Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 99 The Impact of the Butterfly Effect

Mr. Dandelion is well-known among his friends for his extreme narcissism. If he had been criticized so badly in the past, he would have definitely made a fierce counterattack on the spot - of course, only with words.

But this time the poet said nothing, and even hoped that the other party would spread this evaluation more widely, preferably throughout the empire faster than those poems that slandered the emperor.

Neither of the two protagonists in the conversation noticed the poet's psychological activities. They both seemed to realize that the person opposite them was different, even though one was a child and the other was a woman.

"Now that you've seen it, what's next?" Lin You kept his right hand hidden under the car window, ready to wave his wand at any time. The demon hunter world has some special methods against magic, and the magic used by the warlocks is also somewhat strange and unpredictable, so you can't be careless.

I still remember that even a powerful sorcerer like Viggo Fortz, who was a master of both magic and martial arts and ranked among the top three in terms of comprehensive combat power, lost his life because of two minor illusions. Moreover, those two fatal illusions were indirectly activated through magic props, and the caster was not at the scene at all.

The young lady's reaction was much more relaxed than Lin You's. She said, "I just can't understand one thing. You spread the emperor's secrets and slandered the emperor's ethics. At the same time, you went south, as if you were walking into a trap, getting closer to the ruling center of the empire. You angered the emperor and got closer to him. What exactly do you want to do?"

"I have my reasons, but I don't want to tell you." Lin You said coldly, "Everyone has some little secrets, just like you keep saying you want to get to know me, and try to find out my secrets; but you never introduce yourself."

The lady was silent for a moment, and finally said a name that no one knew whether it was true or not: "You can call me Reina, Reina Weide."

"Reina, what a nice name," Dandelion suddenly interrupted; he was full of gratitude to the young lady, and for some reason, the poet always felt that the other person's appearance was somewhat familiar, but not the kind of familiarity that he had seen before.

Lin You glanced at the poet and was too lazy to speak. Any beauty, as long as she was young and beautiful, would be called a "good name" by the poet.

"Perhaps Mr. Dandelion is right for once." The demon on the luggage rack at the back spoke up rarely, "In the ancient language, 'Renaweed' means something like 'the queen's child'."

Gaunter O'Dimm always tries to eliminate his presence, and enjoys playing with words and riddles; He never speaks easily, but when He suddenly interrupts, it's often to hint at something.

Lin You pondered the name "Reina", secretly matching her with the important female characters in the original work and the game in his mind to find out her identity; however, his psychological activities did not prevent him from continuing to talk to the other party.

"Ms. Reina, why are you so persistent in finding out my purpose?"

"Just curious."

"Just because of curiosity, you sent so many men to launch two attacks in a row?" Lin You sneered, "If this is your attitude, then we can end this conversation."

"Okay, I admit, I want to catch that bard; he can be useful to us." Reina's momentum weakened a little.

"Is he useful to you?" Lin You pretended to be puzzled, "Isn't he just a gigolo who can only climb into the bed of a rich lady?"

The same words, when spoken by Reina, were regarded as a confidant by Dandelion; but when spoken by a boy, they would inevitably draw the poet's contempt.

"Of course, but he is also a serious criminal who maliciously slandered the emperor." Reina said, "My subordinates and I have had some conflicts with the imperial law enforcement department in the past. We all think that if we can make some contributions to His Majesty the Emperor, it may help improve our own situation."

"So he is a meritorious service, a gift to the emperor in exchange for a pardon?"

"Yes." Reina answered decisively.

At this moment, the image of a confidant and a beautiful woman collapsed; Dandelion shrank to the side of the carriage with a sad face, seeking a little more security for himself. The poet does not participate in the conversation, but is always hurt by other people's conversations.

Lin You flatly rejected the request: "I can't hand him over to you; Mr. Dandelion is also very useful to me."

"Can't we make a deal?" Lena refused to give up. "I don't know why you want to offend the emperor and get close to him at the same time, and I don't know your ultimate goal; but I think I still have some connections in the empire, and maybe I can help you achieve your goal in a different way, instead of relying on this bard." While the young lady was racking her brains to persuade her, Lin You, who had been searching for information in his memory, suddenly had an idea: he knew who this woman was.

The boy suddenly smiled cunningly: "Madam, why do I feel that you are very eager to get Mr. Dandelion into your hands? If you want to make meritorious deeds to atone for your sins, then I am obviously the main messenger who slandered the emperor, but why are you focusing on a superficial executor?"

Reina's face froze, but she quickly forced a smile and said, "Because you are a powerful warlock. Although it is frustrating to say this, we really don't want to become enemies with you completely."

"You are a group of bandits, and you are the leader of this group; is that right, Ms. Reina?" Lin You suddenly changed the subject and talked about an irrelevant topic, "Is this your real name?"

"Why do you ask? In our line of work, there's no point in discussing whether a name is real or not."

"Not necessarily." Lin You's eyes suddenly showed a scrutinizing light, "Can I call you by another name? For example, Sianna; or... Sylvia?"

All the color drained from Reina's face, and her eyes started to panic.

"I don't know what you want to say. I have never heard of these two names." The young lady suddenly turned her horse's head and rode away as if to escape. Although her subordinates could not hide their surprise, they followed their leader out of inertia and rode away.

"What's wrong with them?" Milva, who had been watching coldly, was puzzled. She didn't dare to put down the bow and arrow, fearing that it was a trap set by the enemy.

Lin You didn't take it seriously: "It's nothing, he just ran away feeling guilty because I revealed his secret."

"Secret? Are you talking about those two names?" Milva asked, "Are these two names special?"

"Just two names that haven't been used for more than ten years and are almost forgotten along with their owners." The boy sat back in the car.

A female bandit leader active in the province of Nasser, with short hair, capable, young and beautiful, and paying special attention to Dandelion; so many conditions combined allowed Lin You to guess the other party's identity.

One of the two heroines of the "Blood and Wine" expansion pack of "The Witcher 3", and the elder sister of Anna Henrietta, Duchess of Toussaint - Silvia Anna.

Compared to when the game story begins more than a decade later, this woman is still serving as her bandit leader, and does not have the strength to bribe Toussaint nobles, plan bloodshed in the principality, and stir up political trends.

She would rather take the risk to meet Lin You, the "powerful sorcerer", and try to take Dandelion away; the fundamental reason is probably not simply to gain merit from the emperor, but because she has taken a fancy to the private relationship between the poet and the Duchess of Toussaint.

Obviously, he was planning to use the poet as a card for revenge.

However, a defamation storm against the emperor actually brought out a villain who would not appear until more than ten years later; it seems that the impact of the butterfly effect is much greater than expected.

At this moment, Lin You's mind was suddenly shaken, the Ophiuchus microcosm in his body was running wildly, and his divinity was agitated; even the "Moirai Destiny Seed" that had been hidden deep in the microcosm began to become vaguely active.

Lin You leaned his head out of the car window, his eyes staring straight at the sky, his gaze seeming to penetrate the azure sky above his head and reach the more distant void.

At the same time, Gaunter O'Dimm was also looking up at the sky; it was a long while before they both looked away at the same time.

"Did you feel that too, Mr. Devil?"

"Of course... I heard it; that was the first echo of 'fate' to us."

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