Chapter 66 (1/2)
Lauren's ”gentle” voice completely frightened the hat. The whole night's fear and the experience of being almost strangled have overwhelmed the boy, shrinking at the root of the wall and almost crying.
”You see, as a partner who has worked with each other, I am very happy to protect you and give you a safe place for the time being - but unfortunately, you seem to be using my friendship to make profits for your new master. What do you think I should do to your friend who betrayed me, hat?”
”I, I don't know! Please let me go, I won't dare again! As long as you don't kill me, anything will do! Really, anything will do...”
The hat was completely stunned. He couldn't say anything except crying. His face was covered with tears mixed with snot. He didn't even dare to look at Lauren with his head.
”You're making it difficult for me, hat.” Lauren sighed and handed the boy a handkerchief. ”If I really want to do something to you, do you think I'll wait until now?”
”Well, say that...” while blowing his nose with a handkerchief, the boy looked at Lauren with red and swollen eyes, full of hope: ”you won't kill me?”
”It depends,” Lauren smiled, and the hat cried again.
Well, coaxing children is not your strength.
”But now I'm not going to kill you - after all, what's the use of doing so?” Lauren had to harden his head and continue: ”if you can tell me more information.”
As soon as he said this, the boy was so nervous that he tried to hide behind him, even if he knew that the wall was behind him: ”no, please don't do anything except this! Really, you can do anything you want me to do, kill me!”
”Don't be nervous, calm down - you're at vimpar castle, where the Duke's most powerful wizard is.” Loren quickly comforted: ”no matter what Mr. Kalan did to you, we have a way.”
”So you know!” the hat almost cried out, but he shook his head and looked very frightened: ”it's useless. I can't save anyone!”
”He drugged you?”
The hat nodded in despair, and his voice trembled more and more: ”well, the gentleman gave me a bottle of something to drink. In fact, it's good to drink, and after drinking, he can have a long dream. The dream is particularly real. What he drinks into his mouth, eats into his stomach, and holds in his hand is the same as real!”
”But only a month after drinking, i... I feel like I'm going to die. It's more painful than death!” the expression of the hat became more and more frightened: ”my head is going to explode, and my body seems to be bitten by thousands of insects, but I'm not dead, and I'm still alive. I can't die if I want to die!”
”The adult promised me that he would give me another bottle as long as he listened to him. Otherwise, he would be burned like that guy and then opened his belly...”
Psychedelic potion... Of course Loren knows this kind of thing. The principle of this low alchemy potion is the same as meditation or deep dreams. It promotes a strong hallucinogenic effect through a very small amount of void power. Although simple, the price is also very expensive because the materials are difficult to find.
It seems that master Kalan has really made a lot of money. This thing is not affordable for ordinary people. No wonder the hat is so afraid of him. I'm afraid he's addicted.
”Don't worry, it's just an ordinary psychedelic drug. It's not difficult to treat.” Loren comforted. ”And if you really like that feeling... It's easier to configure this kind of thing than you think.”
”Really?” the hat was a little skeptical.
”Then let me tell you one more thing.” Loren slowly stood up and pointed to the statue of the Holy Cross in the front of the church. ”Remember what you just did? I guess Mr. callan asked you to put this little Pendant in that groove, didn't he?”
The hat nodded.
”It doesn't seem difficult, but he forgot to remind you of a few things.” Lauren said calmly, as if talking about breakfast last night: ”this pendant is actually a magic object, a 'key'. And the sculpture is actually a mechanism. When you put it on it, the mechanism can be opened - and then your head will be torn apart!”