Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 103 Luo Lin's Change of Mindset

So Luo Lin didn't intend to refute at all. He nodded and took out two apples from somewhere. He handed one to Medici and said, "Would you like some apples?"

"Nonsense!" Medici snatched the apple from his hand angrily and took a bite of it viciously, as if he was biting someone's flesh.

"Sherlock! Is the commission completed?" At this moment, Rowling seemed to have seen something and waved to Klein who reappeared in his sight.

"Well, Brody was locked in the kitchen cupboard. I just went over and found him." Klein nodded, and saw Rowling throw something over. After touching it, he realized it was an apple.

Klein didn't think much of it. He took a bite and then frowned. "Hmm, so sour. What kind of apple is this..."

"It's obviously because you like sweet food too much. I think it's just okay." Luo Lin continued to crunch his apple and nudged Medici next to him with his elbow. "Right, Xiaohong."

Medici glanced at him unhappily, turned around and went back into the house without answering.

Klein, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, ate his apple while asking doubtfully, "Jack, did you have another fight with Mr. Red?"

"Not really, it's just some issues in the novel we just discussed." Rowling shook his head and said.

"Questions from the novel?" Klein looked over with some confusion.

"It mainly discusses the issue of whether the heroine falls in love with the hero because of his personality, his money, or his face," Luo Lin said seriously.

“Pfft, cough cough…” Klein was indeed choked. After coughing twice, he said, “Are you discussing this?”

"Yeah, after all, everyone loves reading novels!" Luo Lin shrugged and said, "I personally don't think it matters. After all, love is love. Why does the heroine love the hero instead of another rich man? If this isn't true love, what is it?"

"...Don't be so love-brained!" Klein couldn't help but complain, then he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What does Mr. Hong think?"

"He is a purist who insists that true love is the love of the soul without any mixed feelings." Luo Lin said nonsense without changing his expression.

Klein was immediately filled with awe. He then looked at the cheerful and bright university student before him, then recalled Mr. Hong, who looked shrewd and a love expert. Suddenly, he felt a sense of confusion and couldn't help but ask, "By the way, aren't your two views on love reversed?"

No matter how you look at it, Jack should be the one who supports pure love!
"You have a stereotype! And pure love is the characteristic of the Hunter Path. Don't be fooled by Xiaohong's tall and strong appearance and her indifference to love. In fact, she likes to read romance novels in private." Luo Lin continued to spread rumors without changing his expression.

Klein's mood became subtle.

The strange impression increased.

"Try to tell me another rumor?" Medici in the room couldn't stand someone giving him a strange impression, so he cursed angrily.

"See, you're getting anxious!" Luo Lin shook his head with an expression that said, "I understand you, I won't say anything more."

Klein: ...

So it turned out that Jack was just talking nonsense just now!
Klein was a bit amused and couldn't help but pull down his friend's clothes. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't go too far. Mr. Lucifer isn't here after all. If you really make Mr. Hong angry, I won't be able to stop him from beating you."

"Indeed, you are right!" Luo Lin nodded solemnly, then laughed again and said, "Next time I will run away quickly after making him angry." The main point is to admit the mistake, but never repent.

Klein: ...This familiar stubborn temper.

Klein didn't know what to say, so he could only shake his head and decide to let them be.

"Okay, now that you've finished today's commission, go study before you get a new one! Learning is the most important thing, no matter what." Rowling pushed Klein and said with a smile, "I've already tidied up the study. It's right next to your room. Go ahead!"

"Aren't you going to study?" Klein naturally didn't object. He also recognized the importance of studying, but he looked at Rowling with some confusion.

After all, Klein had experienced Rowling's obsession with learning new knowledge.

"I still need to sort out my connections in Backlund, so I'll be going out for a while." Rowling said with a smile.

Klein then remembered that unlike when he first arrived, Jack already had existing connections in Backlund.

So he didn't think much about it, just told Luo Lin to be careful, and went back to the second floor to study.

Luo Lin also went out after this, but he didn't really deal with any interpersonal matters. He just walked around casually, and occasionally when he met neighbors, he would greet them enthusiastically.

As he walked, Luo Lin came to an artificial lake. He looked at the lake quietly and saw the young man reflected in the lake with blond hair and blue eyes. He had a gentle smile, but his emerald eyes were like a quiet lake, without too many ripples.

Just like his heart when he came into this world.

"Tsk, I've been seen through..." Luo Lin curled his lips, but he didn't seem angry at all.

What Medici said was not wrong, and he did have some issues with his mentality towards this world, but that was normal, wasn't it?
"After all, I have only been in this world for two months. How can I love this world..." Luo Lin squatted down and gently stroked the surface of the lake with his right hand.

Luo Lin did not deny that even though he had been actively studying, making friends, and participating in various affairs of this world, he had not really integrated into this world, although he had just discovered this.

His love for this world and for most people is like a reader's or a player's love for a paper man across another dimension. You can't say this love is fake, but it's certainly not real enough.

If there were any exceptions, Klein was probably one. He was a paper man he once loved very much, and his life trajectory overlapped with Rowling's to a certain extent. This made Rowling have some real preference for Klein, so he was soft-hearted when it came to Klein's major life choices, just like he was soft-hearted towards his former self.

Thus, the dimensional wall was broken, and Rowling began to truly regard Klein as a friend, rather than a paper man to admire.

And now, it seems that there may be another person like him, a guy who sees through him and, more importantly, dares to expose this matter.

This made Luo Lin realize for the first time that they were not predetermined chess pieces, not existences described in a few lines of text in the book, but people just like him.

Because they are human, they will disrupt his arrangements and do things that are beyond his expectations.

"But it's still a bit embarrassing. I agreed to be a mortal, but because of my arrogance, I almost floated into the sky. Fortunately, I realized it..." Luo Lin pinched his chin with one hand, thinking, and then laughed again. "But Medici's words are really irritating. How about I use the Conqueror ability to beat him up when I get back?"

Luo Lin thought about it in his mind for a while, and then he casually pulled at the air next to him. Through the medium he got from Adam, a familiar figure condensed in the air.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Grisha!"

(End of this chapter)