The False Summoner

Chapter 33: The Night of Red Moon (1)
Translator: Ma Shaoyi
Proofread by Peter Gong

“We’d better go, Miss. Master Rowen has something to do.” Rederot says.

“But why leave Rowen here alone? Can’t I stay here with him?” Says Agatha, a little unwillingly.

“Miss Ryan, this is my rule. Everyone must follow this rule. Not specifically for you.” Miss Jasmine’s voice is calm, but there is something strangely powerful in it.

“Let’s go first, Miss.” Rederot whispers again.

“Well, let’s go, what’s the big deal.” Grunts Agatha, and she turns and goes. Rederot, of course, follows at once, and soon Rowen is the only one left in the hall.

“What can I do for you, Mr. Wolf?” Rowen cannot tell whether it is an illusion or not, but he feels a change in the voice of Miss Jasmine.

“I want Miss Jasmine to find my parents for me.” Says Rowen.

Miss Jasmine is silent for a moment before she speaks. “Mr. Wolf, this is going to be difficult and expensive. Are you sure you want me to help you?”

“How much is it, please?” Rowen asks hastily. Rederot has told him before he needs to buy information here, so he is not surprised. He just wants to know how much.

“Mr. Wolf, is it true that your father, Jess Wolf, and your mother, Jenny Temple, left Mayor ten years ago and came to red moon city, and had never appeared again?” Asks Miss Jasmine.

“Yes.” Rowen nods, and feels secretly shocked that Miss Jasmine knows so much about him.

“Because it happened ten years ago, it will be much more difficult, so we will charge 10,000 gold pieces,” says Miss Jasmine slowly.

“Ten thousand gold pieces?” Rowen is startled; he knows the charges are high, but he hasn’t expected them to be so high.

Gold coin is the common currency of the whole Cangyun continent. One gold coin can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins, and about five copper coins can feed an ordinary civilian. For an ordinary civilian family, there is no problem to live for a month with one gold coin.

Obviously, Rowen can’t afford ten thousand ducats, and in fact, the Wolfs can’t afford that much if they spend all of their wealth.

“Mr. Wolf, our usual practice here is that before we accept your commission, you must pay a deposit of ten percent, which is a thousand gold pieces.” The soft voice reaches Rowen’s ears again and chills his heart.

“Miss Jasmine, if you can look for my parents first, and I will collect the money while I am here.” Rowen says after a moment’s thought.

“Mr. Wolf, why don’t you ask your fiancee for help? As far as I know, ten thousand gold pieces is a small sum for Miss Ryan.” Miss Jasmine says jokingly.

“If Miss Jasmine insists, I’ll come back later.” Rowen feels a surge of anger. He has a feeling of being laughed at. He knows Agatha has money, of course, but he doesn’t want to be seen as a boy toy.

Rowen turns and leaves, but Miss Jasmine’s voice comes from behind. “I’m sorry, Mr. Wolf, but I only suggest you turn to Miss Ryan for help, and if you don’t want to do that, I can offer you other alternative.”

“What choice?” Rowen asks.

“Because your introducer, Mr. Rederot is in good standing, we can waive your deposit, but after we find out about information of your parents, you have to pay for the whole money, and then we’ll let you know.”

“No problem, I’ll find a way to make money.” Rowen grits his teeth. Though ten thousand ducats seem a bit out of the question to him, he has to earn it in order to find out where his parents are now.

“Well, Mr. Wolf, we can actually provide you with a way to make money, and you know, there are a lot of bounty missions on the ground floor, but they’re usually not very high paying, and I have a few here, and it’s a little difficult, but it’s quite high. If you don’t mind,” says Miss Jasmine slowly, “We can give you a proper assignment.”

“What’s the mission now?” Rowen can’t resist asking.

“Well, there’s nothing for Mr. Wolf at the moment, but I’ll send someone to let you know when there’s something new.” Miss Jasmine pauses a moment, and says, “Well, please leave your address, and if we find out where your parents are or if there’s anything suitable for you, I’ll send someone to let you know. Ok?”

“Okay, that’s it.” Rowen readily agrees.

Leaving his address, Rowen leaves quickly, and when his figure disappears at the entrance to the hall, the iron curtain of the small window is lifted and an unusually beautiful face appears.

“Rowen, here you are at last, and I’ve been looking forward to it!” The beautiful woman murmurs, and there seems to be an irrepressible excitement on her face.

Rowen has only just stepped out of the second-floor hall when Agatha comes up to meet him. “Well? Have they heard from your parents?”

“Not yet. Miss Jasmine asks me to wait a little while, and she will let me know.” Says Rowen, shaking his head.

“It’s normal, it is 10 years ago, and they may need some time to gather intelligence.” Rederot nods.

“Let’s go back to the hotel first.” Rowen doesn’t want to say much, but he doesn’t want Agatha to know the details, especially about the money.

“Well, go back first and come out again tomorrow.” Agatha does not mind.

However, Agatha’s wish fails, for Rowen does not leave the hotel for the next ten days or so, for the simple reason that he is waiting for news from Miss Jasmine.

The hotel is the address Rowen has left for Miss Jasmine, and he has no other place to live in at the moment. He does not know when she will send word, and he is more worried that he will miss information of his parents, so he stays at the hotel.

During this period of time, of course, he’s very busy. In fact, these days are a good way for him to practice. However, because of the Agatha, he always finds it difficult to devote himself to the Moon and Sun Qi, which makes his progress so slowly. Until he comes to the imperial city, he has failed to continue to get through the fourth acupuncture points.

But now, when he calms down and practices the Sun and Moon Mind Method, he finally begins to have a breakthrough. Every two or three days, he can get through a new acupuncture point. This also lets him find out some regularities. For example, first acupuncture point on the meridians is the most difficult to get through, and after that a couple of acupuncture points become easier to break through, but after roughly half the number of acupuncture points, and gradually it becomes more difficult to break through acupuncture points further, and now, as Rowen has almost broken through half of the acupuncture points, he begins to feel that to break through each acupuncture point needs more time.

But time is not absolute. Ever since he has practiced the the Sun and Moon Mind Method, Rowen has found that the name of the the Sun and Moon Mind Method is really appropriate, because the practice effect of the the Sun and Moon Mind Method is closely related to the changes of the sun and moon.

During the day, when the sun is very strong, he is always able to absorb more of the sun’s energy, and if the clouds obscure the sun, the effect will be weakened, and in rainy weather, the science of uniting the effect becomes weaker. It is also true of night. If there is moonlight, the effect is better, and best practice time is the full moon night.

Rowen can’t leave the hotel room, but he sits in a room where the sun shines during the day and the moon shines through the window for the practicing

Unconsciously, it has been a full moon night.

It has been a fine day and a bright night, and Rowen, as usual, is sitting by the window, bathing in the soft moonlight.

The Sun and Moon Mind Method is just beginning to operate, and Rowen is feeling obviously abnormal, countless surge of energy flowing fast into his body, and this energy is also increasing, though this is a full moon night, the energy is still stronger than he felt at last month’s full moon night. This energy has increased at least three or four times!

Rowen looks out of the window, and at that moment, to his surprise, he finds that the moon, which is supposed to be white, begin to glow around it, and gradually it grows redder and redder, and finally, completely red!