"I think he's even luckier than Reynolds." Angor was surprised.
"No need for that. I haven't finished my story yet." Perhaps the watcher had not talked to anyone for a long time, so he could not stop once he found someone to talk to.
"Don't you think the story sounds like a perfect turnaround?"
Angor nodded. Going from a poor man to a rich man was indeed a story that could change one's life.
"However, this story isn't really perfect."
"Oh?"
"Only Child's family is perfect. But Child himself is the only flaw in the story."
As the watcher continued, the truth of the story was revealed to Angor.
As the watcher said, luck existed, but it did not cover Child. Not only was Child unlucky, but he had bad luck ever since he was born.
When he was still a baby, Child would either fall out of his bed or fall into boiling water because of his parents' carelessness.
That was nothing. It was only a mild misfortune. But as Child grew up, more misfortune befell him.
His elder sister, who had married into another family, was a vicious woman. She would often steal food from Child when his parents were working in the fields. At the same time, in order to prevent Child from speaking, she would force him to drink a poisonous plant juice that would numb his tongue and make him unable to speak. Every time his parents came back, they thought Child had eaten something and did not give him more food. Over the years, not only did Child's tongue get damaged, he could not speak clearly and became a bag of bones due to hunger.
Later, his second sister found out what his elder sister was doing. Instead of helping Child, she became an accomplice with her elder sister. When Child became a bag of bones due to hunger, both of them slandered Child, saying that he was cursed by God and was an outcast who was not welcomed by God.
At that time, class consolidation became more and more serious. A large number of elites manipulated the situation behind the scenes, causing illiteracy and anti-intellectualism to flourish among the poor. Religion became the only authority apart from the royal family. Child's parents were also victims of anti-intellectualism. They easily believed the words of their two daughters and became more and more distant from their own son.
Also, because they encountered a few outbursts of luck, Big Sister and Second Sister even spread the word that this was a gift from the gods that their parents had abandoned Child.
Child had always been despised by his family, while the others were getting luckier and luckier by bullying Child.
The humiliation of the perpetrator and the inferiority that Chad had developed since he was young made him unable to resist at all. He also did not know that there was such a thing as "dignity" in this world.
Thus, an even more vicious cycle began.
After more than ten years of violence, Chad's family's luck was getting better and better.
Big Sister had a vicious heart and a lot of thoughts. After living with her for so many years, she had discovered many details. For example, as soon as she went out, her good luck would disappear. Even at home, as long as Child was not around, her luck would be normal.
Even though Eldest Sister did not know that there were Transcendents in the world, after thinking about it for a while, she vaguely understood that it might have been Chad who had caused their good luck.
However, even though she had indirectly learned some of the truth, Big Sister still didn't treat Child well. Instead, she went from bad to worse, imprisoning Child like an animal.
She kept talking about the boundless grace of God, while at the same time, her divine might was like a prison. Her parents all followed her lead. As for Big Sister herself, she did not believe it at first. However, as she talked too much, she also fooled herself, which made her even more vicious towards Child.
The Watcher paused and asked Angor, "Speaking of which, what do you think will happen in the end?"
"According to the story, Child's family will definitely suffer the backlash of their good luck and have a miserable ending," Angor smiled and changed the topic. "But my teacher once told me that I should only read the first half of a fairytale. Most of them are the author's personal narration of what he or she saw and experienced with their own eyes. The later half is the author's dream to make up for the regrets in reality. Storybooks are similar to fairytales in that they only cater to the reader's preference. The real ending is usually … a tragedy hidden under the beauty. "
The Watcher nodded. "Your teacher is right. But whether it's a tragedy or a fairytale depends on who you're in. If you're in Child's family, then it's a typical fairytale. If you're in Child's shoes, then it's the opposite. "
"Because Child's ending, as you said, was not a happy one."
Under Big Sister's deliberate plot, Child was betrayed by his friends and family. In the end, he died in a dog cage in a corner of his luxurious living room due to an infection caused by the whipping.
As for Child's family, they did not suffer too much bad karma.
However, after Child's death, Child's bad luck began to spread, and they were unlucky for a few days. Later, when Child's body was thrown into the graveyard outside the city, the bad luck naturally disappeared.
However, because of Child's death, Child's unnatural good luck also disappeared, and they returned to normal. Still, this did not affect anything. They already had the resources of a tycoon, and they even bought a noble title. As long as they did not do anything stupid, it would not be a problem for them to pass it down.
"This is the end of the story?" "But that's not all, sir, is it?" Angor asked. "You're going to tell me something else, right?"
The inspector nodded with a smile. "That's right. Child's story has come to an end. However, his influence is very far-reaching. He even caused a legendary wizard to be besieged and forced to step into the rhythm of an out-of-order object. He hasn't returned yet. If I'm not mistaken, he should be dead."
"As for why … can you guess?"
Angor fell into deep thought.
He was not thinking about the Watcher's question. It was the Watcher's story that reminded him of something else.
Lucas's lies.
Lucas used a series of lies to compile a ship's log, which contained a lot of ridiculous stories, such as tears falling into the sea and turning into a sea of flowers, the eternally clear waters of Devil's Water, the terrifying island spirit, the glowing wishing tree, and so on. These were all fake stories that did not exist at all.
But after Lucas's death, these lies became true one after another. Some of them were barely true, but it was still surprising enough.
After careful investigation, Angor finally confirmed the truth.
The lies were still lies, but they became true when they came from Lucas's mouth. And Lucas's mouth was not a "prophecy" talent. It was … a Mystery item.
Lucas' story and Child's story did not have a clear connection, but there were some similarities between them.
"Is it a Mystery item?" Angor asked as he tried to connect the dots.
The Watcher raised an eyebrow. "You have sharp intuition. That's right, a Mystery item. "
The Watcher continued to tell Angor Child's story, which had nothing to do with him. It happened after his death.
Not long after Child's death, his body began to rot, and as it did, the oppressive misfortune began to take over the graveyard.
Everyone who stepped into the area of the graveyard would suffer more or less after leaving. Minor cases would result in a loss of wealth, while serious cases could result in death.
The local people began to call the graveyard "Misfortune Graveyard".
As the name of the graveyard spread far and wide, several wizard clans went to check it out. However, none of their apprentices returned. The Adept family reported this matter to the nearby Adept organization. When the Adept organization saw that this matter was related to misfortune, they thought that it was caused by Adept Disaster, so they handed this matter over to Adept Disaster.
And so, a Wizard Calamity Wrath was sent to the graveyard to check it out.
Adept Calamity was a special type of adept in the Western Continent's Adept World. They could barely be considered prophetic, but they were not prophetic adepts, nor did they explore fate. Instead, they hid behind fate and controlled misfortune.
Anything related to misfortune and curses were their specialty.
However, a Wizard Calamity Wrath who lived with the curse of misfortune all year round could not resist the misfortune of the graveyard and ended up dead.
Wizard Calamity Wrath went into a frenzy. A large number of Wizards Calamity Wrath went to check it out.
They discovered that not a single Wizard Calamity Wrath could resist the misfortune of the graveyard. This kind of misfortune even exceeded the limits of the laws. It was like an unreasonable loophole in the underlying logic. As long as you touched it, you would definitely be unlucky.
The more powerful a Wizard Calamity Wrath was, the easier it was for them to die in the graveyard.
Later, this matter spread to the source world, and a large number of legendary wizards went to check it out. In the end, it was confirmed that the cause of the misfortune in the graveyard was a mysterious item.
Due to the misfortune, the mysterious power was concealed, and it was not discovered immediately.
A mysterious hunter from the Order Guild dug up the mysterious item from the ground and finally confirmed it.
"As for this mysterious item, I'm sure you've already guessed it. It came from Child. It's a small, round bone fragment that fell from his skull after it cracked open. "
"The appearance of this round bone piece has caused many legendary Magi to make a move. As I said before, a legendary wizard was forced into the rhythm of disorder because he was surrounded and attacked after obtaining the bone fragment. Helpless, he decided to take the bone fragment with him and enter the rhythm of disorder of other objects. "
"Unfortunately, he was captured by the rhythm of disorder, but the bone fragment was left behind."
"Later, a level-5 Wizard Calamity Wrath obtained the bone fragment. This Wizard Calamity Wrath had a good relationship with the Order Guild, and he was a registered Mystery Hunter. He gave the bone fragment to us so that we could study it for a while. "
At this point, the Overseer suddenly digressed.
— — The Order Faction guild could analyze the effects of Mysterious Items on behalf of the guild and they only needed to pay a small price. If you find a Mystery item that you don't know its effects, you can give it to the Order Guild to analyze.
The Inspector also kindly suggested that if Angor found a Mystery item in the future, he could also go to the Order Guild and find a professional technician to analyze it for him. If he mentioned his name, the price would be much lower.
Angor replied with a smile.
He believed that the Inspector meant well, but if he gave a Mystery item to the Order Guild for analysis, he would have to pay a corresponding price. For example, the analyzed Mystery item would be recorded by the Order Guild, and his own background would be investigated by the Order Guild.
No matter how fair and impartial the Order Guild was, they would not be able to stop people from changing their minds. If someone had evil intentions and found out his background, he would be in great danger.
The Inspector skipped the topic and continued.
"After some research, the Order Guild finally named Child's bone fragment 'Coin of Misfortune'.
"As for the effect of the coin, it's the same as what happened to Charles."
"The holder will bring bad luck?"
The Inspector nodded. "Yes. The coin of misfortune can only be held by a human. The holder of the coin will continue to have bad luck, and the bad luck will increase over time.
"Correspondingly, once the Coin of Misfortune is held by someone, the luck of the people around that person will become better. The luckier you are, the luckier the person holding the coin will be. "
In other words, there were two ways to increase the amount of misfortune. First, the longer the holder held the coin, the greater the misfortune accumulated. Second, the greater the fortune of others around the holder, the greater the misfortune of the holder.
At first glance, the coin seemed to be a Mystery item that sacrificed itself to benefit others. It seemed to be a good choice.
However, there were many factors to consider, such as the holder's strength.
The backlash of misfortune would eventually lead to death. If the holder was not strong enough, he or she would die within seconds.
As for allowing mortals to hold the coin of misfortune while supernaturals enjoyed the fortune, that was even more impossible.
In order for a supernatural to receive the fortune, another supernatural of the same level had to accept the punishment of misfortune.
This restriction greatly reduced the value of the coin of misfortune. After all, most people who used the coin of misfortune were legendary wizards. If they wanted to enjoy the blessing of fortune, they would have to be held by another legendary wizard. No legendary wizard would be willing to hold the coin of misfortune.
"Also, if no one holds the coin of misfortune, it will create a misfortune field with an area of one kilometer.
"This misfortune field is similar to the Misfortune Graveyard. Whoever enters it will suffer. The stronger you are, the worse your luck will be."
Generally speaking, the coin of misfortune worked well, but it had many restrictions. There were very few opportunities to use it.
Currently, the coin of misfortune was being kept by the Order Guild. Of course, the guild only had the right to use the coin of misfortune. The real ownership of the coin still belonged to the level-5 Wizard Evil.
…
After listening to the Watcher's story, Angor began to understand what the Watcher was trying to say.
"Sir, are you saying that Reynolds' situation is similar to Child's?"
"It's just a guess," the Watcher said. "I have no proof."
"So if Reynolds dies now, a Mystery item will appear on his body?" Angor muttered.
The Watcher waved a hand. "It's not as simple as you think. Reynolds may seem to have a talent for luck, but it's not obvious. His situation is a bit different from Child's. "
Reynolds' luck was not too strong. At most, it was within a reasonable range.
If it was, Reynolds wouldn't have been defeated so quickly during the Rising Star Competition. He would have won all the way to the top.
Also, Reynolds escaped from the lab more than ten years ago. If he was really lucky, he wouldn't have been caught.
Clearly, his luck was not as strong as Angor thought.
"If his luck is as obvious as Child's, then it's easy to confirm. But now, it's hard to say. Maybe he's just lucky? "
"Furthermore, even if Reynolds was killed, there might not be a Mystery Item that would be born. After all, I've never heard of anyone who killed someone with a special talent to give birth to a Mystery item. "
"What I've told you is just to tell you a direction of thinking, a possibility. It's not an absolute answer. "
"As for Mystery items, unless they're man-made, let them be born naturally."
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