"Huh? You want us to steal perfume?"
Shi Ji was also dumbfounded, rubbing his wrists which were numb from being tied up, and staring at the butler in front of him with a look of utter disbelief.
"Hmph, this is no ordinary perfume."
The butler looked disgusted: "This is the priceless 'Black Mary'! It was the perfume of Marie Antoinette, Queen of Louis XVI. It is said that a single drop is worth a fortune. Just one spray and the fragrance lingers, refreshing and delightful. It was the pinnacle of perfumer Génifique's work. Unfortunately, the French Revolution occurred, and Génifique burned the formula during her escape and died far from home. The last few bottles of the original perfume disappeared in the chaos."
Queen Mary was a highly controversial figure in history. She was extremely extravagant, pursued fashion and art, and brought a luxurious fashion trend to the entire aristocratic life of ancient France.
The perfume she used originally had no name. It was a mysterious fragrance that she spent a lot of money and manpower to make just for herself. The name was given to it by later generations, who added Mary's name to symbolize its specialness.
As they listened to the butler's endless introduction, Shi Ji and Lu Xiaokong swallowed hard. They couldn't understand such a luxurious lifestyle, nor could they understand why the big boss wanted this first-generation perfume.
"It's just a bottle of perfume. It would probably have been put to good use by now," Shi Ji remarked.
Lu Xiaokong glanced at Shi Ji in surprise, seemingly not expecting that Shi Ji also knew physics.
Shi Ji rolled his eyes at his eldest nephew, annoyed: "Is this thing so hard to understand? It's been around for so long, even if you put water in it, it would have evaporated!"
"So only one bottle remains in the world," the butler emphasized.
“The value of these things is all assigned by people; they don’t have much intrinsic value, and after so many years, they’ve probably only lost a little bit,” Lu Xiaokong said, looking at the butler with suspicion. “So how can you prove that it still exists, and how can you prove that it’s the last bottle of ‘Black Mary’?”
"You don't need to worry about that."
The butler's expression changed instantly. "Alright, go ahead."
Then Lu Xiaokong and Shi Ji were thrown out of the manor.
"Depend on!"
Shi Ji couldn't help but complain, "They didn't say anything! It's just a bottle of cheap perfume, where are we supposed to find that?"
This is such a big town, filled with perfumes, but they don't even know what perfumes look like or smell like. Where do they even begin to look? Isn't this just making things incredibly difficult for them?
Instead, Lu Xiaokong stood still, pondered for a long time, then turned and walked towards the town center: "Let's go, let's go browse the perfume shops."
Shi Ji immediately followed up with a fawning smile: "Oh, that's great! It seems my nephew has come up with a solution?"
Lu Xiaokong nodded seriously: "Follow the historical stories."
"ah?"
“Since the perfumer Jennifer’s hometown is in this small town, I believe there must be other people who have heard her story,” Lu Xiaokong said confidently. “If someone has heard of her, tracing back along the story they’ve passed down might just lead us to the final destination of the perfume!”
And this is their only option!
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"Xiao He, you've arrived!"
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