Chapter 213 – Engagement (1)
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
Following the consumption of a large number of resources to practice, the proficiency of the Imperial Workshop’s pharmacists towards the new blood potion formula finally increased a little, and the output gradually went on the right track.
Bill gradually reduced the number of times he made potions himself and spent this time learning the various potion formulas in the Empire Workshop.
Because his current status was special, and he had the promise of the royal family and the title of Chief Pharmacist, there was no need to exchange his contributions for knowledge. All the formula knowledge accumulated by the Empire was free to be read by him.
Because of this, the research and development of the potion was temporarily delayed. Zhou Jing used Bill to claim that he wanted to find inspiration from the various formulas, but for the time being, he had no idea how to improve the potion. The king understood this and did not rush him.
In addition, the news of the new potion was finally announced by the Empire.
When the residents of the capital first heard this news, they were first surprised, then enlightened, and finally overjoyed.
They finally understood why Bill had become the Chief Pharmacist. It turned out that he had made a groundbreaking improvement to the blood potion.
It was a misunderstanding!
Not only was Bill good at aphrodisiacs, but he also had achievements in the field of proper potions… He was a master of pharmacology!
In the capital, Bill’s reputation rose rapidly, and he received praise from the citizens of the capital. His reputation gradually spread to the other cities as well.
The world knew the importance of the blood potion. Even farmers knew the significance of this breakthrough research and development. More mutant warriors would be born to protect the city—the people of the Terra Empire almost unanimously agreed that Bill deserved to be the chief pharmacist.
The effects of the two new potions were also announced, reigniting the yearning of many civilians who wanted to obtain supernatural powers but were afraid of failure.
The safety of the V2 Potion allowed many civilians to finally have the courage to try.
The hunters and Mutant Blood Warriors everywhere also had their eyes on the new potion. The effect of the V3 Potion that gave special abilities surprised many hunters.
As long as one had dealt with mutant beasts with special abilities, there was no one who did not want to have similar abilities.
However, these two new potions were only produced in the Empire Workshop in the capital. If one wanted to use them, they had to join a direct unit of the Empire, such as the Imperial Army or the Imperial Hunters, and receive a certain number of years of training.
There were no new potions being sold in the other cities, so they had to come to the capital. As a result, after the news spread, more and more people rushed to Tarn City.
The response caused by the new potion made Bill’s daily Information State Particles skyrocket. In the foreseeable future, he would continue to obtain this benefit for a long time.
As the number of users of the new potion increased, it would have an increasing practical impact on the hunter’s ecology. Information State Particles would also be produced continuously.
Although the strict control of the new blood potion by the royal family caused the number of the actual users to be limited, reducing the total amount of Information State particles Zhou Jing obtained every day, it was also equivalent to obtaining a channel to automatically and steadily increase his apostle settlement value.
Zhou Jing had already achieved his goal of getting Bill to study potions. The benefits of affecting the world through his actions were greater than completing his life objectives.
According to his analysis, an apostle’s life objectives were considered a guarantee to succeed. If he wanted to greatly increase his settlement evaluation, he had to take the path of causing trouble and change the current world in a certain field.
In the past two months, Zhou Jing lived a peaceful life in the Golden Castle through Bill. The following and surveillance of the guards had relaxed a little as a result.
However, after he “fished up” Roman last time, when they met again, Roman did not mention anything about their conversation. He only chatted and communicated with him without taking any further action.
Zhou Jing knew that Roman still had to test him, so he planned to wait patiently.
However, something happened that made him anxious.
On this day, Becky invited Bill to meet and meet in the garden, chatting as they walked.
“Master Bill, have you gotten used to living in the Golden Castle these past few months?”
“It’s quite good. I can focus on researching potions… It’s just that I was just a peasant in the past and had never enjoyed the service of a servant. I’m a little terrified.” Zhou Jing pretended not to be used to it.
Becky laughed, “You’ve contributed so much to the Empire. What’s wrong with enjoying yourself a little?”
At this moment, he changed the topic and asked,
“You and Shuni seem to have met a lot recently?”
“She occasionally comes to look for me and asks me about the outside world. Her Highness is very curious about the outside world,” Zhou Jing automatically replied.
Becky nodded, “What do you think of her?”
“… She’s quite cute, but she’s a little shy.” Zhou Jing roughly guessed what Becky wanted to say.
As expected, Becky smiled, “Shuni has a good impression of you. Have you considered my original suggestion? Are you willing to marry her?” When Zhou Jing heard this, he felt helpless. He knew that this day would come sooner or later.
In the past two months, Becky had often created opportunities for him and Shuni to spend time together and interact. Becky was probably behind the fact that Shuni kept coming over to chat with him.
In the end, the other party was a princess. Thus, Zhou Jing had always been polite to her, maintaining a certain distance to stall for time.
Unfortunately, although the King gave him a certain amount of time to develop feelings for the women of the royal family, he could not wait forever. After a few months, he finally could not help but urge them to get married.
“Your Majesty, I don’t have any plans to marry yet. I just want to focus on researching potions,” Zhou Jing tried to thoughtfully push
it off.
Becky’s face darkened, “Do you hate Shuni that much?”
“Uhhh, no.”
Becky immediately performed a 180° change in expression, “That’s good. As long as you don’t hate her, you can get along. Shuni will make a good wife. After you get married, you can still focus on your research. It won’t affect anything.”
In the past, it was difficult to survive in the tribal era, so even though the Empire was created and they had already enjoyed a few years of peace, In the mindsets passed down, love was not important. As long as a man and a woman did not hate each other and felt that the other was a reliable partner, they could form a family and reproduce.
“But I’m not ready to be a husband yet.” Zhou Jing shook his head.
Becky didn’t understand. He only felt that this was some kind of confusing speech.
“What preparations do you need? Are you afraid that you won’t be able to satisfy your wife? Don’t you know how to make aphrodisiacs? Can’t you just take one yourself?”
“Cough, I didn’t mean not ready in that way…”
Zhou Jing was helpless. He realized that the Mutant World had a different understanding of the relationship between husband and wife. It was not as complicated as the main world. He did not have to think too much about it, nor did he have to make any preparations.
Becky narrowed his eyes, “You have to get a wife in the end… Do you think the royal family isn’t good enough for you?”
“Of course not.”
Since he said so, Zhou Jing could only deny it.
From the perspective of an ordinary person, there was indeed no more suitable marriage partner than the royal family.
Now that Bill had already “made a name for himself”, he should already be thinking about getting married. In this world, the concept of not marrying was abnormal.
If he was too against it and refused, in the King’s opinion, it would be a sign that he did not have the intention to submit to the royal family. It would mean that he had ulterior motives, and was most likely considering running away.
-— Although this was indeed the case, revealing his intentions before taking action would only arouse the King’s vigilance and increase the difficulty of him pulling off a prison break.
Hearing this, Becky made a firm decision.
“In that case, I’ll make the decision. You and Shuni will be engaged. In two months, you’ll officially get married and hold a wedding banquet in the palace!”
He had not specified a marriage before because he was worried that Bill would hate a marriage partner he had never met. Now that they had nurtured a relationship for a few months, Becky decided that it was enough for Bill.
Since the two of them did not hate each other, Becky directly gave betrothed a marriage… He did not know how long it would take for Bill to take the initiative to move the relationship along, so he might as well take the initiative to push his butt.
“… Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty.” Zhou Jing felt a headache coming on. At this point, he could only agree for the time being to prevent the King from being alarmed.
At this moment, an embarrassed cry suddenly sounded from not far away.
Both turned to see Shuni run out from the corner of the garden, her face red.
Hiding in the garden, she heard their conversation, and her heart pounded like a deer in headlights.
She did not like Bill, but she didn’t hate him either. She just did not have any feelings for him.
Bill was an extraordinary potion master with outstanding abilities. Such a companion was naturally qualified for her, so she was not averse to accepting the King’s arrangement to marry Bill.
Looking at Bill and thinking that this man would become her husband in the future, Shuni’s heart raced. She subconsciously covered her blushing face and quickly ran away.
“Eh, I didn’t expect her to be hiding here. Looks like she heard it.” Becky shook his head and smiled.
Zhou Jing rolled his eyes. “Why are you pretending to be surprised? There are guards everywhere in the garden. How can a little girl hide here silently?
If it weren’t for your arrangements, I would have stood upside down on the spot and let you experience what it’s like to have shit on your head!”
Becky looked away and waved his hand, “Just agree. You don’t have to worry about pre-marriage works. The royal family will take care of it. They won’t waste your time. You just have to wait until the day of the wedding banquet to marry Shuni.”
“It’s my honor.” Zhou Jing remained expressionless.
Hearing this, Becky smiled and nodded, feeling satisfied that everything was under control.
Everything had been going well recently, and Becky was in a good mood. Even his footsteps were much lighter.
Zhou Jing stayed a step behind him. Looking at Becky’s back, he secretly made up his mind.
He had to run away before he got married!
On the one hand, he could kill two birds with one stone; escape the control of the royal family, and also think of a way for Bill to obtain new growth and supernatural powers.
On the other hand, although Zhou Jing used the body of an apostle and played different identities, he had never forgotten himself. He was only 20 years old, so the concept of marriage was a little distant to him.
Even if he was using an apostle’s body, it was very difficult for him to treat marriage as a child’s play. He was also at a loss about marriage and was subconsciously unwilling to obtain his life’s big milestone like this.
“Looks like I have to go find Roman again and rush him to show his cards. I have to let him know that these two months are his last chance to get me!”
Zhou Jing suppressed his thoughts as his eyes flashed.
