Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

Ron took a deep breath: "I'm ready."

They had long known that there was a problem with Quest's identity, but he himself had been unwilling to say it, and Ron was unwilling to force him.

Now that he is willing to confess on his own, that is naturally the best thing.

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"Actually, it's not that mysterious. It's just that my race is not popular in any world or region, so it's easier to move around if I hide it."

Quest stretched his body, and his shape and appearance as a "tiefling" gradually became distorted. His skin seemed to come alive, with water-like ripples, and all the redness on his body faded away.

A pair of small horns on his head retracted into his forehead, and the tail behind him disappeared. When all the parts of his body that could identify his identity and appearance disappeared, even the facial features were almost only a pair of dark ones. After opening his eyes and opening his mouth, Quest's true form was finally revealed in front of Ron.

"So you are..." Ron looked at Quest's change in shock. He naturally recognized his true race, but the identity of the other party made him unbelievable no matter what.

"Are you a shapeshifter?"

"Or the doppelgänger," Quest's voice was no longer as friendly and smooth as in the tiefling form, but became stiff and cold, "Obviously, your impression of our race is not very good. good."

"Actually, not really," Ron smiled bitterly, "I've never even seen anyone else of your race before. I've only heard about them in books and from other people's mouths."

"I really can't say whether this impression from hearsay is good or bad. But in this case..."

"A lot of things can be explained, right?" Quest said, "I knew it". His true identity was only revealed for a short while, and then he resumed his identity as a tiefling. " Mind reading, transformation, and so on.”

"Indeed," Ron looked Quest up and down, "I can first reassure you that I will not drive you away or be hostile to you because of your race - your behavior has already made your position clear."

"We are indeed allies."

"But now that you have decided to reveal your true identity to me, can I further ask you to reintroduce yourself?"

"Reintroduction?" Quest raised his eyebrows, "Except for the fact that I concealed something about my race, everything else is true and trustworthy. I can guarantee you this."

"I was indeed a secret agent, responsible for affairs related to the remnants of the Hylan Empire. I was also looking for a reliable and magnanimous lord so that I could gather my kindred spirits in a place that I could call 'home' A place to live and settle down.”

"As for going forward..." Quest seemed to be reminiscing about his past, "A long, long time ago, I was abandoned when I was an infant. A kind-hearted monk adopted me and took me to him. The monastery, learning, training, growth.”

"If you want to ask me why I am a monk, this is the answer - and it is also one of the reasons why I use the appearance of a tiefling to act outside."

"one?"

"Oh, you see," Quest sat at the entrance of the tent, "Doppelgangers, or shapeshifters, rarely show their original appearance to others. We know that we are not welcome."

"Some of them are willing to degenerate because of this, choosing to take advantage of their natural racial advantages to engage in some businesses such as stealing, robbing or cheating, or acting as killers; while the other part is trying to change their own impressions in the minds of outsiders. They will Join the army, or serve a certain lord - like me."

“But unfortunately, no matter what profession we are in, this innate racial identity cannot always be erased. Some of them constantly change their shape, appearance and place of life in order to always remind themselves not to forget their true identity; others They will choose to show themselves in a certain main appearance and live with this identity.”

"A handful of very, very extreme shapeshifters were unwilling to accept or even hate their heritage, so they simply gave up their ability to shapeshift and lived their entire lives as someone else."

"It's usually not until these people die from various reasons that people around them see their true colors - because they may even forget that they are supposed to be shapeshifters."

Quest remembered a funny thing: "I once knew such a guy: He lived as a human in a human town for decades, worked, married, and had children. However, when his wife gave birth, he Only to discover that his child is actually a half-shapeshifter!"

"He was terrified. He thought his wife was cheating on him, and the cheating partner was a shape-shifter who had sneaked into his home without anyone noticing! He was sad, angry, and most of all, scared."

"He fired everyone in the family: the cook, the housekeeper, the gardener... but he couldn't find any trace of the shapeshifter! On the other hand, his wife swore that she had never done anything wrong to him."

"So, he invited you, the secret agent, here?" Ron asked with interest.

"Yes," Quest couldn't help but laugh himself, "Although I work for the lord, I also do some private work in private, and this is one of them."

"I kept visiting, even the neighbors two streets away from his house, but in the end I found nothing."

"Until I finally went back to his house to look for clues, I finally discovered the 'secret' that even he himself had forgotten."

"So what happened in the end?" Ron asked.

"A good ending, his wife forgave his deception - after all, he had forgotten about it long before he got married."

Quest spread his hands: "You see, we are such a race. When you break off with your innate identity, even you can't accept your own existence. My ideal is to find a place for such a group to settle down."

"Your fantasy, can you give us this opportunity?"

Ron pondered for a moment: "To be honest, this matter is not something I can decide personally, but I am willing to help you."

"After all, there are goblins who have settled down on this land. But you also know that they have to find a place to live for themselves, and it is almost impossible to live together."

"After all, whether it is goblins or shapeshifters, the shadows they bring to other races cannot be eliminated in a day or two."