Lord of Mysteries: The Outer God is Me

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Now, Lin Ruo faced both good news and bad news.

The good news was that he seemed to have really done something about Bornova's matter during Emperor Roselle's era, such as going to physically persuade the God of Steam and Machinery, and he succeeded.

Otherwise, given Bornova's performance in the original work, it would be impossible to describe him with the word 'lively'.

The Bornova in the original work was obviously a typical example of someone who was too heavily influenced by the God of Steam and Machinery and failed to maintain his humanity well.

The bad news was that, perhaps as the price for maintaining his humanity, or perhaps because Emperor Roselle, as a father, set a bad example, Bornova seemed to have become a playboy like his father.

Fast forward to the father and son both uttering, "The taste of a Demoness is not bad." .jpg

Imagining this, the corner of Lin Ruo's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and then he thought of another question.

If this time, Bornova didn't become the angel full of divinity as he was in the original work, why did Roselle still break with the God of Steam and Machinery as in the original work?

Uh, it seems normal, too. In the original work, Roselle's break with the God of Steam and Machinery and his embarking on the path of the "Black Emperor" was originally due to various reasons. Bornova was certainly an important factor, but not the only reason.

Moreover, even if Bornova maintained his full humanity with his intervention, it didn't mean that Roselle wouldn't care about this matter.

Not to mention that he currently had no idea how Bornova maintained his humanity. Maybe he didn't go to physically persuade the God of Steam and Machinery in the first place, or perhaps he failed to persuade him, and Bornova's humanity only stabilized later.

Various guesses flashed through Lin Ruo's mind, and finally, he suppressed all these guesses to the very bottom, after all, there was too much information missing at the moment, so it was better not to draw conclusions easily.

Lin Ruo then looked at Saint Anthony and asked, "Your Excellency Anthony, do you know about 0-08?"

Saint Anthony paused, seemingly not expecting Lin Ruo to suddenly mention this, "Not particularly familiar, Your Excellency Lin Ruo, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know when 0-08 first appeared," Lin Ruo said. He didn't really expect Saint Anthony to know much about 0-08. Although the other party had considerable authority in the Evernight Church, it involved Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, especially 0-08, which was the kind of sealed artifact where "if you know it, it knows you, and the more you know about it, the easier it is to be written into the story."

It would be normal for Saint Anthony to know 0-08's abilities and negative effects, but it would also be normal for him not to know 0-08's origins.

"I'm not too sure about this question…" Saint Anthony pondered for a moment, finally shaking his head and saying, "As far as I know, 0-08 became a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact of the Church in 1198. Before that, there doesn't seem to have been any record of 0-08… But it's also possible that I haven't seen the relevant records, after all, not everything is recorded in the classics."

Lin Ruo was disappointed when he heard this, but then he suddenly realized something.

"1198? The year Roselle was assassinated and fell?"

"Yes," Saint Anthony nodded, expressing affirmation, "It was the year Roselle was assassinated and fell, more precisely, after Roselle was assassinated and fell."

Ah, this!

Lin Ruo frowned. Although the time when 0-08 became a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact of the Evernight Church happened to be in the year Roselle was killed, or rather, after he was killed, it didn't mean anything, but such a coincidence made it difficult for Lin Ruo not to care.

Thinking of the outrageous guess he had made before, but which, in a certain sense, had a self-consistent logic, that "0-08 is what I secreted," Lin Ruo's expression became subtle. He decided to ask Pallez Zoroast about this issue later.

"Thank you very much for your answer, Your Excellency Anthony. I won't disturb you any further today." After asking the questions he wanted to ask, Lin Ruo politely thanked him and planned to leave.

"You're welcome, this is just what I should do. Regarding Your Excellency Lin Ruo's meeting with His Highness Bornova, I will also arrange it as soon as possible. Once I receive a reply from the Church of Steam and Machinery, I will notify you." Saint Anthony's smile was as amiable as ever, and then he tapped his chest four times with his fingers, devoutly saying, "May the Goddess bless you!"

"Praise the Lady!"

"Praise the Lady!"

Although he wasn't devout at all and didn't believe in the Night, the true Goddess's Chosen One, Lin Ruo, who was already very skilled in the business, calmly followed Saint Anthony's rhythm and perfectly completed a blessing to the Evernight Goddess, then saluted and took his leave.

After leaving Saint Samuel Cathedral, Lin Ruo felt that he had received enough information today and had done enough things. It was time to relax, so he stretched and decided to go to Klein's place.

It wasn't for any other reason. Lin Ruo suddenly remembered that he had previously assigned Klein an assignment, which he had promised to check before Dunn's wedding, but had forgotten because he had been too busy recently, the assignment of making advanced talismans.

If Klein had completed it, that would naturally be the best. If, even now, he was still slacking off, then he couldn't blame Lin Ruo, the strict teacher, for being ruthless.

At the same time, Klein's detective agency—

"Achoo~"

Klein inexplicably sneezed, but didn't feel any malice. He rubbed his nose and heard a "ding-ding-dang-dang" sound.

Obviously, someone was shaking the bell he had hung on the door as a doorbell.

Having adapted to the identity of a detective during this period, although he hadn't taken on any big cases, Klein had taken on several commissions. He got up and walked to the door. Before opening it, he had already visualized the appearance of the visitor outside the door in his mind, thanks to his Beyonder abilities:

It was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, thin, with a youthful face, wearing an old coat that didn't fit his age, and a bowler hat. He had a worn-out satchel on his back, and judging from his expression, he seemed very nervous.

No, not just nervous, but also quite frightened. Had he encountered some trouble?

Klein guessed, opened the door, and gave the boy waiting at the door a smile, actively releasing friendly information.

"Good afternoon, sir. The weather is nice today, another day without worrying about getting a tan."

In Backlund, weather jokes never go out of style.

"Good afternoon, sir!" The boy seemed a little uneasy, hesitantly asking, "Are you Sherlock Moriarty, the detective?"

"Yes," Klein glanced around, confirming that the boy, who seemed to have encountered some trouble, wasn't being followed, and invited him in, "What's the matter? Let's go inside and sit down first, you might need a cup of black tea?"

"Thank you," the boy didn't refuse.

When Lin Ruo strolled to Klein's office, he saw the two of them talking in the large living room.

Of course, because Lin Ruo had "traveled" to the living room himself, and then came out of the living room, the boy was startled, but he didn't associate it with any Beyonder abilities. He just said a little uneasily, "Th-this is?"

"This is my assistant, he was just resting in the living room," Klein directly confirmed Lin Ruo's identity, and introduced to Lin Ruo, "This is Ian, he has a commission for us."

"Oh?" Lin Ruo looked at the boy, his smile immediately becoming brighter, "Hello, Mr. Ian."

This is really... a coincidence!

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