"What did you lose?" Ren Xiaosu asked doubtfully. "I've noticed that you've been suffering from insomnia for the past few days, and now you're suddenly telling me that you've lost more than you've gained while pursuing your dream of becoming a wizard. What exactly have you experienced?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that my Eye of Truth doesn't belong to me," Mego said. "It belongs to my father."
"Wait." Ren Xiaosu realized that there was something wrong with this logic. "The two Sheepmen told me that if an elder passes away, the Eye of Truth in his hands will be taken back by the wizard organization. How could you have inherited this thing from your father?"
After saying that, Ren Xiaosu looked at the two Sheepmen maliciously. "Are you trying to fool me, or are they lying to me again?"
The two Sheepmen could no longer sleep after being punched by Ren Xiaosu. At this time, they had just walked to the campfire and saw Ren Xiaosu's gloomy gaze. They immediately shivered and shouted at Mego, "Sir Mego, can you not finish your sentence? Explain it to him clearly!"
Mego also quickly pulled Ren Xiaosu back. "Listen to me!"
At this time, Mego did not know whether to laugh or cry. What's wrong with this new follower of mine? Isn't he too arrogant?!
"I've said before that someone wasted his life pursuing his dream of becoming a wizard. In fact, I'm talking about my father," Mego explained. "My family was originally in the capital city of the Wizard Nation, Ghent City. When I was young, my family was well-to-do and could be considered a prominent family in Ghent City. "
Ren Xiaosu suddenly understood that there was a story behind Mego's identity as a wizard.
He stopped interrupting Mego and listened quietly.
Mego continued, "When I was young, my family had a huge manor outside Ghent City. There were also many businesses in the city. During the summer, people would take large amounts of ice from the cellar outside the city and transport it to our house in the city to cool off. In the winter, there would be fire dragons burning under the house to keep us warm. There were countless servants in the house every day. Just the doctors who were responsible for teaching me alone had six of them. "
In the Sorcerer Nation, Doctor was not the name of a degree. Instead, it was a general term for all people with high social status and profound knowledge.
"I still remember that when I was very young, my father would take me to the racecourse outside Ghent to ride horses and teach me how to play polo. He would also take me to the arena in the city to watch the exciting battles between gladiators. The victorious gladiator will be cheered by the audience, and I can't help but shout along with them. It's a show that only celebrities can watch, and wizards like it very much. "
"The reason why I want you to be my follower, Ren Xiaosu, is because I think you have a chance to become a gladiator. To be honest, I need a chance to meet more famous people and wizards, so that I can enter the core circle of wizards and leave my fief."
"After that, everything changed." Mego sighed. "My father wanted to become a wizard when he was young. This is probably the dream of all the young people in the Sorcerer Nation. The wizard organizations are powerful and mysterious, and they can even surpass the royal power. This fills every young man with illusions."
"However, you can't become a wizard just because you want to, and the Eye of Truth isn't something you can buy with money." Mego looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, "You need luck, very, very good luck."
"Let me interrupt a question." Ren Xiaosu was confused. "Do you need luck to buy the Eye of Truth? Why don't I understand? Isn't it just a matter of handing over the item at the same time?"
"Of course not." Mego shook his head. "The Eye of Truth wasn't like this before it was unsealed. It was wrapped in a layer of stone, and you have to peel off the outer layer of stone to see whether it's the Eye of Truth or a normal stone."
Ren Xiaosu was shocked on the spot. Wasn't this the f * cking trick of stone gambling in the southwest?!
Mego explained, "This business is controlled by a great wizard's family in the secular world. Ordinary people can rely on luck to obtain the Eye of Truth, and the wizard organizations will also recognize your status as an orthodox wizard. The black market of stone gambling in Ghent City is the craziest place in the entire Sorcerer Nation. For so many years, there have always been legends of lucky people becoming wizards, attracting a large number of people to stone gambling. "
"What's the actual probability?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously. "How many people have become wizards through this method?"
"It's very, very low," Mego said. "At least, my father didn't become a real wizard even after exhausting his family's wealth."
When Ren Xiaosu heard this, he thought to himself, This wizard organization's method of plundering wealth is a bit too ruthless. But they clearly control the entire country, so why do they still use this method to plunder wealth? Compared to the economy and people's livelihood, stone gambling might not bring about any qualitative changes, right?
No, Ren Xiaosu recalled the structure of the financial groups in the Central Plains. In fact, the biggest lipstick manufacturer was the Wang Clan financial group.
How could such a large financial group like the Wang Clan produce lipsticks? Would they care about this bit of money? The truth was, they were willing to make any kind of money and didn't want to miss out on a single cent.
Ren Xiaosu looked at Mego and said, "Then where did you get the Eye of Truth?"
"My father got sick when he was forty. If he treated it, he could live for another three years, but he would have to spend all of the family's savings," Mego said dejectedly. "I said I wanted to use the money to treat his illness, but my father didn't agree. He gave me all of his savings and asked me to go to the black market to gamble again, for the last time. If he used the money to treat his illness, then our family really wouldn't have a chance to make a comeback. "
"I've never pursued the dream of being a wizard, so I insisted on using the money to treat his illness. But my father dragged me to the black market and asked me to pick a random stone. If I didn't pick one, he would commit suicide," Mego said. "I had no choice but to pick a random stone, but no one expected that the stone I picked would really open the Eye of Truth. That day, my father passed away. I don't even know if he felt remorseful or gratified when he passed away. "
Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt that this matter was too ironic. His father spent all of his family's wealth to pursue something his entire life, but he couldn't get it. On the other hand, Mego, who had never thought of becoming a wizard, randomly picked the Eye of Truth and became the new lucky one.
No wonder Mego said that ordinary people would lose a lot of things if they wanted to become a wizard.
"I used all of my family's wealth and my father's wasted life in exchange for a marginal wizard identity." Mego smiled bitterly. "I was even forced to do the dirtiest and most tiring work in a remote place. Was it worth it? I don't know if it was worth it. Actually, I only found out later that all the wizards who bought the Eye of Truth would be sent to the toughest place to polish it for two years. Of course, this wasn't to train your will, but the wizard organization wanted to tell you that even if you became a wizard, your fate was still in their hands. "
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