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Time passed, and the wide door was not moving. Verne was as short as the year at this time, pessimistically guessing that he was about to be eliminated, perhaps taken away by Professor Walton, or perhaps teleported away by a beam of light. At the same time, an orange-red beam of light really fell down from the ceiling, covering Verne's body, and in an instant he disappeared into the stone hall.

When Verne opened his eyes again, he found himself in a neat and bright restaurant. On the narrow dining table in front of him, eight people were sitting side by side. Among them, the old white-bearded man in the main seat was nodding at him with a smile, and Professor Walton, who was attending the side of him, looked at him with a surprised and joyful look, and his lips were almost cracked to his ears.

After Verne bowed and gestured, he found a cold look on the side. When he turned around, he found that the other party was the clerk of the Joko Joke Store - Fox, who looked a bit ferocious, and did not look like he usually welcomed guests.

"It's familiar!" At this moment, a kind-faced woman came with a huge iron pot. Her staggering posture shocked all Nicole Lemay's students immediately stood up and rushed to take the pot one after another.

Verne watched the kind woman divide the Italian noodles into the porcelain plates of the crowd. Finally, in front of the tenth seat, with the support of Ms. Maggie, she tried hard to scrape the pot with a large spoon, and finally barely formed a portion. "Although this plate is small, the ingredients are the most." He said apologetically to Verne and Fox, and the two hurriedly returned the gift, saying no wonder.

"Hello two little gentlemen. I'm Nicole Lemay. I'm sorry I didn't expect another guest." The old man with a white beard smiled and tapped the pan with a silver fork. "I think the most perfect food in the world is the hot Italian noodles cooked by Perenal," he turned to smile at the kind woman who had just taken his seat. "So I hope you can enjoy it while it's hot."

Verne did not misunderstand the difference between "you" and "you" (both you). He and Fox looked at each other and knew in his heart that the next test by Nicole Lemay was definitely limited, but he didn't know whether it was an ordinary question and answer like before, a science test, or a magic duel. Thinking of this, both of them tightened the wand in their sleeves.

"The world has limited resources, so the competition has been formed. Even the universal Philosopher's Stone cannot change all this. Now, it is no exception..." Nicole Lemay sighed and said, "So at the end, I want to ask you two a question. He has no standard answer. Whoever satisfies me first will...hey!" He looked at the plate of pasta, "But I don't mind eating two servings by myself. Although I am a little older, I still have a lot of appetite." Hearing this, Verne and others were both worried.

Then, Nicole Lemay said with a smile: "'The only thing that remains unchanged in this world is change', even the rules that everyone regards as truth are ordinary, so why... how should we break the principle of 'equivalent exchange'?" This statement shocked the audience. In an instant, the air in the room seemed to be drained, which made almost everyone breathless. Even Professor Walton and others showed a confused look. Because in the eyes of alchemists, "equivalent exchange" is the truth, which is generally not contrary to the mass-energy conversion formula of "e=mc2" in the eyes of physicists.

Verne and Fox looked at each other, and at this time the hostility between the eyes of both of them turned into confusion. After turning around, Fox's lips and mouth unconsciously opened and closed for a while. After a long time, he suddenly leaned forward, as if he wanted to take a gamble.

Although Verne's mind was a little confused at this time, he did not feel panic. After all, he had memories of his previous life and had been educated by Muggles. He did not truly regard it as an unshakable authority for the "equivalent exchange" that was regarded as a criterion by the magic world.

As time passed by, he slowly closed his eyes. Regardless of whether Fox's attempt could succeed, his mind began to calm down and finally seemed a little empty. Then the scene in his mind suddenly appeared like a projector, projecting scenes of memory, including the confusion he had just escaped from the orphanage in his previous life, the extremeness he adopted by the drug lord couple, the fear he became an experimental subject, the loss after traveling through time, the joy of making true friends, the joy of inheriting the joy of Ravenclaw's legacy, the peace of immersed in the sea of ​​books, and the tension of coming to Nicole Lemay's house, the last scene was frozen in the shyness of being kissed by Ms. Maggie.

The French customs are so enthusiastic...

At this moment, Verne suddenly opened his eyes and showed a sincere smile. He stepped forward firmly and said loudly to everyone around him: "Actually this is very simple!"

Under everyone's curious eyes, Verne said with a firm heart: "Put a pair of French and British friends together and you will get the answer." Then, he showed a unique smile to everyone, "The British will give the French a hug, and the French will give the British a hug... and a veneer kiss!"

In an instant, the entire restaurant seemed to be frozen, not only quiet or even cold, but it was not until a long laugh broke through the almost solid atmosphere with a long laugh. Nicole Lemay burst into laughter under the dumbfounded expression of his students. He hadn't laughed so happily for a long time, and he couldn't breathe. This excitement even made him feel a little dizzy.

"Hahaha, you said it very well! This is the answer, this is the answer, the answer is that simple, but almost all wizards could not imagine it!" Nicole Lemay gasped slightly, and pointed at the same time, and the shocked Fox disappeared in front of everyone. "Child, I am so happy now that I want to give you a French wet kiss," he found that Verne suddenly widened his eyes and laughed loudly again, "You know, I am a Frenchman who is naturally romantic!"

At the same time, the others present were savoring what Verne said just now. The more they thought about it, the more they were surprised, because it contained too many hidden meanings, such as love between people, the inability to quantify emotions, the difference in etiquette and customs made different efforts, humorous fables, etc. They even suspected that Verne would use the French as an example to please Nicole Lemay.

"This child is so scheming..." Joko looked at Verne's tender face and sighed in his heart.

Madame Lemay patted her hands twice and chuckled, "Sit down quickly, child! The noodles are not delicious when they are cold." In response, Verne gave a slight gift, then sat down at the bottom of the dining table, picked up a silver fork and spatula some noodles. This pasta was not as delicious as expected. The tomato tasted too heavy, a little salty, and the dough was quite hard. However, Verne ate it with relish at this moment because it contained the "victory" flavor, which was particularly sweet and charming.

After a moment of silence, Nicole Lemay wiped his lips with a napkin and asked: "I'm sorry, my child, the old man's memory is always a bit bad, and it's only now that I remember to ask your name."

Verne replied respectfully: "Sir, you can call me Verne, Verne Olobaros Cademont."

"Ourobalos?" Everyone present browsed and showed an interesting look. "No need to call me sir, you can call me 'Mentor Lemay'. Verne, I am very curious. You would use Ourobalos as your middle name. Could it be that your family is also an alchemist?"

Verne shook his head, and he had some doubts about this. Olobaros means "Ortuos", which is a very important symbolic totem in alchemy. Its name means "self-swallower", which means circle, that is, cycle, just like Western Tai Chi, both dynamic and static.

"No, I was born in a Muggle family, and my parents were just supermarket cashiers."

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The author of this chapter feels a little good about himself. He originally overturned the issue of equivalent exchange, and planned to copy what Alphons said in the last chapter of the steel chain: "It's meaningless to get ten and return ten, so he has to add one more point to pass on the eleven points to the next person." Because of this passage, it shocked me at that time, and made me decide to act according to my words, hoping to make the world beautiful with a small dedication.

But recently, I accidentally saw an introduction article about veneer kisses, which made me change the original meaning and intend to use metaphorical techniques to express the concept of love. I hope everyone likes it.
Chapter completed!