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"Will, have you restarted already?"
Hearing this, Will paused, probably swallowing the words that were already at his throat. He looked at Lin Ruo and said grumpily, "I think that's pretty obvious."
Will didn't intend to hide the fact that he had started a new round of restart; after all, it was an extremely obvious matter, something anyone who understood the Snake of Mercury could see.
Lin Ruo had only lost his memory, not his intelligence, so how could he not see it?
After saying this, Will saw Lin Ruo looking at him with a complex gaze, even sighing as if with regret.
Will: ?
Lin Ruo's obviously abnormal reaction naturally made Will eye him suspiciously and ask, "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing, just a bit of a pity." Lin Ruo shook his head theatrically, looking as if he wanted to speak but hesitated, then hesitated but wanted to speak again, yet he never got to the point. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "Will, since you didn't avoid me this time, did you foresee something?"
"Hmph!" Will snorted, looking like a pouting child. "You're overthinking it. I didn't foresee anything."
"Is that so? I thought you didn't avoid me this time because you foresaw that something good would happen if you met me." Lin Ruo's smile grew brighter. He pinched his chin with one hand, looking thoughtful. "If it wasn't because you foresaw something good happening from meeting me, could it be that you missed me, Will?"
Will: ...
Will didn't want to speak and rolled his eyes.
Clearly disgusted, he then said huffily, "I'm just a ten-year-old child. Don't direct your excessive charm at me, thank you!"
Obviously, Will's words were also intentionally disgusting.
"You're overthinking it. Not only am I not a pervert, and my sexual orientation is very normal, but even if I were, I wouldn't be interested in someone like you!" Lin Ruo put on a serious expression, but his tone was full of disdain.
Will: ...
Hmph! He really shouldn't have come to see this scoundrel because of the revelation of fate!
Seeing Will, the fake child, puffing his cheeks more and more, Lin Ruo finally showed a warm smile and said, "Alright, jokes aside."
"Long time no see, Will!"
Will's expression froze, and he said sullenly, "What long time no see? You don't remember me at all!"
"Even if I don't remember anything, it's still been a long time, hasn't it?" Lin Ruo didn't mind Will's words at all. He smiled and walked over to Will. Under the latter's watchful gaze, he raised his hand, and then... tidied his slightly messy hair.
Will, who had expected his hair to be ruffled: ...
This guy is doing it on purpose, definitely on purpose.
Lin Ruo naturally noticed Will's expression, and indeed, he had intentionally faked the movement. He then tapped Will's forehead with his fingertip and said with a smile, "But I'm very glad you didn't avoid this meeting, Will!"
"Your premonition is correct; meeting me this time will indeed bring you good things."
Since a certain serpent liked to act like a child, Lin Ruo certainly didn't mind treating him with the attitude one would use towards a real child.
And he was quite... skilled at this state!
Hmm, I've probably already guessed how I used to get along with Will... Lin Ruo thought absentmindedly, the warmth in his smile increasing a few points.
Will, who was being treated completely like a child, was stunned for a moment. He was clearly not unfamiliar with Lin Ruo's attitude. While showing a child's disgusted expression, he didn't avoid Lin Ruo's finger and asked, "So you know what good thing it is?"
"Of course." Lin Ruo took a step back and didn't say what the good thing was. Instead, he pulled Klein, who had been watching the show from the side, in front of Will and introduced him:
"Come, let me introduce you. Klein, my only student, the future Mr. The Fool."
... Will looked at Klein and fell silent for a moment. As a Fate pathway being, he could naturally see some special qualities in Klein, and he had even foreseen that the opportunity for him to accommodate the uniqueness might fall upon this young man. However, before today, Will truly didn't know that this young man named Klein was actually Lin Ruo's student?
—After all, out of consideration for Lin Ruo, he had never probed further.
But how could he be a student?
Will looked at Lin Ruo, who was proudly introducing him like he was introducing his own child, and then at the brown-eyed young man who was a bit reserved but still politely greeted him and introduced himself.
Even if he acted like a child, Will, whose core was a very worldly old fox, could naturally see how good the relationship between this teacher and student was.
But this was precisely what surprised him.
"I thought you wouldn't take any more students... It seems you've truly lost your memory." Finally, Will rarely showed a complex expression that shouldn't belong to a child.
"Eh?" This time, it was Lin Ruo who was stunned. He asked with some confusion and curiosity, "Why do you say that? Was I betrayed by a student before?"
Lin Ruo understood his own personality and knew that sometimes he was indeed a bit eager to teach. It was normal for him to take a student during those few millennia—not an abnormal student like Mr. Azik, where both parties knew what was going on—and now, looking at Will's attitude, there was clearly something going on.
"You really don't remember anything at all." Will resumed his child-like expression, sighed, and said, "You were indeed betrayed by a student."
"Who?" Lin Ruo became even more curious. Although he was eager to teach, he didn't teach just anyone. Who could have become his student and then backstabbed him?
Will, however, fell silent. His expression looked a bit conflicted. He asked, "You've seen Medici, right? Did that guy not tell you anything?"
Lin Ruo was stunned. His curious expression was instantly replaced by another unfamiliar emotion. The smile on his lips disappeared at that moment. Lin Ruo looked at Will, his expression becoming serious, and asked, "Who is it?"
In fact, a name had already appeared in Lin Ruo's mind, but Lin Ruo still wanted to confirm it from Will's mouth.
No, perhaps the answer he wanted was not confirmation, but denial.
The atmosphere in the room became heavy at that moment. Will averted his eyes and uttered a name:
"Alista Tudor."
... Lin Ruo's mind went blank for a moment. Even though he had already guessed it, at that moment, his brain still went into a crashed state for a second.
Lin Ruo remembered the phrase "You and I are both accomplices" from his recent memory.
The content of the [Amon's Diary] he had once seen surfaced in his mind... Lin Ruo suddenly understood why Amon had specifically made him see these diaries.
The Tudor Family... the Family that converted to his faith after he saved their ancestor...
Alista Tudor... his student... the murderer of Medici...
"So that's how it is..." Lin Ruo's voice was slightly hoarse at this moment. He closed his eyes, and it seemed as if a conversation echoed in his ears:
"Why did you do this? You didn't have any other choice."
"No reason. If I had to give one, it's probably because he was the most suitable."
"Are you prepared to die here?"
"Teacher, you truly were different from us from the very beginning."
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