay hidden dangers for future loss of control.
If you can make good use of meditation and other methods, you can gradually control the power of the potion, but if you suddenly encounter a major mental blow, or suffer too serious injuries, it will still be easy to lose control.
Hobert poured a glass of wine for Fors, who was quite frightened: "Before you completely master the power of 'Trickmaster', don't continue to advance."
Fors wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and took two gulps of wine before saying with some lingering fear: "I have been an 'Apprentice' for so long, why is it so dangerous to take a higher sequence potion?"
"No," Hobert said meaningfully: "You haven't been an Apprentice for a day!"
Fors sat on the chair and thought, she seemed to understand what Hobert meant, but she also seemed to understand nothing.
Hobert simply made it clearer: "I suggest you find a restaurant, learn cooking for a while, or learn something else, in short, really be an Apprentice."
Xio, who was always slow to react, understood before Fors: "Hobert, do you mean that the name of the potion is a trick to better master Beyonder abilities?"
She immediately thought that she had been doing "Arbiter", so she had no resistance when she took the Sequence 8 potion.
Hobert nodded: "Accurately speaking, it is the key to avoiding loss of control!"
He said seriously: "This is very advanced knowledge. You can communicate with each other, and you can ask me if you don't understand, but you are not allowed to spread it."
Xio and Fors nodded immediately, indicating that they understood.
After Fors recovered, the three of them took a taxi carriage to Viscount Glaint's mansion, handed the potion formula and the main material of "Arbiter" to Carl, and completed the last transaction at the "Justice League" gathering.
This transaction earned Hobert 320 pounds and Xio 300 pounds.
Hobert told Xio and Fors that he was going on a business trip and would be back tomorrow, and then left in a taxi carriage first.
Xio and Fors watched Hobert's carriage go away, and Fors sighed: "What should I do? We owe Hobert more and more."
Xio smiled helplessly: "Maybe Hobert doesn't care too much about these."
"He can not care, but we can't pretend not to know." Fors secretly made up her mind that if Hobert asked her for help one day, she would do her best to help!
...
Hobert didn't go to the train station immediately, but went to the bank first. His current savings have reached 2834 pounds and 7 Soli!
Hobert didn't feel safe keeping this money on him or storing it somewhere, so it was better to deposit it in the bank.
After depositing 2800 pounds into the bank, Hobert had 34 pounds and 7 Soli in cash on him.
If it didn't involve large transactions such as buying a house or a car, 34 pounds in cash would be enough for him to spend for a while.
On the train to Tingen, Hobert was still sighing: It's not easy to make money.
His goal is to save enough 12,000 pounds. With this money, he will have the opportunity to buy it when he encounters items with "travel" abilities.
He also thought that Audrey and Alger still owed him a sum of money, and he must remember to collect the debt at the next "Tarot Gathering".
And the reason he went to Tingen today was to help "Mr. Fool", he had been resting for so long, it was time to get up.
...
Whoosh~
On the train to Winter County, a young man with black hair, green eyes, and a poetic aura was seriously reading the headline of today's newspaper.
After a while, he put down the newspaper, looked at the snow-capped mountains gradually becoming clearer outside the window, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was saying to the snow-capped mountains: "No wonder I couldn't even attend the funerals of Captain and Klein, it turns out you have more important things."
He put the newspaper on the chair, and the headline was the news that Hobert had won the "Work Injury Compensation Case".
And this young man reading the newspaper was Leonard, who was going to the Holy Cathedral for training. He looked at the sky, as if recalling the scene when he and Hobert faced the offspring of the evil god together.
Then he looked at the snow-capped mountains in front of him, as if feeling the long road ahead for the first time.
...
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Hobert arrived in Tingen. Seeing that it was still early, he went to visit Ulysses.
[T/N: I forgor who this is 💀]
Nothing happened, just chatted for a while and gave some small gifts.
Hobert has completely adapted to the way of doing things in this world and is actively building his own network of relationships.
Hobert's visit made Ulysses very happy and prepared to hold another dinner for Hobert. Hobert quickly said that he was just passing by and would leave in a while.
When parting, Ulysses said: "Elizabeth has always wanted to communicate with you, but she feels a little abrupt. Write her a letter when you have time. Her friend's relatives recently passed away, which makes her a little sad. Help me to enlighten her."
Hobert was slightly startled: "Okay."
He asked for Elizabeth's mailing address before leaving, and then went straight to the cemetery.
He had previously learned the general location of Dunn and Klein's graves from correspondence with Leonard.
After finding Klein's tombstone, Hobert quietly waited for the arrival of night.
join p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters