Mystery: Chaos Path

So, Roland wasn't going to argue at all. He nodded and pulled out two apples from who knows where, handing one to Medici, saying, "Want an apple?"

"Nonsense!" Medici snatched the apple from his hand unceremoniously, taking a vicious bite as if he were biting into someone's flesh.

"Sherlock! Is the commission complete?" Roland, as if seeing something, waved at Klein, who reappeared in his field of vision.

"Yes, Brodie was locked in the kitchen cabinet. I found him as soon as I went over there." Klein nodded, then saw Roland toss something over. Only after catching it did he realize it was an apple.

Klein didn't think much of it and took a bite, then frowned, saying, "Ooh, it's sour. What kind of apple is this..."

"It's just that you like sweet things too much. I think it's alright." Roland continued to crunch on his apple and nudged Medici next to him with his elbow, saying, "Right, Little Red?"

Medici glared at him unhappily and turned to go back inside without answering.

Klein, adhering to the principle of not wasting food, ate his apple while asking with some confusion, "Jack, did you quarrel with Mr. Red again?"

"Not really, just discussing some issues in novels just now." Roland shook his head and said.

"Issues in novels?" Klein looked over with some confusion.

"Mainly exploring whether the female lead falls in love with the male lead because she loves him as a person, loves his money, or loves his face." Roland said with a straight face.

"Pfft, cough cough..." Klein choked and coughed a couple of times before saying, "You guys discussed this?"

"Yeah, after all, everyone likes reading novels!" Roland shrugged and said, "Personally, I don't think it matters. After all, love is love. Why would the female lead love the male lead instead of other rich people? Isn't that true love?"

"...Don't be too love-brained!" Klein couldn't help but complain, then couldn't resist asking curiously, "What does Mr. Red think?"

"He's a pure love advocate, insisting that true love is love of the soul without any mixture of benefits." Roland said nonsense with a straight face.

Klein was instantly filled with reverence. He then looked at the sunny and cheerful college student in front of him and recalled Mr. Red, who looked shrewd and like a master of love affairs, and felt a sense of confusion, unable to help but say, "Speaking of which, aren't your views on love reversed...?"

How could Jack not look more like the pure love type!

"You're being stereotypical! Besides, pure love is a characteristic of the Hunter pathway. Don't look at Little Red, who seems tall and aloof, but he actually likes to read romance novels in private." Roland continued to spread rumors with a straight face.

Klein's mood became subtle.

Another strange impression was added.

"Try spreading another rumor?" Medici, who was inside, really couldn't stand someone adding strange impressions to him and cursed unhappily.

"See, he's getting anxious!" Roland shook his head with an expression of "I understand you, I won't say it."

Klein: ...

So, Jack was just talking nonsense just now!

Klein was a little dumbfounded and couldn't help but tug at his little partner's clothes, lowering his voice and saying, "Don't go too far. Mr. Lucifer isn't here after all. If you really make Mr. Red angry, I can't stop him from beating you up."

"Indeed, you're right!" Roland nodded with a solemn expression, then smiled again, saying, "Then I'll run faster next time after I anger him." He was all about admitting his mistakes, but never repenting.

Klein: ...

That familiar stubbornness.

Klein didn't know what to say and could only shake his head, deciding to let them be.

"Alright, now that you've finished today's commission, go study before there's a new commission! Learning is the most important thing no matter what." Roland pushed Klein and said with a smile, "I've already tidied up the study. It's next to your room, go, go!"

"Aren't you going to study?" Naturally, Klein wouldn't object. He also recognized the importance of learning, but he looked at Roland with some confusion.

After all, Klein had experienced Roland's obsession with learning new knowledge.

"I still need to deal with my connections in Backlund, so I'll be going out later." Roland said with a smile.

Only then did Klein remember that unlike him, who was new here, Jack had existing connections in Backlund.

So, he didn't think much of it, instructing Roland to be careful and went back to the second floor to study.

Roland also went out afterwards, but didn't really go to deal with any connections, just casually walking around, occasionally greeting the neighbors warmly when he met them.

Walking like this, Roland arrived at an artificial lake. He quietly looked at the lake surface, only to see the young man's reflection with golden hair and blue eyes, a gentle smile, but his emerald eyes were like a tranquil lake, without much ripple.

Just like his heart after coming to this world.

No one is wrong, one first one hair one inside one appearance one in one look!

"Tsk, I've been seen through..." Roland curled his lips, but didn't have much anger.

Medici's words weren't wrong. There was indeed still a problem with his mentality towards this world, but that was normal, wasn't it?

"After all, I've only been in this world for two months. How can I love this world...?" Roland squatted down, gently stroking the lake surface with his right hand.

Roland didn't deny that even though he had been actively learning, making friends, and participating in the various affairs of this world, he hadn't really integrated into this world. Although he had only just realized this.

His love for this world, his love for most people, was like a reader's, a player's love for paper people across dimensions. You can't say that this love is fake, but it's indeed not real enough.

If there were any exceptions, Klein would probably be one. The other party was a paper person he once liked very much, and his life trajectory overlapped with Roland's to a certain extent. This made Roland have some real preference for Klein, so he softened on Klein's major life choices, just like softening on his past self.

So, the dimensional wall was broken, and Roland began to truly treat Klein as a friend, not as a paper person he admired.

And now, it seemed like there could be one more existence like this, a guy who saw through him and even dared to expose it.

This made Roland realize for the first time that they were not predetermined chess pieces, not existences described by a few lines of text in a book, but people like him.

Because they were people, they would break his arrangements and do things that were beyond his expectations.

"But as expected, it's still a bit embarrassing. I clearly said I would be an ordinary person, but I almost floated to the sky because of arrogance. It's good that I realized it..." Roland pinched his chin with one hand and couldn't help but think, then smiled again, "But Medici is really annoying when he talks. Should I beat him up with the Conqueror characteristic later?"

Roland imagined it in his mind for a while, then, as if casually, he pulled in the air next to him. Through the medium obtained from Adam, a familiar figure solidified in the air.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Grisha!"