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Lin Ruo naturally didn't know about everything happening in the real world. If he did, he would probably say to Cattleya, "Well done."
Of course, the Lord of Mushrooms must be watched closely, otherwise, if a Mushroom Apocalypse were to occur one day, even Outer Deities wouldn't be able to withstand it!
Unfortunately, Lin Ruo didn't know. At this very moment, he was in the historical illusion, sighing at Roselle's solidified figure.
"Although repeating a trick isn't ideal, this is, after all, the last historical illusion that allows you to walk the Witch pathway again. Miss this village, and there won't be this shop. You'll understand me, right?"
When Lin Ruo said this, his expression was sincere and showed no guilt, as if he hadn't done anything like intercepting the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, using his special status in the Church to trick Roselle into drinking the Assassin potion again.
In fact, Lin Ruo genuinely felt that it wasn't his fault. Who made this historical illusion only last for three months again, and it just happened to be the time when Roselle chose his pathway and officially became a Beyonder?
Such a short-term historical illusion couldn't be used for anything else, and after this, Roselle in the historical illusions of the fifth epoch would have already chosen a pathway, making it impossible to trick him into becoming a Witch again. In such a situation, Lin Ruo felt that if he didn't repeat the trick, he would be letting himself down!
"It's a pity, I still didn't see Witch Roselle this time. Roselle's potion digestion is too slow; he's still only an Instigator…" Lin Ruo sighed with a slight regret. Although he would likely see Witch Roselle again in a historical bubble later, it wouldn't be as interesting as personally witnessing it in a historical illusion.
"Never mind, it's not a big deal… Next time, I'll do something proper. After all, I'm not Barbatos." Lin Ruo shook his head, put away the Roselle-related item he had acquired again, then scanned the gray surroundings, and closed his eyes.
After a familiar daze, Lin Ruo opened his eyes and was already in the safe house he had been in before leaving. He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it; it was now eleven in the morning, and three days had passed since he left.
"Good, good, I didn't miss this Tarot Club meeting." Lin Ruo patted his chest for show, but he wasn't in a hurry to find Klein. Instead, he first used ritual magic to create a portrait of Witch Roselle, and then decided to wander around Bayam.
More precisely, Lin Ruo intended to visit Apothecary Darkwill. There was no special reason, mainly curiosity about what he had done with the probability dice in the past.
Although the specific memories had not yet recovered, Lin Ruo had a vague feeling that the dice seemed to be very afraid of him.
"Speaking of which, due to my interference, Klein didn't disguise himself as Elaine to assassinate the Vice Vice Admiral Ailment as in the original novel, nor did he encounter the Apothecary Darkwill because he was sick and bought medicine… But before I went into the historical illusion, Roy King was not captured due to a traitor's betrayal, so the dice shouldn't be with the Apothecary Darkwill either."
Lin Ruo pondered, stroking his chin. Although he often joked that there was a plot-maintaining tool-person in this world, making many plot developments seem similar to the original, there were actually many differences.
For example, in the original novel, at this time, Apothecary Darkwill's teacher, Roy King, should have been captured due to a traitor's betrayal, but in reality, when Lin Ruo and Klein were cleaning up the Sea God Sect, Lin Ruo had already taken the time to confirm that Roy King had not been captured, and Apothecary Darkwill had not put up a reward for his teacher's whereabouts.
This was not strange. After all, Lin Ruo had dealt with Will quite a bit, and even made Will abandon the restart he would have performed, so it was normal for some butterfly effects to occur.
By the way, Elaine did escape from the Vice Vice Admiral Ailment's ship as in the original novel, and Lin Ruo even helped her, allowing her to successfully return to her hometown.
The only thing Lin Ruo regretted was that Klein's first "cross-dressing show" was also butterflied, but considering that even if he didn't cross-dress now, Klein would eventually have to "cross-dress" when the "Utopia" was established later, Lin Ruo no longer regretted it.
"Hmm, I'll visit Apothecary Darkwill first to see if anything has changed during this time. Then I'll ask him if he has his teacher's contact information. If not, I'll just contact the little snake. I hope It doesn't recall some unpleasant memories because of this…" Lin Ruo made up his mind, tidied himself up efficiently, and went straight out the door.
On the other side, after the interlude of hunting "Steel" Maveti and Cattleya joining the club, Klein, who had finally successfully left City of Generosity, looked in a certain direction as if he sensed something.
"He's back so soon?"
Klein was stunned for a moment, then his expression couldn't help but turn strange.
For no other reason than that his next stop was an obscure colonial island, and Admiral of Stars Cattleya had already agreed to meet him and Danitz there to board the Future, and then they would officially discuss the plan to hunt Admiral of Blood.
This in itself was, of course, no problem, but if Lin Ruo returned, it meant that he would also board the Future, and then he would meet Frank…
Although Klein knew very well that Lin Ruo was also very afraid of those strangely shaped mushrooms, one thing was certain: Lin Ruo could really align with Frank's thinking and propose some very terrifying suggestions.
"I clearly wanted to avoid them meeting…" Klein thought with a hint of helplessness, when he heard an "Ouch" from beside him, and Danitz's grumbling voice:
"Damn it! Can you even walk, you bastard? You got my clothes dirty!"
Klein subconsciously looked over and saw that someone had fallen nearby. Not only that, the person seemed to have been holding a tray, and the fall directly spilled everything onto Danitz, who was burying his head in his food.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." The person quickly got up from the ground. After seeing Danitz's face, which was disguised but looked as if it wasn't, he clearly knew he had caused trouble and quickly apologized.
Danitz's brows were already tightly furrowed. He cleaned the stains on his clothes and looked angrily at the person, just about to scold him, when Gehrman suddenly gave him a faint glance. Immediately, all his anger vanished, and he cowered like a quail.
Klein then looked at the person apologizing, a person who was incredibly familiar to him.
—Apothecary Darkwill!
The sharp-tongued but kind-hearted guy from the Beyonder gathering held by the Eye of Wisdom Old Man in Backlund.
Why was he here?
Klein was a little surprised and curious, but he didn't have too much desire to investigate. After all, he wasn't particularly familiar with the other party, but given their slight acquaintance, Klein didn't mind helping him out.
So Klein just gave Danitz a look. The latter's expression first stiffened, then he coughed lightly and said:
"Since you didn't mean it, I'll let it go this time."
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