Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3141 Two Solutions
"...That's how things are." Portia nodded between her eyebrows with a folding fan, showing a helpless expression: "You also know that Granny Nail has left the Southern Region, and it is impossible to ask her to help refine the hat. "

"According to what Sister Donglizi said, I can only look for you now."

Speaking of this, Portia chuckled lightly: "At first I was thinking about how to contact you, but what I didn't expect was that Regina found me when I was in distress."

"You should know what happened later."

Portia wanted to find Angel, and Angel happened to be looking for her, so today's meeting happened.

"That's a coincidence." Angel raised his eyebrows.

Portia smiled and shook the folding fan: "Since it's such a coincidence, why don't you agree to my request?"

Angel was silent for a moment, and said, "Is this an exchange?"

On the condition of liberating Qili, exchange him to refine the hat?
Portia: "If you want it to be a condition of exchange, that's fine too. Just right, I have two options to solve Qili's matter, and one of them can indeed be used as a condition of exchange."

Angel froze for a moment: "What do you mean?"

According to Portia, one of the plans can be obtained without any exchange conditions?
If this is the case, wouldn't it be enough to just choose this option?
Portia seemed to see Angel's doubts, and explained: "After you listen to my two plans, you will understand..."

Next, Portia began to describe in detail her solution to Qi Li's matter.

The first option does not require any quid pro quo.Portia directly ordered the director of the Fragrance Department of Axilie College to cancel Qi Li's mission and revoke Qi Li's ban and punishment.

This solution is actually the solution to Qili that Angel had thought of at the beginning.

It was just that Angel thought at the time that Portia might use this plan to exchange conditions with him.

But now it seems that Portia does not intend to use this to "blackmail" Angel?

After hearing the plan, Angel felt some doubts. Did he think too badly of Portia?Or, does Portia have another meaning in doing this?
Portia did not explain much about the first plan, but directly mentioned the second plan, which can be regarded as a "condition of exchange".

"The second solution is that I will not come forward to solve this matter, but I can teach Qi Li a special extraction method in private. The extraction speed of this extraction method is similar to that of the general extraction method, but it extracts more measurement, but much more than previous extraction methods."

"That is to say, if Qi Li learns this extraction method, she can clean up the No. [-] raw material warehouse at a faster speed."

"And this special extraction method is my original creation, and it has never been rumored. How about I exchange this original extraction method for you to help Donglizi refine a hat?"

After listening to Portia's second proposal, Angel's expression was a bit subtle.

In Portia's solution, there is actually an option of "accelerated extraction".

Sure enough, the alchemists had the same idea, and Portia actually went with Midora's.

However, this plan sounds different from him going to Sterling to borrow equipment.

If you ask Stirling to borrow equipment, you may spend points; if you ask Portia to exchange extraction methods, you will spend an opportunity to do alchemy.In short, it will cost, it seems that there is no difference?
Thinking about it this way, it seems that the first plan is better?

But why did Portia choose the first plan to help unconditionally, but the second plan would make an exchange?
This bias is Portia's feeling that she paid more for the second plan?
Indeed, given a special extraction method, it must pay a lot.But for the first option, she obviously doesn't need to pay anything, she just needs to give an order.

……wrong.

Angel thought about it carefully. If Portia uses the first option, she will actually have to pay.What she pays is her face, or rather, her reputation.

She used her reputation as a guarantee to bail Qili out.The people in the fragrance circle were willing to agree because of Portia's face.

This intangible contribution may be more than the tangible contribution.

After all, the accumulation of reputation is difficult, but the collapse of reputation is very easy.

Moreover, what Qi Li destroyed was the "spiritual belief" of the fragrance wizard. Even though Portia could use her own reputation to save her, this method would also make some fragrance wizards feel resentful.

In many cases, the decisive factor that affects whether the building will not tilt may not be the cracked ground, nor the violent disaster, but an inconspicuous breeze.

The resentment in the hearts of some fragrance wizards is this seamlessness.Nothing at first, but they piled up, and if something happened to Portia, they all came together and became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Therefore, in the case of using reputation as a guarantee, it may actually pay more than tangibles.But why, Portia didn't use this plan to exchange conditions with Angel?
——Because, if she doesn't make an exchange, she may get more.

Intangible payment, how much this payment is, is unknown.

The price she will pay back is naturally unknown.

There is only one "unknown" that Angel can think of, and that is...humanity.

The first plan does not seem to require any quid pro quo, but the intangible price Portia paid was enough to exchange Angel's favor.

And the debt of favor is the most difficult to repay.

Now, Portia didn't ask Angel to exchange the special magic pattern of alchemy with life; but what if she uses human feelings in the future?

Thinking about it this way, the first plan seems ordinary, but it is actually a big pit.

Instead, the second plan is to clearly mark the price, and everyone will go their own way without owed each other... Maybe the second plan is more suitable?
Angor's choice at this time has begun to deflect. From the beginning, he was inclined to the first plan, and now he is seriously thinking about the second plan.

The second plan seems to be slower, but after learning the special extraction method, it is a life-long benefit.Moreover, it is actually possible to solve the "too slow" problem of the second solution.

That is, both a special extraction method and a Stirling machine are required.These two methods happen to be non-conflicting and can be done at the same time.

Once both sides start working at the same time, Qili may even be able to completely clean up the No. [-] raw material warehouse in less than half a month, or even less than a week.

This speed is definitely not slow.

However, to achieve this speed, Angel would have to pay a lot.

While weighing and thinking in Angel's mind, Portia suddenly said, "You seem a little confused?"

Angel didn't deny it, but nodded: "I'm really a little confused."

Portia didn't ask what Angor's "confusion" was, but asked: "Do you think it's better for me to eliminate Qi Li's punishment with one sentence, or is it better for Qi Li to complete the original goal and get a new look from the fragrance circle?" Stay better?"

Angel: "...the latter."

Portia smiled, but did not speak.

But Angel understood what Portia meant.

She was reminding Angel one thing: what Qili wanted to eliminate was not only punishment, but also the prejudice against her from the whole fragrance circle.

Portia could, in a word, remove Qi Li's punishment, but this only eliminated the punishment, but did not eliminate the prejudice.It even exacerbated this prejudice.

And if Qi Li uses her "self-effort" to clear the No. [-] raw material library—at least in the eyes of others, it is her own efforts—this is the way to truly eliminate punishment and at the same time remove prejudice.

That's why Portia will use this plan to exchange conditions with Angel.

Not only because of this method, Portia needs to pay a special extraction method; moreover, this method is the real solution to Qili's dilemma.

Having said that, Angel's choice is actually very clear.

The second option is definitely more appropriate.

Moreover, in addition to the reasons mentioned before, he actually also considered Qi Li's own thoughts.

At the beginning, the reason why Qi Li resolutely came to clean up the No. [-] raw material warehouse was because she felt that she had implicated the allies of Lilith House.Also, the reason why Qili didn't want Kanter to help was because of her mental state.

To solve this matter, it is definitely not enough to solve the punishment alone. It is best to take Qi Li's psychological factors into consideration.

Qi Li may not care about the prejudice of the fragrance circle, but she cares about the attitude of the affiliated families of the House of Lilith, and these affiliated families do care about the prejudice of the fragrance circle.Going around, prejudice, can definitely be regarded as one of the factors that affect Qili's psychology.

The only way to solve prejudice is the second option.

Angel: "If I had to choose, I would choose to exchange the special extraction method."

Angel did not directly give a conclusion, but added an "if" in front of the words, because he actually had more than one option at this time.

He can also solve Qili's problem with the Sterling machine.

Of course, it would be better to do both, but the second option involved an unpredictable variable—Dong Liz.

Angel had to understand the whole picture of Dong Lizi's alchemy before he could decide whether to take over the alchemy.

In particular, Dong Lizi kept saying that it was her sister's request to make the hat, which made the big scene of making the hat even more unpredictable.

Even though Angel is inclined to the second option, it is difficult for him to make a further decision before he has a clear picture of Donglizi's alchemy.

Angel expressed his thoughts: "...If you really want to refine the hat, at least let me know what's going on with her sister?"

"Ms. Portia, do you know anything about Dong Liz and her sister?"

Portia pondered for a while before she opened her mouth and said, "I don't know more about Dong Liz than you do. However, her sister is indeed a problem."

"Dong Liz has said many times that her sister is behind her. But I can't see her sister."

"According to the results of the power word technique, Dong Liz did not lie. However, at that time, I still did not believe that she was accompanied by a sister."

"Because Power Words can only detect normal people, if a psychopath with hallucinations imagines a sister by her side, and she also firmly believes that her sister is real, then Power Words cannot detect the truth."

That is to say, when Portia and Dong Liz met for the first time, she treated Dong Liz as a mental patient.

Until later, after Portia contacted Witch Xia Lu, her mind changed a little.

"Although Witch Xialu appears crazy, it's just that her brain circuit is different from other people's. As long as you understand her brain circuit, you can understand her thinking."

"I have known Witch Xialu for many years, and we have had close transactions recently, so I can probably understand some of her behavior patterns."

Portia: "From some details shown by Witch Xialu, I can confirm one thing. She is very supportive of Dong Lizi's hat refining."

"This kind of support is not like supporting Dong Liz herself, but supporting an unknown existence."

Angel: "... Dong Liz's sister?"

Portia nodded: "That's right, my guess is so. Witch Xialu has given great support to Sister Dong Lizi's decision."

"Because of this, I began to doubt my previous judgment."

"Perhaps Dong Liz really has a sister, but we can't see it."

Portia sighed softly, and glanced at Angel: "I know, this conclusion is a bit absurd. But I asked Witch Xialu later, and the answer she gave was yes."

"Witch Xialu also admitted that Donglizi's sister exists."

"I don't believe in Dong Liz, but I believe in Witch Xialu."

Although Portia hadn't found any clues about her relationship with Dong Liz's sister so far, she was inclined to believe that such a person did exist.

Angel thought for a while and asked, "Can other people see Dong Lizi's sister?"

"As far as I know, no one can see, even..." Portia hesitated for a while when she said this, as if she didn't know whether to continue, and finally she said what she hadn't said: "Even I think , Witch Xialu can't see Dong Liz's sister either."

"Witch Xia Lu can't see Sister Dong Liz?" Angel asked in surprise.

Portia nodded: "Yes, I have observed Witch Xialu, and when she faced Dong Liz, her eyes wandered every time, and in the end her eyes didn't freeze in a certain place, as if she was looking for something. What, but did not find."

"So I think that Witch Xialu may have used other methods to confirm the existence of Dong Liz's sister, but she, like everyone else, cannot see Dong Liz's sister."

Angel: "If that's the case, why does Witch Xialu support the decision made by Sister Dong Lizi so much?"

Portia took out the folding fan and waved it around: "I don't know about that, maybe there is something special about Dong Lizi's sister that we don't know about? And her special thing happened to be discovered by Witch Xialu."

"Why don't you talk to Sister Dong Liz in person?"

(End of this chapter)