Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 232 Does God Love the World?
"Nonsense! If you were to encounter all this, wouldn't you be angry? It can only be said that William I was unlucky. But he was an enemy anyway, so it doesn't matter." Medici glanced at him and said unhappily, almost rolling his eyes.

"That's right. If it were me, I might have dragged the world down with me." Luo Lin nodded in understanding, then shook his head as he looked at the projected image. Then, with a serious expression, he clasped his hands together in a prayer gesture and said, "I hope William I is alright."

"Heh!" His "crocodile tears" made Medici laugh unceremoniously. His gaze fell on the projected war angel again, and he suddenly became a little absent-minded.

That was a younger Him, still full of vigor and vitality. The War Angel at that time had not yet experienced everything that happened later. He did not die unwillingly, was not forced to merge with two annoying guys, and did not waste half of his life in that hopeless underground building.

But Medici knew clearly that all this was temporary, and it would not be long before He would fall from heaven and fall into the bottomless abyss.

It is difficult to say what kind of mood Medici was in at this moment.

Medici silently watched the projection of the war angel that had beaten William I without a fight. He suddenly turned his head to look at Luo Lin and asked, "Are you really not afraid that He will change history after knowing these things?"

"What am I afraid of?" Luo Lin gave him a puzzled look, then smiled and said, "Medici, have you forgotten? I told you long ago that I welcome you to change history. It's a pity that no one can do what I expect at the moment."

"Ah..." Luo Lin sighed and continued, "I'm also curious about what will happen when such an important historical node is changed."

Medici stared at him, and after confirming that the anticipation in Luo Lin's eyes was not fake, he sneered and said, "...You lunatic, you haven't changed at all."

He knew that Rowling was really looking forward to it, even though no one could predict whether a catastrophe would be caused if important nodes in the past were changed.

"Thank you for the compliment." Luo Lin said with a smile, then looked at Medici and said, "Aren't you looking forward to it?"

Is he looking forward to it?

Medici gritted his teeth. He stared at the war angel fighting the Hand of Order and did not answer Rollin's question.

Because Medici didn't know the answer to this question.

Of course, he hoped to change his past fall, but Medici had doubts in his heart. He didn't know what the world would become if he really changed the fact of his past fall.

It's funny to say that he is an angelic mythical creature that should not care about the life and death of humans, but perhaps because he has followed the Creator for too long, Medici does have a love for this world and humans that even he himself finds a little ridiculous.

This love has no presence in normal times, but when the survival of the world is involved, it always suddenly pops up to show its presence, which makes Medici very annoyed.

"But you can't let it go. How pitiful, Xiaohong. That past has shaped you and made you what you are today. It may not be your nature, but it has become a part of your instinct."

Rowling spoke at this moment, looking at Medici with a hint of pity, as if he was looking at a confused lamb.

"Don't use the same tricks you use to fool others on me. I'm not worthy of your pity." Medici sneered and looked at Rowling.

"I'm not trying to trick you. I'm just telling you the truth." Luo Lin shrugged and smiled. "As for pity..." Luo Lin paused, then suddenly laughed and said, "It's just normal concern. After all, you're one of my few good friends in this world!"

"...So disgusting." Medici was stunned for a moment, then showed an expression of disgust.

"Hmm, ah, right, right." Luo Lin nodded perfunctorily. He then turned his gaze to the projection and suddenly smiled. "Don't worry. Although I'm not sure if you in the past could change history, there is at least one thing I can be sure of."

"What?" Medici asked subconsciously.

Luo Lin smiled and replied, "Even if your past self really did change history, it wouldn't cause any real catastrophe. You could only affect the fate of those you directly changed. So don't worry, unless your past self directly merged with the Primordial Witch to destroy the world, it won't be a big problem."

Hearing this, Medici was stunned for a moment, then instinctively breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked at Luo Lin in confusion and asked, "You know?"

"It's just some common sense." Luo Lin glanced at him with a smile and said, "I've been digging into my memories recently. Although the gains aren't great, I've gained a lot of knowledge."

Although Rowling was not interested in his past as Nyarlathotep, he was still very interested in the power of a little Nyarlathotep.

So even if the self-examination was fruitless and no new powers were discovered, after discovering his true identity, Rowling would dig into his memories from time to time to see if he could dig out something new.

The knowledge about changing history is one of the things Rowling gained from digging into his memories.

Medici instinctively breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but then he reacted and said, "Wait, since you know, then you just..."

"I just wanted to see your reaction. I didn't expect that our great Red Angel would also follow the God loves the world thing. It's really surprising." Luo Lin said with a smile.

"Tsk!" Medici's expression grew irritable, but upon closer inspection, he noticed that the Red Angel seemed unusually bewildered. He was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Isn't that strange?"

"Perhaps it's because you don't look like someone who loves the world with all his heart?" Luo Lin looked at Medici and said with a smile, "I thought you didn't take mortals seriously. Do the proud red angels also care about those insignificant ordinary people?"

"What about you?" Medici didn't answer Luo Lin's question. He suddenly sneered, and looked at Luo Lin with his ruby-like eyes. He asked sharply, "You are clearly doing the work of 'God loves the world,' but do you love the world?"

"I don't love him!" Luo Lin shook his head openly, looked at Medici with a smile, and said, "I thought you already knew that I never love anyone in the world."

"But you still chose to save them, save these people you don't love." Medici said, not surprised by Rowling's answer.

"Because it brings a lot of benefits to me, and...even though I don't love them, just like gamers want a happy ending, I certainly want my game to have a happy ending."

Luo Lin replied with a smile, then paused, a thoughtful expression on his face, and added, "Well, from this perspective, how can it not be considered love?"

(End of this chapter)