Super Righteous Player
Chapter 572 - 113 Professor Wolf, Who is That?_1

Chapter 572: Chapter 113 Professor Wolf, Who is That?_1

Ordinary poets and artists might consider "Odes to the Celestial Chariot" to be the story of a madman torturing himself with overly lofty ideals, then gaining enlightenment from those ideals to sublimate himself.

Ritualists and Transcendents, on the other hand, might think that the long poem of "Odes to the Celestial Chariot" merely describes the mystical knowledge of "Rite of Sublimation".

If it were in a game... after reading this book, one might gain knowledge or skills about the "Rite of Sublimation" while losing sanity points.

But Annan knew that it was actually a book of prophecy.

Even Paper Princess wasn’t clear about this.

What it described was not actually referring to the ephemeral image of the "Celestial Chariot", but was prophesying the Book of Truth, the "Book of the Celestial Chariot", which would be born decades later.

And at that moment, Professor Gray was chanting this passage in front of Annan. What he expressed, of course, was not the original meaning... but a hint to Annan that he had seen through the essence of Annan’s soul.

Annan silently pondered.

Beyond that, Professor Gray probably had another implication.

The so-called, "The unfortunate shall offer themselves to the furnace of misfortune"...

Was that emphasizing Justus’s destiny?

Had Professor Gray seen the end of Justus as "the unfortunate"? That’s why he gave Justus "hatred".

Was that to make this hatred the nourishment when he advanced to Gold?

"—I will make them pay."

Justus’s voice rang in Annan’s ears.

...Wait?

At this thought, Annan suddenly realized—

Professor Gray seemed to be... encouraging Justus to take revenge!

Deliberately creating hatred, creating misfortune—was Ning, after all, Uchiha Madara?

Should I too start dancing now?

"Mundane matters, huh..."

Professor Gray chuckled, neither confirming nor denying, "If you say so."

The old man with gray hair and eyes then turned to Justus: "What do you think, Justus?

"Would you like to become my student?"

"...Well, how should I put this."

Justus scratched his head and revealed a silly smile: "Actually, I’m not too interested in becoming a Transcendent.

"If I can become a rich merchant and live the second half of my life in peace, then I am already content."

"Ah yes," Ingrid suddenly said on the side, "I remember Alison and you are childhood friends, right?

"That’s incredibly lucky... Alison is really a genuine young lady. She’s gentle and cute, I wish I were a boy—"

The girl with blue-black hair looked envious: "Ahhh, I’m so jealous! I want a rich and beautiful girl to support me too..."

She exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, Justus’s expression stiffened slightly and he hesitated in his response: "Ah... um."

Annan silently watched from the side, thoroughly enjoying the scene.

Yikes, what a love triangle.

Ingrid and Frederick seemed to like each other, while Justus was loved by the young lady Alison and secretly yearned for Ingrid...

—It’s too twisted, too twisted.

More of this, please.

He couldn’t help but sigh to himself softly in his heart.

Ingrid, perhaps not noticing the awkwardness in Justus’s heart, only showed a look of concern: "But Justus... Alison’s father, John, is a silver-tier Transcendent and belongs to the family that controls the profession of the Telegrapher.

"And the true power of Mr. John stems from the Curse Binding passed down through their family line. Since Alison doesn’t have the talent of a Transcendent, he definitely hopes his son-in-law could inherit this Curse Binding..."

She stopped mid-sentence.

Ingrid didn’t finish her thought.

Generally speaking, Curse Bindings don’t necessarily have to be passed on. Not to mention passing it to children or students, those close to oneself.

After all, the essence of a Curse Binding is still a curse... personally cursing one’s progeny just doesn’t seem quite right.

But Mr. John’s case is special—

If he never finds a satisfactory heir, he may need to pass the Curse Binding on to an outsider. That would mean someone else could fit the identity of "John’s heir" better than Alison.

In such a case, it would be fine if the other party remained compliant.

But what if the other party tried to usurp the family fortune, how could Alison compete against him?

Justus, however, thought otherwise.

"I didn’t know she was the young lady of the house when I met Alison, and she’s a thrifty and quiet child too," he argued vehemently, perhaps driven by some thought. "She doesn’t have much interest in the business of the consortium either.

’With the messenger profession being so dangerous and the consortium rife with intrigue... if someone wants to inherit it, they can have it.’

’You can’t say things like that, Justus.’

Professor Grey approached, patted Justus’s hair, and said with a chuckle, ’You can refuse it, but you can’t make Alison give up. Because it belongs to her, not to you.’

’Then let her make her own mind up.’

Justus habitually retorted with indifference.

Annan, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly.

...If he remembered correctly.

According to Naifertali, ’The Unfallen Shield’ Justus went to study with Professor Grey in the hope of making his childhood sweetheart, a rich heiress, happy. ’Because I don’t have the status to match my loved one, nor the capital to make her happy.’

But looking at Justus’s behavior now.

It seemed that his feelings for Alison were not as deep as legend had it. It seemed, more likely, they were just ordinary friends...

If he truly liked Alison, then he ought to consider things from her point of view.

Yet, his reaction seemed more like that of a boy who kept stressing to Ingrid, ’I don’t care about Alison’s family money,’ at all.

Suddenly, Annan remembered something.

What if...

The ’loved one’ in ’Because I don’t have the status to match my loved one, nor the capital to make her happy’ wasn’t Alison, but Ingrid?

That’s why, after Justus married Alison, he was always working outside.

—Not because Justus was a fool who got the process and the result backward.

But because he never liked Alison in the first place.

He was just taking advantage of Alison’s consortium connections... or perhaps, he was plotting to obtain power through her father’s ’Curse Binding.’

’"Only hatred can give people lasting power"... huh.’ Annan murmured.

He realized another thing.

’The Unfallen Shield’ Justus was already a Gold-rank Transcendent. Even in the Underground City, he was a significant figure... although not as much as Professor Grey—or the Bone Healer, but definitely much higher in status than the sages. Not to mention, he was a Guardian, with a wealth of favors accrued.

If his goal was to avenge the death of Ingrid at the hands of those sages, then he could have done it a long time ago.

...Or rather, he had already done it.

Then, in the previous dream segment.

Justus had said, ’I will make them pay.’

Who exactly is this ’they’?

Is it those sages?

...Or is it the Winter Principality?

Is the current ’Wolf Professor’ Frederick... really still Frederick?

As Annan pondered this, he looked toward Professor Grey.

The old man nodded slightly to Annan.

He picked up the book in front of Annan and said with a light laugh, ’Go out for a walk, don’t just stay cooped up in here reading.’

Just as Professor Grey spoke.

Annan caught the familiar scent of alcohol from his breath—

It was the same scent of alcohol on Justus during the previous nightmare.

It was also the scent of alcohol left on the axe that had attacked Annan.

—The magic wine that could intoxicate a dragon.

Just breathing it in made one’s cheeks flush; a poison that would knock a human unconscious through mere skin contact... and even a Silver body could not resist its potent toxicity.

Such strong drink was rare.

Even pure ethanol could not have such an effect.

Finally, Annan remembered what it was.

It must be the ’Dragon Sleep Potion’ without the addition of ’active blood from an adult Dragon Race.’

It was a potion needed for storage... or rather, sealing holy relics.

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