Mystery: But the Witch's Path

After the party ended and Altair's consciousness returned to his body, he abruptly sat up, half-sitting, and glanced at his pocket watch. He realized that although the party had seemed to last a long time in his perception, only two minutes had actually passed in the real world.

After thinking for a moment, Altair smiled and shook his head. "It seems Adam's Twilight Hermit Gathering was also a form of consciousness exchange, causing him to experience a time illusion."

After pausing for two minutes, Altair got up and opened Vivian's door, where he saw Vera standing guard.

Vera turned around after hearing the door open and saw Altair. Smiling, she patted her already small chest and said to Altair:

"Count Altair, you can rest assured. Vera will stand guard at the door the whole time, keeping a close watch to prevent anyone from disturbing you."

Altair himself could only nod awkwardly and instructed Vera, "Go downstairs and call Hahn up. I'll wait for him in the study."

After saying this, Altair left without waiting for Vera's reaction and went to the study to wait.

Vera touched her forehead and said casually with a puzzled look as she went downstairs, "Didn't he just say not to let anyone disturb his rest? Why isn't he resting now? He needs to call Butler Hahn to the study. How strange."

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『Da da da』

Hahn knocked on the study door to indicate that he had arrived, and after a two-second pause, he opened the door and went in.

While still pondering his plan, Altair looked up and saw Hahn, asking directly:

"Hahn, is there any channel in your family's acquisition of materials from extraordinary individuals located in Backlund, East District, 13 Iron Gate Street, near the Brave Ones Bar?"

After a few seconds of thought, Hahn said directly, "There is no Earl Altair. The gathering you mentioned is a low-level gathering of extraordinary individuals organized by an old man codenamed 'Eye of Wisdom.' The level of materials available there is limited, so we haven't arranged for anyone to join."

Altair paused, then said, "Later, ask Simon to find someone quick-witted to start attending these gatherings. The main purpose is to observe if anything seems amiss. If anything is wrong, report it to me immediately."

"And how much cash do you have at home? I need £20000 in cash within two hours."

Hahn nodded and said, "Understood."

After pausing briefly and thinking for a moment, he spoke again: "After purchasing the Extraordinary Attribute last time, I didn't deposit any extra cash into the bank. I currently have about £18000 in cash at home. But that's still less than £2. If I urgently need it, I'll have to use the gold coins in my vault."

"Okay, I understand." Altair nodded and said to Hahn, "Go and get me 2 pounds now; I need it later. You can arrange the Brave Ones' Bar tomorrow. That's all, nothing else."

Watching Hahn's departing figure, Altair clicked his tongue in amazement. Nobles of this era almost never kept tens of thousands of pounds in cash at home. After all, this went against modern financial practices, security principles, and social norms.

The reason Hahn has so much cash is because those extraordinary gatherings only allow cash, and Altair recently purchased a large number of extraordinary properties, which is why he has reserved a lot of cash. Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to come up with £2 tonight.

After all, for large-scale daily expenses, you can simply pay by bank check. Small purchases don't cost much either. It's better to put the money in the bank and let it generate more money.

We are also fortunate that the pound sterling uses the gold standard for exchange; otherwise, we would not be able to make up the shortfall at this point in time.

Not long after, Hahn, accompanied by two servants, entered the study carrying an overly heavy trunk. After the servants put down the trunk and left, Hahn casually took out some banknotes, placed them on the table, and explained:

「现在家中纸币仅有17850镑，我又从宝库中取出了一千枚2镑面值和150枚1镑面值的金币。这些一共价值2万镑。」

After speaking, Hahn casually opened the box the servant had brought in. Seeing the box filled with gleaming yellow coins, Altair's mouth began to water uncontrollably.

After all, these gold coins are indeed made of genuine gold, with the 1-pound gold coin weighing approximately 7.32 grams of pure gold.

Who can resist gold? It radiates a captivating yellow glow, and when it lands heavily on a table, it makes a deep, resonant sound. This is a feeling that paper money simply cannot provide.

After Hahn left, Altair, suppressing his reluctance to part with the gold coins, said to the surrounding air, "Adam."

"I am here."

As the voice faded, a blond-haired priest in a white robe now stood where there had been no one before. Altair smiled at him:

"Good evening, Mr. Adam. Thank you for your help this time."

He smiled warmly as always, took out a package, and said:

"Good evening, Miss Altair. You're too kind. These are the items the craftsman and the apothecary are trading with you for."

Seeing the package Adam handed over, Altair stepped forward, took it with both hands, and asked with a smile and curiosity, "Actually, I'm quite curious, how did you arrive here so quickly after I called you?"

Adam nodded without changing his expression, then explained, "Omniscient perception + dream leap."

"The former will trigger the 'mind radar' when you call it, instantly locating the coordinates and intentions."

"The latter can make the body invisible and enter the dream, jumping from one dream to another, achieving physical teleportation with no distance delay."

"I think that when your sequence reaches my level in the future, you can do the same."

Altair: ⊙▽⊙

Sensing his confusion, Adam explained gently to Altair, "Based on my observation, the four extraordinary traits within you, originating from different pathways, have been constantly devouring, merging, and evolving each other."

"Perhaps it will show up the next time you take a potion. After all, you know that a Sequence 7 potion can be considered a minor evolution."

"My suggestion is that you take the potion inside the 'Castle' during your next advancement."

After hearing Adam's words, Altair lowered his head and fell into deep thought. Adam, meanwhile, quietly left with the Golden List.

When Altair looked up, wanting to ask for more information, he could only shake his head helplessly at the empty room.

I thought that, according to what Adam meant, the four extraordinary qualities contained within me were not 'stable,' but rather in an active state, constantly devouring each other and optimizing themselves.