Philip, who has been eating sugar...
It has been said that Annan was very impressed with this scene.
Say a few words and chew a handful of toffee.
He peels the sugar coating faster than eating melon seeds...
Even when Annan closes his eyes now, he can still think of that smell.
It should be said... Did you not eat at that time
... But Annan also confirmed at the time that the candy was not a cursed object.
"I have an impression."
Annan nodded and asked, "What is that candy?"
"It is the ceremony material of His Royal Highness Philip."
Even though she knew that Philip was the one who planned to kill her, Cafney still politely called him "Your Highness".
Cafney is so polite to everyone.
She explained softly: "He's different from us...he doesn't believe in the silver knight, but a devout believer of the cup girl.
"As for the rotting man... I think he's just trying to use him."
using a god...
... No, it is indeed possible.
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly, lost in thought.
Although he had only met Philip once.
But as far as Philip was concerned at the time... he didn't look like a fool.
His words are clear, his plan is reliable, his action is strong, his courage is not small, his appearance is still very young, he can give people a good impression when he meets him for the first time, and he has his own loyal loyalties.
Such a person obviously has his own ideas.
He wasn't so easily fooled either.
Rather than saying that he is a "believer of the rotten man" or "using the rotten man", Annan believes that they are cooperating with each other.
"Do you feel...His Royal Highness Philip is much younger than he looks?"
Before Annan could continue to ask, Kafni whispered, "This is a ritual of the Cup Girl, called the 'Sacrament of Blood'. This is a long-term ritual that all Cup Girl followers will perform... every day Make your own blood healthy by eating refined foods that contain the blood of any creature.
"And if special blood is used for rituals, there will be some special effects. For example... rejuvenation."
Cafney said seriously: "He used mead mixed with devil's blood to make toffee to complete the ceremony for himself. As long as he continues to take it, he will always maintain a young state... But as long as he is disconnected, he will quickly become old.
"And this toffee is also the antidote for His Royal Highness Philip to relieve the curse."
"... a curse?"
Annan heard a familiar phrase: "Is he a superhuman?"
"No, he is not, and he hates supernatural beings. He just once fell into a nightmare as an ordinary person, and got a curse - he can keep energetic all the time without sleep, but his lifespan will be reduced by Twice as fast."
Kafni denied: "His Royal Highness Philip is not an extraordinary person, nor is he a ritual master, nor is he a priest. But although he is just an ordinary person, he will use rituals very skillfully to achieve his goals. Rejuvenate, or curse someone to kill..."
"... You said, return to youth?"
"Yes."
Kafni nodded heavily: "Philip once signed a contract with a certain god. He sold half of his life in exchange for a certain ability. But which god and what ability... I don't know, he also We were never told.
"I was very young at that time, so I don't remember very clearly. But I remember that His Royal Highness Philip became very old at that time, and he was getting older every day than the day before... In the end, he almost died of old age."
"—I don't want to grow old. It's something that you experience once and never again..."
Philip's words at that time suddenly sounded in Annan's heart.
… no wonder.
Annan suddenly realized.
No wonder Philip said such strange words as "only once experienced".
Because he did grow old.
Annan asked: "Did he tell you about the fact that he signed a contract with the gods?"
He still had some doubts.
For Philip, who is habitually telling lies, Annan was full of doubts about every word he said.
Kafni frowned slightly, tried her best to recall, and then replied uncertainly: "I don't remember very clearly... It should be him who said that. Because our place is different from yours... If anyone If you are particularly enthusiastic about other brothers and sisters, you will be wary of everyone—and His Majesty the King. Your Majesty has always disliked his children forming gangs, so the relationship between our families is relatively weak, and we usually don’t No one will inquire too much about visiting each other and who really has an accident. Because His Royal Highness Philip wants to keep the ability he obtained from that ceremony a secret, so it is not easy for us to ask him.
"Less than a year after that, His Royal Highness Philip gradually became younger again, and no one cared about it after that."
Is the environment of Noah's house actually like this...
Should it be said that it is worthy of a family with a lion as its emblem
... Then I still have to remain skeptical about this sentence.
Annan nodded, lost in thought.
He gradually became clear about his attitude towards Philip.
This guy... Even if he really held a ceremony and sold half of his life in order to get something, there is no doubt that he is a lunatic.
The "lifespan" in the ceremony always refers to the first half.
If it's an ordinary person, it's fine to be deceived because of the ignorance of knowledge.
But Philip was a prince, and he could not have lacked this knowledge.
And he also handed out that strange candy directly to Annan at that time.
... um, wait
Suddenly, Annan realized something.
He raised his head and asked Cafney, "What if other people eat his candy...?"
"It's not going to be a big deal. Apart from feeling happy and calm, it's made of blood and milk after all. But because everyone thinks it's disgusting, no one eats it."
"... blood?"
Annan was stunned.
The devil's blood is the transformation product of the devil... how should it be the devil's juice
He suddenly realized that what went wrong—
Annan himself learned the effect and source of the devil's blood through the verification of the system panel.
And the spells of the Imperial Order School seem to have a special type for checking...
-That's the problem.
From Salvatore's understanding of the hammer, this test probably does not include functions, or is lacking. But its name can still be verified.
Annan asked without hesitation: "Caffney, do you know what the function of that devil's blood is?"
"... Isn't it used to strengthen the properties of the object itself?"
A little startled by Annan's suddenly raised voice, Kafni was a little dazed.
Sure enough.
Annan was silent for a while, then asked, "Is that what he told you
"Have you ever had his drink?"
"No, Your Highness. I never drank his wine, nor would I eat his sweets."
The corners of Cafney's mouth rose, and she replied with some pride: "You can rest assured about this. The children of our Noah family have been kidnapped and assassinated for as long as I can remember. The earliest assassination I can remember was when I was five years old. When I was young. I was poisoned in snacks and black tea at that time... I am still very experienced in how to identify poisons."
"No, I mean."
Annan said slowly: "Devil's blood is not the blood of the devil... but a transformation product called 'devil's blood' scientifically. The main ingredient in it is the soul of the devil. People who drink the blood of the devil will be eroded by When promoted to the maximum level, even ordinary people will directly become extraordinary people at the peak level of the Bronze Rank, but they will soon be corrupted by the curse and become demonized out of control. Do you know this
"Even if that toffee is extremely diluted... If you eat a large amount, it may increase the degree of erosion.
"Your corrosiveness is so high... Could it be that you have drunk poisoned wine unconsciously?"
"..."
Hearing Annan's words, Kafni suddenly fell silent.
She shook her head slowly.
His tone gradually became dignified and serious, and he reached out and took Annan's hand.
She rarely called Annan by his first name, and asked softly and eagerly: "Annan...you don't want to go to the capital, okay?"
"… What's wrong?"
"It's true that I haven't eaten anything from His Majesty Philip, but I have received some liqueur chocolates from His Majesty."
Cafney said word by word: "At that time, I had already become an extraordinary person. Not long after that, I almost lost control due to excessive erosion, and finally embarked on the path of degeneration under the guidance of my teacher.
"Later, the teacher took me to hunt down illegal transcendents. I refused to obey his orders until he asked me to hunt down the wizard from the Black Tower. Because at that time, I could resist the spirit of that person without the help of the teacher." Controlled. But my father's spirit is still controlled, he doesn't know anything, he just lives in a muddle... I won't let him know too much, the person he knows will also know.
"So he doesn't know that I'm a fallen person, and he doesn't know that the content of my 'class' is to kill people, and he doesn't know that I have a terrible nickname like 'Shadow Demon'.
"The effect of the devil's blood is not just what Philip said; when it comes to food and magic materials, I will not believe what he said. I asked the teacher for an answer, but the answer the teacher told me was not the same as what Philip said. His Highness Li said the same."
Having said that, Cafney took a deep breath.
She calmed down her emotions before saying slowly:
"—The teacher who led me on the path of depravity is the Nicholas Flamel you were looking for earlier.
"The 'Great Sage' of the Hermetic School."