I have a Synthesizer

(Chapters 80-81 are unfixable. They keep getting blocked. I've made some changes to make them more harmonious. Just make do with them.)

The muscle-bound man was about to explode, but the poker-faced man next to him stopped him, turning to Klein.

“Klein, Miss Agatha's full name is Agatha Prolatani. She's the girl who asked you about potions in the cafeteria.

As for me, I'm Quaid, and this is Joseph. We are Prolatani's retainers, responsible for protecting Miss Agatha's safety.

Let's be frank, Miss Agatha is the daughter of Lord Zanjil. The Prolatani family has already made reasonable arrangements for her future.

She has approached you three times and has developed a clear liking for you, which is something we don't want to see.

We've already investigated your background. Your father is just a famous good-for-nothing professor at the academy.

Your mother is somewhat well-known, but she's just a colonel in the security department. With such a background, it's best to be more self-aware.

So, we're here to ask you to keep your distance from Miss Agatha.”

Klein narrowed his eyes, seemingly smiling, but the corners of his eyes didn't move.

If Lilith were here, she probably would have guessed that Klein was a little angry.

“Retainers, huh? Not a bad title, but aren't you reaching a bit too far?

As for my parents, well, I don't know them that well myself, so let's not talk about them.

As for your young lady coming to find me? And telling me to keep my distance? Are you kidding me? How do I keep my distance?”

Quaid seemed completely oblivious to the sarcasm in Klein's tone and continued.

“It's simple. If you see or happen to run into Miss Agatha, please leave on your own.

Avoid the places she's at, or simply don't go there at all.”

Klein curled his lips.

“What a powerful family. Whatever they say goes. The common people can only cower in fear, afraid to say a word.”

There are no nobles in Therra. If there are any, it's only the royal family.

Since there are no nobles, everyone is an ordinary citizen, which makes this request even more rude.

So arrogant. And these lackeys can act with such inexplicable superiority. These people are really boring.

But 2,000 Therra is a lot of money. For ordinary people, it's indeed a fortune.

If it's just to keep someone from meeting someone else, and they're offering this much money, you'd be embarrassed to say they're not sincere. So Klein decided to test them.

“The money? Let me see it first. What if there are counterfeit bills?”

Counterfeit bills? Quaid was taken aback. Making counterfeit money is probably one of the most suicidal things you can do in Therra. The Dark Crusaders would come from all over to dig up your family's ancestral graves.

But it's good that Klein agreed. They didn't want to cause any trouble. Quaid took out 2,000 Therra from his pocket and handed it to Klein.

Klein looked at the 2,000 Therra and nodded. He didn't take the money. Instead, he picked up the magic materials on the ground and turned to leave.

“Alright, I feel your sincerity. I won't take the money. I don't want to have anything to do with your Miss Agatha. Please tell her not to bother me anymore.”

… …

Klein had only taken two steps when everything around him suddenly froze. The poker-faced Quaid and the muscle-bound Joseph stood there motionless.

Their expressions and postures were as if they were locked in place by some force. Klein could even see the other party's smudged star dust, frozen in the air.

Space was frozen. It was as if only he was unaffected in this corridor.

“Klein, you've been offended.”

A figure appeared behind Klein, but Klein didn't notice it at all. But he recognized the voice.

“Kahn John… Mr.”

Klein stiffly added the word “Mr.”

“Hmm, not bad. More polite than last time.”

“Such spatial ability is truly astonishing, Mr. Kahn. What do you want from me?”

Klein looked at the frozen corridor. His estimation of Kahn's strength rose again.

He had only met Kahn three times, but the relationship between them was somewhat subtle.

“They've been so rude to you. Are you going to let them off?”

“They've already shown their sincerity. What else can I do? Besides, Mr. Kahn, I'm just an ordinary arcane mage. You wouldn't want me to kill people, would you?”

“Oh, Esmond is also an ordinary arcane mage, but I don't think I can beat him.

Are you trying to tell me that the unremarkable arcane mage, Esmond, has an unremarkable arcane mage son?”

Klein's pupils shrank. Kahn wasn't his father's opponent!

He really didn't know much about his parents. Before, because of his sensitive identity as a transmigrator, he didn't dare to interact with them too much.

His mother, Katie, had already made it clear that they should develop on their own.

As for his father, he had heard of Esmond's name several times in the academy.

Unremarkable arcane mage, the most useless professor in the academy, unable to teach students well, such comments were everywhere.

The last time Klein saw Kahn, he felt Kahn's undisguised hostility towards Esmond.

But he didn't expect that, in Kahn's mouth, his father, the most useless professor, was actually so strong.

Putting these things aside, the immediate task was to figure out Kahn's intentions.

“Then what do you say I should do? Kill these two people? There's no reason for that, Mr. Dorm Manager!”

Kahn chuckled.

“You didn't hesitate when you killed the earth mage and that warrior last time! Why are you choosing to avoid it this time?”

As expected, Kahn helped him erase the traces of the last battle.

Only such spatial freezing ability could erase those traces of battle.

But how exactly was it repaired? Klein suddenly imagined it.

Freezing the space, and then Kahn himself patching up the walls with cement? That doesn't seem right.

“They attacked me first last time, and they were trying to kill me, so I naturally fought back. It's different from this situation!”

“Alright, you're a principled guy. It seems we're not the same kind of people. In my dictionary, there are only two kinds of people: enemies and not enemies.”

“And relatives, lovers, men, women, middle-aged people, old people!”

Klein curled his lips. Besides these, there are also hermaphrodites, like you, but I can't beat you, so I won't say it.

Kahn chuckled, noncommittal to Klein's rebuttal, and continued.

“Klein, you don't go out of the academy enough. You haven't understood the rules of this world yet.

You're different from them. You're different from everyone else. I think your father must value you a lot!”

My father values me a lot? I haven't seen my cheap father for months. Are you spouting nonsense?

Kahn didn't notice the strange look on Klein's face and continued.

“So, what you need is not concealment, but the fear of others. The rules of the strong: offense requires punishment.

And one last thing, Klein, feel your heart. You've been suppressing it for a long time, haven't you? You want to kill, right?

The desire to kill needs to be restrained, but it also needs to be released. If you hold it in for too long, there will be problems here.”

Kahn pointed to Klein's head.

Klein wasn't sure what Kahn's rambling words meant, but he still didn't want to take action.

“Restraining desires is the most basic quality of a person, Mr. Kahn. Besides, if I kill them, the so-called Prolatani family won't let me off, and such killing is meaningless.”

“No, of course they'll let you off, because you can blame it on me.

Two guys who don't know any better offended me and were erased by me. It's perfectly reasonable.”

“Mr. Kahn, you've said so much just to get me to kill these two people? But why go to so much trouble? Why don't you just do it yourself?”

Being rejected by Klein repeatedly, Kahn was a little annoyed.

“I'm just helping you clear away obstacles that you should be aware of. Some dangers should be nipped in the bud.”

What an extremist guy. Is he crazy?

“We've already reached an agreement. There won't be any more harassment or danger. Besides, why are you giving me this so-called help?”

Kahn suddenly laughed.

“Haha, the reason I'm helping you is simple. Although I hate your father, I also like your mother!”

This answer left Klein dumbfounded. Dude, I thought you were going to tell me some earth-shattering secret!

But I didn't expect that the secret was actually…

You're actually a simp?

And an old simp!

As expected, these simps never get the goddess's favor. Mom's choice was right.