hapter 283 The Hanged Man Was Robbed
"Anyway, I have always respected her and never asked her for anything for nothing. I have nothing to feel guilty about. Let's leave it at that for now."
Edward shrugged and said, "By the way, didn't you decide yesterday that you were going to learn how to Apparate?"
"ah."
Audrey was stunned, and some worry appeared on her face, but she gritted her teeth and nodded: "Yes! How about we start now, you help me watch and help me with treatment at any time."
Edward laughed. "I think it's not difficult for you to learn Apparition now."
She asked in surprise, "Why?"
"Think about it, after your first failed Apparition, you never tried again. What was the reason?"
"Well, I'm worried about splitting again. I'm afraid of getting hurt, or even dying from it. The point is... I have no confidence in my ability to Apparate..."
"That's right."
Edward snapped his fingers. "But, have you forgotten that you are a psychologist now? With psychological suggestion and comfort, can't this kind of problem be easily solved?"
"Why?"
Audrey was stunned for a moment, and a flash of realization flashed in her green eyes, "Yes."
She quickly took out the dragon bone wand and closed her eyes:
"The three main elements of Apparition... goal, determination, and composure. Decide where you want to go, don't waver, and don't be afraid. Believe that you can succeed."
The comforting made her calm, and the psychological suggestion made her full of confidence in Apparition.
The next second,
Crackling.
Audrey's figure twisted and disappeared, appearing a few meters away.
She quickly opened her eyes and looked at her whole body:
No wounds, no separation!
Success!
She looked at Edward in surprise: "I succeeded!"
Edward gave a thumbs up: "Great!"
Crack!
She disappeared again, and then pushed the door open from the outside.
He took two or three steps and Apparated again.
More than ten seconds later, she reappeared, along with Susie, who looked confused.
"Why?"
Susie then wagged her tail happily: "Audrey, you can Apparate too!"
"That's right!"
Audrey smiled and said, "Susie, when you are promoted to a psychologist, you will definitely be able to learn it right away!"
"marvelous!"
Audrey quickly stepped forward and grabbed Edward's wrist: "Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."
"Why."
Before Edward could react, the two men and the dog disappeared at the same time and appeared in Audrey's bedroom.
"Wait for me here~"
She took a step forward and disappeared again, leaving Edward and Susie staring at each other.
But then I thought again, it seemed that all the students at Hogwarts who had just learned to Apparate were like this at the beginning. Even going from the bedroom to the bathroom required Apparate once, and it seemed that I was the same at that time.
No wonder it is often said that the two abilities most anticipated by humans are flying and teleportation.
5 minutes later.
Audrey reappeared, and the already chaotic house became even more chaotic. The residual impact of Apparition made her stumble, and the dinner in her hands fell to the ground.
"…"
She was stunned, "How could this happen?"
Edward waved his wand and said, "This is normal. Even if I use Apparition now, it will inevitably make some noise. This is the biggest disadvantage of Apparition. So you have to remember that the biggest role of Apparition in battle is to dodge and escape.
"oh."
Audrey pursed her lips and said, "But... our dinner is gone."
Edward reached out and tidied her messy hair, and said with a smile: "How about going out for dinner?"
"Let's go!" Her eyes lit up and she grabbed Edward's wrist again, "I'll take you there."
"Okay~"
...
Raging sea.
On the rough sea, the Blue Avenger was like a leaf blown into the air by a strong wind, sometimes flying and sometimes falling, but it maintained an amazing balance without any signs of capsizing.
But at this time the deck was in a mess. The hull and the deck had suffered some degree of damage. Most of the sailors were injured. Some leaned in the corner to bandage their wounds, some lay on the ground groaning, and some lay in a pool of blood, with no idea whether they were alive or dead.
Alger sat in the captain's cabin with a grim face. He was wounded and had a few bloodstains on his cheeks.
Opposite him sat a young and handsome man with neatly combed hair and wearing a pair of framed glasses. He looked gentle and refined. He said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Captain. I've caused you trouble."
Alger clenched his fists and wanted to yell at the other party, "What else?" But now that the incident had happened, if he were to quarrel with him now, wouldn't all the previous misfortune and losses be in vain?
The man with glasses in front of you is called Roy King, a member of the School of Life. When the Blue Revenge docked a few days ago, he was being chased and escaped onto the ship.
However, as soon as the Blue Revenge went out to sea, Alger discovered him.
Roy truthfully explained his identity and the fact that he was being hunted, and then made a request: 1,200 gold pounds for Alger to send him to Bayam.
Alger thought at the time that he could make money and establish a connection with the School of Life Studies, so why not? So he agreed to his commission.
Then the rest of the journey became chaotic.
The sails were inexplicably blown away, the ship hit a reef and leaked, sailors inexplicably fell into the water, they encountered a storm, and got lost. All kinds of bad luck happened at once.
The Hanged Man felt something was wrong at the time, and learned that Roy had been cursed by his enemies and was trapped in bad luck - and the reason why he hid on the Blue Vengeance was that he saw a glimpse of the possibility of luck in the cracks between countless bad luck.
Alger was caught in a dilemma. If he gave up the commission now, all the bad luck he had suffered in the past few days would be in vain. But if he continued... who knew what would happen next?
Just then, they started to get lucky again. The wind was favorable and the weather was clear. They could catch big fish just by casting a rod on the sea. With one cast of the net, they pulled up a wooden box full of gold coins.
Roy's explanation for this is that after a lot of bad luck, good luck will occasionally appear.
So Alger decided to wait for two more days.
Until today, he was doing business with the seller he had contacted before on Dainos Island... and then not only was his money and things stolen, but he almost lost his life there!
Thinking back to this, Alger was furious again - for a sailor like him, he had been able to endure for so long, which showed that he was very cunning.
"Roy, how long will your bad luck last? When will the person responsible for contacting you from the School of Life show up?"
Roy smiled bitterly: "I... I am cursed. Whether it is bad luck or luck is beyond my control. Otherwise, you can just find an island and put me down." After a pause, he added, "Your loss today, when I see the teacher, I will definitely compensate you double."
"This is a raging sea, how can we just find an island?"
Alger said coldly, "We'll talk about your compensation later. Aren't you a pharmacist? Please go out and treat my crew members first! I want to be alone for a while."
"good."
Roy walked out apologetically and began to arrange treatment for the crew members.
Alger walked into the bottom of the cabin through the secret door. After hesitating for a while, he decided to pray to Mr. Fool:
"The fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog, the yellow and black king who controls good luck..."
...
The other side.
After Edward and Audrey had dinner, they returned home.
As soon as Lilith saw him, she shouted in dissatisfaction: "Edward, where have you been? When Miss Lilith came back, she found the house was dark and no one was there. I went to Audrey's house, but I didn't see you either!"
"We're going out to eat."
Edward held her and sat down on the sofa.
Lilith was shocked. "You guys? You and Audrey took Susie to eat? And I was left alone with the cat?! This is too much. I'm done with you!"
She stretched out her four legs and tried to break free from Edward's hands, looking like she was angry and couldn't be appeased.
"But you were the one who went out to play first. Before we went to eat, we came back to look for you, but you didn't come back at all."
Lilith's ears quirked up: "Really?"
"More real than gold."
"Okay, I forgive you. But next time, don't go out without Miss Lilith!"
"Okay, okay~"
Edward said as he took out a packed steak from his leather bag. "This is the steak I packed for you. Do you want to try it?"
"want!"
She let out an "Ahhh" and pounced on the steak.
Edward smiled and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up, when a familiar gray mist appeared in front of him.
"Eh? Did Mr. Hanged Man deliver the things?"
The next second, he found himself in an ancient palace surrounded by gray fog. Sitting on his usual bronze chair, Mr. Fool was still in the lingering gray fog, holding his chin with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Hanged Man wishes to speak with you."