Mystery: At the start, you gain the uniqueness of the thief.

Chapter 18 Peter Pan

"I don't know where you got this weird recipe, but you're not really planning to drink it, are you?"

Medici, who had been accompanying the child the whole time, watched as the child stared blankly at the unknown potion for half a minute after it was prepared. Finally, he couldn't help but speak up, his brows furrowing in a rare gesture.

In this world, potions cannot be taken indiscriminately, especially if one is already an extraordinary being. Taking potions that are incompatible with one's own abilities is tantamount to suicide, and at the very least, it will result in being half-mad.

In Medici's eyes, Rosen was naturally a born thief with extraordinary abilities.

"Why not?" Rosen glanced at Medici, and after half a minute confirming that Peter Pan's potion was actually harmless, he smiled and picked up the beaker. Looking at the potion inside, which was entirely red, but not a glaring, blood-like red, but rather a softer, more subtle red, he suddenly smiled and said:

"Xiao Hong, please remember to keep this a secret."

Medici frowned even more deeply. He subconsciously took half a step forward, but then stopped. He lowered his raised hand, ultimately failing to stop Rosen from taking the potion.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, the Red Angel was well aware that the mysterious and enigmatic Divine Child before her was definitely not the kind of person who would willingly seek death.

He must have his reasons for choosing to take this unknown potion.

Rosen had already drunk the Peter Pan potion.

The taste of this potion, like its color, is dreamy and sweet, making one almost immediately associate it with something beautiful. But after a brief moment of sweetness comes an instant bitterness that catches one off guard.

Rosen was so bitter that his brows were furrowed. If it weren't for the inconvenience, he would have found a glass of sweet water to soothe himself.

Fortunately, the suffering wasn't in vain. After a moment of bitterness, Rosen sensed the Peter Pan potion's transformation of his body. A few seconds later, Rosen put down the beaker; he knew he had successfully advanced to Sequence 9 Peter Pan.

Peter Pan's abilities are quite simple. As a Sequence 9, he doesn't provide Rosen with too many abilities. Besides enhancing Rosen's spirituality, allowing him to rely on spiritual divination, clairvoyance, and the use of ritual magic, he mainly grants Rosen four abilities: "false growth," "flight," "forgetting," and "love."

The "False Growth" ability allows Rosen to briefly switch to an adult state, but aside from the change in size, he has no other abilities.

"Flight," as its name suggests, endows Rosen with the ability to fly.

"Forgetting" is somewhat like the Men in Black movies that Lawson had seen before. After use, it can make oneself or others forget a certain memory or emotion, but if the other party has a strong will, there is a certain possibility of remembering it again.

"Love" is the most interesting ability.

Thinking of this, Rosen blinked, flipped his hand, and with a golden light, a bow the size of his appeared in Rosen's hand.

It was clearly a set of bows and arrows that perfectly matched Western aesthetics, with an overall gold color and very ornate and intricate patterns on both the bow and the arrows.

Rosen glanced at the "Bow of Love" in his hand, then suddenly drew the bow, aimed an arrow at Medici beside him, and said with a grin, "Guess what will happen when I fire this arrow?"

"I bet you're going to get a beating," Medici said curtly, not mincing words.

His gaze paused when it fell upon the golden arrow aimed at Him, as if sensing something. The red angel spoke, "What is this?"

"An arrow of love? Or rather, Peter Pan's golden arrow." Rosen didn't really intend to shoot anyone. He smiled and put down the golden arrow, explaining, "The person struck by the golden arrow will consider that person as their most important family member, but only for one day."

Perhaps because it was Peter Pan's golden arrow, not Cupid's, the effect of the golden arrow was not love but familial affection.

Under normal circumstances, the golden arrow can hit two people at once, making them regard each other as family. Of course, Rosen can also hit only one person, in which case the other person will regard Rosen as family.

Of course, if needed, Lawson can also hold a clearance sale of Golden Arrows to create a temporary family.

However, there is no limit to the use of the Golden Arrow. How much can be used depends on Lawson's spirituality, so at present, he can only form a family of 10 people at most.

The Golden Arrow's effect is not without its flaws. For example, just as family members may quarrel or even fight, the Golden Arrow may interfere with the feelings of those hit to some extent. However, if the feelings of both parties are too strong and they want to fight each other, they will still fight. What might have been a direct fight to the death will be restrained after being hit by the arrow. There is no situation where they will be completely obedient to each other just because they are family.

In addition, the golden arrow has another wonderful effect, which is the complete opposite of "false growth".

What surprised Rosen the most was that the Golden Arrow's power seemed to work not only on people of similar strength, but also on everyone indiscriminately.

"...Strange, but very useful," Medici commented, without any hint of underestimation.

The effects of the golden arrow sound simple, but in reality, they are terrifying. There are cold and ruthless people in this world, but there are even more who value their families. If the golden arrow can truly deceive the other party and achieve the effects Rosen described, it can do far too many things.

"I think so too. Most importantly, it's a lot of fun." Rosen nodded, his smile widening. He twirled the golden arrow in his hand, then his eyes lit up. "Little Red," he said, "let's go find Amon to play next time!"

"What, you want Amon to treat you like his best brother?" Medici glanced at him and said.

"That's who I am!" But Rosen gave him a strange look and said confidently, "Amon only has one brother, so of course I'm his best brother."

Medici: ...

Medici's lips twitched slightly. "Whatever makes you happy," he said.

"Actually, I'd rather see the three Gou families living in harmony." Rosen finally revealed his true thoughts, a strange light gleaming in his eyes. "That would definitely be very interesting."

"Gou Sanjia?" Medici was taken aback. Not being stupid, he realized what Gou Sanjia meant in a very short time, and his expression immediately became strange.

Although He didn't yet know who the three mysterious factions in this world were connected to, He could guess that such similar paths wouldn't lead to a good relationship. Even if, for various reasons, cooperation would be in a state of mutual dislike.

If Rosen's golden arrow really worked, making them a loving family... Medici imagined the scene and just thought it was too strange.

Rosen didn't rush into action. He put away his bow and arrows, his gaze falling on the spare materials on the table. Rosen then looked at Medici and said with a smile, "Little Red, how about we do another experiment together?"

Now that it has been confirmed that Peter Pan's potion really works, the next step for Rosen is to test the second thing—would the potion have the same result if it were mixed by someone other than him?