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"Ah-choo—"
After walking out of Jurgen's law office, Klein suddenly sneezed without warning. He rubbed his nose, not paying much attention, and looked at Lin Ruo, who was standing at the door saying a one-sided farewell to Brodie. He coughed and said, "Cough!"
"Sigh, looks like I can't pet you anymore. Bye-bye, see you next time." Lin Ruo patted Brodie one last time, stood up, and heard Jurgen the lawyer say earnestly:
"If Mr. William likes Brodie, he can come and see him often."
His tone was serious, and his expression was serious, which made Lin Ruo laugh and say, "I will, I just hope that Lawyer Jurgen won't think I'm trying to steal the cat."
He said it politely and jokingly, but after Jurgen heard it, he solemnly guaranteed:
"I won't think that way."
The other party had cured his grandmother, and he was grateful. How could he have any objections because the other party petted the cat?
This serious look made Lin Ruo laugh again. The latter waved his hand and said, "Goodbye, Lawyer Jurgen." He followed Klein, put his arm around the other's shoulder before he could speak, and whispered in a buddy-buddy manner: "Klein, did you finish the homework I assigned you last time?"
Anyway, with nothing to do, Teacher Lin naturally remembered to check the homework.
His requirements for Klein's studies are very strict. After all, if ordinary people don't study well, they will at most have no food to eat, but if they don't study well in the field of mysticism, they will lose their lives.
Lin Ruo himself is quite passionate about learning and likes knowledge, so naturally he doesn't want his student, the future Lord of the Mysteries, to be a slacker.
And the homework he left for Klein last time was a complex ritual magic.
Fortunately, this time Klein finally lived up to expectations and nodded without hesitation: "I finished it yesterday."
"That's good." Lin Ruo didn't think Klein would lie to him. He nodded, didn't mention checking, and said directly: "Then let's start learning new knowledge today. You're leveling up too fast, and you need to keep up with the knowledge."
Klein: … …
It's not that he doesn't want to learn, it's just… …
Klein said with some embarrassment: "But I still have to complete Ms. Marie's commission today."
Ms. Marie had already recommended him to join the Quelaag Club, and he couldn't possibly delay her commission.
Lin Ruo suddenly thought of the plot in the original book when he heard this, blinked his eyes, and proposed without blushing or skipping a beat, even with a bit of anticipation: "That's simple, we can complete the commission first, and then study. I happen to be free today, and I can help you."
Catching adultery, how interesting.
He had never done such a thing before!
Klein: … …
Ah, this!
The corners of Klein's mouth twitched. He was going to catch adultery, so he naturally knew what he would probably encounter. Logically speaking, he shouldn't bring Lin Ruo along for this kind of commission, after all, the other party was his teacher.
How could he bring his teacher to catch adultery? How embarrassing would that be?
But seeing that Lin Ruo seemed interested in this, Klein finally nodded.
Alright, whatever makes you happy!
So, that afternoon, Klein hid expressionlessly in the closet and took pictures of Ms. Marie's husband cheating with his lover.
And Lin Ruo was responsible for covering the flash for him.
It could be seen that he was quite happy doing this.
… …
October 1st, afternoon.
Looking at the newly received letter from his sister Melissa, Klein was a little confused.
"Benson and Melissa are coming to Backlund?"
"Oh ho!" Lin Ruo, who was preparing for the upcoming Tarot Gathering on the sofa next to him and was gnawing on an apple, glanced at him when he heard this.
The original book naturally didn't have this scene. After all, Klein had died once at that time, and his identity was gone, so there would naturally be no plot of coming to Backlund to visit Klein. In the original book, they came to Backlund next year.
Thinking of the smog in the original book, Lin Ruo paused and asked, "Are they planning to settle here in advance, or are they just coming to see you?"
"Benson and Melissa are planning to come and see me, and take a look at the universities in Backlund or something." Klein said, feeling a slight headache.
Of course, he didn't mind his brother and sister coming to see him, but it was really inconvenient for him to be Sherlock Moriarty right now.
"Hmm… …" Lin Ruo pinched his chin, glanced at Klein next to him, and then said: "Why don't you try to confess a part to them?"
"Confess?" Klein was taken aback.
"Yes, of course, I'm not asking you to confess everything, but I think maybe you can confess to them about Beyonders and Nighthawks." Lin Ruo looked at Klein and said seriously:
"Actually, if you don't mind, maybe I can help Melissa become a Beyonder, like a Savant or something, it should be very suitable for her. Benson can actually do it too. He's not too old, and the risk of taking a low-sequence potion is not high."
"But what about the confidentiality clause? And, and wouldn't it be too dangerous to become a Beyonder?" Klein asked with a frown. He knew very well that the world of Beyonders was not safe, so he instinctively resisted letting his brother and sister step into that world.
"Don't worry about the confidentiality clause. With me here, it's considered my special permission. As a favored of the Goddess, I still have this much face. Moreover, I'll give them both an informant status by then, so even if they accidentally fall into the hands of official Beyonders in the future, it'll be fine." Lin Ruo said, taking another bite of the apple, paused, and said:
"As for the safety issue… Klein, if it were the early Fifth Epoch, or if there were still one or two hundred years before the end of the world, I wouldn't suggest you let Benson and Melissa become Beyonders, but now there are only a dozen years left until the end of the world, do you know what that means?"
Lin Ruo looked at Klein, his expression a little helpless, "It means that the world will not be peaceful in the future, and even… maybe before long, war will come, and the world will be chaotic. In this situation, having power is always safer than being an ordinary person, after all, you can't always stay by their side. If you're worried, just let them stay at low sequences. They can have a power to protect themselves without being too dangerous."
Low-sequence wild Beyonders are still relatively safe, especially when they can systematically learn Beyonder knowledge and acting methods. Staying at low sequences is also a good choice.
"What war?" Klein looked at Lin Ruo in shock.
"Crunch—" Lin Ruo took a bite of the apple, without realizing that he was spoiling the plot, "Have you been paying attention to the recent international situation?"
He didn't plan to tell Klein for the time being that war was, in a sense, an inevitable result pushed by the gods, but planned to use another reason to persuade the other party.
"If you've been paying attention, you'll understand that war is always coming. This is a hidden danger that was buried a hundred years ago… Of course, you may not understand this, but you just need to know that the days ahead may soon be uneasy."
This was also a fact. The war in the original book was both the choice of the gods and, in fact, an inevitability of a certain era.
It was just because of the existence of Beyonders that the influence of the gods on this war was too great, which made some reasons become unimportant, and also made mortals become unimportant in this war, and finally made the whole war become like a joke.
Thinking like this, Lin Ruo looked at Klein and asked: "In this situation, perhaps letting them become Beyonders is a better choice."
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