Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 191 Danitz is about to faint
Danitz took the menu tremblingly, ordered two dishes at random, and passed the menu to the next person.

After he finished ordering, Luo Lin asked at the right moment, "Danitz, why are you in Bayam?"

Danitz suddenly shuddered and replied almost instinctively, "The captain ordered a batch of study materials. I'm here to pick them up on her behalf."

"Wait..." Danitz seemed to realize something and asked doubtfully, "Do you know me?"

Hearing this question, Luo Lin smiled, his laughter was filled with a little joy. He then opened the book that appeared in his hand at some unknown time, and after turning to a page, he said:

"Flame Danitz, bounty 3000 pounds, boatswain of the Golden Dream. Your life so far has been nothing but ordinary, not as exciting as others."

Danitz almost subconsciously glanced at the book. After seeing the blank page, he froze for half a second and said almost subconsciously, "There's nothing written on it. What are you reading?"

"It depends on your fate." Luo Lin smiled, wiped his hand across the page, then looked at Danitz and said with a smile: "Do you still think there is nothing written here?"

Danitz looked over and saw many images suddenly appear on the blank pages. The images were blurry, but he could vaguely see a figure in one of them. That figure looked very much like him.

At the same time, Danitz also saw some familiar buildings, those were the buildings of his hometown.

Besides that, Danitz also saw the familiar Golden Dream and a figure that looked like his captain...

At this moment, no matter how stupid he was, Danitz realized that this was probably his fate.

This made Danitz's eyes widen. He strained to see what was next. He saw a figure resembling himself following another blurry figure, bustling around like a servant. He saw him standing in a world that looked like snow, seemingly praying. He saw him standing on a ship, with a giant figure behind him...

Wait, a giant figure?
Danitz belatedly looked at the other people at the table, matching some of the figures with others at the table.

However, when Danitz wanted to continue reading, Luo Lin closed the book, made a prohibitive gesture, and said with a smile, "Stop here. Although I have taken precautions, you will still pay the price if you continue reading. Peering into fate is not a simple matter."

This was a lie. What Luo Lin had just shown was merely an illusion created based on the information he had previously investigated about Danitz, combined with the original novel.

It wasn't a particularly clever trick, but it was enough to fool Danitz.

After all, Rowling doesn't have the ability to peek into fate.

Danitz immediately withdrew his gaze, then looked at Luo Lin cautiously the next second and said, "Sir, why are you showing me my fate?"

"It's just very interesting this way." Luo Lin said with a smile, looking at Danitz and said, "Your life before was dull, but your life after is indeed interesting. The most important thing is..."

Luo Lin paused here, then said, seeing Danitz's increasingly nervous expression, "You and my Lord are destined to be together."

Danitz's mind was completely bewildered. He swallowed and subconsciously asked, "Sir, which god do you believe in?"

"Fool." Rowling uttered a word and glanced at Colin Iliad next to him. The latter immediately understood and began to preach.

A few minutes later, Danitz's expression had become completely numb. He looked at the terrifying man with a monocle on his left, then at the terrifying boss with gold-rimmed glasses on his right, then at the "giants" sitting in a row across from him. Suddenly, he turned to look at Luo Lin and said, "Do I, do I have to believe in the Fool?"

Danitz felt like he'd entered a den of evil god believers. The key was that none of these people looked like he could defeat them. "Of course not. Your fate is yours to decide." Luo Lin smiled at Danitz and said, "I won't force you to change your beliefs."

Hearing this, Danitz looked at Luo Lin, wanting to say something but hesitant. In the end, he didn't ask: "When you said my fate is decided by myself, you don't mean that you will kill me if I don't change my beliefs, right?"
"Of course not. I've already said it before. This time I'm just inviting you over for lunch as an apology. I'm not a violent person." Luo Lin could obviously see what Danitz was thinking and spoke with a smile.

Danitz immediately shrank his neck, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the big boss in front of him said so, he certainly won't be forced to convert to the Fool, right?

Danitz's reluctance to convert wasn't because he was so steadfast in his original faith, but rather because of a very simple reason—in this era, believing in a god who wasn't one of the Seven Gods was a very dangerous thing, the beginning of a slide into the abyss. The most typical example was the Aurora Society.

Many members of the Aurora Society were actually quite normal before they believed in the True Creator. However, after believing in the True Creator, they became crazier than each other, as if their brains had been eaten by the True Creator.

And this was still considered relatively good. There were countless examples of people dying or turning into monsters after believing in evil gods. Although Danitz was very afraid of the person in front of him, he didn't want to casually believe in an unknown mysterious existence.

But... he actually didn't force him to convert, so he is really a good person?

Danitz glanced at Luo Lin cautiously, and began to speculate in his heart.

Luo Lin didn't care. He had no intention of doing anything to Danitz. He just wanted to tease him out of pure mischief.

As for whether Danitz would continue to believe in the Fool in the future... Luo Lin believed that fate had its own limits.

It was in this situation that Waiter No. 1 Amon brought up the prepared meal. Rowling took a bite and found that the taste was actually quite good, though a little familiar.

Luo Lin raised his eyebrows and took two more bites. After confirming that the familiar feeling was not an illusion, he looked at Amon and said with a smile, "Did Medici teach you how to cook?"

"When I was little, I watched Him cook for decades. Even a fool would learn how to do it." Amon said with a smile without denying it.

"Indeed, so have you ever considered calling Medici father?" Rowling pinched his chin and nodded, suddenly changing the subject.

Amon paused with his hand holding the knife, and a question mark slowly emerged in his head.

"Don't look at me like that. My adoptive father is still my father!" Luo Lin said confidently.

"...He is at most a nanny." Amon said after a few seconds of silence.

"How cruel! I thought you would say that He is at most a brother! In fact, brother is also acceptable. Combined with the characteristics of your adoptive father, you can call Xiaohong "brother dad" in the future. This will have the same pronunciation as "bug" and will make people laugh." Luo Lin told a cold joke and even used the Chinese word "brother dad" for this cold joke.

Amon: ...

Although I didn’t understand, I suddenly felt so cold!

(End of this chapter)