Chapter 423 Desperate Schopenhauer
In a villa in Langton City, the young Schopenhauer was lying on the sofa dejectedly, holding a half-drunk bottle of wine in his hand, and A large amount of research materials and a newspaper were scattered on the ground.
For an alchemist who has always been strict with himself, the research materials scattered on the floor and the wine stains flowing on the materials are enough to show how bad his mental state is at the moment.
If Schopenhauer was in a normal state, he would never let important research materials scatter on the ground and get dirty.
In his research room, if an apprentice soiled research materials, he would be reprimanded at worst, and would be severely punished at worst.
In Schopenhauer's own words, knowledge is the cornerstone of an alchemist's path to truth. If you don't respect knowledge, then you are not worthy of being an alchemist.
But at this moment, Schopenhauer himself was too lazy to care about this.
Because the headline on the front page of the newspaper that was thrown to the ground said "The world is about to be destroyed."
The world is going to be destroyed, why do you care so much?
It’s no wonder that Schopenhauer is so decadent. After all, the world is going to be destroyed, so why work hard?
In the past, Schopenhauer worked hard and was strict with himself because he knew that with his own talents, he could climb to the position he expected by doing so. Whether it was academics or power, he could get it as long as he was willing to get it.
But now, the world is about to be destroyed, power? Academic? status? What can these things do to stop the destruction of the world?
Everything is meaningless.
Since everything is meaningless, what are you still trying to do?
So Schopenhauer, who had always only tasted alcoholic beverages at banquets, drank non-social drinks for the first time in his life, and he got extremely drunk, completely giving up all his ethics and persistence.
The world is going to be destroyed anyway, and sticking to those so-called rules and habits is just to make yourself look a little better when you die.
For Schopenhauer, his past life was not what his inner desires hoped for. It was just the so-called "upper class" determined by society. If he desires to live better than others, he must work hard. cater.
But now, the world is about to be destroyed, and he no longer has to cater to all this, and can naturally indulge his originally suppressed and restrained desires.
"The world is about to be destroyed. It turns out that what Earl Brandlis said three years ago is actually true! Those idiots in the Noble Council didn't believe her!" Schopenhauer naturally knew that Perfico Te warned the noble council about the news of the destruction of the world three years ago. Now that the end of the world has really come, he can naturally think of it and at the same time feel that the noble council is really a bunch of fools.
And this seems to explain why Purficott massacred the Noble Council a few months ago and did not receive any censure in the end.
"Perhaps the Empire Center has known about this for a long time, and the Earl of the North has been preparing for this?" Such a thought came to Schopenhauer's mind.
In his opinion, based on the relationship between Purficott and Princess Anne, if she was preparing for the destruction of the world, she should protect the royal family from suffering the same disaster.
Perhaps the North is where Purficott built a shelter that could withstand the end of the world. Members of the Empire Center would hide there when the end of the world came, and they would be able to survive even if the world was destroyed. But this is meaningless to him, an ordinary alchemist.
Schopenhauer does not belittle himself, but he is only a slightly famous alchemist in Langton. Although he is usually a guest of some nobles, he thinks that he is the best alchemist in the world. Will become a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences before the age of ten...
But these were not enough to make him feel that he had a chance to board the ark to escape the doomsday.
"If I had known this, I would have set off to the north to seek refuge with that count! Now it's too late even to think about it!" Schopenhauer felt extremely frustrated and sad. When he announced the introduction to Fantasy Alchemy, he considered going to the north to seek refuge with the earl, but his pursuit of the so-called "high-class" status prevented him from leaving the empire.
This is undoubtedly a wrong choice. If he, like some other alchemists before, chose to pursue truth instead of power and status, he would go to the north to explore the various new alchemies thrown out by Purficott. According to the technical theory, maybe now he still has a chance to get a ticket to board the Doomsday Ark, instead of waiting to die in Langton in despair like now.
Schopenhauer does not doubt that the empire has a plan to resist the doomsday, nor does he doubt that even if the doomsday comes, there will still be people from the empire who can go to the north and successfully enter the sanctuary, but it is obvious that he is not on this list. I don't think I have a chance to go to the North even when the end is coming.
After all, in this case, the nobles and those big capitalists will definitely flee to the north first, and all transportation will be occupied by them. Even if Schopenhauer has some connections and status, how can he do it? To compete with them for the opportunity to "get on the boat"? Or get an opportunity from those nobles who have "ship tickets"?
Thinking of these, Schopenhauer could only feel strong despair. He was even considering how to end his life decently instead of waiting for the end to come and then die in despair.
On his left hand side, there was a loaded pistol.
This was a gift given to him by a nobleman. It is beautifully decorated and well-made. It uses fixed bullets invented by Perficott. You only need to put the bullet into the gun chamber and pull the trigger. Able to fire, efficient, elegant, and deadly.
Schopenhauer's hand has already reached for the pistol. As long as he picks it up, he can end all this despair.
However, Schopenhauer was still hesitating, still hesitating, or he was afraid of death, and he did not have the courage to end it all.
Even when faced with the despair brought about by the end of the world, he did not have enough courage to choose death to escape, but cowardly feared death.
"Why did everything become like this?" Schopenhauer asked desperately, but no one could answer this question.
Just when he drank another big gulp of wine and was about to pick up the pistol again with the strength of the wine, there was a knock on his door, and someone asked outside the door: "Uncle Is Mr. Hua at home? Count Brandless is summoned!"
" Count Brandless?" Schopenhauer's eyes suddenly became clear, and the name seemed to have magic power, making him feel like he was drowning. It's like people are grasping at the last straw.
Schopenhauer quickly got up from the sofa, wiped his face, and stumbled towards the door. Even if he fell, he opened the door immediately and saw The person outside the door asked: "Is it really Earl Brandlis?"
(End of this chapter)