Chapter 3 Heirs Test
He is hesitating, wondering if he should spend about 18 gold coins for the magical craft.
18 gold coins, which might not look like a lot, but equals 1,800 silver coins, or 180,000 coppers. Families like Swaydi’s could live on this amount of money for decades.
Usually, the fee never is a big deal to Fowls. In the past, the money he spent would be more than hundreds of thousands gold coins...
The Medici family is not on the top list in the class of the noble; it is only a Viscount family. The family history cannot be traced back to the era of Alexander the Second Empire before the Year 4000 of Paweier calendar. This family worships the Trading Goddess Benedict, and undoubtedly turned out to be relatively rich in the noble class. Even the wealth of some Earl family couldn’t match theirs.
Fowls, one of the family's potential heirs, never needed to worry about his daily expenses.
However, that was only in the past, when he was a child. He was no longer a child since a month ago. It was half a month before the assassination of Fowls’ original body.
August 1st is Fowls’ birthday. On the day of this year, his 18th birthday, he has to face the Quiz that every family heir must pass:
Get a start-up fund of 20 gold coins, a villa in a small town, a butler, two guards, and then... live on his own for a whole year.
Twenty gold coins, for four people to eat and drink, are way more than enough even with regular spends, but that is certainly not the whole test.
In this year, the heirs must use the 20 gold coins as the principal, and try to earn the greatest benefits by running businesses. The profit earned within the year, will directly affect the possibility of inheriting the family title.
Moreover, no deposits can be used during the year, no acquaintances can be turned to for help, or even... no contact with the outside world is allowed. Once caught, the inheritance qualification will forever be lost.
Therefore, the cost of these 20 gold coins is crucial for Fowls.
If Fowls chooses treatment, he would have to take the fate of test failure. This is obviously unacceptable to the greedy Fowls.
But if he ignores the treatments, it would be inconvenient for him the next few months. If he couldn't exercise vigorously within one year, making money would be very challenging for Fowls. Oh, by the way, he still has to pay the salary of Swaydi, the old man, and the guards, which would not be a small expense.
Fowls frowned, and there were countless thoughts flashing through his mind, such as making glass, making toothpaste, and making iron and steel. All ideas from the other universe had been screened.
However, no one was useful, because he traveled not just in time within a single space - where protagonist remains the same along the time scale.
Fowls traveled to a different universe. Some common laws of the universe may still be there, but most of the physical theoris and chemical principles applied in the original world are not working here.
This was not just Hilton's speculation, but also the fact that Fowls had just verified. He just went to the kitchen and poured this world's vinegar-like seasoning into the alkaline cleaning powders. Nothing happened.
This might be false alert, maybe the quality of the two items is not very good, but then, he poured something called oil into the water, and the oil dissolved!
The string energy is different, the quark force is different, and the atomic force is different. One of the most direct indications is that the elements of the world are not arranged in the same way as the periodic table of the original universe. The basic characteristics are of course different...
Damn it, the fictions are really deceptive! It should be much harder to cross the time than to cross on other dimensions. But Fowls ended up in a different world without exits.
Fowls was indignant, and helpless.
What the former owner of the body left for him are, 19 gold coins, 70 silver coins, plus... a tattered body, oh, and a few pitiful magic spells.
Yes, this body owner was a second-level magic apprentice, the master of this world's secret power, but what is the use of these junior-level magic spells? !
Zero-level magic: the secret stamp, light-dance spell, light-dark spell;
First-level magic: the burning hand, the secondary flame bead;
Super Magic Skills • Strengthening, Anti-Magic Skills • Interpretation...
This was an apprentice who had determined to play with fire. Besides the basic skills that every wizard would study, his magic spells are all related to the flame. In Fowls’ eyes, the light-dance could be called a lantern, and the light-dark was just a torch.
As for the burning hand and the secondary flame bead, by observing the memory of the old owner, Fowls could be sure that the spells may kill a dying person, but could never threaten a living person to become dying.
For a living creature that able to move around, it is impossible to overlook the way to get rid of that kind of burning...
"Bibi ah puh bi, ahh puh emm ah ei schih!” Fowls copied what the previous body owner mumbled by screening his memory, and waved arms in the air. In half a minute, Fowls’ palm was lit up, a cone of flame was pulled out of his palm and disappeared a meter away.
The room seemed to be hot. Or maybe not?
"This, this is magic? The magic of the flame?" The sudden sound surprised Fowls a little bit. He saw the old man Hilton at the door, looking up with his curious eyes. Fowls could feel his admiration at first sight.
"You, why are you in that position?" Hilton’s countryman pose looked funny, Fowls laughed.
"My legs are numb, so I can't stand up." Hilton's answer was also high-sounding. "Again, just do it once again. This world..."
Hilton leaned closer and suddenly patted his own head: "Hey, I seemed to know something? Why would I know this?" The old man groaned on the ground and tried thinking hard.
Fowls knew what the old guy was thinking about. At the moment of body possession, the stronger soul replaces the weak one, and the original memory in the body's brain would be naturally mastered by the new soul.
It is difficult for ordinary souls, though, to awaken these memories. There will always be a vague sense of obstacles. People like Fowls, who has the ability to take over the complete memory, perception, and emotions of the original owner, are the minority. .
Hilton’s facial expression looked complicated. He obviously realized the fact, and started to recall the memory of the former master.
Fowls respected the old guy even more...
His soul had been trapped in this universe for more 13 days, and his body was tied to the tree. The only thing left to do for him was thinking.
Then he spent all the days thinking about the spacecraft explosion, instead of the reason why he was tied to the tree, nor the reason why he was still alive...
This professor had both a keen instinct for science and an extremely focusing attitude. If this person couldn’t be a chief scientist, who else could be?
When Fowls thought for seconds, Hilton had raised his head: "This body was... Oh, it is me, I seem to be your butler, right?"
Fowls got nervous. He was really afraid that Hilton would inform himself that he was a crossover coming from another universe, and then volunteer to be caught and observed like a lab monkey.
Fortunately, this old guy still had some space-traveler’s awareness, and kept that to himself.
"You should call me the young master!" Fowls said. "Everyone else said that you were crazy. You seemed all right, I think you can still work."
Hilton paused when he heard this. Fowls felt that he could hear the sound of his brain activity, just like a hard drive in a computer. After a long pause, the old man nodded: "Yes, yes, no problem."
He was provided a safe place to stay and a relatively stable living environment. Even such a simple offer must be considered for minutes for him. The chief scientist, just as the others claimed, had low emotional intelligence!
Fowls sighed again, and he hasn't sighed so much since he crossed over.
"So, can you show me that magic trick again?" The next second, the old man rubbed his hands and asked.
Gee... This old guy had been thinking about his butler’s work to be an exchange of boss’s magic performance! Not even a little bit about his survival problem of clothing, food, shelter and transportation.
Fowls was shocked. The ideas of the old man were really unpredictable, almost impossible for him to figure them out!
Although he was surprised, Fowls’ face did not show any traces. He didn't want the old guy to find out his identity as a crosser: "Call me young master!"
However, he really wanted the old guy to see the magic of this world, and to learn how the legendary federal chief scientist beat himself when it comes to the ability to explore science. Fowls immediately emphasized: "It’s just about time for my daily practice. Don’t think it as a special show for you!"
When put it this way, it sounded too obvious, but maybe not to Hilton.
"Ohh ahh puh schi ei!" Fowls read a spell of a zero-level magic one.
According to the memory, the former master of the body had a poor understanding of the magic spells. Only the zero-level magic ones could be surely correctly used. The first-level magic ones would be risky for a showcase, although he was obsessed with the principles of magic days and nights...
Zero-level magic has another name, tricks. Wizards who can use zero-level magic can't even be called apprentices. Many wandering circus moved around Paweier's land would have such performances...
The name of this magic spell is light-dark, which is to ignite a torch. The torch flame could last for a few minutes or more, depending on the power of the caster.
Subtle fluorescent light gradually appeared on the caster, like a spark. More sparks appeared and each got brighter. The sparks in the end grouped together to form a live flame.
"Hmm? how weird?", as soon as the flame started, so did Hilton’s shocked comments.
***
[Note]: The level of a wizard is determined by the highest level of the magic spell he/she could use. The first level of magic spell user is the level one wizard; second level of magic spell user is level three wizard; third level of magic spell user is level five wizard. When capable to use multiple his/her highest level magic spells, the wizard would level up to an even-number level.
Chapter 3 Heirs Test
He is hesitating, wondering if he should spend about 18 gold coins for the magical craft.
18 gold coins, which might not look like a lot, but equals 1,800 silver coins, or 180,000 coppers. Families like Swaydi’s could live on this amount of money for decades.
Usually, the fee never is a big deal to Fowls. In the past, the money he spent would be more than hundreds of thousands gold coins...
The Medici family is not on the top list in the class of the noble; it is only a Viscount family. The family history cannot be traced back to the era of Alexander the Second Empire before the Year 4000 of Paweier calendar. This family worships the Trading Goddess Benedict, and undoubtedly turned out to be relatively rich in the noble class. Even the wealth of some Earl family couldn’t match theirs.
Fowls, one of the family's potential heirs, never needed to worry about his daily expenses.
However, that was only in the past, when he was a child. He was no longer a child since a month ago. It was half a month before the assassination of Fowls’ original body.
August 1st is Fowls’ birthday. On the day of this year, his 18th birthday, he has to face the Quiz that every family heir must pass:
Get a start-up fund of 20 gold coins, a villa in a small town, a butler, two guards, and then... live on his own for a whole year.
Twenty gold coins, for four people to eat and drink, are way more than enough even with regular spends, but that is certainly not the whole test.
In this year, the heirs must use the 20 gold coins as the principal, and try to earn the greatest benefits by running businesses. The profit earned within the year, will directly affect the possibility of inheriting the family title.
Moreover, no deposits can be used during the year, no acquaintances can be turned to for help, or even... no contact with the outside world is allowed. Once caught, the inheritance qualification will forever be lost.
Therefore, the cost of these 20 gold coins is crucial for Fowls.
If Fowls chooses treatment, he would have to take the fate of test failure. This is obviously unacceptable to the greedy Fowls.
But if he ignores the treatments, it would be inconvenient for him the next few months. If he couldn't exercise vigorously within one year, making money would be very challenging for Fowls. Oh, by the way, he still has to pay the salary of Swaydi, the old man, and the guards, which would not be a small expense.
Fowls frowned, and there were countless thoughts flashing through his mind, such as making glass, making toothpaste, and making iron and steel. All ideas from the other universe had been screened.
However, no one was useful, because he traveled not just in time within a single space - where protagonist remains the same along the time scale.
Fowls traveled to a different universe. Some common laws of the universe may still be there, but most of the physical theoris and chemical principles applied in the original world are not working here.
This was not just Hilton's speculation, but also the fact that Fowls had just verified. He just went to the kitchen and poured this world's vinegar-like seasoning into the alkaline cleaning powders. Nothing happened.
This might be false alert, maybe the quality of the two items is not very good, but then, he poured something called oil into the water, and the oil dissolved!
The string energy is different, the quark force is different, and the atomic force is different. One of the most direct indications is that the elements of the world are not arranged in the same way as the periodic table of the original universe. The basic characteristics are of course different...
Damn it, the fictions are really deceptive! It should be much harder to cross the time than to cross on other dimensions. But Fowls ended up in a different world without exits.
Fowls was indignant, and helpless.
What the former owner of the body left for him are, 19 gold coins, 70 silver coins, plus... a tattered body, oh, and a few pitiful magic spells.
Yes, this body owner was a second-level magic apprentice, the master of this world's secret power, but what is the use of these junior-level magic spells? !
Zero-level magic: the secret stamp, light-dance spell, light-dark spell;
First-level magic: the burning hand, the secondary flame bead;
Super Magic Skills • Strengthening, Anti-Magic Skills • Interpretation...
This was an apprentice who had determined to play with fire. Besides the basic skills that every wizard would study, his magic spells are all related to the flame. In Fowls’ eyes, the light-dance could be called a lantern, and the light-dark was just a torch.
As for the burning hand and the secondary flame bead, by observing the memory of the old owner, Fowls could be sure that the spells may kill a dying person, but could never threaten a living person to become dying.
For a living creature that able to move around, it is impossible to overlook the way to get rid of that kind of burning...
"Bibi ah puh bi, ahh puh emm ah ei schih!” Fowls copied what the previous body owner mumbled by screening his memory, and waved arms in the air. In half a minute, Fowls’ palm was lit up, a cone of flame was pulled out of his palm and disappeared a meter away.
The room seemed to be hot. Or maybe not?
"This, this is magic? The magic of the flame?" The sudden sound surprised Fowls a little bit. He saw the old man Hilton at the door, looking up with his curious eyes. Fowls could feel his admiration at first sight.
"You, why are you in that position?" Hilton’s countryman pose looked funny, Fowls laughed.
"My legs are numb, so I can't stand up." Hilton's answer was also high-sounding. "Again, just do it once again. This world..."
Hilton leaned closer and suddenly patted his own head: "Hey, I seemed to know something? Why would I know this?" The old man groaned on the ground and tried thinking hard.
Fowls knew what the old guy was thinking about. At the moment of body possession, the stronger soul replaces the weak one, and the original memory in the body's brain would be naturally mastered by the new soul.
It is difficult for ordinary souls, though, to awaken these memories. There will always be a vague sense of obstacles. People like Fowls, who has the ability to take over the complete memory, perception, and emotions of the original owner, are the minority. .
Hilton’s facial expression looked complicated. He obviously realized the fact, and started to recall the memory of the former master.
Fowls respected the old guy even more...
His soul had been trapped in this universe for more 13 days, and his body was tied to the tree. The only thing left to do for him was thinking.
Then he spent all the days thinking about the spacecraft explosion, instead of the reason why he was tied to the tree, nor the reason why he was still alive...
This professor had both a keen instinct for science and an extremely focusing attitude. If this person couldn’t be a chief scientist, who else could be?
When Fowls thought for seconds, Hilton had raised his head: "This body was... Oh, it is me, I seem to be your butler, right?"
Fowls got nervous. He was really afraid that Hilton would inform himself that he was a crossover coming from another universe, and then volunteer to be caught and observed like a lab monkey.
Fortunately, this old guy still had some space-traveler’s awareness, and kept that to himself.
"You should call me the young master!" Fowls said. "Everyone else said that you were crazy. You seemed all right, I think you can still work."
Hilton paused when he heard this. Fowls felt that he could hear the sound of his brain activity, just like a hard drive in a computer. After a long pause, the old man nodded: "Yes, yes, no problem."
He was provided a safe place to stay and a relatively stable living environment. Even such a simple offer must be considered for minutes for him. The chief scientist, just as the others claimed, had low emotional intelligence!
Fowls sighed again, and he hasn't sighed so much since he crossed over.
"So, can you show me that magic trick again?" The next second, the old man rubbed his hands and asked.
Gee... This old guy had been thinking about his butler’s work to be an exchange of boss’s magic performance! Not even a little bit about his survival problem of clothing, food, shelter and transportation.
Fowls was shocked. The ideas of the old man were really unpredictable, almost impossible for him to figure them out!
Although he was surprised, Fowls’ face did not show any traces. He didn't want the old guy to find out his identity as a crosser: "Call me young master!"
However, he really wanted the old guy to see the magic of this world, and to learn how the legendary federal chief scientist beat himself when it comes to the ability to explore science. Fowls immediately emphasized: "It’s just about time for my daily practice. Don’t think it as a special show for you!"
When put it this way, it sounded too obvious, but maybe not to Hilton.
"Ohh ahh puh schi ei!" Fowls read a spell of a zero-level magic one.
According to the memory, the former master of the body had a poor understanding of the magic spells. Only the zero-level magic ones could be surely correctly used. The first-level magic ones would be risky for a showcase, although he was obsessed with the principles of magic days and nights...
Zero-level magic has another name, tricks. Wizards who can use zero-level magic can't even be called apprentices. Many wandering circus moved around Paweier's land would have such performances...
The name of this magic spell is light-dark, which is to ignite a torch. The torch flame could last for a few minutes or more, depending on the power of the caster.
Subtle fluorescent light gradually appeared on the caster, like a spark. More sparks appeared and each got brighter. The sparks in the end grouped together to form a live flame.
"Hmm? how weird?", as soon as the flame started, so did Hilton’s shocked comments.
***
[Note]: The level of a wizard is determined by the highest level of the magic spell he/she could use. The first level of magic spell user is the level one wizard; second level of magic spell user is level three wizard; third level of magic spell user is level five wizard. When capable to use multiple his/her highest level magic spells, the wizard would level up to an even-number level.
