Chapter 9 The Missing Girl
The principal opened the drawer, took out a box of injections and handed it to Alan.
"Take this injection and inject it. It will awaken the sorcerer apprentice's practice method, called 'Ancestral Meditation'."
"Practice on your own first, and then ask me if you have any questions ."
When a warlock meditates, he will forget about the world outside of himself and enter a mysterious spiritual state.
It is as if one has turned into the ancestral creature corresponding to the bloodline, is born and grows up, struggles for survival, gradually grows stronger, acquires various skills, and finally reaches the peak of one's life.
Through meditation, awaken the ancestral memories dormant in the blood.
This is what is called "atavistic meditation".
Mainstream warlocks all practice in a similar way, but the specific meditation methods they use also vary in level.
The entry-level meditation method that Ms. Sora gave to Allen is only suitable for the apprentice stage.
In fact, she herself only got the "First-level Meditation Method". Due to her limited talent, she was unable to be promoted to a second-level warlock, and had no chance to come into contact with higher-level practice methods.
Alan accepted the injection and expressed his gratitude to the principal.
Then he changed the subject and made a request that she had not expected.
"Ms. Sora, I want to grow some flowers and plants at home. Can I ask you for some tips on flower cultivation?"
"Of course that's no problem!"
The little boy did what the principal wanted, and the principal was very happy.
Alan observed her expression and slowly revealed his true purpose.
"Also, I really like the hydrangea-like white flowers . I want to transplant one and grow it at home."
"Um?!"
The principal immediately put away her smile and her expression became extremely serious.
"That's the Concentration Flower. It can be used to make incense that promotes meditation efficiency, but the leaves contain deadly poison. It's not suitable for ordinary people to grow at home! It's too dangerous!"
Noticing the disappointment on Alan's face, the principal couldn't help but soften her heart.
After a hesitation, his tone turned soft.
"If you are interested, you can come to my greenhouse to admire the Concentration Flower and learn the techniques of plant cultivation and potion making."
"Ms. Sora, you have such a kind heart!"
Alan thanked him gratefully with an innocent smile.
With the permission of the principal, it will be convenient for me to enter the glass garden in the future and collect toxic plants to improve my resistance to toxins.
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After school, Alan saw his sister Kelly as soon as he walked out of the school gate.
"From now on, we'll go to and from school together!" Kelly told her brother seriously.
Allen couldn't refuse this personal "bodyguard" and shrugged helplessly.
"I heard you killed two people?" Kelly asked as she chased her brother.
"I didn't intend to kill these two thugs who specialized in kidnapping children," Allen said honestly. "At the time, I was only thinking about escaping, and I accidentally hit them too hard."
Thinking back to the thrilling experience that morning, I still feel a lingering fear.
"Don't go to the dock from now on. It's too chaotic." Kelly warned.
The brother and sister returned home.
During lunch, Kelly and her mother talked about the hottest topic at the moment, the circus child abduction case.
"The two missing boys, Marlo is the son of a trader, and the other one, Hugo, is the nephew of the mayor. They are both well-known figures ." Kelly said to her mother and brother.
"In fact, there is another girl who is also missing, but she couldn't afford the tuition and never went to school. It's normal that you don't know about it."
The mother continued her daughter's words and sighed sympathetically.
"Other children paid to go to the circus, but Sonia went there to work and earn money, and she also disappeared."
"Maybe she followed the circus on her own initiative, at least she could make a living," Kelly guessed.
The girl the mother and daughter were talking about, Sonia, was the same age as Alan.
Sonia's father, Mr. Marmeladov, was originally a minor civil servant in the town.
Sonia's mother was born in a poor family and was very beautiful.
The daughter inherited her mother's excellent genes and was a natural beauty.
Unfortunately, there was a scarlet birthmark on his face when he was born, as if a piece of his skin had been peeled off, revealing bloody flesh.
Although Sonia does not look very good, her parents still love her very much and treat her like a treasure.
Before Sonia was seven years old, the family of three lived a simple and happy life.
However, as fate would have it, one day five years ago, a warlock passed by Quint Port.
While waiting for the boat at the dock, I accidentally saw a young woman bringing her daughter to buy fish.
He noticed that the young woman was quite pretty and had a hot body, and he immediately had evil thoughts.
The warlock snapped his fingers and cast a spell on the young woman.
Sonia's mother, who was bewitched by magic.
He left his daughter behind in a daze and followed the lustful sorcerer onto the ship.
Sonia cried and begged her mother to come back on the dock.
However, her mother was under a spell and had lost her mind, so she turned a deaf ear to her daughter's cries.
Sonia tried to get on board and pull her mother back.
The warlock frowned.
No need to give any instructions.
Immediately, a guard rushed forward and slapped the girl twice, causing blood to flow from the corners of her mouth.
Then he threw poor little Sonia out like trash.
Sonia woke up from her coma and the ship had left the harbor.
No matter how hard she cried or how many times she called for her mother, she could not reverse this tragedy.
There are people coming and going on the dock.
So many people are watching.
Did the onlookers have no compassion or sense of justice, and no one stepped forward to stop this atrocity being committed in broad daylight?
Are you kidding me?!
That is a warlock master with extraordinary powers!
Who dares to stand up for justice?
If you anger the warlock, I will kill your entire family!
Without even blinking an eye!
Sonia went home alone crying and told her father what had happened to her mother.
Mr. Marmeladov was unable to win his wife back, could not withstand the blow, and collapsed mentally.
He soon degenerated into a loser who could only numb himself with alcohol, and lost his formerly respectable job because of it.
A once happy small town family was completely destroyed by the whim of a passing sorcerer.
Since then, Sonia seemed to be living in hell.
Her alcoholic father would beat her like crazy when he was drunk.
She was called an ugly "freak" and an unfilial daughter.
It was because his young daughter refused to go out to pick up customers on the street to earn money to buy wine for him.
Last winter, there was a heavy snow.
When the weather was the coldest, Marmeladov dragged his daughter, who was only wearing a torn singlet, out of the house, pushed her to the snow, and beat and scolded her like crazy.
His eyes were as red as a bull and his mouth reeked of alcohol.
But the old neighbors all knew that this bastard was not completely drunk.
The reason why he abused his daughter in public on the street and beat poor Sonia until her face was bruised and swollen was to show his cruelty and his daughter's misery to people.
In this way, people's sympathy is stimulated and others are attracted to come and mediate.
Then he had the opportunity to complain and cry about his poverty.
For Sonia's sake, others would give him some money so that he could go to the pub and get drunk so that he wouldn't have any extra energy to abuse his poor daughter.
