"That child suddenly cried out. The Emperor was not wearing any clothes at all. And just like that, the swindler's trick was exposed…"
In the warm room, the story was still going on every night.
After the Emperor's New Clothes, there would be a discussion and answers to Avril's questions.
However, this time, Avril didn't ask immediately. Instead, she lay on the soft bed and fell into deep thought.
"Xiu Yi, is it true that every person with power will be deceived by their servants?”
"…Yes, but to a different degree.”
"Is this what you mean by gain and loss?”
" Yes, when you're high and mighty, power will blind your eyes, making you unable to see many things clearly. You'll be deceived, deceived, and surrounded by lies. The biggest difference between a good emperor and a bad emperor was that he could distinguish between lies and truth.”
Avril fell silent.
As if she had thought of something, she muttered,"My mother was the Empress of the Empire. She always thought that she was the most beautiful woman. The maids and servants around her always said the same thing. However, her father had always been cold to her. She tried her best to dress herself up, trying to get Father to pay more attention to her, but in the end…"
Avril's eyes sparkled, and crystal-like tears fell.""Actually, she's already old. It's impossible for her to maintain her beauty, right?”
"Yes." Gong Hao nodded.
"Those maids and servants are all lying, right?”
"…Yes, Ariel, they're lying. They didn't dare to tell the truth because they were afraid that your mother wouldn't be able to accept the fact that she was already old.”
"I feel so bad. It turns out that I've been living a lie all this time.”Avril buried herself under the blanket sadly and covered her head with it.
Gong Hao gently lifted the blanket and looked at her tear-stained face. He said gently,"You are much happier than your mother because at least you have a friend who will not deceive you.”
Avril blinked her bright eyes and stared at Gong Hao."Are you saying that you will never lie to me?”
Gong Hao thought for a moment and replied,"Avril, you have to know that there are many kinds of lies. Some were kind, some were malicious, some were for their own benefit, and some were forced to do so. If you ask me if I will never lie to you, then I can only answer you. I will do my best to protect you and not hurt you. Perhaps I will hide something from you in the future, or perhaps I will lie to you with good intentions, but no matter what, I will not let you live in lies because I am afraid of you like your servants.”
"I don't think there's anything good about being a princess anymore." Avril sighed.”
"En, as a princess, you may lose some of the happiness of commoners, but you will also not have the troubles of commoners. You can't get everything, that's for sure. When you understand this principle, you have already grown up.”
"Yes, I understand."
Avril secretly laughed, seemingly recalling her performance when she first arrived on the island.
Gong Hao felt that the current Avril was much better than when they first met.
"Xiu Yi, do you think I look good?”
"Yes, you are very beautiful."
"The truth?"
"I really want to say that you're ugly to prove that I dare to tell the truth. However, I really couldn't profane this most outstanding creation of the gods. And that was the real lie."
"Your bootlicking skills are much better than those servants.”The little princess giggled.
"Even the truth can be said very nicely. Of course, it's only for you.”
The little princess stuck out her tongue. It seemed that half of her discomfort just now was because she suspected that the servants 'praise of her beauty was a lie. Now that she had received confirmation from Gong Hao, she naturally felt different.
She was a little shy.
"Alright, don't be sad." "I think I have good news for you."”
"What good news is it?" Avril knew that Gong Hao's good news always made her excited.
"Perhaps I can let your mother receive more love from your father.”
"You mean…"
"Youth-retaining potion, you know. However, it could only delay aging and could not further increase a woman's charm. I think I might be able to make a better potion. I call it the Charm Potion. Of course, this is all for you. I hope you can keep it a secret…"
Avril bit her lower lip tightly and looked at Gong Hao with a slightly slanted gaze. Her gaze was filled with temptation. "Hughie, you're the best," she said softly.”
Gong Hao patted her small hand. How about lending me a maid? I have to use the potion on her to verify its effect. You know that the results of alchemy may be beautiful, but the process is always cruel. I don't want to experiment on you.”
Avril nodded desperately.
She rang the bell.
A pretty maid walked in.
"Isadora, Shuiglaire needs a maid for his alchemy experiments. I'll lend you to him temporarily. From today onwards, you'll listen to his commands. Do whatever he tells you to do, do you understand?”Other than being gentle to Gong Hao, Ariel would give orders to the other servants most of the time. She didn't allow the servants to resist her will at all. This huge difference made Gong Hao feel a little strange.
"Yes, Your Highness." The maid knelt down and replied, then hurriedly left.
"Alright, the story is over. You should rest early. I'm going back to sleep too. There's still a lot to do tomorrow." Gong Hao said to Avril.
"Oh, Xiu Yi, I can't bear to let you go.”Avril pulled Gong Hao, unwilling to let go.
"Alright, Avril, I have to go. I still have to make some fireworks for you before I go to bed. God knows that you actually set off all the fireworks in one day. I told you to only release them when you're bored.”
"I've always been lonely without you.”
Avril's answer touched Gong Hao.
He squeezed Avril's soft little hand and left.
He could feel the reluctant gaze behind him.
He gently closed the door. The maid named Isadora was still waiting at the door.
"Come to my laboratory in the Alchemy Tower tomorrow morning," Gong Hao said to her. You'll know what to do when the time comes.”
"Yes, my lord."
the maid replied.
Lord? Gong Hao couldn't help but be stunned.
Since when was he called an adult?
He looked around and realized that almost all the servants and maids looked at him differently.
No one dared to treat Gong Hao as a lowly servant or an ordinary apprentice anymore.
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Gong Hao quickly left.
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After returning to his room, Gong Hao gathered his thoughts and returned to his work.
However, he wasn't making fireworks for Avril. Instead, he was conducting research on flesh puppets.
After seeing the illusion brought by the Giant Demon God that day, he realized that Elektra might have used elemental vibrations to complete the creation of flesh puppets.
He had to prove his conjecture through repeated experiments.
Tonight was the twenty-eighth experiment.
Gong Hao carefully transferred a ball of soul energy into the soul magic bead and began to meditate.
Through meditation to stimulate elemental induction, the soul energy would be adjusted to the level of elemental oscillation after resonance. Then, through some alchemy method, the energy in the magic bead would be fixed at the same rhythm.
Elektra was using a mage's method to complete alchemy. In a sense, this completely deviated from the original intention of alchemy. It was no wonder that alchemists could not recreate the glory of Elektra.
After all, there had never been an alchemist who had the talent to cultivate magic.
Under the effect of meditation, the soul energy in the magic bead began to show the same vibration reaction as the one in the Giant Demon God's bead. It was like boiling water, constantly boiling and rolling in the bead.
Gong Hao carefully adjusted his rhythm and sensed the changes in his magic power. He could clearly feel that his ability to sense elements had increased significantly during this alchemy process. Traces of magic power entered his body, bringing him unprecedented pleasure.
He had succeeded!
Gong Hao was ecstatic.
He finally understood why Elektra had chosen alchemy as a mage.
It turned out that he was not only practicing alchemy, but also practicing magic.
By resonating with the soul energy, not only could he create a powerful magic puppet, but his elemental sensing ability would also be greatly enhanced. This was actually killing two birds with one stone!
Elektra, you are a genius. Without a doubt, he had invented a way to cultivate magic power similar to the warrior's extreme training method.
Moreover, the effect was even more outstanding, and it would not stop due to excessive fatigue.
The energy in the magic bead gradually calmed down after the violent elemental vibration. Traces of soul aura began to escape to the outside. Gong Hao knew that he hadn't invented a method to effectively restrict soul energy. Obviously, this part belonged to the category of alchemy.
However, it shouldn't be difficult to solve this problem. Heinz probably could do it.
As long as he could solve the problem of increasing the strength of the soul, it would also solve the problem of increasing the combat strength of the flesh puppet and the choice of the soul. Only Elektra could do such a genius method to increase the strength of the soul through elemental oscillation.
Although this was only his first success and he had to experiment repeatedly to confirm that it was feasible, Gong Hao believed that this was no longer a problem. In a few days, he would be able to report the results to Heinz.
After letting out a long sigh of relief, Gong Hao felt a splitting headache.
It turned out that using this method to increase mana and train the strength of the soul would also have certain side effects. However, it was fortunate that he would be fine after sleeping.
This was the most relaxing and sweet sleep he had ever had since he started researching the flesh puppets.
In the dream, he found that he had saved all the youths and brought them away from Purgatory Island, living a free life.
Perhaps it was because he had told too many fairy tales, Gong Hao felt that everything was like a fairy tale.
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The next morning, Isadora came to Gong Hao's laboratory.
"Sir, do you have any instructions?”
"Drink this bottle of medicine." Gong Hao took out a medicine bottle and said to Isadora.
" This is..." Isadora looked at the blue potion in the bottle and felt a little terrified.
"Don't worry, it's not poison. It's a hormone that can stimulate the human body's hormones…Hmm, how should I explain it to you?”Gong Hao thought for a moment and then said,"This is a drug that can help you emit and attract men's attention." I made it with Charm Grass and some other special things. It can stimulate your body, causing your body to automatically release a special smell that is fatal to men. You're already quite good-looking. If you continue drinking this thing, I reckon that many men will be fascinated by you.”
Isadora blushed." But my lord…"
"I promised to refine a potion for the little princess. This potion can increase a woman's charm. You are very lucky to be the first test subject of this potion. If it succeeds, I will thank you and give you a few bottles of this potion. Believe me, with this, you will definitely find the best man in the future.”
Isadora lowered her head and felt her heart pounding.
"In order to test the effect of the potion, I need you to do something for me.”
"What is it? My lord."
"It's very simple. How old are you this year?”
"Fourteen years old."
"Good. With your age, it's usually easier for you to attract the attention of your peers. But with this potion, I need you to attract more people, even those who are decades older than you.”
"You mean…"
"Drink this bottle of medicine and go to Lord Pierre's laboratory on the sixth floor of the Alchemy Tower. I don't care what you do, but I want you to make sure that Lord Pierre takes notice of you. If you can do it, it means that the potion is effective. If you can't do it, then I can only try some other methods on you. That might not be as easy as drinking the potion. Oh right, have you learned how to seduce men?”
Isadora shook her head hurriedly.
"Then I'll teach you some. Remember, this is just a small test. You don't have to worry about the consequences. It's enough as long as you can get Lord Pierre's attention. However, if you let Lord Pierre know your purpose, then not only would the potion be useless, but you would also be useless. You failed to attract him, but you were defeated by him.”
Isadora was a little panicked." Can we…try it on someone else?"”
"No, I can't. Lord Pierre is the most composed man I've ever seen. To confirm the effect of the potion, he had to test it on him. But I warn you, if you let Lord Pierre know about my experiment, I don't think he'll be happy. Then the consequence is that I might be punished for this, and the potion won't work. As for your outcome... Your princess doesn't have a good temper, right? I guess she wouldn't accept that my experiment failed because of a maid's incompetence. What do you think she will do to you?”
" Yes, my lord." Isadora shivered." I will not let Lord Pierre see anything wrong."”
"Very good. You have a month to seduce Lord Pierre. During this time, I will constantly adjust the medicine and strive for the best effect. You have to report to me every day about his movements, including the way he looks at you, his actions, and what he says to you.”
"Yes, sir, but how can I get close to him?”
"I will naturally create an excuse for you.”Gong Hao took out a few bottles of medicine." After drinking that thing, send these bottles of medicine to Lord Pierre. Tell him that you were sent by the princess to be my assistant. Help me deliver some finished products, get some materials, and do some errands." Because the princess wants me to finish my work as soon as possible so that I can accompany her. As for how you leave the items there after you deliver them, that will depend on your ability. You could pretend to fall, or you could pretend to be curious about the alchemy process. If one day you can accept his invitation to stay in his laboratory for at least an hour, it means that you and I have succeeded.”
"Yes, I will work hard, my lord.”
Gong Hao felt even stranger when he heard Isadora's words.
In the past year and a half, he had probably said this the most. Now, someone was saying this to him.
He smiled and placed the bottle of blue potion in Isadora's hand.
"Drink it." he said.
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