Their commission was suspicious.

However, since it took so long for Mercury Lamp to be released, how long will it take to collect the other dolls? If Chen Luo remembers correctly, there are a total of 7 Rose Dolls.

However, to ensure that there isn't a power imbalance in the Rose Doll series, they'll have to go back to the A Certain Magical Index world to try and get some more items.

Summoning angels wasn't a big problem for Chen Luo, since he possessed knowledge about angel killers and could easily summon them.

However, the problem is that summoning angels will inevitably alert the demon god Othinus, who is currently eyeing Chen Luo covetously. This is why Chen Luo has not yet gone to the world of A Certain Magical Index.

Alas, when will this cycle of revenge end?

“We’re almost done copying. Come here, Mercury Lamp, give me your hand,” Chen Luo said to Mercury Lamp.

Although Mercury Lamp didn't know what Chen Luo wanted to do, she obediently stretched out her hand.

After grabbing the hand that Suigintou offered, Chen Luo manipulated Suigintou's hand to grasp the pen, and then drew the final period on his punishment writing that he was about to finish.

Chen Luo planned to use the luck of the Mercury Lamp to increase his chances of obtaining Clue No. 4 as much as possible.

Don't people often try to sacrifice their pet's lifespan to draw cards?

Chen Luo's actions were not a sacrifice; he simply wanted the Mercury Lamp to improve his luck.

Although Suigintou didn't understand Chen Luo's intentions, the moment Chen Luo grasped her hand, it made no difference to her what he wanted to do.

[Ding! Mission complete]

With a nervous heart, Chen Luo looked at the mission reward. Besides the original stone that was supposed to be there, there was also a note.

After Chen Luo shakily took the note out of his backpack, he saw the words "Puppeteer" on the back of the white paper.

"My dear Mercury Lamp, could you help me see what the numbers are at the end?" Chen Luo said, somewhat hesitant to look.

"Father, are you really entrusting me with such an important task? Let me see... it's number 4." Suigintou took the first task Chen Luo had given her very seriously. She looked up, checked it over and over, and then said the number.

"Great!" Chen Luo cheered, then raised the mercury lamp in his arms and kissed it on the forehead.

It's difficult to determine whether Chen Luo did this out of joy or simply because of his doll collecting habit.

Although it wasn't the first time, the close contact with Chen Luo still made Mercury Lamp's heart beat faster.

Suigintou didn't understand what this feeling was, but she liked it very much.

Holding the mercury lamp back in his arms, feeling the warmth emanating from the doll, Chen Luo calmed down and laid out the seven clues together.

Collect all 7 clues to summon the dragon!

This is obviously impossible.

However, when these seven seemingly perfunctory sheets of white paper were brought together, a chemical reaction did indeed occur.

For Chen Luo, the most amazing thing was that a button suddenly popped up on these 7 clues.

[Do you wish to proceed with the synthesis?]

This was the first time Chen Luo had seen such a magical thing outside of the talent panel.

After a moment's thought, Chen Luo directly chose to synthesize.

Although once the clues are combined, they cannot be separated, and if someone wants to see the remaining 6 clues, Chen Luo simply cannot produce them.

But don't ask. If you do, it'll be from Yun Xia or Yun Lian'er, or if that doesn't work, it'll be from Liu Wenxuan.

There are plenty of excuses anyway.

[The clues are being pieced together; please wait patiently for 24 hours.]

This is also why Chen Luo synthesized the clues before the Abyss Passage in Xinghai City was unsealed.

However, this 24-hour period is not impossible to expedite.

If the person clicking to merge can gather 24 friends and each friend touches the clue, the merge can be completed instantly.

"Consuming" a friend speeds up the process by one hour.

The better the relationship, the more time is accelerated.

Therefore, this 24-hour period is also known as the test of friendship.

It's... a Frankenstein's monster.

Chapter 838 The Herrscher of Knowledge: Mercury Lamp, Be Good, Call Me Mom

"Mercury Lamp, touch this card." Chen Luo picked up Mercury Lamp again and placed it on the table, then pointed to an exquisite card and said.

Although it takes time to synthesize the seven clues, the seven clues disappear the moment you click to synthesize, leaving only a card that is much more exquisite in appearance and larger in size than the original.

The back of the card features a pair of hands, with silk threads connecting the hands to two somewhat uncoordinated dolls at the other end of the threads.

But the front is a complete mess, with only a 23-hour countdown, and nothing else you can see.

After hearing Chen Luo's command, Mercury Lamp touched the card.

Then, the countdown on the card decreased by 2 hours from nearly 24 hours.

"Only 100 points of favorability will reduce the time by two hours. The conditions are a bit harsh. No wonder it is called the test of friendship."

"Alright, let's just leave this here and go for a walk," Chen Luo said to the mercury lamp.

"Yes." Suigintou nodded expectantly.

For the newborn Suigintou, everything was so new and exciting. Although it was indeed a happy thing to be alone with her father in this room, the curiosity buried deep in her heart still prompted Suigintou to take the next step.

Even so, Suigintou still felt somewhat resentful about being separated from her father's embrace.

When Chen Luo noticed that Suigintou was staring at him with a reluctant expression, he roughly guessed what Suigintou was thinking.

As a puppeteer, you don't need to know too much about what other people are thinking, but you must know what your own puppets are thinking.

"If you don't mind, how about you shrink a bit and sit on my shoulders?" Chen Luo asked.

Suigintou is currently a little tall, and although she is petite enough, it looks strange if she sits on someone's shoulders. It would be perfect if she were a little smaller.

Fortunately, the mercury lamp has this innate ability to change size.

The description of Mercury Lamp also states that the tallest person is 1.69 meters.

However, this is a normal size. If Mercury Lamp were to try, she might be able to grow to a size of ten or even tens of meters, since Mercury Lamp's current power comes from Gabriel.

Chen Luo still hasn't figured out what abilities the angels possess.

Although Gabriel was chasing and slashing Chen Luo at the time, it was quite obvious that he was holding back.

"Really? Father?" Suigintou looked pleasantly surprised after hearing Chen Luo's words.

Can I really win so much of my father's affection?

Mercury Lamp couldn't help but recall the faint feeling she had when she was still being incubated.

Although Mercury Lamp only managed to wake up nearly an hour ago, her intelligence had essentially already formed before she woke up.

The Mercury Lamp, possessing sentience, could also vaguely sense Chen Luo.

In Mercury Lamp's perception, Chen Luo longed for his birth, but perhaps because he was too busy, he rarely stayed by his side.

"Why not? My dear Mercury Lamp."

If Chen Luo remembers correctly, Mercury Lamp should also have the ability to fly.

This unexpected surprise made Mercury Lamp very happy, so she shrank her size slightly, then flew up and sat steadily on Chen Luo's shoulder.

And this time, Chen Luo finally saw the wings of Mercury Lamp.

During his puppet period, Chen Luo was able to manipulate Mercury Lamp to reveal his wings, and at that time he already knew that the color of Mercury Lamp's wings had changed from white to black.

"Mercury Lamp, how do you feel about the color of your wings?" Chen Luo asked.

If Suigintou prefers white wings, Chen Luo could certainly modify them.

"I love everything that my father has given me."

Mercury Lamp showed Chen Luo her affection without reservation.

"Oh dear, that's too direct, my heart can't quite take it." That's how newborn life is; they express their intense emotions for the things they like quite directly.

Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the mercury lamp, which had now returned to normal.

Chen Luo was somewhat relieved that he had infused the cursed evil of this world into Suigintou's body.

The divinity Gabriel left in Mercury Lamp's body was indeed quite immense, and the fact that it could now manifest such humanity made Chen Luo feel much more at ease.

However, perhaps because she was just born, Suigintou could only express her feelings for Chen Luo in a superficial way, but could not form a more precise personality of herself.

Ultimately, personality is something that a person gradually develops through their experiences in life.

Although personality is relatively stable once it is formed, it is not immutable and is malleable.

Chen Luo hopes that the dolls he creates will all like him very much, but he also hopes that these dolls can have their own lives, their own personalities, and their own hobbies.

Chen Luo needs to investigate these things one by one.

"Father, what is that?" But just as they passed the first floor, the mercury lamp sitting on Chen Luo's shoulder suddenly looked at an object.

"Huh? What?" Chen Luo looked in the direction Suigintou was pointing, and then looked at the top shelf of the liquor cabinet where Suigintou had been sitting during the formation of her mind.

Next to that compartment were the offerings Chen Luo made to the Mercury Lamp—Yakult active lactic acid bacteria.

“That’s your tribute,” Chen Luo said.

All intelligence is ignorant and unaware when it is first born, even the soul of a doll.

However, Mercury Lamp is different from ordinary life forms in that his soul was born from the combination of Gabriel's remaining spirituality and the doll.

Therefore, mercury lamps should also possess some very little bit of common sense.

At the same time, the knowledge about the evil in human nature that Chen Luo instilled in him came with some inherent understanding. Chen Luo stripped away all the negative knowledge, leaving only some basic common sense.

Not much, but enough for Mercury Lamp to form basic cognitive logic.

Of course, the most important thing is that each doll, which has its own soul, is imbued with the doll maker's thoughts and emotions.

Therefore, every person is born with a basic personality.

Moreover... the Rozen Maiden doll series is a unique type of doll with a conceptual design, and it had a certain orientation before it was created.

The materials used in the creation of the Rozen Maiden dolls and the special emotions required by the doll maker seem to foreshadow that the personality each doll should have was predetermined.

In fact, all the Rozen Maiden dolls have their own names, which were already written on the manufacturing blueprints. Chen Luo's suggestion of naming them was just for fun.

Even so, the puppeteer's naming is crucial for the birth of the doll's soul. Even though she already has a name she should have, Chen Luo still needs to say it aloud, imprinting his own shape onto the newborn doll.

The meaning of a name can explain a doll's personality.

The first doll of Rozen Maiden - Suigintou.

Meaning: Quietly silent, at first glance it has an almost icy color, but it is actually a mercury lamp that is full of warmth.

However, this only represents a personality tendency. What kind of personality Suigintou will eventually develop will require further experiences to fill in the gaps.

As for knowledge, Chen Luo adopted a natural approach.

Although Mercury Lamp, as a puppet created by Chen Luo himself, is now connected to the group network, Chen Luo hopes that Mercury Lamp can acquire more knowledge on its own.

The term "tribute?" was somewhat unfamiliar to Mercury Lamp.

"Well, consider this my first gift to you. My first gift before you even have a mind or knowledge. Want to try some? Lactic acid bacteria have a pretty long shelf life," Chen Luo asked.

"The first gift..." Mercury Lamp was somewhat tempted.

The first item a mercury lamp recognizes often carries a representative meaning.

Seeing the ripples in the mercury lamp's eyes, Chen Luo took the offering down, inserted a straw, and held it in front of the mercury lamp.

“Don’t worry about the meaning this item represents. Strictly speaking, your body is the first gift I gave you, and that’s what truly deserves protection. Mercury Lamp, remember one thing: if you encounter any danger, fight if you can, and run immediately if you can’t. Never put yourself in danger, or I’ll worry.” Chen Luo said to Mercury Lamp.

"Hmm." Mercury Lamp nodded and then took the drink that Chen Luo handed her.

“This kind of heavy topic is not suitable for discussion now. Try the offering I’m presenting to you. If you like it, just say so.” Chen Luo said as he pushed open the bar door with Mercury Lamp in hand.

Suigintou, holding the first gift her father had given her, took a sip with trepidation.

"Did you finally finish copying those 100 times in seclusion? What clue did you get?" The Herrscher of Knowledge lay on the sofa and knew Chen Luo was back the moment he heard the sound of the bar door opening.

"Fortunately, it's the fourth clue. Although this world often messes with me when it comes to missions, the rewards are still pretty normal," Chen Luo said with some emotion.

I played it, but not completely.