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Oh, so Emlyn White has completely become the Earth Mother's shape already?
Lin Ruo raised his eyebrows, not surprised at all. After all, Klein had also said that the last time he saw Emlyn White, he was already praising the Earth Mother subconsciously.
In terms of time, Emlyn White's "submission" seems to have occurred earlier than in the original novel. However, considering that he was released from under the church earlier than in the original due to Lin Ruo's influence, it's quite normal.
Hmm, speaking of which, Little Moon should also count as entering the wrong church but believing in the right God, right?
Lin Ruo stroked his chin, feeling relieved for Emlyn White's bright future.
Despite his relief, Lin Ruo wasn't in a hurry to disturb them. He pulled Klein to a corner and sat down, patiently waiting for the few scattered believers of the Harvest Church to finish their prayers.
After all the ordinary believers had done what they wanted and left the church, Lin Ruo and Klein walked over to Father Utravsky and greeted him, saying, "Good morning, Father Utravsky."
"Good morning, Your Excellency Lin Ruo, Your Excellency Sherlock." Father Utravsky responded with a gentle smile. He looked at Lin Ruo and asked, "Are you here to return the life scepter?"
"Yes." Lin Ruo smiled and handed the box in his hand to Father Utravsky. "I hope it's not too late."
"As long as you choose to return it, it's never too late." Father Utravsky responded gently. He also made a gesture of praise to the Earth Mother, saying, "Everything is the Earth Mother's guidance. Praise the Earth Mother."
Lin Ruo, who still bore the title of the Evernight Goddess's Blessed, naturally couldn't praise the Earth Mother like him, so he could only offer a gentle yet polite smile.
"Excuse me for a moment," Father Utravsky then said, clearly intending to put the life scepter where it belonged.
Lin Ruo naturally had no objection. He then looked at Emlyn White beside him, his expression clearly growing brighter as he said, "Emlyn, I heard you've converted to the Earth Mother. Congratulations~"
"Who said that? I clearly still believe in the Ancestor, and I only believe in the Ancestor. I don't believe in the Earth Mother at all!" Emlyn White immediately retorted loudly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, while glaring unpleasantly at Klein, shouting, "Sherlock, you must be talking nonsense!"
Klein raised an eyebrow, not getting angry, but simply asked in a questioning tone, "Earth Mother?"
Emlyn White's expression stiffened, as if he had just realized that his address for the Earth Mother had naturally switched to "Earth Mother." His face flushed then paled, then flushed again, his expression quite remarkable for a moment.
Finally, he seemed to have thought of something and became self-righteous again, saying proudly, "What do you understand? I am someone chosen by the Ancestor, and I will absolutely not betray my faith in the Ancestor."
The problem is, you being chosen by the Sanguine Ancestor doesn't prevent you from believing in the Earth Mother.
Lin Ruo muttered inwardly, looking at Emlyn White, who seemed to firmly believe and be proud of being chosen by the Sanguine Ancestor. After thinking for a moment, he asked,
"Is it convenient to reveal why your Ancestor chose you? And if you were chosen by the Ancestor, why are you still here? Hasn't anyone helped you remove the psychological cue?"
In the original novel, Emlyn White being chosen by the Sanguine Ancestor was indeed mentioned, but this was entirely the Sanguine's internal experts misleading him.
The oracle truly bestowed by Lilith likely only stated that the Sanguine should send someone to pray to the The Fool, without specifying who, nor whether it was a good or bad thing. Emlyn White could be said to be a guinea pig pushed out by those Sanguine experts who were unclear about who the The Fool was and what the oracle truly meant.
It was only because Emlyn White was lucky enough to encounter the Klein-brand The Fool, and coincidentally happened to be Klein's friend in reality, that he obtained a bright future.
If the The Fool hadn't been so good, this guy would probably have been finished.
Upon hearing Lin Ruo's two questions, Emlyn White's proud expression stiffened again. Clearly, he was also very confused as to why the Ancestor, despite choosing him, didn't help him remove the psychological cue and still kept him in the Harvest Church.
But his faith in the Ancestor still made Emlyn White immediately shout, "The Ancestor naturally has Her profound meaning in doing so! As for why I was chosen by the Ancestor, of course it's because I am the future savior of the Sanguine!"
Towards the end, Emlyn White revealed his characteristic proud expression again.
It appeared, the famous quote "I am the savior of the Sanguine!"
Lin Ruo nearly burst out laughing. He couldn't help it; Emlyn White's expression when he said that was so chuunibyou, it directly hit Lin Ruo's funny bone.
Klein's expression also became subtle. If one could read the meaning on his face, it would probably be something like—Are you really sure you weren't fooled?
"Cough…" Lin Ruo, trying his best to hold back laughter, coughed lightly. He patted Emlyn White's shoulder and finally, solemnly uttered a single word:
"Go for it!"
"I'll definitely go for it, you don't need to tell me that." Emlyn White glared at Lin Ruo unhappily and said, "And don't think I can't tell you're trying to hold back your laughter."
He then looked at Klein, whose expression was subtle, and said, "What do you mean by that?"
"I'm just wondering if you were fooled by someone," Klein chose to tell the truth.
"How could I be fooled? This was told to me personally by a great figure of our Sanguine! He even told me to pray to an unknown existence named the The Fool…" Emlyn White was clearly angered by Klein's words and subconsciously retorted, but his voice abruptly stopped mid-sentence.
He belatedly covered his mouth with his hand, looking at Lin Ruo then at Klein.
"Huh?" Klein was stunned. He had absolutely not expected Emlyn White's matter to be related to him.
However, thinking about the Evernight Goddess's special attitude towards him, after a brief moment of surprise, Klein surprisingly didn't feel surprised at all.
After all, having spent a long time with Lin Ruo, he had long understood that, in some sense, deities were no different from Mortals. Just as the Evernight Goddess and the True Creator had given Lin Ruo the status of Goddess's Chosen even though he didn't believe in them at all, they naturally wouldn't mind giving attention or even investment to specific targets when they had a need.
Klein merely pondered what the Sanguine Ancestor's purpose was in playing this game.
How much did the other party know about the The Fool's background, and were they benevolent or malicious?
By the way, does Lin Ruo know the Sanguine Ancestor?
Klein subtly glanced at Lin Ruo, only to see the latter show a thoughtful expression and say,
"The, The Fool? Are you sure that's the name?"
"What, have you heard about the The Fool?" Emlyn White was startled for a moment, then asked with a slightly urgent tone.
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