HBWnovel Chapter 559 Carved Candles
Chapter 559 Carved Candles
Good guy!
Christina felt extremely heavy-hearted. Although she had already known about her brother's injury and had made sufficient mental preparations before coming, her heart still tightened when she saw her brother's horrific injuries with her own eyes.
However, it is somewhat comforting that Lydia has acted quickly and decisively and successfully put Philip's head back in place after it was almost about to fall off.
This was undoubtedly a great comfort. At least for now, it seemed that Philip's life was not under great threat.
In the following days, Philip needs to wear a brace to ensure the stability and recovery of his head.
As long as he strictly follows the doctor's instructions, I believe he will recover gradually in no time.
However, the most unexpected thing is that Philip himself took the injury so lightly.
Not only did he not complain or feel frustrated, he even had the time to comfort his frightened sister Christina.
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"Okay, that's it. I have to move in with Philip in the next few days. After all, I have to deal with the mess left by Kurt. So, during this time, I'll have to trouble you two to help me keep an eye on him."
Lydia said as she quickly packed her luggage.
Kreacher and Jose Badem stood aside, listening quietly to Lydia's instructions. Neither of them spoke, but they saluted her with a standard military salute at the same time, indicating that they understood the mission.
But at this time, Kurt, haha, was not so lucky.
Because Kreacher got two handcuffs from somewhere, and he borrowed them from Servi!
That's right, it was these two handcuffs that handcuffed Kurt's hands tightly together with Kreacher and Jose Badem's hands respectively.
Kreacher and Jose Badem looked at each other and thought to themselves, "Hmph, let's see what else you can do!"
They were quite satisfied with their "masterpiece" and felt that in this way, Kurt would definitely not be able to cause any trouble again.
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In fact, the two of them were not willing to take such action. After all, doing so would undoubtedly bring them a lot of trouble and trouble.
However, faced with the reality of their predicament, they seem to have no choice.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Kurt were to hold a sharp knife now and randomly stab someone on the street without any purpose, it would be difficult for the police to bring him to justice.
The reasons are not complicated, and they are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
First of all, Kurt is a mentally ill person, and this special status gives him certain special treatment and protection under the law.
Secondly, even if he does not need to bear criminal responsibility because he suffers from mental illness, and financial compensation is required to be paid to the victims, Kurt is fully capable of paying the cost.
Finally, it's the fact that he is a psychopath.
Taking the above three factors into consideration, no matter what method they adopt, it seems less extreme and unrealistic.
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the other side,
The moment Lydia stepped into Philip's house, it was as if she had entered a fantasy world.
Her eyes were attracted by the scene around her. She originally thought that the place would be filled with wax human heads. However, when she looked closely, she found that this was not the case.
There were many exquisite cabinets hanging on the walls of the room, which contained various items.
Lydia walked closer curiously, and through the glass cabinet door, she was surprised to see that in addition to the wax human heads, there were also many colorful candles.
The candles come in a variety of colors, some are bright red, others are soft blue, and still others are warm yellow.
Not only do they have beautiful carvings, but they are also carefully colored, making each candle like a work of art.
Because there were guests, Christina went to the kitchen to bring out some snacks. When she came out, she found Miss Lydia staring at the candles in a trance, so she said to her in a friendly way,
"If you like anything, feel free to take it."
As Christina spoke, she began to prepare tea.
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Christina was delighted to find that someone was so fond of the candles made by her brother, which made her feel extremely gratified.
In fact, most of those exquisite candles were made by Philip, and Christina was just assisting him.
Since my brother improved his theory, the hostility of the neighbors towards them has obviously decreased a lot.
This meant that they no longer had to rush all day to make portraits of sinners as they did before, but the problem that followed was that their income also decreased accordingly.
Faced with this dilemma, my brother suddenly had an idea and came up with a brilliant idea.
Ordinary candles are affordable and everyone can afford them, but those with exquisite patterns are deeply loved by the nobles.
This is just like the tools used for eating, but the nobles have a special liking for silver products, as if only this can show their nobility and wealth.
Therefore, those carved candles, which were carefully carved, colorful and required a lot of time and effort to make, naturally became the new favorite of the nobles.
And for Christina and Philip, the carved candles had a little benefit, too.
Although ordinary white candles are very cheap, they are still a considerable expense for ordinary people in a year, so they usually collect the melted wax together, and then insert a string into it after it melts, and reuse it as a new candle.
But it is absolutely impossible to do this with carved candles, because after the carved candles melt, even if you collect the wax again, it will at most be an ordinary colorful candle.
He knelt on it, on the exquisite carving. If any nobleman would collect the melted colored wax and remake it into an ordinary cylindrical candle, he would definitely be laughed at by other nobles at home, laughing at him for reusing a candle.
So the nobles could only keep buying carved candles from Philip.
What Philip did was equivalent to opening up a new path. Many people wanted to imitate Philip's technique, but how could their crude craftsmanship compare to that of Philip, who often used wax to make portraits?
However, every time Philip made a carved candle, it was always in short supply. Because Philip only regarded this as a way to make extra money, and did not want to make a living from it. He still wanted to continue his research.
Christina naturally expressed her support for her brother~
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However, what they didn't expect was that Lydia's next words gave them more ideas on how to make money.
"Have you ever thought about infusing perfume into carved candles?"
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This is not just a casual remark. Let us go back to the beginning of the incident.
The first time Lydia saw carved candles was at Jose Badem's house.
At that time, Jose Badem saw that the candles were very beautiful, so he asked someone to buy them. He did not pay attention to whether the address where he bought the candles was the address of Philip's house that he had found before.
But of course, after buying it, he just left it there. Jose Badem was not stupid. He could see that this carved candle was a marketing trick. He bought it once and thought it looked good, so he just left it there. He didn't need to actually light it.
Then one day when Lydia was visiting Jose Badem's house, she saw this carved candle.
At that time, Jose Badem was actually a little worried about the carved candle, because as we all know, if something is placed in one place for a long time, it will be covered with dust, and the dust on the carved candle is not easy to clean, because once the pattern on it is damaged, the candle will be scrapped.
So, Jose Badem gave the candle to Lydia at that time, because he thought that ladies would like such beautiful things more.
But it was useless for Lydia to hold this carved candle. Why did her hospital need such fancy things?
So Lydia took the carved candle back to the manor. She thought the other girls in the manor would like it.
then,
Next,
Here comes the point............
The carved candle was seen by the owner of the manor.
"The carved candles look nice, but I think it would be better if I added some fragrance to them..."
At that time, the owner of the manor said this casually.
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Then time goes back to the present,
Lydia's seemingly unintentional words,
Ok,
At least for now, Philip and Christina did not have any major ideas. They just thought that Miss Lydia's idea was interesting and were ready to give it a try.
Anyway, Philip is now in such a bad state with his injuries that it is impossible for him to go out to work again. Although there are still some carved candles in stock at home, which are enough to support them until Philip recovers, it is not a good idea to just sit there doing nothing.
I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well give it a try.
Coincidentally, Lydia happened to have a bottle of rose-scented perfume in her pocket. Ever since the last incident, Lydia has liked roses very much.
I think this bottle of perfume is called something else... um... Rose in No Man's Land?
Anyway, Lydia likes it very much. It smells nice, with a cool rose scent.
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Philip found the raw material, Alydia, and poured the whole bottle of perfume into it. After mixing it, Philip quickly made a carved candle.
(In fact, when Lydia poured the whole bottle of perfume in, Philip wanted to stop her, because the raw materials he brought were enough to make at least 20 candles, but before he could stop her, Lydia poured the whole bottle of perfume in.)
It's not very detailed, after all, it's for experimental use, but it's generally pretty good.
Christina put her nose to the candle and smelled it carefully, and seemed to smell a hint of rose scent.
"Anyway, let's click and give it a try."
After saying that, Lydia struck a match.
Lydia is right. If we just watch and don't experiment, we won't know whether their idea will work.
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Then.......
The experiment was of course very successful, and soon a kind of carved candle that emitted fragrance when lit became popular among the aristocratic circles.
But how should I put it, it can be said that it is worth snatching.
Because Philip only made 20 of them. Yes, he used the leftover materials from the previous experiment.
Later, when countless nobles sent people to ask Philip to do more, the people who were sent looked at Philip's wounds and chose to go back and report to their master that the maker was not available at the moment.
Nonsense, the injury is so serious that if we force him to continue making it, and he falls ill, no one will be able to make it anymore. It’s better to endure it now and let him continue making it after he recovers.
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