Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 290

2021-08-25

Chapter 289 Uses of Mercury

“Hmm”

In restaurants, exposed Miss Barley has put down her knife and fork. She saw Shade's hesitation and knew that he would definitely not be able to take it out, so she said with a smile:

"Shade, don't say, it was Mia who ate the leaves."

"Meow~"

The cat eating heard someone mentioned him, and some of its pointed ears moved, looking up and looking around.

"Okay then"

Miss Luisa is caring about herself, and Shade knows this:
"I only have one leaf left."

Goldilocks asked in astonishment:
"Is the event of the descent really related to you? I heard rumors that the 'masked man under the silver moon' is the thirteen-ring warlock 'godcaller'. I was thinking of going to check on your situation, to see if the church made another mistake, didn't expect you to come to my house with a cat in your arms. You don't look like you've experienced a divine descent. ."

She put on an expression of listening to the story, so Shade ate while explaining that he and his unidentified companion went to attack the Silver Eyed. As for what happened after Evil God came, Shade used the same rhetoric that he told Luvia and Iluna. Miss Luisa just listened carefully without interjecting:

“You know it yourself. Just do what you're doing."

She sighed when Shade finished.

Stir the soup in front of him with a spoon, then raise his eyes, dark green's eyes swept across Shade's face:

"Shade, don't die easily. Otherwise, I'll be very sad."

After lunch, the two went to Old John's pawn shop together. Miss Luisa wanted to commission Papa John to make some alchemy items, and Shade wanted to identify the mercury vial.

Dad John acted very quickly, carefully observed what Shade took out, and then went to his residence on the second floor of the pawn shop to search for information, and found the [relic] corresponding to this vial. name and grade.

Of course, he received Shade's two pounds appraisal fee before he was willing to tell the information:

"Poet-level (Level 5) relic [endless mercury bottle]."

"Poet-level?"

Shade was surprised, and reached out to grab the bills he put down on the counter, but Old John was quicker and swept them into his hands . In the fight for these two pounds of cash, even if Shade is promoted to the second ring and his body has been washed with divinity, he can't compete with the old man in front of him:

"Don't worry, don't worry, I know you will think so. , but the poet level is not worthless."

The old man took off the brass-colored mechanical telescopic magnifying glass with his left eye, and put it carefully into the box:
"Listen to me. This bottle can produce unlimited mercury, yes, unlimited."

He took out a bottle of red liquid from under the counter, poured it into the mercury vial carefully, and took Shake it through the bottle:
"To get the mercury out of this small bottle, you need to slowly inject a little blood and the spirit of the ring warlock, and then shake it slightly."

said He shook it, and then turned the bottle down. The liquid metal that Shade could not get out was immediately poured out, and the liquid level inside the bottle did not change at all.

Standing on the counter, cats looking all around were immediately interested in those silver liquids. But before it probed, Miss Luisa picked up the cat and signaled to Shade not to worry.

“Meow~”

The tail is twitching around as if it was whipping Miss Luyissa’s arm, the orange cat doesn’t like being hugged by her.

"The negative feature is that the bottle is tempting its owner to pour the liquid into the mouth. Of course, this doesn't work much for the warlock, but few ordinary people can hold the spirit of the relic. Inducing.speaking of which, how do I remember, this thing should be in the hands of a five-ring warlock in [Mercury Blood]? Where did you get it?"

"It doesn't matter, is this valuable? ?"

Shade asked, squinting to see on the wall behind the counter there was a taxidermy of yellow flowers, Old John always had all kinds of strange things here.

The old man raised his eyes and looked towards Shade, with an expression he didn't know about the goods:
"For a ring warlock organization like [Blood of Mercury] that relies heavily on mercury as a casting material, this thing is simply It is priceless treasure. And if there is a lunatic who dares to bury the relic inside his body, it means that he can cast mercury spells and Mystic Art almost without consumption. The ring warlock of [Blood of Mercury] has done so. , and proved the feasibility, do you think this is worth it?"

"What is the ratio of valuable blood to mercury production?"

Shade asked again, Dad John was curious Looking at him, a smile appeared on the old face:

"What did you think of? Tell me about it."

Miss Luyisa also looked curiously towards Shade, a foreign country. People sorted out their thoughts:

"The emergence of steam engines has promoted the rapid development of our civilization, and the level of development in the past 100 years has far exceeded the level in the past 1,000 years. As far as I know, in steam factories and machinery Industry, there is no doubt about the value of mercury. Extract non-ferrous metals, mirrors, reflectors, barometers and even explosives"

Shade paused, old John nodded with satisfaction. The old man looked towards the bottle with a slightly intoxicated look, then shook it violently, adding Shade's words:
"This relic can produce high-purity mercury, and the method of preparation is harmless and will not cause any harm. Additional exhaust gas and pollutants. Detective means that if the output ratio of blood and mercury is right, this small bottle is enough to change the industrial structure of an area. Yes, yes, detective, I praised you last time Now, you are indeed the smartest youngster I know."

The old man said with relief.

"Is that possible?"

Shade asked again.

"Of course not."

Old John ruthless said, putting the small bottle on the table:

"1 and ear (about 142ml) The blood of any creature, with the addition of a small amount of spirit, can produce 1 gallon (about 4.5L) of mercury. But it is a relic after all, do you think the mercury it produces is normal mercury?"

Old John Shaking his head:

"These mercury also have the Whisper element, even if the effect on the ring warlock is basically negligible, but it is an absolute danger to the ordinary person. Remember youngster, don't try to use any one [Relic], for [Relic], except for their own use, others must be strictly contained. The Church and Academy contain so many powerful relics, why have they never thought of using such extraordinary items to change the world? Is it all People's brains are not as good as you and me?"

Miss Luyisa gave the answer:

"Because the Whisper element represented by [Relic] is the enemy of civilization. [Relic] Changing the world is similar to using steam bombs to keep warm."

She was happily stroking Mia, who was in her arms, but the cat still found a chance to escape and stood up "Growling" at Goldilocks at the pawn shop counter.

"Shade, do you understand?"

Miss Luyesha asked.

"Understood."

Shade felt regretful, and Father John took the opportunity to say:

"It's useless for you to hold this thing, it's better to sell it Give it to me? I can make a good price."

"No, I have no plans to sell it at the moment."

Shade shook his head.

"Are you not short of money?"

"I have a large income recently, and I met a wealthy and powerful noblewoman who is very generous."

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"Female noble?"

Old John showed an ambiguous smile, first glanced at Miss Luisa, and then lowered his head to clean up the pile of things on the counter used to identify [relics]:
"Youngster, this is indeed a shortcut, but be careful with your body. But even if you don't lack money, you can inquire about the rumored 13-ring warlock recently. You should know this, right? Any news is fine. Sell it to me, I need it."

"Is it Galina?"

After leaving Old John's pawnshop, Miss Luisa finally couldn't help asking. The two walked side by side on the street, with many pedestrians beside them. Because of the curfew that has been enforced for the past week, people's travel during the day will be accelerated.

The rusty gas pipes in front are piled up against the wall. This street is undergoing urban infrastructure renovation recently. Old John just complained that there are rude people walking around in front of his shop every noon . Unfortunately, due to martial law and curfew, I am afraid the project will be delayed for a long time.

Even though there was still no sunshine today, Miss Luisa wore a white wide-brimmed ladies hat. A small pink flower was pinned to the hat, which seemed to match her hair.

In the aesthetics of this era, blonde girls are the most standard beauty.

"Yes, I have a very good relationship with the duchess, she bought some of the ruins from me for a lot of money."

Shade speak frankly.

"Oh? I wanted to ask last time, do you and Galina know each other very well?"

Goldilocks squinted at Shade, wondering what she was thinking. something.

Shade notes that she will never use any honorific title when addressing Duchess Galina Cavendish. This is of course not a sign of intimacy, but more like a conflict between the two sides.

Dorothy Luisa is just an ordinary citizen of Tobeysk, and should have nothing to do with the Duchess who is not in Tobeysk all the year round. Therefore, Shade guesses that her friend Laccia Princess is at odds with Miss Galina.

Princess, whom Shade has yet to meet, and Galina Cavendish are five or six years apart in age, but they are actually three generations apart. If they really have contradictions, I'm afraid it's the same as what is told in the court romance novels, and they are the unimaginable secrets of ordinary citizens.

[Why not a court political novel? ]

"Because I haven't read the court political novels in this world. It's not like you haven't read the book "The Queen and Her Lovers" left by Mister Luo. "

Of course, reading that book was mostly looking for the so-called "Spy Code Book".

Along the crowded streets, Shade chatted with the woman in his heart about the content of the novel in color, and walked side by side with Miss Luyesha into the distance. [Blood of Mercury] was destroyed, Evil God left, and Shade could spend a while of leisure time before Luvia divination to the second chosen one.

(end of this chapter)