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"Father… Father is used to practicing darts with your portrait."
Hearing Bernadette say this, Lin Ruo hadn't reacted yet when Medici, beside him, unceremoniously burst into laughter.
"Pfft—"
Lin Ruo immediately looked at him with an unfriendly gaze, but the latter met his gaze without fear, slowly swirling the cup in his hand, and said, "Lin Ruo, it seems you've made some quite interesting friends!"
"Not as interesting as you," Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow, revealing a fake expression, and said in a seemingly serious manner, "Don't worry, Little Red, no matter how many friends I have, you'll definitely be the most interesting one!"
"Tsk!" Medici glanced at him, his gaze falling on his false expression, and without hiding his disdain, he spat out a word: "Disgusting."
Lin Ruo, hearing this, smiled gently and politely said, "My pleasure."
Bernadette Gustav, who witnessed their entire interaction, first looked at Lin Ruo, then at Medici, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Godfather, your relationship is truly good."
She seemed to understand why Lin Ruo would say that Mr. Red was his best friend.
Hearing this, Lin Ruo was slightly stunned, glanced at Medici, and said without any embarrassment, "No choice, if our relationship wasn't good, one of us would have been gone long ago!"
"Tsk," Medici tsked, not refuting.
Lin Ruo decided not to continue with the banter with Medici. He turned back to Bernadette Gustav, recalling what she had just said.
To be honest, Lin Ruo was not surprised at all that his portrait was used as a dartboard by Roselle.
After all, as soon as Bernadette Gustav said that she had mistaken him for Roselle's enemy, Lin Ruo had already vaguely guessed this outcome.
But—guessing is guessing, this did not prevent Lin Ruo from silently making a mental note against Roselle, then his smile brightened a few shades, and he said, "…Little Bernadette, speaking of which, you should have your father's Card of Blasphemy, right?"
"The Hermit card and the Wheel of Fortune card are both with me," Bernadette Gustav was slightly stunned. She answered honestly, her gaze falling on Lin Ruo's bright smile, and she pursed her lips.
Bernadette Gustav, who was quite familiar with some of Lin Ruo's habits, naturally knew that when Lin Ruo showed such a bright but somewhat cold smile, someone was usually about to have bad luck.
And in the past, she had seen more than once how Lin Ruo, smiling like that, would persecute Roselle.
Although her father seemed quite used to it, but…
Bernadette Gustav already had a premonition that her father might be in for another round of bad luck.
"That's good," Lin Ruo nodded, and said casually, "I'm also collecting your father's Card of Blasphemy. Later, we can have a good exchange regarding this."
This "later" naturally referred to after he collected the "Demoness Card."
At the same time, Lin Ruo was actually using these words to hint at Bernadette.
Making the Emperor socially die, of course, must start now!
Bernadette Gustav nodded hesitantly, as curious as Lin Ruo had expected.
She naturally knew that Lin Ruo's words definitely contained an element of wanting to persecute her father, but what could be persecutable about a Card of Blasphemy…
Bernadette Gustav fell into deep thought. She suddenly remembered the commonality of the two blasphemy cards in her hand:
The image drawn for each Sequence on the card face was Roselle himself.
And the 22 pathways included… Bernadette Gustav's expression suddenly changed.
She had always overlooked this aspect, and her breathing became slightly hurried at this moment, her hand gripping the cup tightening slightly.
No, impossible, Father couldn't possibly…
The one drawn on that card must be someone else, for example, for example…
"Crack—"
Along with the sound of the cup shattering, Bernadette Gustav suddenly became expressionless.
—At the same time, a certain Emperor in the mausoleum suddenly shivered.
Across from Bernadette, Lin Ruo silently pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "Wipe it, it's dirty."
"Thank you," Bernadette Gustav thanked him politely, taking Lin Ruo's handkerchief and wiping her hands clean.
Lin Ruo also called a waiter at this time to clean up the mess on the table.
Once the table was clean and new coffee was served, Bernadette Gustav's expression returned to normal. She looked back at Lin Ruo and said, "Sorry, Godfather, I lost my composure."
"It's alright, I understand," Lin Ruo smiled gently and said, "Let's continue talking about my matters."
"Okay," Bernadette Gustav nodded. She didn't want to think about a certain possibility anymore, as it would truly shatter the magnificent image of her father in her mind.
"After I turned five, Godfather, you started visiting Father frequently, but most of the time it was just you and Father talking in the study, and I didn't interact with you much. This was probably also because I was still quite young then…"
"It wasn't until later, when I started to learn about mysticism, that you and I spent more time together. You were my introducer to mysticism, my teacher…"
…
In Bernadette Gustav's brief account, Lin Ruo's past story with her was actually quite simple.
In summary, when Bernadette reached the age of learning, Lin Ruo, as Roselle's bad friend and Bernadette's godfather, began to teach Bernadette various mystical knowledge at Roselle's request, acting as half her teacher, guiding Bernadette's learning and growth all the way, making her an excellent Beyonder, and finally, due to Roselle's affairs and Xiao Zaratul's instigation, their relationship soured.
Just as she viewed Roselle with a thick filter of family affection, Bernadette Gustav clearly viewed Lin Ruo, her godfather, with an equally thick filter. Many of the adjectives used made Lin Ruo himself twitch at the corners of his mouth.
However, aside from the filter, the story itself did not exceed Lin Ruo's expectations, nor did it stir any ripples in Lin Ruo's memory.
This made Lin Ruo somewhat disappointed, but not too surprised. After all, he had read many of Roselle's diary entries before, which also recorded his years of battling wits with Roselle, and those still hadn't stimulated his memory recovery.
Perhaps only things or people that are particularly stimulating to him can help him recover some memories…
Lin Ruo exhaled, looking at Bernadette Gustav in front of him, and said, "Little Bernadette, thank you for telling me all this. With the information you've provided, I believe I can recover my memories even sooner."
"At that time, regarding the question of whether to forgive you or not, I will tell you the answer."
"And I hope that by then, we can both achieve our respective wishes."
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