I'm really a serious wizard.

Chapter 10 Role Reversal (Please Read)

Ron had no idea about the love-hate relationship between Olivia and Elena.

Because he really couldn't stand a woman with blood all over her face winking at him.

To solve the breakfast problem simply, Ron hired a cheap carriage and used meditation techniques to restore his energy in the carriage while traveling.

Meditation is the foundation of a mage. It can concentrate the mind well and feel and guide the flow of magic power in the body.

It only takes a few hours for the mages to recover.

This is a great invention, especially in this day and age.

They eat little, sleep little, and still have energy to work, which makes them undoubtedly the top talents needed in certain illegal industries.

Ron even heard that some wizard apprentices who were in debt relied on this skill to sweat for days and nights without getting tired.

He was clearly superior to other peers and once became a leader in certain industries.

This made him sigh that there are top talents in every field, and even if he was sold to mine magic crystal veins, he could still make a name for himself.

He shook his golden-haired head to get rid of the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

Ron's current destination is located in the old city area west of the royal capital. There are many factories and a mixed crowd of people here. It is obviously the best place for committing crimes.

It is worth mentioning that the place where he came to the black factory for an interview yesterday was also in this area, and it can even be said that it was only two blocks away from the destination.

Walking on the old, sticky stone brick road, the boy covered his mouth and nose to avoid inhaling too much alchemical exhaust gas that made his throat itchy.

Following the information given by Olivia, he passed through several unplanned shanty towns and successfully found his final destination.

It was an old, old apartment building that had never been maintained and looked shaky. The white wall dust was blown away by the wind and disappeared without a trace mixed with the alchemical exhaust.

"Untouchable! What are you looking at!?"

At this moment, a hoarse and unpleasant female voice came from behind Ron, as uncomfortable as the friction of sandpaper.

The boy looked in the direction of the voice and found a thin girl who was obviously malnourished, staring at him with a vicious look.

The girl was not good-looking, she was just ordinary, the kind that you couldn't pick out even in a crowd of people.

But her clothes were out of place in this place. Although they were not expensive, they were clean and tidy, and she seemed to be well taken care of.

Ron asked with mixed feelings, "Are you Talia Ancestra?"

“You know me!!!”

The real Talia screamed, her tone unable to hide the surprise, but her voice was still hoarse and unpleasant.

"Hahaha, you know I'm Talia Ancestra!!! You know I'm Talia Ancestra!!!"

"I'm not some shit Beth!"

"I'm not! I'm not!!!"

She laughed nervously, grabbed Ron's shoulders and shook him, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, with tears running down the corners of her eyes.

But at this moment, a rough hand reached out from the side and suddenly grabbed Talia's wrist.

"Beth, let this gentleman go." The woman, who looked 50% to 60% similar to Talia, anxiously snapped her fingers.

"I'm sorry, sir." The woman apologized softly, her eyes full of fatigue. "She is my daughter. She is not normal. I will take her away right away. I will take her away right away."

"Who is your daughter, you lowly pariah! You're a piece of trash! A rat in a stinking gutter!"

The woman's words undoubtedly stimulated Talia, making her even more agitated, and she raised her foot and kicked the woman in the abdomen.

As she kicked him, she cursed, "You are the scum of the lowest class of society, you shameless scabby dog."

The woman didn't resist and just let herself be kicked a meter away. Talia grabbed Ron's shoulders tightly and shouted, "Take me away, take me away!"

Looking at her daughter who was becoming more and more agitated, the woman suddenly shouted:
"Beth!"

Two lines of tears flowed from her lips tremblingly, and she clutched the corner of her daughter's clothes tightly.

"Be good, be obedient, please let this gentleman go. We have sold all the things in the house and used the money to treat your madness.
There is no money left to compensate.”

The voice was choked with sobs, filled with cautious pleading and expectation, which made Ron feel mixed emotions.

He didn't expect that a seemingly simple task would be so difficult.

Because he has no way to simply and roughly judge who is right and who is wrong.

After all, after encountering such a thing, Talia did not go completely crazy, which can be considered as mentally strong.

And the woman who was obviously the original body's mother probably didn't know that her real daughter had abandoned her long ago.

For his own selfish desires, he destroyed two families.

This made Ron want to pick up the impostor again and shoot him again.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman slumped on the ground, Talia's emotions gradually calmed down. She opened her mouth to say something, but finally released Ron's hand.

The blond boy didn't care. He just thought for a long time, took out the Public Security Bureau badge given by Olivia from his pocket, and looked at the woman who was much older than her actual age.

"Ma'am, Beth Hansen is suspected of dangerous cult activities and needs to go to the police department to make a statement."

"Officer, are you mistaken? How could Beth be involved with cultists?!"

The woman quickly stood in front of her daughter, gesturing with her fingers and trying to smile. "My daughter isn't normal. There's no way she's associating with those cult members."

"You don't know, three years ago, there was a gas leak at the Hao Zai Lai Alchemy Factory. The exhaust gas damaged her lungs and brain, and she was unconscious for a long time. Baron Mark only offered to pay three copper coins, which wasn't even enough to cover the hospitalization fee. There was no way he could be cured..."

"How could she...how could she..." The woman's voice gradually choked. She lowered her head and smiled, carefully wiping the tears from her eyes.

Although she didn't finish her words, her meaning was clear.

How could a person who is physically weak and mentally unstable be involved with a cult?
In fact, Ron also realized at this time that his reasons were nonsense, but he was attracted by the content of the woman's words.

Come back to the alchemy factory? And that cuckolded baron?

Hearing these two familiar names, Ron suddenly remembered that he seemed to have applied for a job at this factory yesterday.

What made him feel even more coincidental was that this unscrupulous factory seemed to be run by Elena's husband, the cuckolded baron.

This made Ron sigh at the wonders of the world.

You don't even know that your wife is cheating on you with another man, and the child is probably someone else's.

But...then again, why was it all three years ago?
Three years ago, a waste gas leak occurred at the Haozailai Alchemy Factory.

Three years ago, Beth unfortunately fell seriously ill and became mentally unstable.

Three years ago, Sealan Valentine performed the first brain transplant.

"Ma'am, do you know Sealan Valentine?"

The blond boy's face became serious. He felt that some information in his mind seemed to be connected together, and he had some vague guesses.

"Officer, do you mean Dr. Valentine?"

"He...he's actually a very good person. Sometimes he even provides free medical treatment to people here."

"Three years ago, his daughter also inhaled leaked alchemical waste gas and died."

"He disappeared afterward, but a priest from the Vatican and a police officer like you came to question him. It was said that he had committed a serious crime?"

As if she thought that her daughter would not be taken away this way, the woman talked incessantly, squeezing out every bit of memory from her mind.

My goodness, he even had a daughter who died from inhaling alchemical waste gas.

Ron's mouth twitched, and he felt that the buff of "Madman of Truth" named Xilan Valentine was almost fully stacked.

No wonder he was able to escape from the Stardust Society and the Holy See twice in a row.

Such a ruthless character is rare in a century.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Ron decided to complete the task assigned to him by the violent woman first.

He looked towards Talia, but was quickly blocked from view by the wary woman.

As if guarding against a pervert.

Finally, Ron said helplessly: "Ma'am, please believe that we are professionals."

"We really just have something that we need Miss Beth's cooperation with."

"Really?" The woman was obviously hesitant.

"Well, I know you're worried about Miss Beth, but why don't you listen to her advice?"

The person who tied the bell must untie it, and Ron had no intention of getting involved in the affairs of this weird mother and daughter.

Because he is just an outsider.

"That's enough! Let me go!" Talia suddenly broke free from the woman's grip and pushed her hard. "I don't need you to make decisions for me. How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not your daughter?"

The woman staggered and fell to the ground, her forehead bruised and bleeding.

"Beth, Beth, Beth, all you ever think of is your poor Beth!"

"Do you know that your daughter no longer wants you? She abandoned you in the stinking ditch and hasn't visited you in all these years!"

Talia's eyes revealed extreme hatred, but when she saw the woman sobbing on the ground, she gritted her teeth helplessly.

"I know." The woman said weakly, and in an instant she seemed to have aged dozens of years.

How can a mother not know what her child is like?

However, she has been busy struggling for survival all her life, so she cannot understand the concept of brain transplant surgery, which is the "forbidden truth".

She only knew that her daughter was sick and she needed to spend all her money to hire a doctor.

"you know!?"

"Very good, it's easier now that you know!"

Talia looked surprised and showed obvious joy, then pointed to Ron beside her.

"I want to go with him now, you can't stop me!"

Seeing that the woman sitting on the ground did not move, Talia was about to turn around and leave this dilapidated and dirty place.

But she had just taken two steps when she suddenly felt a resistance - the corner of her clothes was grabbed from behind.

"Will you come back?"

The woman asked cautiously, her fingers tangling together, causing Talia to fall silent.

After a while, she suddenly shouted loudly: "Are you annoying? I'm warning you!"

"Wait for me here, and don't do anything stupid like committing suicide the moment I leave, or I'll never come back!"

(End of this chapter)