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Using ritual magic to replicate a beloved scene and packing it in a small gift box, followed by a shower and tidying myself up, and then divining the danger level of my next actions, I confirmed there shouldn't be any problems. After that, Lin Ruo simulated the abilities of a Traveler and arrived at the entrance of the Sherlock Detective Agency.
He had many things to do now, but the most urgent was to resolve the matter of Amon's diary… no, Tudor's diary with Klein.
Other things could wait.
"Ding-a-ling—ding-a-ling—"
Lin Ruo pulled the bell rope at the entrance of the Sherlock Detective Agency and shook it. Soon, someone came to open the door.
"Klein, who is it?"
Lin Ruo heard someone ask from inside the house, a slightly familiar female voice.
He glanced past Klein and into the room, seeing Melissa sitting on the sofa in the living room, seemingly reading a book.
"It's my teacher," Klein replied, while sizing up Lin Ruo. The other person looked no different from a few days ago, except for a change of clothes and a gift box in his hand.
"Here, the promised commemorative gift. I suggest you open it now and take a look." Lin Ruo placed the gift box in Klein's hands. He saw Melissa in the living room had already stood up and turned around, looking slightly nervous and uneasy.
This was normal, after all, Melissa now knew his "true identity."
"Good afternoon, Miss Melissa. I heard you've chosen to become a Savant, which is excellent, very suitable for you," Lin Ruo greeted with a gentle smile.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Lin Ruo, you… you can just call me Melissa," Melissa replied somewhat nervously, her initial anxiety eased by Lin Ruo's consistently gentle demeanor.
"Alright, Melissa," Lin Ruo readily agreed, naturally entering the house and sitting on the sofa opposite Melissa. He glanced at the book on the table and recognized it as a Hermes textbook.
Although Hermes was the most commonly used language in the mystical realm, it wasn't some mysterious language. Many people with the means learned it, and no one would care even if they saw it. No wonder Melissa was learning so openly in the living room.
Thinking this, Lin Ruo suddenly curved his lips into a smile, accepting the black tea Klein handed him and saying, "I remember you struggling so much to learn these mystical domain languages back then. During that time, I looked at your dark circles and wondered if you would suddenly drop dead."
Although Hermes was the original owner's innate skill, and Klein didn't need to relearn it, other languages like Jotun were diligently learned by Klein under his supervision.
Klein paused, sitting down next to Melissa, and said unhappily, "Wasn't that because you only gave me seven days for each language…"
Even now, when Klein recalled the initial period of learning mystical knowledge, he still felt a little bit of fear.
Seven days to learn a language, while also juggling other knowledge, and not just one language. Klein wasn't this diligent even before his college entrance exam.
"Didn't you have any idea why I only gave you seven days?" Lin Ruo glanced at him and said.
Klein, also recalling the time he caused trouble and implicated Lin Ruo:…
Ah, this!
He almost forgot about that.
Klein suddenly felt a little guilty.
"Alright, let's not dwell on old history. Where's Benson? Is he not here?" Lin Ruo picked up the black tea, took a sip, and casually asked.
"Benson went out to buy groceries and probably won't be back for a while," Klein replied, glancing at Melissa beside him, and said, "Should we go to the church now, or wait a while longer?"
When sharing information on the gray fog, Lin Ruo naturally mentioned the Tudor diary problem and discussed with Klein to go to St. Samuel Cathedral as a precaution when Little Sun holds the sacrificial ritual.
Although Klein himself expressed some concern about this, after all, conducting this two-faced behavior of going on the gray fog under the Goddess's nose was a bit too arrogant, but Lin Ruo blocked him with one sentence—"Didn't you already guess that the Evernight Goddess is interested in you because of that gray fog? Do you still care about this?"
Although helpless, Klein felt that Lin Ruo made a lot of sense, and because of Lin Ruo's words, Klein naturally agreed to this matter as his speculation about certain things was verified.
"Well, let's wait until the time is almost right. Anyway, with me here, going to the church is just a matter of seconds, it won't delay anything," Lin Ruo said with a smile, also glancing at Melissa, and said, "Before that, I'll teach Melissa the acting method, so we can make full use of the time."
Klein naturally had no objections to this.
"Acting method?" Melissa asked curiously, glancing at Lin Ruo and saying somewhat restrainedly, "Is the acting method the special method that Klein mentioned, which allows people to quickly master potions?"
"Yes, but you need to correct a concept first," Lin Ruo nodded, and already very skilled in teaching, he entered teacher mode in the next second, "Remember, it's not mastering, it's digestion, it's not excavation, it's acting."
"The potion name is not only the core symbol, but also the specific intention, and even the key to digestion."
"…Key?" Melissa repeated Lin Ruo's words, her expression thoughtful.
Lin Ruo patiently waited for a while, until Melissa had initially digested these words, before starting to introduce the acting method to Melissa in detail.
Because this was the fourth time teaching this knowledge, Lin Ruo was quite skilled.
Klein, who was next to him, smiled as he watched this scene, then his gaze fell on the gift box in his hand, and after thinking about it, he decided to open it now.
"Swish—swish—"
After quickly opening the gift box, Klein saw a sketch that seemed to have just been drawn not long ago.
He saw that the sketch at the top depicted a young and handsome man truly drinking a potion, and next to it was the title of the painting—
"Assassin Roselle"
Klein:?
Wait, what the hell?
Couldn't it be what he thought it meant?
Klein was stunned, he looked at the painting with a strange expression, and then went to flip through the paintings below.
There weren't many paintings, only three, but each one was of Roselle.
The second painting depicted Roselle falling down the stairs, and the title was "Not every rolling wheel is called Leonard, it may also be called Roselle."
The third painting seemed to depict Roselle angrily about to hit someone, with the title "After Understanding the Truth."
The three paintings looked a little inexplicable when viewed separately, like realism and also like fantasy. If someone else showed Klein these three paintings, he would definitely think that these were just Roselle fan art.
But the person who gave him these paintings was Lin Ruo… Klein's brain was a little bit fried. He looked at these paintings and then turned to look at Lin Ruo.
It just so happened that Lin Ruo had already finished introducing the acting method at this time. Facing Klein's gaze, he blinked and said with a smile, "I went to a very interesting place during this time, similar to a dreamscape… These three paintings are souvenirs, and also some kind of record."
Klein:…
He seemed to understand.
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