Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 397 You smoke, drink, and have your hair permed, but I know you are my perfect match
The words fall.

Cole glanced at Allen quickly, raised his body frantically, held the bone rail with both hands, and said something to the octopus.

It seems like he is refutating what the other person said.

Octopuses, on the other hand, look very cold-blooded.

"Because he is strong and brave, you want to mate with him to give birth to stronger offspring. I said you are promiscuous, isn't it true? What do you have to refute? You are the queen of the sea tribe, how shameless."

Cole's chest heaved with anger. He glanced at Alan, then at the octopus, his tail twisting in anxiety.

Alan stared at the other's fish tail for a long time, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"'The Queen of the Sea Tribe who is most loyal to me', your words belittle Cole everywhere, treating her as a piece of my property, but emphasizing her identity everywhere:
The queen of your sea tribe is so noble, but I have the power of life and death in my hands;

So harmless, just keep sticking to me;

So helpless, weak and harmless, I can only protest against you now.

Even, by the way, after what you said, I actually feel very powerful, and Cole is somewhat pitiful and cute. "

The octopus was still staring at Cole. It seemed that it had never expected that Alan would speak so bluntly. It turned to look at Alan, its three eyeballs rolling around, and its nine brains seemed to be overloaded. It didn't know how to talk to him for a long time.

Alan just looked at the other person without saying anything.

This is the real 'feeling'.

But it's also an 'illusion'.

Two classic psychology questions are involved:
One is called cognitive dissonance.

Another is called confirmation bias.

The reality about him is:

——Why can't brothers refuse to pay back? Even with many brothers, before the other party pays back, they clearly have no feelings for the other party, and even have a disgusted view, but they can still evaluate the other party objectively.

But after I started to pay attention to him, it didn’t take long for my attitude to change 360 ​​degrees. Although I clearly didn’t like him, my emotional feedback clearly told me:
Hey, by the way, this person looks unexpectedly pleasing to the eye?

Reason one: cognitive dissonance regulation.

For example, now that Allen has an extremely negative initial impression of Cole, it is actually difficult for him to reach a consensus with Cole and work together.

But after Cole paid the price and was reinforced by Squidward, he realized that "Alan, you are really strong, and it is shameful for Cole to be strong", this information of being "liked" formed a contradiction with the other party's "low evaluation".

In order to alleviate this gap and discomfort, the subconscious mind will naturally adjust its view of the other person to make it consistent with the experience of being "recognized."

You may even subconsciously want to refute the octopus.

The second reason: confirmation bias.

It was still the subconscious mind at work. When Cole clearly expressed that he liked her and wanted to have a baby with her, her subconscious mind began to unconsciously seek whether Cole met the standards of her ideal partner, in order to prove that "the person I like should have some of the good qualities of the person I like."

In this case, Allen would naturally develop a 'favorable impression' of Cole.

So, is Octopushead an accomplished psychologist?
of course not.

The other party was just trying their best to enhance the mutual affection between Cole and Allen based on the current situation, including but not limited to - emphasizing the difference in status; arousing Allen's desire for control; and elevating Allen's status.

But alas, Allen was able to overcome this delusion completely.

As a methodological expert who was able to use the Franklin effect to bring the two closer together when they met for the first time.

How can you not clearly understand the current situation?

Alan said nothing, just staring at the octopus's three eyes.

The octopus was also silent, just staring at Alan in silence.

Cole was angry and anxious, and wanted to hear what Alan had just said that led to Octopus's attitude, but he was ashamed of the "facts" that Octopus said, and didn't know what to do.

Alan suddenly broke the silence, and then he glanced around the water prison and looked at Cole again.

"Why do you think that the ability to take on a body can be inherited? In other words, why do you think that the ability that Laplace gave me through reincarnation can be passed down through blood."

After saying this, the octopus showed an obviously surprised expression, but Cole pounced on him suddenly.

The latter wanted to grab Allen's hand, but he remembered what the octopus had just said to reprimand him, and resisted the urge. "#%!￥#%!!"

The octopus quickly translated, "You are indeed the chosen one of God. As a human, you actually know Laplace? Who are you? What is the secret of reincarnation?"

Allen: "Only the first sentence is Cole's."

The octopus tentacles stuck to the body:
".You. Actually know that Laplace is not the demon god outside, but the Demon Dragon King Laplace. It seems that you are indeed an old thing who survived from a long time ago."

"I'm just curious. As a human being, you shouldn't know something that happened so long ago."

Alan looked at it. "I'm just curious about how much Cole knows. As for how much I know, what does it have to do with you?"

Seeing Alan's reaction, Octopus could only translate honestly.

After Cole heard this, undercurrents appeared in his golden pupils. Allen's face and the other's white hair were entangled in the deep golden turbulent water.

She seemed to want to get closer, but because Alan's expression did not indicate any intimacy, she could not get close.

He just stared at Alan's face for a long moment before glancing at the octopus and speaking his mind through his jagged fangs.

"I don't know, it was just an excuse, I just needed a 'kindred spirit'.

Although I am a member of the sea tribe, Cole of the sea fish tribe, I know very well that there is no place for me in this "deep sea".

I just want to find someone who understands me.

The Abyssal Sea is too deep, and the Ringus Sea is too far away.

I have no hometown, I have no people. I am too lonely.

I want to mate with you because I want to mate with you.

It's not because I like your strength, but because I feel that we are of the same kind. I want to find someone who understands me completely.

I am a sea creature, and you are a human.

Even so, I still feel that you and I are of the same kind.

Some people in the tribe worship me because I am wearing the skin of 'Kol' and I am bathed in the illusion of grace as the King of Sea Fish.

There are also people in the tribe who hate me, that's because they know I'm just a 'wandering sea dweller', they just want to expose the false identity of mine.

But
The last wish of the Sea God.
I must lead the sea people into the future.

Therefore, we have no choice but to accept the gift from the great god Laplace calmly, bathe in his divine light, and calmly accept his "gift".

Let Him still feel that the sea people are useful.

As long as it is useful, the sea people will not perish.

As long as it is useful, the abyss will not disappear.

As long as it is useful, the sea people can continue to survive.

But it's too lonely.

Of all the deep sea, He only chose me.

Now there's you.

Even though you ruined my plan, killed the 'Secret Sword of the Dead Ghost' that He gave me, and even tried to kill me several times.

But I still think you are different from all the sea creatures I have ever seen
You and I are the same kind."

Octopus was a simultaneous interpreter, but he fell silent at the end of his speech.

The more Allen listened, the more subtle his expression became.

He looked at Cole's sincere face, which looked a little pleading, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Aren't you sick?"

(End of this chapter)