Evidently, the "crazy things" Roselle referred to were the ones Lynn had just described.
"First, I did not get the Cards of Blasphemy. I merely saw them in the future of this world, so I know what they look like," Lynn said, smiling as he took a step back from Roselle's accusations. "Second, I don't think making your children see their father's true nature is a crazy thing."
"And, forgive me for saying, even without me reading your diary to your children, they would have found out sooner or later. In the not-too-distant future, all the old world's remnants will descend upon this world, and I imagine quite a few of them will understand your diary."
"So, Roselle, I'm not persecuting you; I'm helping you."
"Should I thank you, then?" Roselle sat in the huge iron-black high-back chair, looking quite speechless. "I never thought that after waiting so long for a fellow transmigrator, you would turn out to be like this. I should have just burned the diary..."
"You're welcome!" Lynn smiled without changing his expression. "You don't need to be so pessimistic about meeting another transmigrator. In the original history, the first transmigrator you met wasn't me but someone else who wouldn't have used your diary against you."
"Unfortunately, with my presence in this timeline, you encountered me first!"
Lynn shrugged and added, "By the way, the fellow transmigrator you were supposed to meet is also one of my targets, so you are not alone."
"You finally admit you're persecuting me!" Roselle had an expression of "I knew it."
They stared at each other, and after a few seconds, someone—perhaps Roselle, perhaps Lynn—laughed.
Roselle leaned back and said, "Future, original history, and now—are you a charlatan?"
Clearly, Roselle could not miss the implications in Lynn's words.
"You can understand it that way." Lynn nodded, his expression becoming somewhat serious. "Let me introduce myself: I am the Angel of Secrets, Lynn Sotos. However, I am now merely a part of the Angel of Secrets. The rest of me, Lynn Sotos, will appear much later."
As a professional actor, Lynn was not about to abandon his script, even in front of Roselle, someone caught between life and death.
"Ha?" Roselle raised an eyebrow, staring at the young man in front of him. After a few seconds, he said uncertainly, "You didn't cut your soul in half, did you?"
"I represent the divinity of Lynn Sotos, the Angel of Secrets." Lynn did not directly answer Roselle's question but stated a fact with a smile.
No error there. A divine avatar does represent his divinity!
"Gasp, you're emulating the Ancient Sun God!" Roselle was obviously not entirely ignorant about the Ancient Sun God. Although some things were not written in his diary, he knew them.
"It's just to stabilize myself." Lynn smiled, then showed a slightly troubled expression. "Speaking of the Ancient Sun God, I am quite troubled about how to change that part of history. Although I don't care about his fate, I am quite familiar with Sasrir. I can't just watch him turn into the mad True Creator!"
Upon hearing this, Roselle's gaze sharpened. If Lynn's previous words only suggested that he had some prophetic abilities, this statement clearly indicated he could alter the past.
If it were any other time, Roselle would have doubted this, thinking Lynn might be deceiving him. Roselle knew a lot of secrets and was certain that no pathway in this world truly possessed the ability to change the past. Even the reboot ability of the Fate pathway did not genuinely alter the past but merely restored a specific area to its previous state, different from the concept of changing the past.
However, just moments ago, Roselle had been struck by an overwhelming wave of knowledge when he was incidentally caught in the aftermath of Lynn's vision of the Mother Goddess of Depravity. This knowledge, so vast and complex, nearly shattered the mad personality born from Roselle's corruption.
This unexpected impact helped Roselle regain clarity. The previous contamination was replaced by this new form, which, though equally extreme, allowed Roselle to regain his sense of self and absorb part of the residual knowledge.
So, when Lynn spoke of changing history, Roselle found it more credible.
"That indeed is a headache. The situation of the Ancient Sun God seems like a dead end. I even suspect the hand of the former God Almighty is involved," Roselle said, echoing Lynn's sentiment before shifting the topic. "However, perhaps you don't need to change the Ancient Sun God's situation directly. If you want to alter the mad state of the True Creator, consider intervening in the War of the Four Emperors."
"The madness of the True Creator in this era is largely due to the lack of believers and anchor points. If you can change the outcome of the War of the Four Emperors and prevent the True Creator from being driven away, allowing him to have enough believers and anchor points, he might regain his sanity."
This suggestion was both advice and a test—a way for Roselle to gauge the truth of Lynn's claims and his capability to alter history.
(End of Chapter)
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