Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 193

2021-07-17

Chapter 193 Growth and Strength

The boy's reaction was not what Shade expected, if anyone could Accepting that he is going to drink the "price of growth" will surprise Shade.

"What kind of growth do you want?"

Shade asks, the boy who protects himself with a toy knife is not too hard on this question, he looks up at Shade :

"It's carefree, it's freedom, it's not being bound by adults, it's doing whatever you want, yes."

Shade didn't continue listening, but He turned around and shook his head at the saint. This is not growth, he doesn't understand what he wants.

God kept that smile:

"When you told this gentleman what you wanted, you really wanted to be an adult."

The voice is still so gentle, but Shade subconsciously feels that his tone seems to be a little different:
"Lying and denying your past words is not a good child's act."

God said softly, picked up the teacup and shook it slightly, Shade almost dodged in fright.

"Child, I want to tell you a truth. When you make a request and a well-meaning person satisfies you, even if you are not satisfied, you should not be harsh."

Shade is inexplicable. He thought of the story of the Demoness Princess who longed for eternal life when he first met God. Then he understood that the boy probably had no other choice.

Youngster, wearing a ridiculous clown hat, came out of the counter with a teacup and bent over to hand it to the boy. He didn't say anything, just looked at him with a smile. The boy bit his lip and was very unconvinced. He turned around and looked towards the other two children, then raised his head and said:
"This is nothing terrifying."

He took the teacup and drank it with his head up. the liquid inside. But after just taking a sip, the teacup fell to the ground, and the boy retched violently against the floor.

The more he vomited, the more he collapsed on the floor of the toy store. Painful moans came from his mouth, and his body twitched and spasmed, but his height and shape were changing drastically.

After a short thirty seconds, in the stains on the floor, the young man in adult clothes opened his eyes. He got up in a daze, looking towards everything in the toy store:
"I grew up?"

He touched his face incredulously, and Shade was surprised by the peculiar effect of the potion. Seeing that God returned to the counter and stopped talking, he took the initiative to say:

"How do you feel now?"

"It feels higher and more powerful"

p>

He touched his body, then looked towards Shade gratefully:
"Sir, I really grew up!"

Child is child, and he was hostile to Shade not long ago , looking at him now is completely different:
"I really grew up!"

He waved his hands happily:
"very good, I can finally not be father reprimanded!"

"No, as long as that's still your father, he can always reprimand you."

Shade reminded, he understood a little what he needed to do, come Fulfill this second wish.

"Is that so?"

The grown-up boy looked at him suspiciously, but soon became happy again:

"I can finally do whatever I want. Went to play with friends at night."

"No, you probably can't. You're grown up, but your friends are still young."

grown The boy was stunned again, and then said cautiously:

"I finally don't have to study with a tutor anymore."

"No, you have to learn, growing up means you have to Move out and live, you have to make your own money. If you don't study, where are you going to work? Mining or being a coolie?"

The boy looked at Shade with his mouth open.

Shade also looked towards him, stating a basic fact:

"You don't think that when you grow up, you will live under the shelter of others as before. Come down? Then, why do you want to grow up?"

"I"

The grown boy pointed to himself, and then suddenly picked up the toy wooden knife and held it in his arms:
"I don't want to grow up."

"Look, this is the child."

Youngster said to Shade lying on the edge of the counter, the potion's effects were fading, boy It's back to the way it was before (note). As for the clothes on the body, as before, under the power of the saint, of course, it changes with the body.

"Am I fulfilling his wish?"

"Of course."

Sage nodded.

"But he didn't grow, he changed back."

Shade pointed out this fact.

"But he did grow, you see."

The youngster in the clown hat pointed at the boy, who looked at his hand and saw that it had changed back to what it was. After that, he smiled happily.

"At least he understands what the price of growth is. This is also a very good growth. After all, it is really difficult for children to understand this."

"You Always use similar methods to reason with children?"

Shade asked curiously.

"No, different children have different situations. In fact, I prefer to be gentler."

After completing the desire for growth, the final desire for "power" is reached.

Shade looked towards the girl who came out from between the shelves again, the latter stopped immediately and looked towards Shade very vigilantly:

"I don't want to drink strange potions ."

"Don't worry, I don't have any magic potion that gives the ordinary person power."

The girl came to the counter with ease, but she still didn't dare to approach him.

Shade already had an idea before this, but before he started, he still asked:
"cough cough, it's like this, can you tell me before your wish comes true? , how do you understand the word 'power'?"

"You can protect yourself, you can protect what I want to protect."

The girl said, and the other two children also Nominate.

"Well, next question, do you think wisdom is power other than the power to split rocks and move mountains?"

Shade pointed to his head again.

"Of course!"

The story-hungry boy joins the growth-hungry boy, but the girl hesitates, she sees how Shade wants to empower her.

"To be honest, wisdom certainly counts as strength, but sir, what I long for is that my own can be realized. Yes."

She hesitated to express her thoughts, But for a while, I couldn't find the right words to express it.

Shade understands what she means, the girl approves of the power of wisdom, but she wants a more realistic power.

"Why don't you listen to me, and then think about what kind of power you want."

Shade suggested, and the girl nodded:
"No problem, Sir."

The saint behind the counter looked at this scene with a smile, he didn't mean to interrupt.

“Have you ever seen boiling water?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Have you ever seen a hot air top open the lid?”

"Of course, sir."

"So, have you thought about the possibility of using this power in other ways?"

The girl tilted her head looked towards him, the other two boys were a little dazed.

"Only she can understand you now, this is her wish."

God reminded, Shade nod, again giving an example:
"Little one The heat generated by the kettle can lift the lid; what can the heat generated by the huge kettle be able to lift?"

"This"

From her delicate little skirt and Judging from the shiny black leather shoes, the girl should have a high background and should not have a low level of education. But this problem is still too difficult for children.

Shade wanted to change the wording, or let the saint come up with some small parts for him to demonstrate, but didn't expect the girl's eyes to shine, and said something that surprised Shade:

"Are you trying to tell me how to convert heat into power to create a machine that an ordinary person can use?"

Her eyes lit up, not an exaggerated metaphor. Those agile eyes were really glowing slightly.

Shade moved to the side vigilantly:
"What's the situation?"

[This is not the power of the ring warlock system, or even a relic. I felt a similar power in that Lady Galina. ]

"That's almost what it means."

Shade agreed with the girl's point of view, and looked towards the saint from the corner of his eye. The latter listened to the conversation between the two and didn't want to say anything. something.

"But it's just a tool, sir. I can make similar tools, but others can make and use similar tools. Such power is not eternal for me to use."

The girl looks towards Shade, looking for answers.

"It's just technology, you also need systems."

"Systems?"

"Besides gods, people, and other creatures walking in the material world, All inevitably need help from the same kind. Once you have the technology, you must use the system to manage people, use the system to distribute your gains, and evenly spread your losses. Although you are only a person, the system can make you a person. A hundred people, a thousand people. Technology and systems can make you stronger."

The light in the girl's eyes became brighter. Seeing this scene, the little boy with the toy knife suddenly thought of it. What, he pulled the youngest boy and hid it between the shelves with a terrified expression.

"But sir, even if I construct a perfect system, the system will eventually decay, because people change."

The girl asked.

"You need culture."

"Culture?"

The condition of her eyes is close to that of Cat Mia in the dark at night. situation. The girl herself began to glow at this time, and some wind was surrounding her. If it weren't for the fact that this is the shop of the Sage, any supernatural powers would be suppressed, and Shade believes this natural phenomenon would become more pronounced.

The unusual train of thought seems to give her some Enlightenment, but the girl herself doesn't notice her condition.

“You need people to identify with you, to believe in you, and to adapt to the system you construct, the technology you create, so you need to assimilate them with culture. Festivals, words, accents, shared stories, Similar behavior."

"Technology, system, culture."

The girl mused, then looked up sharply towards Shade:
"Sir, this is what you said. power?"

"Yes, are you satisfied with this power?"

Shade actually said something superficial, or didn't say any actual content, these words are actually is an idea. He was prepared that the girl would not accept it, and planned to talk about basic physics, but the girl nodded: "I am satisfied, wisdom is indeed the greatest wealth of mankind. It seems that even a man , it's not completely useless."

PS: Because only one sip, the lasting effect is very short.