Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 283: Cowardly and Brave Klein

Amon was probably lost in thought when he suddenly noticed Klein, who was standing next to him, looking at him with a slightly worried look from time to time. This made Amon look over and asked abruptly, "What are you worried about?"

Caught red-handed, Klein smiled awkwardly. He looked at Amon and said without hesitation, "Mr. Amon, although this may be a bit presumptuous, but... is little Amon still alive?"

"...Little Amon is also me, don't you know this?" Amon raised his hand and pushed the monocle on his face and said.

"I know, but it's still different..." Klein looked at Amon and said, "Didn't Mr. Amon also never believe that the true Creator was still Mr. Sun God?"

Amon paused after hearing this. He glanced at Klein and suddenly said, "Little Amon and I are no different in personality... I am only here temporarily this time, and I will still be Him."

Klein was visibly relieved.

Amon suddenly asked, "What about you?"

"What?" Klein looked at him in confusion.

Amon raised his hand and pushed the monocle on his face. He said, "You are not from this era, nor are you the original owner of this body. I don't know the specifics of your current identity, but I believe you should have relatives now. How do you view them, and how do you view yourself? Do you really think you are Klein?"

This was a somewhat pointed question, but Amon did not ask it out of malice—He was just purely curious.

As for how Amon knew Klein's identity as a "traveler" - this was normal. After all, he also had a father who was a survivor of the Old Ones, and he also had the memories of little Amon. It would be strange if he couldn't guess these things.

Klein was silent for a long time before he spoke, "I'm certainly not Klein, but I'm not purely Zhou Mingrui either... I'm Zhou Mingrui, fused with some of Klein's emotions and memories. This makes me unable to let go of my past, yet I instinctively consider my family of this era as my own."

"Sounds like some kind of mental patchwork." Amon gave a very cold assessment.

"...Perhaps this is exactly my current situation." Klein smiled bitterly but did not deny it.

He could no longer be called a pure individual. The moment he "traveled" to this era, he had already become a patchwork in a sense.

"Does your current family know about this?" Amon asked a more pointed question.

"...They don't know." Klein's voice was a little dry.

"Why?" Amon asked, then as if he had received an answer, "Because you're afraid. You're afraid your family will abandon you after knowing the truth. Just like you think I'm different from little Amon, you also know you're not Klein."

Klein fell silent again.

"So you see, this is what human nature is all about..." Amon raised his lips, looked at Luo Lin as if he had won a victory, and said, "So despicable, so cowardly."

When Rowling heard this, he didn't deny it. He just looked at Klein without any negative emotion in his eyes, as if he was waiting for something.

"Why, do you think this evasive fellow would give another answer?" Amon clearly saw something. He also looked at Klein with a cold, scrutinizing gaze.
"That's what humans are like. They'll basely enjoy things that don't belong to them, and they'll cowardly avoid things that will hurt them, even if that avoidance itself is a form of harm to others. From this perspective, what's the difference between them and me?"

"...No wonder the Sun God is so troubled by you. It's not that you don't understand humans, it's just that you focus more on the despicable side of human nature." Luo Lin seemed to smile, then continued, "I'm better at discovering the beauty of human nature. That's the biggest difference between us."

Amon remained noncommittal. He was indeed not an easy person to deal with. Even if he had been shaken by Luo Lin's words, he still had a solid set of values.

Even if these three views are not so correct.

Therefore, He will learn about human nature because of the expectations of the Sun God, but He will also question human nature.

"...I will tell them the truth." Klein suddenly spoke at this time. He raised his head and smiled, a smile that was hard to tell whether it was relief or self-mockery, but he said with extraordinary determination:
"I am indeed a cowardly and despicable person. I knew all this, but I still chose to escape... In this sense, I am really bad."

Klein looked at Amon and said, "Mr. Amon, thank you for waking me up."

This wasn't actually a sudden decision Klein made. He had tossed and turned countless nights before, and he wasn't without feeling uneasy about this concealment. It was just that in order to survive, and later out of fear, Klein chose silence and escape.

After all, he is just an ordinary person.

But the reason why Klein is Klein is that he has never been a person who would escape to the end. He fears the truth of the time travel, but will still look for it and face it. He is afraid of the confrontation with Tianzun, but will still stand up and become the Lord of Mysteries for others.

Cowardice and bravery exist in Klein at the same time, which sounds contradictory, but human beings themselves are contradictory.

So at this moment, Klein didn't want to escape anymore. He chose to face it, even if the result might not be what he wanted.

Amon was silent. He obviously didn't expect Klein to react like this. He stared at Klein for a few seconds before suddenly asking, "Even if you lose them?"

"This is what I should bear." Klein didn't hesitate. He simply remembered something and said, "I should have done this a long time ago. They should know the death of their real family. I can't and cannot replace the real Klein."

Amon stared at Klein. It was hard to tell what the Angel King was thinking at that moment. He simply sneered and said, "Foolish behavior."

Klein wasn't angry about this comment. He simply looked at Rowling and said apologetically, "Mr. Lucifer, I probably can't play Mr. Medici right now. I'd like to ask for a leave. Is that okay?"

"Sure." Rowling didn't seem surprised by Klein's choice. He nodded and said, "I can take you back. Do you need it?"

"...Thank you, Mr. Lucifer." Klein forced a smile.

Rowling said he would send Klein back, so he didn't delay and quickly sent Klein back to Tingen. However, he had no intention of interfering in Klein's personal affairs. He was very tactful and only sent Klein to Tingen, then watched Klein leave on a trackless carriage.

"I don't understand." After Klein left, Amon, who had been following them silently, spoke again, "This is not a wise choice."

"No, you actually do understand." Luo Lin tilted his head to look at Him and said with a smile, "Otherwise, why don't you acknowledge the True Creator?"

"Does denying that the true Creator is equal to the Sun God seem like a wise choice to you?"

Amon was silent.

Luo Lin turned around and looked into the distance, saying, "This is human nature, a human nature that is both despicable and beautiful."

(End of this chapter)