The ultimate power, or unprecedented, transformative power that can completely change the world.
Beyond this, some small forces can undeniably affect the world.
However, at the beginning of their influence, before they were completely condensed into ultimate power, they were not very noticeable.
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About the same time.
The Southern Free Federation, in a magnificent manor near a prosperous city.
In the bedroom, Sherlock sat on a chair. With a bit of disbelief, he looked at the old man in front of him and said, "Is this true?"
The old man is tall and thin, and looks quite young. His eyebrows are thick and grey. Under that, there was a pair of sharp eyes that were covered.
After listening to Sherlock's words, the old man nodded slightly and replied: "Yes, this is true."
"Then..." Sherlock's expression became extremely tangled, and he tried not to look into the old man's eyes, and murmured: "So, my family has long known that there is something strange about me, and that I have some abnormal characteristics. Condition?"
"Yes." The old man said again.
"That blue-skinned mouse..."
"Know."
"Then those weird, half-true dreams I had..."
"I know that too."
"I-" Sherlock suddenly didn't know what to say. In the end, he couldn't help but put his head in his hands, stepped back from the chair, turned his back to the old man, and squatted in the corner.
He wanted to be quiet.
The old man didn't mind at all and continued to sit on the chair in the room, waiting quietly.
After a while, which could almost make a boring person fall asleep, Sherlock suddenly turned around, almost jumped in front of the old man, and asked: "If the family knows these things, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Because it's not time yet."
Sherlock didn't believe it at all: "I want to hear the truth."
"Okay." The old man said slowly, "Actually, the reason why the family didn't tell you these things is because they didn't think highly of you from the beginning. After all, you have been naughty since you were a child, and your talents are not very good. Abandoned child.
Therefore, the family feels that it is enough for you to spend your life in such a mediocre way. The greatest contribution may be to earn certain benefits for the family and produce enough outstanding offspring in a marriage. "
"Isn't this great?" Sherlock said happily, "This is what I want, to eat and wait until death, and have fun every day, how great! You agree, I am also happy, it's the best of both worlds."
"But -" the old man's eyebrows slightly spread, revealing a knife-like gaze, and said loudly, "But, that was before. To be precise, a few months ago, we tricked you into coming back and getting you to marry the Kana family. We still Keep this thought going.
But later, you regretted your marriage at all costs. After being punished, you actually did several bold things in the name of compensation, and the situation changed. "
"Why!" Sherlock was puzzled and said angrily, "Those things I did were indeed bold, but the results were good, weren't they? This can be regarded as, I have saved the family from the loss of regretful marriage, why do I still do it? punish me?"
"That's the problem." The old man sighed and said, "The things you did were too amazing and your performance was too outstanding. Not only did you recover the loss of regretful marriage, but you also made some members of the family People, see your true ability.
In addition, your brother Ian has been completely out of contact for such a long time since he left for the trial with Master Torre. It is very likely that something unexpected happened to him, so the family began to reconsider their positioning towards you. Maybe, you should not be given up and should be taken seriously. That's why I tell you some secret truths and let you handle some family affairs. "
Sherlock's expression was distorted, and he forced out a smile that was uglier than crying: "This is a bit unreasonable. You are repaying kindness with hatred. I have obviously made contributions, but you are treating me like this and squeezing me..."
"No matter what, this is the family's decision." The old man suddenly stood up, patted Charlotte on the shoulder, and walked outside. "Think about it carefully. It's best if you agree."
"Then what if I don't agree?" Sherlock pulled his neck, looked at the old man's back and shouted.
"Haha." The old man's voice came, faintly, "You will agree."
"I..." In the room, Sherlock's expression fell.
After a while, Sherlock looked at the wall with a sad face, and asked to himself: "Am I so unlucky? Could it be that I have done good things and made mistakes? I... I just want to live a relaxed life, and you value it so much." I, it’s really a bit too much. It’s too much!”
Suddenly, a blue figure that looked a bit like a mouse came out from under the table, looked at Sherlock, grinned, and made a "quacking" sound, as if he was mocking.
Sherlock took one look, kicked him angrily, turned around and threw himself on the bed aside, shouting rudely: "Get out! Don't bother me, I want to be quiet."
The blue figure was stunned for a moment, glanced at Sherlock, and tilted his head as if thinking. After that, the figure twisted slightly, became transparent little by little, and melted into the air.
As soon as the blue figure disappeared, Sherlock suddenly jumped out of bed in high spirits, ran to the wooden shelf in the corner, took down a scroll, and opened it to see a map of the main continent.
"snort!"
Sherlock spoke up, his face full of dissatisfaction. He looked at the map and said, "You want to take good care of me, reuse me, and then continue to exploit me? Don't think about it, I will run away from home right now, so that you can't find me. Well, let’s see where we can go…”
Sherlock moved his fingers on the map, and finally stopped at a point in the northern Soma Alliance territory: "Well, this place is nice, with mountains and water, and the name is..."
…
Soma Alliance, Faroe City.
This is a medium-sized city within the Soma Alliance, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. It is not very far from "Char", the southern capital of the Soma Alliance, but there is no hustle and bustle of "Char". The calmness is a bit more soothing, which makes people's pace of life slow down.
This is recognized as one of the best retirement cities in the Soma Alliance.
Of course, this is for wealthy nobles and wizards with extraordinary abilities.
Poor civilians don't think about providing for their old age, they only think about where their next meal will come from.
At this time, in a quiet alley in the city, a wizard wearing a black cloak was knocking carefully on a wooden door.
"Bang bang bang!"
After a moment, there was a "squeak" and the wooden door opened, and a woman walked out, followed by two girls.
It is the mysterious sorceress Circe, the righteous girl Nerid and the cat slave girl Heidi.