The boy's reaction did not exceed Xia De's expectations. If someone can calmly accept that he will drink the "price of growth", then Xia De will be surprised.

"What kind of growth do you want?"

Xia De asked, the boy who used a toy knife to protect himself was not troubled by this question, he looked up at Xia De:

"It is carefree, it is freedom, it is not bound by adults, it is to do whatever you want, it is..."

Xia De didn't continue listening, but turned around and shook his head at the saint. This is not growth. He doesn't understand what he wants.

God kept that smile:

"When you told this gentleman about your wishes, what you longed for was indeed to become an adult."

The voice was still so gentle, but Xia De subconsciously felt that his tone seemed a little different:

"Lying and denying what you said in the past is not what a good boy does."

God said softly, picked up the teacup and shook it slightly, Xia De was so scared that he almost avoided it.

"Son, I want to tell you a truth. When you make a request and a well-meaning person satisfies you, even if you are not satisfied, you should not be harsh."

Inexplicably, Xia De thought of the story of the witch princess who longed for eternal life that God talked about when he first met God. So he understood that the boy probably had no other choice.

A young man in a ridiculous clown hat came out of the counter with a teacup and bent down to hand it to the boy. He didn't say anything, just looked at him with a smile. The boy bit his lip very unconvinced, he turned to look at the other two children, then raised his head and said:

"It's nothing to be afraid of."

He took the teacup, raised his head and drank the liquid inside. But after taking a sip, the teacup fell to the ground, and the boy retched violently while holding the floor.

He vomited more and more until he collapsed on the floor of the toy store. Painful groans came from his mouth, and his body twitched uncontrollably, but his height and shape were changing drastically.

Thirty seconds later, in the stains on the floor, the young man in adult clothes opened his eyes. He got up in a daze, and looked at everything in the toy store:

"I grew up?"

He touched his face in disbelief, and Xia De was surprised by the strange effect of the potion. Seeing that God no longer spoke after returning to the counter, he took the initiative to say:

"So how do you feel now?"

"It feels like seeing higher, more powerful..."

He touched his body, then looked at Xia De gratefully:

"Sir, I've really grown up!"

A child is a child. Not long ago, he was still hostile to Xia De, but now he looks at him completely differently:

"I've really grown up!"

He waved his hands happily:

"Great, I can finally not be reprimanded by my father!"

"No, as long as it's still your father, he can always reprimand you."

Xia De reminded that he had a little understanding of what he needed to do to fulfill this second wish.

"is that so?"

The grown-up boy looked at him suspiciously, but soon became happy again:

"I'm finally free to hang out with my friends at night."

"No, you probably can't. You're grown up, but your friends are young."

The grown boy was stunned again, and then said cautiously:

"I finally don't have to learn from tutors anymore..."

"No, you have to learn. Growing up means you have to move out and earn money yourself. If you don't study, where are you going to work? Mining or working as a coolie?"

The boy looked at Shad with his mouth open.

Xia De also looked at him, stating a basic fact:

"You don't think that when you grow up, you will live under the protection of others as before, do you? Then, why do you want to grow up?"

"I......"

The grown-up boy pointed at himself, then suddenly picked up the toy wooden knife and held it in his arms:

"I don't want to grow up."

"Look, here's the kid."

The young man leaned on the edge of the counter and said to Shad, the effect of the potion is disappearing, and the boy is changing back to his original form (Note). As for the clothes on his body, it is the same as before, under the power of the saint, of course it changes with the body together.

"Am I fulfilling his wish?"

"certainly."

The saint nodded.

"But he didn't grow, he changed back."

Shad points to this fact.

"But he did grow, you see."

The young man in the clown hat pointed at the boy. The latter looked at his hand and smiled happily after seeing that it had changed back to its original shape.

"At least he understands what the price of growth is. This is also a very good growth. After all, it is really difficult for children to understand this."

"You always reason with children in a similar way?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"No, different children are different. In fact, I tend to be gentler."

The saint smiled and shook his head, Xia De did not comment on this.

After completing the wish about growth, proceed to the final wish about "strength".

Xia De looked at the girl who came out from between the shelves again, the latter stopped immediately and looked at Xia De very vigilantly:

"I don't want to drink strange potions."

"Don't worry, I don't have any potions that allow ordinary people to have power."

Only then did the girl come to the counter with confidence, but she still dared not approach him.

Xia De already had an idea before this, but before the real start, he still asked:

"Ahem, it's like this. Before realizing your wish, can I tell you how you understand the word 'power'?"

"I can protect myself, I can protect what I want to protect."

said the girl, and the other two children nodded.

"Okay, next question, do you think wisdom is power besides the power to split rocks and move mountains?"

Xia De pointed to his head again.

"Of course!"

The boy longing for stories and the boy longing for growth spoke together, but the girl hesitated, she understood how Shad wanted to give her strength.

"To be honest, wisdom is of course considered power, but sir, what I desire is my own... is able to achieve... is..."

She hesitated to express her thoughts, but couldn't find the right words to express her for a while.

Xia De understood what she meant. The girl agreed with the power of wisdom, but what she wanted was more realistic power.

"Why don't you listen to me, and then think about what kind of power you want."

Xia De suggested, and the girl nodded:

"No problem, sir."

The saint behind the counter watched this scene with a smile, and he didn't mean to interrupt.

"Have you ever seen boiling water?"

"Yes, sir."

"Have you ever seen steam popping the lid off a pot?"

"Of course, sir."

"So, have you thought about the possibility of using this power in other ways?"

The girl tilted her head and looked at him, while the other two boys were a little dazed.

"Now only she can understand what you say, this is her wish."

God reminded, Xia De nodded, and gave an example again:

"The heat generated by a small kettle can push open the lid; then what can the heat generated by a huge kettle push back?"

"this......"

Judging from her exquisite little skirt and shiny black leather shoes, the girl should be from a very high family background, and her education level should not be low. But this problem is still too difficult for children.

Xia De wanted to put it another way, or ask the saint to make some small parts for him to demonstrate, but unexpectedly, the girl's eyes lit up, and she said something that surprised Xia De:

"You want to tell me, using the method of converting heat into power, to make machines that ordinary people can use?"

Her eyes are bright, not an exaggerated metaphor. Those nimble eyes were really shining slightly.

Xia De moved to the side vigilantly:

"what's the situation?"

[This is not the power of the Ring Warlock system, or even a relic. I have felt a similar power in that Miss Galina. 】

"That's pretty much what it means."

Xia De agreed with the girl's point of view, and looked at the saint from the corner of his eye. The latter listened to the conversation between the two and didn't seem to be saying anything.

"But it's just a tool, sir. I can make similar tools, but others can also make and use similar tools. Such power is not for me forever."

The girl looked at Xia De, looking eager for an answer.

"It's just technology, you also need institutions."

"system?"

"Except for gods, humans and other creatures walking in the material world inevitably need the help of the same kind. Once you have technology, you must use the system to manage people, use the system to distribute your gains, and share your losses equally. Although you are only one person, the system can make you a hundred or a thousand people. Technology and systems can make you stronger."

The light in the girl's eyes became brighter. Seeing this scene, the little boy holding the toy knife somehow thought of something. With a terrified expression, he pulled the youngest boy to hide between the shelves.

"But sir, even if I construct a perfect system, the system will eventually decay, because people will change."

the girl asked.

"You need culture."

"culture?"

The condition of her eyes is close to the condition of Mia cat in a dark environment without light. The girl herself is also starting to shine at this time, some wind is surrounding her~lightnovelpub.net~ If it is not because this is the shop of the saint, any extraordinary power will be suppressed, Xia De believes that this vision will become more obvious.

The unusual way of thinking seemed to give her some inspiration, but the girl herself didn't notice her condition.

"You need people to identify with you, believe in you, and adapt to the system you have constructed, the technology you have created, so you need to assimilate them with culture. Festivals, words, accents, shared stories, similar behaviors."

"Technology, system, culture..."

The girl pondered, then suddenly raised her head to look at Xia De:

"Sir, is this what you call power?"

"Yes, are you satisfied with this power?"

Xia De actually said very superficially, or did not say any actual content. These words are actually a kind of thinking. He was prepared for the girl not to accept it, and planned to talk about basic physics, but the girl nodded:

"I am very satisfied. Wisdom is indeed the greatest wealth of human beings. It seems that even men are not completely useless."