Work Prophet
Chapter 369 - 127: Awakening Potion (Happy New Year)

Chapter 369: Chapter 127: Awakening Potion (Happy New Year)

Ireya was not clear on how the rats were cursed, but this did not hinder her from bargaining with the opposite side.

After all, negotiation demanded give and take, it wasn’t possible for one side to dictate the terms, although the lady thought it was absurd already that someone was willing to spend three thousand Gold Coins on a bunch of stinking, filthy rats.

But in the end, she cut the price down to seven thousand, more than doubling the initial amount.

During the process, Leo left his seat in anger several times, but after calming down with some well water, he sat back down.

"Seven thousand Gold Lions, then. When can you lift the curse?"

"The curse... we will have to wait for Prophet Merlin to return," Miss Rabbit replied.

"When can Prophet Merlin return?"

"He is currently on vacation, but he should be back in two days."

"Then I’ll wait for him at your castle," Leo said.

The lady had no objections to this; after the royal family member turned into a generous contributor, Miss Rabbit found him much more agreeable.

Two days later, as expected, Li Yu arrived. Leo was the first to seek him out and even brought a thousand Gold Coins as a goodwill gesture.

Glancing at the box of Gold Coins, Li Yu asked, "Where is Greta?"

"She isn’t here," replied Leo, "After all, your sides just fought a major battle not long ago, and your people almost caught her that night. She obviously needs to be more careful now."

"And you decided on your own to compensate us seven thousand Gold Coins?" Li Yu raised an eyebrow, "I didn’t realize this middleman had such high authority."

Reminded by his words, Miss Rabbit also realized, "Right, you pretended to be angry and left several times during the negotiation, so you were consulting with her, weren’t you?"

Leo, his lie exposed on the spot, was momentarily speechless.

Continuing, Li Yu said, "She must be desperate to have me lift the curse and wouldn’t have strayed far. Let me guess, is there a new face among your entourage? Do you bring her here now, or should we send a guard to fetch her?"

"You really didn’t miss anything," the royal family member sighed, "I can call her over, but you have to promise not to make it difficult for her."

"The Emperor is currently very fervent about the Life Goddess. If he finds out someone has harmed a member of the Life Church, it’s hard to say he won’t do something impulsive."

"She started it," the lady said, "by commanding those rats to attack my castle."

"I know, this time the Life Church was indeed at fault initially, but Greta realized her mistake and is willing to compensate you handsomely; I say we just let it be."

"But isn’t that money supposed to be for lifting the curse?"

Leo ground his teeth, "Then we add another three thousand Gold Coins as an apology, making it a total of ten thousand Gold Lions. Are you satisfied now?"

Miss Rabbit indeed found the figure quite exhilarating.

As the preparations were adequately made in advance and with the protection of Saturday, Teacup Castle suffered minimal loss in the attack.

The repairs afterwards cost merely a few dozen Gold Coins; now with the compensation exceeding the damages by many folds, the lady suddenly felt that Greta might be forgivable after all.

As for Li Yu, he certainly wouldn’t refuse money that was practically handed to him, but more than money, he was concerned about something else.

"I have a few questions for that Greta fellow, and if she can answer truthfully, I will help her remove the curse from the rats."

Leo nodded, "I will relay your demands to Greta, but I can’t guarantee she will agree."

As it turned out, the royal family member’s concerns were entirely unnecessary.

Greta didn’t hesitate much after discovering her identity had been exposed and took the initiative to approach Li Yu and Ireya.

Li Yu took out a printed photo, compared it with the visitor, and found that the body shape and height matched, but the age was unexpectedly young.

She looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, even younger than Clara, just a child.

Miss Rabbit was also surprised, not expecting that the mastermind who had turned the Western Domain upside down causing many nobles to lose their appetites and sleep was so young.

And looking at her thin frame, even a newly trained militiaman could probably knock her down easily.

"Was it you who ordered the rat attacks on Flower Castle, Red Tower City, Duolin City, and my Teacup Castle?" the Lady asked.

The girl nodded, "Because you didn’t donate properly."

"I believe in Saturday, not the Life Goddess, so I have no reason to donate to your God."

"It’s the Emperor’s command," Greta said, "since you are nobles of the Red Lion Empire, you should obey the commands of the Imperial Family."

"Unfortunately, this is not the Royal Capital but the Western Domain, where the nobles have their own set of rules," Miss Rabbit said. "We rebel against unreasonable commands."

Greta raised her head, not falling short in terms of aura.

"I admit your God does have some skills to block my army of rats, but don’t be too proud. If I disperse the rat swarm and no longer target your castle but wreak havoc in your territory, your previous methods won’t work anymore."

"Then I can assure you that your rats will be cursed even more," Li Yu spoke up.

His words brought a flash of fear across Greta’s eyes.

In recent days, there had been massive mysterious deaths among her swarm of rats, and Greta could only watch helplessly as her companions fell one by one, with the eeriest part being that there were no wounds on the dead rats.

She tried various methods but couldn’t stop the reduction of her rat swarm, eventually becoming desperate and turning to Leo again, asking him to intercede and spending a lot of money to persuade Li Yu to lift the curse for her.

Greta was genuinely afraid of the terrifying curse from the depths of her heart.

After a moment, she spoke again, her attitude not as strong as before.

"I’ve already agreed to pay you ten thousand Gold Coins, you should lift the curse from my rat swarm now."

"Hold on, I told you I still had a few questions to ask, didn’t I?"

"Ask them," she said.

"Was your ability to command rats given to you by the Life Church?"

"No, it’s my own skill, but the goddess Valria awakened my hidden potential."

"Awakened? How so?"

"Priest Cornelia gave me a bottle of Awakening Potion. After drinking that potion, I suddenly could communicate with the rat swarm. Before that, although I also had some rat friends, our connection wasn’t as strong, and I couldn’t command the wild rats like I do now."

"Can you still command the wild rats now?"

Greta nodded, "This time I brought some companions from the Royal Capital, but many more were recruited locally. Like the rats from the Royal Capital, the local rats also listen to me."

At this point, the former steward Fosto suddenly interjected, "What is your relationship with the Feldman Family?"

The girl hesitated for a moment before saying, "I was born into the Feldman Family."