Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 282 Amon's Humanity

Luo Lin paused before continuing, "Azik enjoys all kinds of love stories, Will loves ice cream, Medici smokes, drinks, and enjoys eating apples, and Bethel loves all kinds of gems... They all have their own unique hobbies, hobbies unrelated to their paths. What about you? Do you have any hobbies that transcend the characteristics of your path?"

Little Amon, or rather the real Amon whose consciousness temporarily descended upon this clone, opened his mouth. He wanted to answer this question, but his mind was blank.

Because Amon couldn't remember, He couldn't remember any hobbies that were not influenced by the path.

He likes to steal, likes to play tricks on people, and likes to take advantage of loopholes. But to put it bluntly, every thief has more or less these tendencies. Even the conscience of the thief Pales adheres to the principle of "since I'm here, I should at least steal something." He is also happy to watch the fun and play tricks on people, but he is more sensible than Amon.

As for taking advantage of loopholes, that is even easier.

"But putting all that aside? Do you have a favorite food? Do you have a preferred clothing style? What musical instruments do you like? What kind of stories do you like..." Luo Lin spoke again at this moment. He looked at Amon as if he were looking at a younger generation who had made a mistake, and said slowly:

"Can you tell?"

Amon couldn't give an answer.

He has lived for many years, from the Third Age to the present, and has participated in countless major events, ruined the lives of many people, and even reached the point where everyone wants him dead.

He terrifies all those who know of his existence, and makes countless people hate him to the core. It can be said that he is an existence that cannot be ignored in the history of the Extraordinary Realm.

But until today, Amon suddenly discovered that he couldn't even tell what his hobbies were, and there were no answers to these questions in his mind.

He didn't know what his taste was, because it seemed that anything was fine. He didn't care what clothes he wore, even if it was women's clothes. As for musical instruments, stories, and everything else... Amon couldn't give an answer to any of them.

No, perhaps not completely… Amon seemed to have thought of something. He looked up at Luo Lin and said, "Father."

This was not calling Luo Lin Dad, but the only answer Amon could think of - his father, the only existence he cared about and was obsessed with, the ancient sun god.

The thief of uniqueness would not cling to a fallen sun god, but Amon would.

Luo Lin obviously understood the answer. He smiled and looked at Amon and said, "See, so you don't have no answer."

"Amon, you are not completely devoid of humanity. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here, and you wouldn't be working so hard to gain humanity." Luo Lin looked at Amon with a rare gentleness and said:

"Your obsession with the Sun God and your love for your father are your true humanity. You must grasp it. You must become Amon, not the Worm of Time."

Amon seemed to understand. He suddenly looked up at Luo Lin and asked, "So what is your humanity?"

"My human nature... probably just means I like good people?" Luo Lin smiled and said frankly, "I like good people, I like beautiful things, and I'm willing to work hard for them. This is my original human nature."

Amon didn't seem surprised to hear this. He just looked at Luo Lin and continued, "You like good people, so you help them. You like beautiful things, so you promote all of this... This is what is called human nature. If you like something, you help it and make it happen?"

"Hmm, doesn't seem to be a problem?" Luo Lin blinked, but didn't deny it. "So..." Amon paused, then raised his eyes, scanning the surroundings, and said, "Should I help my father accomplish what he wishes?"

"You can do this." Luo Lin looked at Him and said without nodding, "Although I don't think a person should live based on what others think, if you feel this is what you want, then you can do it."

"But I personally suggest that you develop another healthy hobby that won't hurt others. People shouldn't live purely for another person, and neither should mythical creatures." Rowling paused and added.

"That sounds contradictory." Amon looked at him and said.

"Because people are inherently contradictory." Luo Lin shrugged and said, "Everyone has different ideas. Some people don't like to live according to other people's ideas, while others like to mold themselves into what others want them to be. Everyone is free to be whoever they want to be."

Hearing this, Amon glanced at Luo Lin thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "But you want to carve me into the shape you want."

"Well, I don't deny that." Luo Lin's smile brightened a little. He looked at Amon and said openly, "Absolute freedom is an offense to others. You can live freely, but the premise is that you don't infringe on the freedom of others. This is my principle."

"Isn't your attempt to interfere with my freedom a violation of your principles?" Amon pointed this out.

"No, because you're not a good person. I respect the freedom of good people, but bad people have no human rights in my eyes." Luo Lin looked at Amon quite frankly. He spread his hands and said, "After all, I only like good people, so bad people are not human in my eyes."

Amon: ...

Amon was silent for a few seconds because of Luo Lin's words, and then he said: "You are really contradictory."

"Thank you for the compliment. People are always contradictory. I am very happy that I am a contradictory person in your eyes." Luo Lin said with a smile. It was not even a fake smile, but a sincere smile.

Amon choked for a moment before saying, "I suddenly feel that learning about human nature from you is a bad idea."

"It's okay, you can learn from them." Luo Lin's eyes fell on the bustling crowd around him and he said softly, "They are more suitable than me to teach you what human nature is."

At this point, Luo Lin suddenly thought of something. He nudged Klein, who was listening thoughtfully, and said with a smile, "Of course, if you don't want to learn from them, you can always learn from Klein first. He's probably a good teacher in the field of human nature."

Amon's gaze immediately fell on Klein. He had shared little Amon's memories when he regained consciousness, which made Amon's gaze towards Klein somewhat subtle.

"Uh..." Klein was clearly a little embarrassed, but he wasn't nervous or afraid. He simply looked at Amon, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know how to teach others to be humane, but at least I know the bottom line as a human being."

Amon withdrew his gaze and looked at Luo Lin again, saying, "Is the bottom line really that important?"

"Of course, the bottom line represents order. Order is the most basic distinction between humans and beasts." Luo Lin looked at Amon and smiled. "Things without a bottom line are no different from beasts."

(End of this chapter)