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"Then why are you here?"
"Did you know in advance that I would come?"
This was also a question that Lin Ruo was quite curious about.
Even if Little Bertie could open doors all over the world and run around with the study, how could he appear here so coincidentally?
If he was here specifically to find him, why not come earlier? Why did it have to be now?
Did this involve some other arrangement of his?
"Um..." Little Bertie was uncharacteristically silent. He even seemed a little embarrassed, and after a long while, he said:
"Father, I didn't know in advance that you would come here... It's just that this place used to belong to a member of the Abraham family. That member recently courted death by setting up a ritual to communicate with Mr. Door, which led to him being corrupted, losing control, and turning into a monster, almost causing a big problem. When I was cleaning up the aftermath, I was worried that there would be remnants, so I left a marker here just in case."
"...Just now, I sensed your aura. I really missed you, so I came to see you."
As he said this, he looked at Lin Ruo with a pitiful look, like a child looking at a father he hadn't seen in a long time.
Ah, this!
Lin Ruo, who hadn't expected to receive such an answer, was somewhat stunned by Little Bertie's gaze "attack". As someone who was used to being a single father, he immediately and skillfully raised his hand and ruffled Little Bertie's hair, saying, "Good boy, Daddy misses you too."
Lin Ruo didn't feel embarrassed at all when he called himself Daddy.
Little Bertie seemed to be stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes. He still had a poker face, but he seemed to be enjoying Lin Ruo's head pat.
This made Lin Ruo raise an eyebrow and casually ask, "If you missed me so much, why didn't you come to see me until now?"
"This is your order, Father. You said that before the things you want to do are completed, we should try not to disturb you," Little Bertie replied.
Don't disturb, huh...
Lin Ruo then withdrew his hand and analyzed Little Bertie's words.
Although it was only a few words, Little Bertie's words had introduced the situation of the original owner of the house, giving Lin Ruo an understanding of the appearance of the omnipotent key.
He then asked, "You said that the original owner of this house was corrupted. Does the mystical item he left behind also have hidden dangers?"
"The hidden danger is probably that it makes the carrier prone to getting lost and has a chance of encountering danger while lost," Little Bertie obviously knew what mystical item Lin Ruo was referring to, and said, "I've already resolved the corruption on that mystical item, so there are basically no problems. However, if you want to crush it to make a potion, I suggest it's best not to, as there may be hidden dangers."
Lin Ruo nodded and then thought of something, asking, "Besides you and Lin Bao, do I have any other creations?"
"There are some, but they are basically inanimate objects and don't have the living characteristics that I and Lin Bao possess. But I can't tell you where they are, Father," Little Bertie replied.
"This is your previous order, Father."
Alright!
Lin Ruo didn't have anything to say about this. He actually understood that if he wanted to obtain information from these guys he had instructed, he could only obtain it little by little. More than that was impossible.
Of course, considering the stimulation that this information itself would bring him, Lin Ruo couldn't help but understand these arrangements.
But it turned out that the former him was so good at inventing and creating?
Lin Ruo, who had only created some low-level mystical items so far due to time constraints, felt a sense of wonder.
Lin Ruo seemed to understand why he seemed to have a good relationship with the God of Steam and Machinery.
Of course, the premise was that Little Bertie was telling the truth and not fooling him.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Little Bertie suddenly looked towards the door. At the same time, Lin Ruo heard a clear sound that seemed to be the collision of gemstones.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
Someone was knocking on the door outside.
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow and had a bold guess about the person outside. Then he heard Little Bertie say:
"Sorry, Father, it seems you have to leave here."
"Bertie?" Lin Ruo asked.
Little Bertie nodded. "It's indeed Him... Father, you should also be clear that you are not in a suitable state to meet Mr. Door right now."
Of course not. After all, Mr. Door is in a corrupted state. If I even glanced at him, considering that the main body is suspected to be an Outer God, let alone disappearing, there's a high probability that it would lead to bad results... Lin Ruo complained in his heart, still looking at the door of the study, but asked Little Bertie:
"How should I leave?"
"Just go out through the door. You will directly miss each other," Little Bertie replied.
"Alright." Lin Ruo nodded. He didn't trust Little Bertie that much, but based on the current situation, if the other party really wanted to harm him, it probably wouldn't need to be so complicated.
Probably because he was indeed his creation, Lin Ruo could roughly feel how dangerous this seemingly harmless Little Bertie was.
So Lin Ruo walked towards the door of the study. He put his hand on the doorknob, but didn't rush to open the door. Instead, he turned his head and said to Little Bertie, "I almost forgot to say, I'm very happy to see you today."
"And, goodbye! I'll remember to bring you a gift next time we meet."
Little Bertie seemed to be stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth seemed to rise slightly.
"I'm also very happy to see you, Father."
"Goodbye."
"Click—"
The door opened, and what he saw was not another person, but the corridor on the 2nd floor of 32 Verdi Street, Nanqiao District.
Lin Ruo stepped out.
The next second, someone walked into the study. It was a man who looked very similar to Little Bertie in appearance, but was obviously older and had a completely different temperament from Little Bertie.
If Little Bertie was a fake gentleman with a truly dark belly, then Mr. Door was probably a true gentleman, even giving people a slightly rigid feeling.
But at this moment, Mr. Door's expression was a little tired and a little painful.
"Click—"
The door closed again.
"I'm sorry to trouble you again," Mr. Door said in a deep voice.
"It's no trouble at all. This is my mission anyway," Little Bertie said expressionlessly.
...
In the same mausoleum of unknown location, Roselle, who had just finished rushing the manuscript, was chatting with Lin Bao.
Of course, a more accurate description would be arguing with each other.
Roselle, who was so angry that he vomited blood, said unhappily, "If I had known that I would be arguing with you now, I shouldn't have instigated Lin Ruo to give you living characteristics in the first place."
"If Lin Bao didn't have living characteristics, you would have died of loneliness."
"P, I'm not a rabbit," Roselle retorted unhappily, then remembered something, "But among the mystical items Lin Ruo created, you're the only one with living characteristics, right? That bastard never liked creating mystical items with living characteristics. I don't know what's wrong with him."
"No, Lin Bao is not the only creation of the master with living characteristics."
"How come I don't know about this..." Roselle was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, "Is that also a manuscript-urging robot?"
"No, Little Bertie is the master's librarian."
"Okay, I knew Lin Ruo was hopeless." Roselle rolled his eyes, then raised a provocative smile, saying, "Then Lin Bao, between you and Little Bertie, who is Lin Ruo's most perfect creation?"
"Of course it's me. Lin Bao is the master's most perfect creation. Little Bertie has flaws and is not perfect." As Lin Bao spoke, his tone lowered.
"But the master likes him very much..."
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