Chapter 87 Klein Chooses to Accept Special Training
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters
"So, the lady who was pregnant with the Evil God's offspring was named Megose, and she was driven by Ince Zangwill using 008 to come here..." After listening to Lin Ruo's description, Klein felt a little scared. "And the reason he did this was to make the Evil God's offspring and us suffer losses on both sides, and take away the Saint Selena's ashes kept here."
"Yes, and he also wanted to kill you, because you have repeatedly escaped his arrangements. In his script, Klein Moretti should have died in the previous black divination." Lin Ruo nodded, smiling and said:
"Speaking of which, Ince Zangwill's plan actually had a high success rate. After all, 008 is a Sequence One characteristic of the 'Spectator' pathway, so arranging you would be easy. But who told him to have bad luck and meet me, so he can only play out a 'bad ending'."
"His luck is indeed not very good." Klein said with some emotion, then remembered something and asked, "When did you notice the clues, Lin Ruo? 008's arrangement shouldn't be that easy to detect, it's a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact after all."
"If I really have to say it, I noticed some clues the first time I met you." Lin Ruo said without changing his expression. In a sense, this wasn't exactly a lie. "But at that time, I wasn't sure, so I kept investigating until a few days ago when I confirmed that Ince Zangwill was secretly playing tricks."
"However, although I had basically guessed his plan at that time, I didn't lock down his location, so I didn't act rashly, for fear of alerting the enemy, and only made some arrangements." Lin Ruo said with a bright smile, "Judging from today's results, my arrangements were not in vain."
"So that's why you were able to arrive so promptly today, and also notified Lord Chloe Whitte of the Storm Church." Klein understood something, then thought of something and asked curiously, "By the way, now that Ince Zangwill is dead, what about 0-08? 0-08 should be in your hands now, right?"
Lin Ruo's smile paused, and he shook his head, saying, "0-08 is not in my hands, it was taken away by another guy."
Klein was stunned. He suddenly thought of Lin Ruo's words when he saw him before, and his heart tightened. He asked cautiously, "Is it an enemy of the Church?"
"Enemy? Maybe not an enemy." Lin Ruo's eyes darkened for a moment. He pinched the secret badge on his collar, and said, "Who knows, anyway, I'm not sure what kind of relationship the Goddess and 'He' have... In short, the result is that I was taught a lesson by that guy, and experienced what it means to be 'a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind'."
'He'... The one who took 0-08 was an angel?
Klein's pupils shrank, but he also felt it was natural. After all, in his eyes, Lin Ruo was a big shot with low health. Although he had modestly said that he might not be able to beat a demigod, judging from the fact that he could directly confront the Evil God's offspring today, ordinary demigods might not really be able to make Lin Ruo suffer.
Thinking of Lin Ruo's weak body and seemingly mentally affected appearance before, Klein thought for a while and still comforted him: "Lin Ruo, don't be too sad."
"I'm not sad." Lin Ruo shook his head, lowered his eyes, and smiled with self-deprecation and loss.
"I just finally understand my own weakness."
Klein opened his mouth, but for a moment didn't know what to say to comfort him.
In his impression, Lin Ruo, although full of dark humor and occasionally unreliable, was always full of confidence. That kind of confidence was a kind of inner pride that could be seen at a glance.
And Lin Ruo's various performances did deserve this confidence.
Klein never thought that Lin Ruo would one day show such a self-deprecating smile.
Weakness... Klein thought of the Gray Fog above that he suspected was a time bomb, thought of the fear that made his body unable to move when he faced the Evil God's offspring today, and thought that when Lin Ruo encountered the angel, he not only didn't know anything, but even in the battle with the Evil God's offspring, he could almost only watch...
Klein almost subconsciously clenched his fists.
If he could be stronger, then at least he could help a little, so that he wouldn't even be able to take care of his own safety...
All of his emotional changes were naturally seen by Lin Ruo, which made a smile flash in the latter's lowered eyes, and he said:
"Klein, remember what I said? Starting tomorrow, I plan to give you special training to help you grow."
"Although this is my selfish decision, I hope you can accept it... This world is very cruel. Ordinary people or ordinary Beyonders may still enjoy an ordinary and happy life."
"But you are different. Whether it's the Gray Fog you possess, or the fact that you and I are bound together, it is destined that you will encounter many things that ordinary Beyonders will never come into contact with in their lives. I don't want you to become a victim one day just because you are too weak... So are you willing to accept special training?" He finished speaking and stared at Klein, waiting for his answer.
"I accept your special training."
Under his gaze, Klein was silent for a few seconds, then said.
Lin Ruo smiled.
He wasn't actually surprised by this result. After all, he had deliberately revealed that self-deprecating and lost expression just now to stimulate Klein and make him understand the cruelty of this world.
The threat from the Sefirah Castle, the stimulation of facing the Evil God's offspring today, plus the feeling that his friend was in danger but he was powerless... All of this was enough to stimulate Klein and make him want to become stronger.
"Then be prepared, starting tomorrow your life may become very exciting." Lin Ruo said with a smile, and began to think about various plans for Klein's special training in the future.
Just then, he suddenly heard Leonard's terrified and sad voice from the room.
"No! Captain! Klein!"
"No!"
Huh, what's the situation? A question mark suddenly rose above Lin Ruo's head. He exchanged a glance with Klein, and went back to the room together.
Then Lin Ruo saw that Leonard, who had been sleeping on the sofa before, had indeed woken up. At this moment, he was sitting on the sofa, panting heavily, with fine beads of cold sweat on his forehead, as if he had had a nightmare.
"What's wrong, Leonard? Are you okay?" Although their alone time had been interrupted, as a reliable captain, Dunn wasn't angry at all, but instead asked with concern.
"I... I'm fine, I just seemed to have a nightmare." Leonard shook his head. His expression still had lingering sadness and fear, but also a lot of confusion.
"Nightmare? What did you dream about that scared you so much, and you were calling me and the captain in your dream." Seeing that Leonard had only had a nightmare, Klein breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Leonard's expression became even more confused. He seemed to be trying hard to remember, but after a long while, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't remember... I only remember it seemed to be a very sad nightmare." After saying that, he unconsciously sighed: "Luckily it was just a nightmare."
"You may have been frightened by today's events... Go back and relax properly, tomorrow is your day off." Dunn comforted.
"Okay, Captain." Leonard nodded.
Only they didn't notice that Lin Ruo's expression was slightly subtle at this time.
Poet classmate... Could it be that he dreamed about the Tingen incident from the original plot?
But it doesn't seem like he really remembers... Lin Ruo looked at Leonard again, confirming that the other party wasn't acting, and he probably didn't have the ability to act, so he couldn't help but start thinking about the possibility of this matter.
But there's no reason for that... Well, maybe he's thinking too much, Leonard really just had a simple nightmare.
Lin Ruo glanced at Leonard again, and decided to reserve this possibility.
I'll observe him again later...
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters