Chapter 4 Don't You Want to Go Home?

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"But there's nothing I can do about it. At least, I can't think of a solution right now. Fortunately, I don't have anywhere else I want to go recently, so staying with you for the time being isn't a problem," Lin Ruo naturally saw the doubts that Klein didn't voice. He wasn't surprised, but rather happy to see it happen.

Because the reason he directly started experimenting with his abilities outside was intentional. He deliberately revealed some flaws and mystery. Without showing hostility, this could better help him shape his persona and wouldn't cause Klein to be too wary.

—If he were facing Klein who had already experienced the Evil God's Descendant incident or the Great Smog incident, he naturally wouldn't do this, but it's perfectly fine for Klein who had just transmigrated.

After all, he has the halo of a fellow transmigrator, which makes Klein's natural goodwill towards him higher than others.

Lin Ruo glanced again at the bloodstains in the room that hadn't been wiped clean and said with a smile, "Friendly reminder, it's almost dawn. You're not the only one in this house, right?"

Klein immediately reacted and stopped dwelling on his previous doubts, instead continuing to clean up the room.

After all, his sister Melissa was still sleeping in the room next door. If he didn't clean up the bloodstains in the room soon, it would scare her.

Outside the window, the red moon in the sky had already set in the west, and on the horizon, the golden sun peeked out.

It was indeed almost dawn.

Not long after, there was movement from the room next to Klein's current room. Then, Lin Ruo saw Klein, who had finished cleaning up, hurriedly throwing the revolver into the drawer. A sixteen-year-old girl, with a face somewhat similar to Klein's, walked out of the room. She was Klein's sister, Melissa.

"What happened?" Melissa asked, somewhat puzzled, having obviously heard the sound of the revolver being thrown into the drawer.

Klein instinctively wanted to make up a reason, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the young man in the mirror.

Although he couldn't see the other party's physical form, judging from the reflection in the mirror, the young man was standing with his arms crossed, leisurely watching them, his smile gentle and not unpleasant.

It must be said that, regardless of his strange state, Lin Ruo himself was truly a very approachable person. Just standing there made people feel good about him, and it was difficult for people to feel hostility towards him.

But that wasn't the key issue. The key issue was that the other party was a spirit behind him!

Melissa would be scared!

At this moment, Klein's heart was in his throat. He was about to change the subject and casually remind Lin Ruo to leave the mirror, but Melissa still took the lead and looked at the mirror because her gaze fell upon it.

The girl walked to the mirror with a normal expression. First, she examined the mirror to make sure there was nothing wrong with it, and then she used the mirror to straighten the wrinkles on her clothes before looking at Klein, asking more puzzled, "Klein, what's wrong?"

She didn't see it?!

Klein almost immediately realized this. While feeling puzzled, he also organized his words to answer, "Sorry, I'm just a little nervous… about the interview."

Honestly, this wasn't an answer that could explain all the questions just now, but it was a very suitable answer. Because after hearing this, Melissa frowned at first, and then seemed to deliberate for a few seconds before starting to encourage him, "Klein, you really don't need to be too stressed. You're great and will definitely pass the Tingen University interview…"

Faced with his sister's encouragement, Klein, although he hadn't thought about the interview at all, nodded to accept Melissa's comfort.

After encouraging her brother, Melissa took her toiletries and went out to the public washroom. After she left, Klein breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Ruo, asking, "Melissa doesn't seem to be able to see you?"

"She can't see me indeed." Lin Ruo confirmed Klein's question but didn't say much more.

After all, he wasn't very clear about this himself. He had just casually tested whether other people could see him through the mirror when he was experimenting with his abilities before, and he got a negative answer, which was why he wasn't in a hurry at all after Melissa came out.

But he wasn't sure about Beyonders other than ordinary people, especially those who could directly see the spirits of this world, like Corpse Collectors.

Moreover, this was not easy to test, and he might be purified as evil.

It was too difficult for him.

Complaining like this, Lin Ruo wasn't too discouraged. Then, he looked at Klein and asked, "Speaking of which, what are you planning to do next?"

"I…" Klein paused for a moment. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and he also seemed to be organizing his words. In the end, he didn't directly answer Lin Ruo's question, but instead asked, "Lin Ruo, how long have you been transmigrated?"

"Um, this question… is a secret!" Although he could just lie, Lin Ruo decided not to do that. Instead, he shook his head and said, "But I can tell you that there are other transmigrators in this world besides you and me, and compared to my obscurity, some transmigrators have caused quite a stir."

To be precise, they have all caused quite a stir!

Thinking of the historical development of the world of Mysteries, which was almost dominated by several transmigrators, Lin Ruo's smile couldn't help but become a little subtle.

Klein didn't seem to expect to get such an answer. He paused, seemed to get information from the original owner's fragmented memories, and said hesitantly, "Emperor Roselle?"

"That's right, he is indeed a transmigrator!" Lin Ruo nodded and saw that Klein seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became a little lost.

He immediately said, "It seems that you don't like this transmigration and want to go home?"

"I still have parents, relatives, and friends…" Klein asked, "Isn't it normal to want to go home? Don't you want to go home?"

Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment. He suddenly thought of his life before he transmigrated. At that time, although he had no parents, he had three or five friends, a group of buddies who cried and laughed together. His life could definitely be described as happy and fulfilling.

It's just that he didn't know if it was because he focused on causing trouble in the Bungo Stray Dogs world after the transmigration. Although it should have been only a few years ago, when he recalled it at this moment, he had a feeling that it had been a very, very long time, so long that the memory had faded.

It must be an illusion…

Lin Ruo lowered his eyes and sighed, "You're right…"

But even if this illusion of fading memory occurred, if he was given a choice, he would still want to go back.

It's just that, after transmigrating twice in a row, how far was he from his real hometown? And could he really return to his hometown again?

Lin Ruo didn't know, just as he still didn't understand why he transmigrated to this day.

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