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Chapter 384 Meeting with Perfect
The people from the Witch Workshop did not have to wait long. Shortly after they finished reading the basic chemical theory proposed by Perfectcot, officials from the North came to inform them that the Northern Lord had summoned them.

These alchemists who called themselves witches quickly changed into formal attire and came to the lord's mansion, waiting to be summoned by Perfect.

Among the group, even Heine, who behaved the most mature and steady, looked nervous at this moment, and his restless hands clenched and released again, not knowing where to put them.

Although they were born in the common people and had made a name for themselves in the empire because of the sun-visor incident, and had received invitations from some nobles and attended relatively high-class banquets, they were considered to have seen the world, but the gap between those nobles and the lords of the North was simply incalculable.

Apart from anything else, the Lord's Mansion in Perfecto is guarded by Steam Knights.

Each of these heavy steam knight armors specialized by Perfect is thicker than before, and the armament is more powerful. One can feel their power and solemnity just by looking at them.

Especially since these steam knights stood there motionless except for changing guards, Heine and the other witches almost thought they were statues.

However, Wei'er realized that these steam knights were not living people at all. They were all alchemical puppets of Perfectoct wearing steam armor.

But this only exacerbates the sense of oppression they bring.

Because if they were living people, they could still beg for mercy or something, but these alchemical puppets? They were just machines that would only obey orders and create killing machines.

Realizing this, Wei'er sincerely felt the technical strength demonstrated by Perfectoct and the significance of his identity as a genius alchemist + Lord of the North.

This made Weier involuntarily revise her previous initial impression of Perfectcot, and also made her start to face up to the rumors about Perfectcot.

The Scarlet Earl's murderous reputation is known to almost everyone in the empire, but most people have no real sense of it.

After all, Perfecto had hardly ever massacred civilians, and she had never exploited them. Almost all of her deeds were related to those cruel capitalists.

The rest are deeds such as suppressing separatist rebels and destroying enemy capitals, which leads to many people not actually feeling the real reputation of the Northern Lords.

She is indeed cruel, but this is too far away from the lives of ordinary people.

Even if Perfect killed millions of people directly or indirectly, would this have any impact on ordinary people? If there was any impact, it would be a positive one, at least they would not have to go to the battlefield to fill trenches.

Therefore, even someone like Weier, who had access to more information, had no real feeling about Perfecto's reputation for evil. At most, she thought that this person had a bad character and was a willful nobleman.

Because of this, when she saw the basic chemical theories that Perfectocute announced to the outside world, her first reaction was to correct her impression of Perfectocute, and she felt that she was a very selfless person who was willing to share her valuable knowledge with more people.

But when she saw that the interior and exterior of the Lord's Mansion of Perfectoct were filled with alchemical puppets wearing steam armor, she gradually realized that such a notorious genius alchemist held in his hands the power to destroy an entire country.

This made Wei'er a little worried whether the young earl was really as eccentric as the rumors said.

Wei'er's personality was somewhat affected because her body regressed to her childhood state. In addition to her many years of life experience, she has a deep understanding of how far the imperial nobles can go in terms of willfulness.

Ordinary people are fine, even if they really mess around it's hard for them to cause enough damage.

But for an imperial official as powerful as Perfecto, especially a powerful feudal noble who also holds strong military force, if she really acts recklessly, she can literally destroy a country.

This suddenly made Wei'er a little worried, and she wondered if it was a bit rash for her to come to see Perfectocte like this.

However, in the end, the good impression of Perfectcot's selfless sharing of knowledge prevailed, and Wei'er decided to meet with Perfectcot.

Besides, since she was already here, she couldn't really abandon her lovely disciples and just run away. If Perfecto really had a bad temper, or if Heine and the others had offended her, she could at least use her knowledge and identity to save the situation.

With this thought in mind, Wei'er and other witches entered the reception room of the lord's mansion under the guidance of a maid, waiting for Perfecto's arrival.

"There are actually human maids in the lord's mansion. I thought the earl was surrounded by alchemical dolls!" After the maid left the reception room, Peteley sighed to others.

In fact, the others were also a little surprised about this. After all, one of Perfecto's most famous works was the alchemical doll. According to their imagination, Perfecto should be surrounded by alchemical dolls.

But now it seems that is not the case.

Wei'er didn't think there was anything wrong with this. There was no necessary connection between having alchemical puppet technology and being surrounded by alchemical puppets.

Just like her title back then was the Great Sage of Crystallization, and her extraordinary achievements in glass craft, she did not turn everything in her life into glass, nor did she fill her residence with glass golems.

The glass golem was Wei'er's masterpiece back then. She even used this technology to create a golem modeled after the goddess of magic and left it in the Magic Association.

But in real life, Wei'er prefers to live alone, and does not put glass golems everywhere, nor does she use them as maids.

On the one hand, the glass golem's intelligence is too low and cannot be compared with the mechanical logic of the alchemical doll. On the other hand, the glass golem is a little too anthropomorphic, which makes Wei'er really unacceptable.

She didn't know that in Perfectcot's original world, this phenomenon was called the Uncanny Valley Effect, which means that the more similar something is to a human, the more frightening it will be to people. But she knew that she didn't like this.

So she naturally thought that Perfect was unwilling to use the alchemical doll for the same reason.

Although this may be far from the truth, at least after Wei'er's explanation, the witches stopped discussing the matter and instead looked forward to their meeting with Perfectot with great interest.

After all, Perfect was the most famous alchemist in the world, and was an idol to ordinary alchemists like them. So amid everyone's expectations, Perfect finally came to the reception room and met this group of alchemists who called themselves witches.

However, when she saw everyone for the first time, her eyes stayed on Wei'er.

"Cursed Alchemical Life"

"Materials: Legend"

"The Craft: Legend"

"Effect: The alchemical life that originally pursued perfection suffered a curse from the gods and was permanently fixed in the form of a juvenile."

“Evaluation: The once powerful alchemist broke the taboo and tried to get his hands on the power of the gods. He was lucky to survive the backlash. I can only say that he was really audacious.”

Looking at the information displayed on the Eye of All-Seeing, Perfect became extremely curious. This was the first time she had seen information related to gods in this world.

In this world where extraordinary people and dragons exist, Perfect has doubted from the very beginning whether there are gods in this world.

However, all the information she had received so far disappointed her. Whether it was the church or the old worship, there was no trace of the existence of real gods. Everything was just religious belief.

These churches even lacked one or two sacred artifacts that were truly blessed by divine power, which gradually made Perfect give up the idea of ​​looking for gods in this world.

However, now, there appeared before him a person who had touched the power of the gods and was cursed to remain in childhood forever. How could Perfect not be curious?

So she blurted out and asked Wei'er: "Have you ever touched the power of the gods?"

"How do you know?" Wei'er was extremely surprised. Only the four of them who had witnessed what happened knew about it. After one of them was completely wiped out and the other two disappeared like her, it stands to reason that no one should know about it.

"You are cursed by the gods." Perfect simply gave an explanation, and then she continued to ask Wei'er: "Do gods really exist in this world?"

This is what Perfectcot is most concerned about and curious about.

She had never been able to find the answer to this question in the past, but now she finally found someone who could answer this question, and she said she would never let go of this opportunity to find the answer.

Facing Perfect's questioning, Wei'er shook her head and said with some regret: "There used to be gods in this world, but now the gods have long disappeared. Even wanting to break through the legend and become a higher level existence has become a forbidden matter."

"I see. So the curse you suffered was caused by your attempt to break through the legend?" Perfect was a little disappointed, but the information revealed in Wei'er's words aroused her new interest.

Perfect has always known that there are extraordinary beings in this world who are at a level above the Knights of Honor. After all, the Knights of Honor can break through to the legendary level after wearing specially customized Steam Knight Armor, something the Empire had long told Perfect.

There are even higher levels of existence above legends. With Perfect's current identity and status, it is not difficult for him to know the relevant information.

It's just that she didn't care much about these things before, so she didn't know much about them.

After all, this is just a low-magic world. Even the legendary supernatural beings do not have the destructive power that can destroy the world like those in other worlds, nor do they have any magical powers. Some of them only have not-so-fantastic abilities such as stronger physiques than ordinary people, which is somewhat disappointing.

Moreover, these were at most just differences in combat power, and for Perfectot, there was no motivation for her to continue her research.

Her loyal old butler is now a knight of honor. His steam knight armor was made by Perfect himself. After putting it on, he can certainly break through to the legendary level and burst out with corresponding combat power.

So for Perfect, the old butler's fighting power was enough, and she lost the motivation to continue her research.

Now seeing Wei'er say that above legend is the level of gods, this has aroused Perfect's desire to research and made her want to explore the realm above legend.

"Back then, a few of us old guys tried to break through the legend and find a higher level realm and power to change the world's increasingly declining magic and supernatural power. However, the result was beyond our expectations and led to irreversible consequences." Wei'er looked as if she couldn't bear to think about the past, and seemed unwilling to say anything more about it.

However, Perfect raised his eyebrows, and while writing down the incident, he also roughly guessed the truth of some things.

But she didn't say much. She just took out her Midas Touch and asked Wei'er tentatively, "Your curse comes from the gods. Can I study it? Maybe I can remove the curse on you and restore you to normal."

"The Philosopher's Stone? It's still cracked. Your craftsmanship is a bit poor. Can you really help me lift the curse?" Wei'er only took a look at the Philosopher's Stone inlaid on the Midas Stick by Perfectoct, and she immediately pointed out the fact that the Philosopher's Stone was not complete.

This made Perfect look at her with new eyes. After all, from the time she completed the refining of the Philosopher's Stone until now, all the alchemists and other extraordinary people she had met had not been able to tell that the Philosopher's Stone was incomplete.

Wei'er was the first one, which undoubtedly gave Perfectcot a preliminary understanding of her strength.

But even so, Perfect simply took out his own cane and placed the two philosopher's stones together.

"This is..." Wei'er looked at the two Philosopher's Stones and tried to touch them. Then she showed an expression of sudden realization, nodded and said, "I see, you inlaid the two cracked Philosopher's Stones on different props, so that you can use the power of both at the same time. Even if they are not complete, it does not prevent you from using the basic functions of the Philosopher's Stones."

After saying that, Weier looked at Perfect with a serious look and apologized to her: "I take back my previous evaluation. You are indeed qualified to study the curse on me. Perhaps you are the only person in the world who can hopefully remove the curse for me."

"You are also the first alchemist I have met who can see that the Philosopher's Stone is incomplete. It seems that we should have a lot of topics to talk about." Perfect also solemnly invited Wei'er. This was the joy of finally meeting someone who could discuss academic issues with him.

(End of this chapter)