After hearing Father Andre's advice to Shade, President Stan immediately said:
"I think the other compensation is fine, 200 pounds, plus some other things, let me think... Are you interested in the newly released Rhodes brand's 'Old World Minerals' series?"
This was a hint to Xia De, but Xia De was still hesitant. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't agree to the deal or wanted more, it was just that he wanted to be more reserved.
The president and vice president of the Prophet Association, as well as the old priest of the Church of Dawn, were all very understanding of Shade's "hesitation", so they either drank tea or sorted documents with their secretaries.
The grand office suddenly fell silent. Mia looked up at Shade. Shade looked at the stained glass window, then reached out and slowly stroked the cat:
"I hope..."
People looked at him:
"Don't let anyone else know about this deal... In a few months, no, at the end of the year, I will explain this to Miss Carina. I hope she can forgive me."
He tried to show a guilty expression. President Stan lowered his head and pushed his glasses down. Father Andre comforted him softly:
"This is not a disgrace to your reputation, Mr. Hamilton. The courage to admit mistakes is the only way to better make up for the mistakes that cannot be changed."
"A lifetime ownership of the founding series, 200 pounds in cash, and a copy of the Old World Mine, the Cavell Gem Mine, in exchange for the teardrop crystal in your hand."
President Stan concluded:
"I think that's fine, Mr. Hamilton. Which one would you like to pick?"
"Origin. Knowledge."
Shade said without hesitation. He suspected that if he chose "Origin·Destiny", something else would happen in Tobesk:
"Shall I give you this crystal stone now?"
He pointed to the wooden box on the table.
President Stan glanced at Father Andre:
"No, no, I'll leave this crystal in your hands for now. We'll send someone to take it away when the time is right. Yes, when the time is right. However, please don't tell anyone about this crystal. Just put it in this box and keep it safe. Of course, there's no need to be too nervous. In fact, it doesn't have much value to anyone except our Prophet Association."
The most outstanding fortune teller in Tobesk picked up the lead box at his feet. Although the Wise Pyroxene is not a relic in the strict sense (note), it cannot be placed randomly:
"As for the card of Genesis Knowledge, since it is still at the association's southern headquarters, it will take half a month to a month to deliver it to Tobesk, but I think it will be fine before the end of this year. You know, it is winter now, and the heavy snow makes steam train transportation extremely dangerous."
President Stan said, and asked Father Andre to fetch a pen and paper, and drafted the contract for this transaction with Shade, as well as the documents on the ownership of the original knowledge. While the contract was being re-drafted, Vice President Judit went to the Prophet Association to invite the association's accountant and lawyer, and withdrew 200 pounds in cash from the financial department.
“And this.”
Mr. Judit pushed a palm-sized flat wooden box to Shade. On the back of the wooden box was the back pattern of the Rhodes card "Sun, Moon and Stars", and on the front was the Ouroboros symbol of the Prophet Association. This wooden box was a professional Rhodes card box sold by the Prophet Association, but because it was extremely expensive, only a few extremely wealthy players would buy it.
Now in the box was a whole new deck of Rhodes cards. In addition to the special rule card, Old World Minerals - Cavill Gem Mine, which he had just promised to Shade, there were also two special cards from the Old World Minerals series.
"You know, unless it's a celebration, commemoration, or an event held jointly with the major kingdoms, the Prophet Association will not actively sell or give away any special rule cards. It just puts the special rule cards in a deck of cards and waits for people to buy them. This is the association's rule to prevent the association from arbitrarily manipulating the flow of special rule cards."
The middle-aged man, who looked quite shrewd, smiled and said:
"So, we didn't break the rules and provide you with special cards. We just gave you a deck. As for the contents of the deck, it depends on your luck."
"I see."
Xia De played with the exquisite card box, and then checked the new cards. The feel and smell of the new cards were different from the old ones. The special smell of ink, like brand new parchment, could make people feel happy.
Three cards with special card faces, the card faces are overhead views of the corresponding mining areas, showing the appearance of the famous minerals in the Old World on a small card face. As for the Old World mineral "Sun 13" - Kavil Gem Mine, its rules are also quite interesting:
If this card is drawn as the fourth card, the card value can be adjusted between 12 and 13.
Compared with other cards that require "a specific number on the 20-point dice" to adjust the card points, the requirements for this card are relatively simple. However, under the rules of 21, if the fourth card drawn has a point of "13", it means that there is a high probability that the card will be directly blown. Therefore, although the adjustment between 13 and 12 is not completely useless, it is not very effective. Maybe it will take dozens of times to really play a role.
“Interesting rules.”
Shad said with a smile, and then continued to admire the other two cards with special card faces.
The new contract and the documents on the ownership of the intellectual property rights were quickly drafted. The Prophet Association had actually been prepared for this, and now it was just a matter of writing down the prepared terms.
President Stan handed the pen to Shade and said very seriously:
"Mr. Hamilton, once you sign this name, the founding knowledge will be completely yours until you rest in peace."
"Yes, and you can take this beautiful blue gem any time you want."
Shad nodded and wrote "Shad Suellen Hamilton" at the end of both documents.
Under the witness of the priest, the two hands were clasped together. Although everyone was satisfied with the deal, Shade thought he was probably the most satisfied one.
After discussing the transaction, the gentlemen from the Prophet Association had to return to Silver Cross Avenue. However, Shad did not leave immediately, but wanted to talk to Father Augustus about the matter.
It happened that the priest was not in the church today. He was arranged by Bishop Owen to take the young priests of the church to the slums in the north of the city to deliver some things, but they would be back within half an hour, so Shad was not in a hurry to leave.
Seeing that Little Mia was still curious about the heavy snow outside, he took the cat outside again. This time he tried to let Little Mia run by herself. The lazy cat slid on the snow for a while, but soon lost interest and meowed for Xia De to pick it up.
It is worth mentioning that Shad was very curious whether Mia would try to lick the snow, but the clever cat just lowered its head and sniffed it, with no intention of sticking out its tongue at all.
In short, when Father Augustus got off the carriage, he just saw Shad standing by the marble pillar on the church steps, looking at the snow.
He did not ask Shade why he came here, but invited Shade to go into the church. The two chatted about various activities in the Dawn Church before the end of the year festival next month, and only started to talk about business when they returned to Father Augustus's room.
"Things on Wednesday have been dealt with. The Wise Pyroxene was used to make a deal with the Prophet Association. The target of the deal was the Genesis Knowledge of the Rhodes Card."
"It doesn't surprise me at all."
The old priest held a teacup and said that the room he was assigned in the church was not large, but the interior decoration was quite classical and religious.
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what did you come to see me for on Wednesday night?"
asked Shad, who was holding the cat that was tired of playing. He didn't have time to ask that night and fainted.
“It’s a pleasant surprise.”
The priest smiled, stood up, opened the drawer on the side of the desk, and took out a white round badge:
"Look at this."
This is made of bone, and the priest himself carved the same skull pattern on both sides of the round emblem.
Stranger, you have come into contact with a "miracle".
"Didn't you say that you like badges that are easy to carry, but you already have one? Now, try to put two badges on top of each other."
The old priest said with some pride, so Shade overlapped the white bone round badge with the "Witch Detection Badge". The latter was a silver round badge with thorns, lion heads and azaleas. It would automatically heat up when Shade encountered a witch. Except for adventures in the past, Shade never left this silver round badge.
When the two came into contact, the bone emblem slowly "melted" onto the emblem with the "Duchess of Saradir" emblem. The melted bones wrapped around the silver emblem and eventually formed a thin white bone edge around the outside of the emblem.
At this time, the size of the "Witch Detection Badge" has hardly changed, but it is a little heavier. The thin white bone edge wrapped around the edge of the silver round badge is decorated with dark patterns of elderflowers, making the badge look more delicate.
"This is indeed convenient to carry, but is it made of angel bones?"
Xia De was surprised by this, and the priest nodded reservedly:
"Yes, although I am collecting those bones, what I actually need is the power of the bones, and the lack of some fragments will not have any impact. I used the ancient knowledge, the angel bones as materials, and added the little tricks I learned in Saint Byrons to make this badge. But I have to remind you that after the fusion, you can only extract the bone round badge by destroying your original badge."
Father Augustus recognized the emblem on the silver badge pendant that Shade wore as the arms of the Duchess, but he did not point it out.
"That's okay. The item you made should be considered a divine item, right? It's really amazing."
Although the materials were available, the fact that it was actually made was enough to demonstrate the old priest's craftsmanship.