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Chapter 417 - Chapter 417 Fors felt the malice

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Klein naturally wouldn't refuse Magician Fors's request, as it was just a matter of a paper figurine angel.

After providing Magician Fors with the protection of the paper figurine angel, helping her avoid the troubles of divination in the coming days, Klein, who found it inconvenient to give too many instructions while in the The Fool's identity, naturally descended from the gray fog after disconnecting from Fors.

Klein opened his eyes, and the first person he saw was naturally Lin Ruo, holding a cup of black tea and waiting for some gossip. He immediately said, "Leonard has already joined the Tarot Club."

"What about the process? You know I don't want to hear such a dry sentence." Lin Ruo took a sip of black tea and asked with interest, "Did he see through your The Fool identity?"

Klein, who knew Lin Ruo's mischievous nature, was speechless when he heard this question and said, "Well, you might be disappointed. Leonard didn't discover the relationship between the The Fool and me. And he behaved quite normally after ascending to the gray fog…"

Although speechless, Klein still recounted Leonard's performance on the gray fog.

"Tsk, that Leonard is really lame!" Lin Ruo pouted, clearly unhappy that he didn't get to see any fun.

"What's a Leonard?" Klein felt this appellation was as baffling as the previous "Klein Cat."

"Hmm, it's hard to explain, you can understand it as a meme." Lin Ruo took a sip of black tea without changing his expression.

"A meme?" Klein was still puzzled, but seeing that Lin Ruo didn't seem to intend to explain, he simply put the matter out of his mind. After all, there were too many strange appellations from Lin Ruo, and he deeply felt that there was no need to dwell on them.

Klein then simply told Lin Ruo what Magician Fors had just reported and asked, "Who do you think Lawrence will introduce to Miss Magician as a teacher?"

"Hmm, it might be a Mr. Dorian. He is a Sequence 5 Disciplinary Knight, a high-ranking member of the Abraham Family's Reformist faction."

Lin Ruo speculated. His guess wasn't entirely based on the original novel, but more so on the information he had obtained from Lawrence last time: among the people Lawrence knew, the highest Sequence was Dorian, and he was the only high-ranking member of the Reformist faction Lawrence knew.

Unlike the Apprentice pathway in the original novel, the current Dorian is a genuine Disciplinary Knight of the Justiciar pathway, Sequence 5, a direct descendant of the Abraham Family. He controls a Grade 1 Seal and multiple Grade 2 and 3 Seals. In necessary circumstances, he can even apply to the leader to use a Grade 0 Seal. He is a true high-ranking member of the Reformist faction, and his status in the Abraham Family is truly not low.

Lawrence's friendship with Dorian stemmed from their fathers, both of whom were core members of the Reformist faction and loyal believers of Angel of Judgment. When both were young, Lawrence, being older than Dorian, even acted as a brother figure, and their relationship was undeniably good.

Later, with the passage of time and changes in their identities and Sequences, their relationship, though no longer as it once was, could still be called a good friendship.

Of course, no matter how good their friendship, Dorian could not engage in excessive abuse of power for personal gain. Although he helped Lawrence a lot, it could only be maintained within a certain limit. Therefore, even though Lawrence had a high-ranking friend, his status in the Reformist faction remained the same, and he knew very little about other high-ranking members of the Reformist faction.

—Information about high-ranking members needs to be kept confidential. Even to prevent Lawrence from being captured and divined one day, revealing all the Abraham Family's secrets, Dorian would not tell him this kind of information.

This is the caution that members of the Abraham Family must possess.

And when Lin Ruo had learned about the current situation of Abraham through Lawrence, he had actually considered whether to pull Dorian into the gray fog. The main reason he hadn't acted immediately was that he wasn't quite sure about Dorian's attitude towards Angel of Judgment.

Lawrence was also unclear about this, as even among fellow Reformists, no one would outwardly show a lack of piety, even if it existed deep down. At most, their outward expressions would be entirely technical, devoid of emotion. Because Lawrence himself felt a bit guilty in this regard, he basically never discussed matters of faith with Dorian.

Hmm, I can immediately give Salted Fish a small task, letting her intentionally mention Angel of Judgment in front of Dorian. Then I'll observe with my Spectator account…

Lin Ruo stroked his chin, a plan forming in his mind.

For Dorian, a Disciplinary Knight who controls a Grade 1 Seal, Lin Ruo did not intend to use direct hypnosis like he did with Lawrence. He was mainly afraid that the high-ranking members of the Abraham Family might have implemented targeted defenses to prevent information leakage. In that case, forcing it would not only fail to yield the desired results but also lead to things developing in an unfavorable direction.

Lin Ruo preferred to use the aforementioned method for a covert investigation, and then later issue a long-term task, letting Salted Fish observe Dorian's inclinations in this regard.

If the observation results are fine, then he can consider pulling Dorian onto the gray fog.

As for how to make him chant the honorific name, that's something to consider at that time. For example, while directly hypnotizing to extract information is not advisable, giving Dorian a psychological cue might not be impossible. This is different from violently obtaining information, it's difficult to guard against beforehand, and it's also more acceptable than violently obtaining information. Once Dorian is on the gray fog, he'll naturally be a fish on the chopping board, unable to get off the ship.

"Of course, if Lawrence introduces a teacher to Salted Fish who isn't Dorian, then disregard what I said…" Lin Ruo muttered to himself, then stood up and stretched, saying,

"I'm going to see Fors and talk to her about this meeting… It's been a while since I urged her to update, I'll see what she's been writing recently, why there's no news at all."

"Uh, Fors is a Young Miss after all, don't be too excessive when urging her to update…" Hearing the last resentful remark, Klein paused, then tactfully advised.

After reading Roselle's diary provided by Bornova and Bernadette, Klein had a concrete understanding of Lin Ruo's franticness in urging updates, so much so that he couldn't help but give a few words of caution.

"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. At most, I'll lend her Arrodes once. They should have a lot they want to know anyway." Lin Ruo waved his hand, clearly speaking quite amiably.

"That's good… Wait, doesn't that mean social death?" Although he himself always enjoyed the vvvvvip treatment of a licking dog mirror, only ever being licked, Klein still had an understanding of the little mirror's unpleasantness.

Well, mainly because he met a Church of the God of Steam and Machinery deacon named Ikonse Bernard the first time he returned Arrodes.

"It's fine, in front of a good gal pal, what's social death?" Lin Ruo's mind flashed with the scene of Fors's social death in the original novel, and he said with a smile.

Klein: …

Ah, this!

Miss Fors, be strong!

At the same time, Salted Fish Fors, who was in a great mood after receiving protection from Mr. Fool, completely relaxed, eating dessert and singing, suddenly shivered unexpectedly.

"Strange, it suddenly feels so cold. Has the temperature dropped?"

"That's right, it's already November after all."

Salted Fish Fors tightened the clothes on her body and began to consider whether to add two more layers.

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