Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 27: Self-Exposure Master
As for why other time travelers did not leave their names in history - how surprising, not to mention that the history of the Fourth Era and before was mostly incomplete, and there is no guarantee that there were no earlier time travelers who did something big, but it just didn't get passed down.

For example, there are differences in personalities between people. It is normal that there are traversers like Russell who are flamboyant, and there are traversers who are low-key and don't like to be flamboyant.

Klein was more concerned about two other issues. The first was his fellow villager's subsequent experiences. The diary only recorded that after Zoroaster was captured by Amon, he was kept as a snack by the other party, waiting to be harvested in the future. Zoroaster was secretly planning to save himself when it came to an abrupt end. Although the diary seemed to indicate that he had successfully escaped danger, it was still somewhat worrying.

The second question is about the description of the Zoroast family - an ancient family of Beyonders, with a long family history but has declined, and has an enemy named Amon. The family members have three options: thieves, fortune tellers, and apprentices.

Klein: ...

Looks so familiar!

He wondered if he had heard this setting somewhere before.

Klein thought of his newly appointed teacher and even had an absurd guess for a moment - could this diary be written by Rowling?
But then Klein felt that this was unlikely, mainly because there was no reason for Rowling to let his diary be lost, and Rowling was a fortune teller, not a thief.

"But it's also possible that Jack wrote this diary randomly. But what's his purpose in doing so?" Klein still felt that this possibility was unlikely, mainly because the other party really had no motive to do so.

"But there's no need for a motive. After all, it could just be for fun..." Klein thought of Rowling's playful nature that he'd inadvertently revealed when they were together, and for a moment, it all made sense.

After all, it's normal for stupid college students to do anything.

Unable to come to a conclusion, Klein didn't dwell on it too much. Instead, he continued to preside over the Tarot Club. During the meeting, he told Justice Audrey and The Hanged Man Alger his newly created honorific name and asked them to try praying after returning.

After the Tarot Club ended and Klein sent Justice Audrey and the Hanged Man Alger away, he frowned as he looked at the diary in his hand.

He thought for a moment, then materialized his pendulum and began to divine, the content of his divination being: "Jack Jones wrote this diary page."

Soon the divination came out with a result, and the answer was negative.

The diary is not from Jack Jones.

Klein still believed in the divination results in the gray fog. Seeing this, he showed a thoughtful expression: "So there really is a fourth time traveler..."

Thinking of how Rowling, though wary but not overly afraid, had mentioned Amon, Klein suddenly had another guess: "Could it be that Jack's attitude towards Amon stems from reading the diary of this time traveler from the Zoroast family?"

"Well, even if that's true, we can't rule out the possibility that Jack is indeed a member of the Zoroast family. The two things can be equated."

……

While Klein was brainstorming in the gray fog, Rowling was in a faculty office at Tingen University, discussing some Fourth Era history with Azik. "...Mr. Azik, you're truly knowledgeable. You even know this," Rowling sighed sincerely. He had indeed gained a lot of interesting information from his recent discussion with Azik. He couldn't tell whether it was knowledge gained from Azik's work as a history professor or from his memories as a Death Archon.

Anyway, no matter what, Rowling didn't lose anything.

"Many of your opinions are very interesting and have given me some new insights." Azik smiled gently. He took a sip of coffee and then, as if remembering something, asked, "Have you been helping Klein investigate the Antigonus family and the Fool recently?"

Compared to Klein, Azik was somewhat interested in this matter, but his interest was not too great. In addition, he was quite busy with work, so he did not pay attention to the subsequent progress of the investigation.

Luo Lin nodded and said with a smile, "Klein is a good friend of mine, and I'm also very interested in this matter. By the way, I've also been investigating the Abraham family, which is also a great noble family in the Fourth Era. I wonder if you've heard of them, Mr. Azik?"

"Abraham..." Azik paused while stirring his coffee, a thoughtful expression on his face. After several seconds, he said, "I just remember that their ancestor seemed to be called Mr. Men."

"Mr. Men..." Luo Lin showed a stunned expression, then said as if he suddenly understood, "So this is what 'men' means."

"Thank you, Mr. Azik, you have cleared up some of my doubts." Luo Lin said immediately.

"No need to thank me, I didn't help much." Azik shook his head gently.

Luo Lin seemed to have thought of something and glanced at Azik thoughtfully. He then looked around and made sure that no one else was in the office before lowering his voice and asking, "Mr. Azik, do you also know something about mysterious powers?"

Azik was silent for a few seconds in response to this blunt question. He probably didn't expect Luo Lin to be so direct. However, he didn't deny it, but said gently, "I do know some things about the mysterious field."

"Sure enough..." Luo Lin showed an expression of "I guessed it would be like this", and said with some excitement and anticipation: "I am a fortune teller. Mr. Azik, what is your method?"

Azik was really silent this time. Although he had seen that Rowling was simple-minded and ignorant of the world during the past few days of their interactions, he really didn't expect that Rowling would actually come up with a self-destructing truck.

This made Azik laugh, and he couldn't help but warn: "Don't tell others your sequence casually. It's very dangerous."

Although he didn't recover much memory, Azik still knew one thing, that is, intelligence is crucial in the battle of the Extraordinary Realm. No matter how powerful an Extraordinary is, if others know his sequence, he will be targeted.

"I didn't say that casually, Mr. Azik, you're not a bad person." Luo Lin muttered softly, "If it were someone else, I definitely wouldn't say it. I'm not stupid."

"I think you probably told Klein about this as well." Azik said gently and calmly.

Luo Lin's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at Azik, as if he had thought of something, and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. He said, "That's right, Mr. Azik, you have known Klein for so long, you must know each other's situation." Anyone who sees such acting skills will have to praise him as an actor.

(End of this chapter)