Quadruple split.

Chapter 2800 Interlude: Scum?

A moment later
"so……"

Mo Tan scratched his head, his expression somewhat strange, and asked, "Is there something else you guys want to discuss?"

The female knight, standing as straight as a javelin, said without looking to the side, neither humble nor arrogant, "It's nothing, but I am your guardian knight, so I should stay here."

"Uh, okay."

Mo Tan sighed helplessly, then turned his gaze to the others: "What about you?"

"I have something I'd like to discuss with you a little."

Romeo and the Pig shrugged and said sarcastically, "Of course, if you enjoy being surrounded by girls, I can talk to you at another time."

"..."

After a few seconds of silence, Mo Tan, whose forehead veins were bulging, gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone out, Romeo stay."

Yi Zou: "?"

Jenny: "?"

Luna: "?"

Luo Ou: "?"

"Just kidding..."

Mo Tan sighed again, rubbing his temples, and then turned to look at his chief alchemist and chief astrologer: "So what do you want now?"

Let's talk to them one by one.

Jenny glanced at Luna and casually asked, "I'm in a hurry to get back and rest, so how about I go first, Lynch?"

"Oh."

Luna nodded slightly, then stood up, clutching her enormous alchemy notebook, and slowly walked towards the door, saying in her usual ethereal voice, "I'll wait outside."

Romeo made a face at Mo Tan and said with a smile, "Then I'll go out first, so I can keep Ms. Luna company."

After saying that, he followed Luna and left together.

Then--

"So, Jellette, you don't intend to avoid this, do you?"

Jenny took a puff of her cigarette and said to the female knight who was still standing behind Mo Tan, "You should learn to give your senior some private space sometimes."

"I am the guardian knight of my predecessor."

Yi Zou slightly raised her chin, then changed the subject, saying in a somewhat conflicted tone, "Unless you, senior, let me leave..."

Jenny rolled her eyes: "You know he can't bear to part with it."

Yi Zou glared at him fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense. 'Reluctant' and such words shouldn't be used to describe the guardian knight and the one being protected!"

There's a limit to self-deception.

Jenny sneered and blew a smoke ring at Yi Zou: "We all know he's a scumbag priest, don't we?"

"It's true that the senior is a pastor, but he's not a scumbag; he's a very good person!"

"He's a piece of scum."

"He is not!"

"he is."

"no!"

"Yes!"

"Do not……"

"stop--"

Because of her somewhat embarrassing title, Mo Tan, completely unable to refute Jenny's words, interrupted the two with a deathly pale face, turning to the former with a weary expression: "Just say what you have to say. If Yi Zou wants to stay, then she can stay. There's nothing she can't hear."

"Oh?"

Jenny raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on her face, and asked, "Are you sure?"

Mo Tan: "...What do you mean?"

"Means nothing."

Jenny shook her head and said cheerfully, "I just want to say, are you really, really, really sure that Jellette can listen to anything?"

Although he didn't know what the other person wanted to say, considering Jenny's profession, Mo Tan still shrank back in his chair uncomfortably, and a little sweat broke out on his forehead.

Seemingly for the same reason, Izanagi also twitched its tail somewhat unnaturally, but its gaze was surprisingly firm, faintly revealing its determination to keep quiet even if it knew some sinful secret about its senior.

"Okay, since the parties involved have no objections, I'll just give a brief explanation."

Jenny said in a light tone, then lowered her gaze and stared into Mo Tan's eyes, asking, "First of all, I must state that even disregarding your identity as an 'otherworldly being,' it is very difficult for me to see through you, you... Hei Fan."

Mo Tan: "...You were just trying to call him scum, right?"

"Even the deception that made you go through the necessary 'growth' was only because I used some roundabout methods and focused my observation on 'Dunbuya City' to barely predict something useful, but that doesn't mean I can see anything more about you."

Jenny leaned back lazily in her chair and said casually, "So, what I'm about to say has basically nothing to do with 'prophecy,' or at least 'basically nothing to do with your prophecy.' This is a very important premise. But even so, I hope that you can still communicate with me as openly as possible. Even if there's something you can't say, please don't try to evade it. Just tell me directly that you 'can't say' or 'it's inconvenient,' okay?"

Mo Tan pursed her lips and nodded slightly, saying, "Okay, I promise you."

"What a reassuringly scumbag's answer."

Jenny nodded with satisfaction, then asked directly, "What color underwear were you wearing before you came into this world today?"

Yi Zou: "!?!?!"

Mo Tan: "?!?!?!"

"what happened?"

Jenny blinked curiously and tilted her head, asking, "And the answer?"

"inconvenient."

Mo Tan did not hesitate to defend his privacy, because he firmly believed that this matter had absolutely nothing to do with what Jenny really wanted to ask, and was just a simple prank.

“I sense your honesty, which is a good start and a good tone.”

Jenny smiled and said happily, "So, the second question is, have you had any extra 'burdens' lately?"

Mo Tan paused for a moment, then hesitated before saying, "If you're referring to Skolk or the Blood Barbarians, I've actually been quite..."

"No, no, no, you scum priest, what I asked has nothing to do with Skork or Blood Barbarian."

Jenny slowly interrupted Mo Tan, emphasizing, "Right now, my question is only about 'you,' the 'you' sitting in front of me."

"So you just blurted out 'scumbag priest,' didn't you? You didn't even bother pretending anymore!"

Mo Tan first complained, then leaned back in his chair and shook his head helplessly, saying, "I'm sorry, I don't know what you're asking. Believe me, I'm not just giving you a perfunctory answer; I genuinely don't know."

"Hmm, I believe you. Let me think of other ways to ask..."

Jenny frowned, a rare serious expression on her face. After a long silence, she asked again, "If the word 'burden' isn't clear enough, then is there something ominous and inexplicable about you... that has become heavier? And is it related to your behavior just now?"

What I just did?

Mo Tan was taken aback again, and shook his head, saying, "I still don't understand what you're talking about..."

But as he got to this point, his eyes suddenly widened, his gaze suddenly lost focus, and he entered a somewhat dazed state.

Realizing something was wrong, Yi Zou immediately patted his shoulder and asked with concern, "Senior, what's wrong?"

"It's alright, don't bother him."

Jenny, who answered in place of Mo Tan, carefully examined the former and said calmly, "He's fine. He's just looking at things, things that we can't see, but that every person from another world can see."

“…Hmm.” Although she didn’t get along with Jenny quite a bit and didn’t believe her claim that the two of them would become good friends, Jenny was, after all, the chief astrologer personally approved by Mo Tan and even explicitly told everyone to prioritize following her instructions. So, upon hearing this, Yi Zou immediately let go of Mo Tan and stared at the latter with some nervousness.

Mo Tan, who suddenly realized what Jenny might be referring to and immediately opened his character panel to check his [Original Sin Corruption Level], didn't keep the two of them waiting for long. He only stared blankly for less than a second before looking up at Jenny and saying seriously, "No change."

"Nothing has changed..."

Jenny narrowed her eyes and asked seriously, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, 100% sure."

Having confirmed that his [Original Sin Corruption Level], which appeared and decreased to 1% after a certain 'memory gap', surged to 12% during the memory gap in the battle of Mount Sumir, and has remained unchanged at 13% ever since, Mo Tan confidently said to Jenny, "I'm quite sure, after all, I don't have that much 'ominous' stuff on me, probably."

"Um……"

Jenny nodded slightly and asked again, "So, do you know what I want to ask?"

"I think I know."

In an instant, Mo Tan broke down Jenny's question into keywords such as 'Original Sin Corruption Level', 'Fragmentation', 'Reflection', and 'Another Hidden True Faction', and immediately concluded that 'she is worried that I might increase my 'Original Sin Corruption Level' by 'Reflecting' a certain aspect of myself for some purpose in extreme circumstances'. He took a deep breath and gave a not-so-forced smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine, I can handle it."

"It better be this way."

Jenny lit another cigarette, then turned and walked briskly toward the door, saying without looking back, "I'm going back. Goodnight, Jellette."

Neither Yi Zou, whose name was called, nor Mo Tan, whose name wasn't called, spoke. They simply watched as Jenny strode out of the room without any hesitation.

Then--

"senior."

Yi Zou lowered her eyes with some hesitation, looking at Mo Tan, whose expression was far from calm, and asked softly, "What is Jenny worried about?"

"I'm worried about something bad."

Mo Tan sighed, gazing at his reflection in the coffee cup: "It's not a big problem, I can handle it."

"I'm sorry, senior."

Why the sudden apology?

"Because I am clearly your guardian knight, yet I can't help you at all."

"If you put it that way, then I should be the one apologizing for making you worry."

"senior……"

“Listen, Yizou, there are many problems in this world that the person involved must solve or face alone, but that should never be a reason for others to blame themselves. And although I am a troublesome person, I do not want to be a burden to you, understand?”

"……Understood."

Yi Zou gave a gentle smile and said this.

"Understand what?"

Luna, who had just walked in, looked at the two of them and asked this question.

"nothing."

Mo Tan shook his head, glanced subconsciously at Luna's rather flamboyant earrings, sat up straight and asked, "So Luna, what do you need me for?"

"Something came up."

Luna nodded slightly, then asked directly, "Are you alright?"

"Fortunately."

Mo Tan gave an affirmative answer without hesitation, and then added, "Although I'm a little tired from thinking too much, I just need to rest for a bit and get a good night's sleep."

"Okay, then I'll go back."

After saying that, Luna left under the stunned gazes of the two men.

Before the girl could completely close the door from the outside, Romeo and the pig walked in briskly, chuckling, "Have you finished dealing with the girls?"

“Watch your words, Romeo.”

Yi Zou, who was already quite familiar with Luo Ou, twitched the corner of her mouth and reminded him, "Senior and Prince Wang Yu are the most perfect couple. Don't make jokes like this."

"Yes, yes, Miss Knight."

Romeo obediently agreed, then asked with an awkward smile, "So, could you give me some time to talk to Black Vane alone?"

Yi Zou did not answer, but instead looked down at Mo Tan on the chair, seeking his reply.

"Need not."

Mo Tan then succinctly made the female knight smile, and said to Romeo seriously, "Although there's no need to explain anything separately, there shouldn't be anything on our topic that Yi Zou can't hear."

"That's fine then. Anyway, I was just worried that the girl might be a little confused after hearing it."

Romeo said casually, then pulled out a chair and sat opposite Mo Tan, saying seriously, "I've found you some help."

"You... found me some help?"

Mo Tan paused for a moment, then immediately asked, "You called the [Crimson Constellation] over?"

"No, no, no, they are not the [Red Constellation]. Well, I guess I can't say that, since they are indeed the [Red Constellation]."

Romeo stroked his stubble with a somewhat subtle expression, then raised an eyebrow at Mo Tan and said, "Are you going to break the ice with me?"

"From the moment you appeared before me without changing your appearance, this thin veil of secrecy was already extremely fragile."

Mo Tan chuckled dryly and spread his hands, saying, "After all, you're different from me; you're a real big shot."

"This is my biggest problem."

Romeo shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "Being a big shot is really inconvenient a lot of times."

"for example?"

"For example, I can't even play a game in peace."

"So the people of the [Red Constellation] don't know you're here?"

"The vast majority of people don't know this."

"How about we settle the hush money?"

"Okay, I'll call two thugs over for you."

"Awakening Dragon?"

"No."

"Then other people aren't really useful either..."

"You brat, can you stop looking down on people like that!"

"Oh, then find someone who can survive three moves from Yi Zou."

"..."

"Is there anything else? If not, go back now. Don't worry, I'll treat you like any other friend."

“Listen, little brother Black Van.”

"how?"

"The people I found are no weaker than Xinglong."

"At the same level as Xinglong?"

"Perhaps... it needs to be a little stronger."

Chapter 2791: The End

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