Mystery: The Silver Key

Chapter 8 Interchangeable Recipes

Cyril's expression, as if to say "I didn't say anything, you guessed it yourself," made Irving even more convinced of his judgment.

He was so excited that he stood up abruptly, looking at Sirion with surprise and joy. He felt a sense of excitement, as if he had finally found a kindred spirit. Although the other person was not a descendant of the same ancient family as him, they were very similar, weren't they?

Seeing the other person's mood, Sirion continued:

"The destruction of the Night Kingdom stemmed from the attack by the Church of the Goddess of Night. As far as I know, the decline of the Abraham family was due to the disappearance of their ancestors, and your ancestors disappeared because they were banished from this world by the combined forces of the Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms."

"In a way, we're in the same boat."

"is that so?"

Owen's eyes widened. This was a secret even he didn't know, but he didn't doubt it. His father, who just wanted to be an ordinary person, hadn't left him much information.

Cyril nodded slightly: "If the family records I've read aren't fabricated."

"So, should we rebuild the World Truth Society, a truly mysterious organization, with the ideals of mutual help, mutual learning, mutual support, and finding partners who can explore the mysterious world together?"

"Of course!" Irving agreed without hesitation.

"That sounds really cool! We're going to build it into an organization that rivals the glory of ancient families!"

Cyril smiled and raised his hand, and the two high-fived in mid-air.

Snapped!

Thus, a vast organization that would one day span the entire universe was formed.

Those immature teenagers are so easy to fool, or rather, so easy to persuade!

Composing himself, Sirion looked at Irving, who was still struggling to imagine the future, and smiled as he spoke:

"Going back to our previous topic, have you considered taking the potion through a different method or at a different time?"

"Why?" Irving asked seriously this time, and made a listening gesture.

If there were a favorability system, I would probably have progressed from acquaintance to trust by now.

After clearing his mind for a moment, he explained earnestly, "If I remember correctly, the decline of your Abraham family stemmed from a blood curse."

"And this bloodline curse should not have disappeared yet, otherwise you would have already regained your former glory."

Owen nodded slightly: "That's right, but because I haven't become an Extraordinary yet, this curse hasn't manifested on me."

"But I believe that one day I will be able to break this bloodline curse and lead the Abrahamic family back to its former glory!"

Ignoring the other person's childish remarks, Cyril pressed on, "Have you ever thought about the principle behind the bloodline curse?"

"The principle? Isn't it simply rooted in the bloodline?"

Irving looked a little confused, and in fact, he was quite confused as well.

Cyril gently shook his head: "Bloodline is one part, but there should also be another part that comes from extraordinary means."

"An extraordinary path?"

"If the bloodline curse is top-down and can affect the entire Abraham family, then it must have come from the ancestor who achieved the greatest success."

"The same extraordinary path itself has a top-down effect. If you choose the same extraordinary path as that ancestor, the combined effect will inevitably be greater."

"In addition, spirituality grows most strongly during the full moon, which is also the time when extraordinary effects are most powerful, including curses."

"Therefore, your best option is to avoid the full moon and the 'apprentice' route."

Owen nodded, seemingly understanding, but he thought what Sirion said made a lot of sense. However, he asked, "If avoiding the 'apprentice' path can prevent the bloodline curse, then why hasn't any family member successfully broken the bloodline curse in thousands of years?"

Having already prepared his reasoning, Sirien then said, "Obviously, avoiding the 'Apprentice' path can only weaken the curse, not eliminate it."

"Moreover, with various forces already established, the world order already stable, and even enemies surrounding us, the difficulty of mastering a complete path from scratch is unimaginable."

"Or rather, it's already quite difficult to preserve the existing characteristics and formula."

Irving nodded seriously; he had agreed with Sirion's words, but he still had some hesitation.

"Changing the time of promotion is fine, but if we're talking about changing the route, I don't have any potion recipes other than the 'Apprentice' route."

Having achieved his goal, Cyril snapped his fingers with his still-functioning right hand and said casually:

"But I do have it, and it's a complete pathway, belonging to the 'diviner' pathway that the Antigonus family once possessed."

"More importantly, the 'Apprentice' and 'Diviner' paths can be interchanged once you reach a higher sequence, allowing you to better conceal your identity while ensuring that there won't be any problems with your later promotions."

"So, you're planning to hand over your knowledge of the 'diviner' method to me?"

Irving stared at him, his lips pursed, tears welling in his eyes, when suddenly Cyril shook his head:

"Of course not, it's a swap. The 'diviner' path isn't suitable for me, so I need another complete extraordinary path."

Owen had no doubts; the Abraham family was cursed by blood, and the Antigonus family, also a declining noble family of the Fourth Age, was likely subject to some kind of constraint. However, he was troubled by another issue:

"But I only have potion recipes from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7 through the 'Apprentice' pathway."

Cyril didn't care; in fact, he was quite excited because he was a freeloader.

"That's not a problem. It takes a considerable amount of time to go from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7, which is enough time for us to obtain the subsequent potion recipes."

"And isn't this mutual assistance among members of our World Truth Society?"

"By the way, do you have paper and a pen?"

"Huh? Yes!" The topic jumped so fast that Irving was a little caught off guard, but his body reacted first, running upstairs to get paper and pen.

...

After receiving the notebook and pen from Owen, Sirion generously wrote down all the potion recipes from Sequence 9 to Sequence 5 of the "Diviner" pathway.

He knew, of course, that Owen didn't have enough "apprentice" potion recipes to exchange. That was exactly the effect he wanted. Only by making the other party owe him a favor could he legitimately, or even get the other party to voluntarily, give him a set of prepared "apprentice" potion materials for free.

Anyway, all my "Diviner" potion recipes were written down while reading books. I make a profit once for each sale, and two profits twice for each sale.

However, this part of my memory seems exceptionally clear, like knowledge I've learned in textbooks for over a decade that I can't forget even if I wanted to. Is this a special quality brought about by a high-level soul?

As his thoughts drifted, Owen opened another notebook he had taken down and handed it over. It contained the potion recipes for Sequence 9 to Sequence 7 of the "Apprentice" path, which he had previously memorized.

Sequence 9: The Apprentice

Main materials: 1 Gem-Eating Bug, 1 Illusion Crystal.

Auxiliary materials: 10 drops of sheep's beard grass hydrosol, 90 ml of ancient well water, one random flower growing from a corpse, and 5 grams of soil contaminated by spirit creatures.

This is the beginning of a mage school, following the footsteps of freedom. Remember, do not be arrogant or proud, and understand the insignificance of your own power.

Sequence 8: The Master of Tricks

.....

Sequence 7: Astrologer

.....

Seeing that Sir Ryan closed his notebook, Owen took the opportunity to speak:

"Once I advance to Sequence 7, I can contact the Elders' Council using the special contact method left by my father, and then I will be able to obtain the subsequent potion recipes."

"In addition, the sentence at the end of each potion recipe is a warning and revelation left by our ancestors. Only by following the words can we better master the power of the potion."

"Playing by the rules, huh..." Sirion murmured, not too surprised.

Irving's father only told him the family secret on his deathbed. There was certainly not enough time to explain everything, so he could only write some of the information down in his notes beforehand, waiting for Irving to discover it himself.

As for why he didn't explain it beforehand, Sirion guessed that the father didn't want his child to follow the path of an extraordinary being.