Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 10: Rowling's New Vest
The professor at Tingen University was obviously a reasonable person. After learning that Klein had found another job, he had no objection and instead politely expressed his congratulations.

Klein exchanged a few pleasantries with the other party and was about to leave when he happened to run into his mentor, Professor Quentin, and his history teacher, Mr. Azik.

At the same time, Klein also noticed that the two teachers were accompanied by a strange young man.

"Good morning, Mr. Azik, mentor." Klein quickly greeted him and looked curiously at the young man next to them. "May I know your name, teacher?"

The young man looked to be about the same age as him, in his early twenties, with golden hair like the sun and emerald eyes. He had an outstanding appearance and would not look out of place even if he appeared on the cover of some fashion magazine.

Professor Kun Ding first answered the question of why he was there, then took the initiative to introduce, "This is Mr. Jack Jones, a new teacher who has just joined the History Department of Tingen University. He graduated from Backlund University and is very outstanding."

Jack Jones is okay, are you a Pirate of the Caribbean?

Hearing this name, Klein couldn't help but complain in his heart. It was not his fault. The images of Captain Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones were deeply rooted in the hearts of people who had watched the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Now hearing the combination of these two names, he really couldn't help but complain.

But even though he was complaining in his heart, Klein still put on a polite smile and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, Mr. Jones. I'm Klein Moretti, a student of Professor Quentin and a recent graduate." He then joked, "Unfortunately, if I hadn't found a job earlier, perhaps we would have become colleagues."

It doesn’t matter, although we can’t be colleagues, we can be fellow villagers!
The young man, Luo Lin, was also muttering inwardly, but a bright smile appeared on his face. He shook Klein's hand and said, "

"Hello, I'm Jack Jones, but you don't have to call me Mr. Jones. Just call me Jack. Nice to meet you, Mr. Moretti." After a pause, Rowling said jokingly, "Actually, I'd prefer to be called Captain Jack."

Upon hearing this, Klein's gaze paused, but he quickly returned to normal. He withdrew his hand and readily changed his tone, "Okay, Jack, you can just call me Klein." Then, seemingly curious, he asked, "Why Captain Jack?"

Did the Emperor bring Pirates of the Caribbean here too? Or...

"Because the name Jack sounds very suitable for being a captain!" Rowling said this, his expression revealing a hint of regret, as if he had told a joke but no one understood.

Klein: ...

No way, did he really meet a fellow villager?
Klein wasn't surprised. He wasn't the only traveler in this world. After all, Russell was a prominent traveler. But he never expected that he would meet someone who looked like a fellow countryman in this alien world so soon.

This surprised Klein a little, but he still restrained himself.

After all, he wasn't sure if the person in front of him was truly a fellow time traveler. And even if the other person was truly a time traveler, Klein wouldn't choose to immediately acknowledge him as a relative.

While meeting a fellow countryman was certainly a pleasant surprise, no one could guarantee that all time travelers were good people. Klein felt it was better to be cautious. Rowling wasn't surprised by Klein's reaction, and he wasn't about to point it out.

As for the identity that Luo Lin is using now, it is naturally the result of his hard work over the past two days.

——Jack Jones, a graduate of the History Department of Backlund University, came to Tingen University as a teacher due to his mentor's recommendation and had just started working.

As a man of many identities, Rowling naturally knew how to forge a true identity. The file of "Jack Jones" now lay in the archives of Backlund University. His four years of study experience were clearly visible, and no one could find any flaws.

Even if the Nighthawks went to Backlund University to inquire, they would find that this identity really existed - because this was indeed a real person, but his original name was not "Jack Jones", but the new name that Rowling changed.

The most authentic disguise is to replace an existing entity. Of course, Luo Lin is not an evil person. He just did a very simple thing -

He found a student at Backlund University who had just graduated and was in trouble, and whose appearance had some overlap with Rowling's. He made a deal with the student, and after the deal was reached, he secretly sent the student to another city. Then he put on makeup and disguised himself as the student, came to Tingen with a letter of recommendation, interviewed, and started working. That's how Teacher Jack Jones who now stood before Klein came into being.

Of course, this is not without flaws, but in this era without instant messaging and when photos are rare, the possibility of being exposed is actually very small. Rowling does not need to use this fake identity all the time. As long as he can successfully gain the favorability of Azik and Pales, he will have achieved his goal. It doesn't matter whether his identity is exposed or not afterwards.

Klein naturally didn't know that the teacher in front of him, "Jack Jones," was a newly created pseudonym. He then chatted with several other teachers, and unknowingly, the conversation turned to the murder of "Welch and Naya" by home invaders. This was the public version of the Black Divination incident. After all, extraordinary events in this era were not made public.

Although Klein knew some of the inside story, he could only evade it. He also deliberately revealed key words related to the incident, such as "Solomon's Empire" and "Antigonus' Notes," in order to see if his several knowledgeable history teachers knew anything about this matter. This part was not something that could not be disclosed.

"Are you talking about the Antigonus family?" While the two professors were still thinking, Rowling showed a surprised expression at the right time, obviously knowing something.

"Jack, do you know the Antigonus family?" Klein looked over in surprise, but also felt a little pleasantly surprised.

He was indeed very eager to know about the Antigonus family notes.

"Well, I saw some records about the Antigonus family in my ancestor's diary...well, anyway, in ancient books. They were a very mysterious and powerful family, active in the Fourth Era. It was said that this family was not only related to the Solomon Empire, but also to the Tudor Empire."

Rowling paused here and didn't continue. Instead, he looked at Klein and asked with curiosity and a hint of tentativeness, "But the Antigonus family has been in decline for a long time. Almost no one knows about it now. Why are you asking this?"

(End of this chapter)