Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 381 Becoming Little Red's Old Father

After a few seconds of silence, the Sun God closed his eyes, then smiled and said, "Why can't it be Sasriel? After all, in this world, probably no one wouldn't love another version of themselves?"

The sun god chose the safest option and pushed his viceroy to take the blame.

"Tsk! A cunning savior." Rowling clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.

"How is your spiritual state?" the Sun God asked before Rolin could ask his next question. He smiled and said, "Perhaps it's time for Sasriel to take over. You need Him more now than I do."

……

A family war was perfectly avoided by the Sun God... just kidding!
After all, some questions, once raised, are destined to cause a minor stir, regardless of the answer.

Especially when the person who raised this question was Rowling, that guy who loves to stir up trouble.

"So you're just here to complain to me that the Sun God avoided your trap question?" Medici glanced at Rolin, who was eating sunflower seeds across from him, and said irritably, "If you have nothing better to do, go deal with a couple of pounds of paperwork. Do you know how big a mess the Rose School is?"

The Rose School differs from the Spirit Cult because it is backed by the Mother Tree and the Mother Goddess. Although the Rose School has been suppressed by the Seven Gods, the scope of its various tentacles behind the scenes is astonishing.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing for Rowling's group, who have now taken over the Rose School. The good thing is that they can not only sever these tentacles, but also follow the clues to uncover more forces belonging to the Outer Gods and their hidden minions.

The bad thing is that this will be an enormous amount of work, especially now that they have already alerted the enemy. It will take even more effort to track down and catch these Outer Gods' dogs.

This part of the work was naturally assigned to Medici, since he was a schemer and it was a good fit for his profession. While Rowling was running over to complain to him, Medici was looking at the contact list he had extracted from members of the Rose School.

So it's no wonder Medici was irritable; anyone would be reluctant to be nice to their boss when faced with a mountain of work that kept piling up.

"Don't be so impatient, Xiao Hong. I've already found you an assistant. You'll be starting in three days, then you'll have an easier time," Luo Lin said with a smile, continuing to eat sunflower seeds. He then glanced meaningfully at the crumpled list in Medici's hand and said:
"And you seem to care quite a bit about it, don't you!"

Medici froze upon hearing this.

Rolin continued leisurely, "But unfortunately, I think the sun god's favorites are either Amon or Ocycus, so you probably have nothing to do with it."

"brush--"

Medici crumpled the list in his hand into a ball. He glanced at Rolin and practically spat out a sentence through gritted teeth: "Are you really going to try and sow discord here?"

"It's not sowing discord, it's just stating the facts?" Luo Lin retorted, then said without hesitation, "After all, He is someone who will always stand against me. Isn't it normal for me to give Him a warning to prevent you from turning against me in the future?"

Luo Lin chuckled at this point, a bright smile tinged with pleasure, and said, "We've always had a relationship of mutual need and mutual vigilance!"

Rowling never minded the Sun God's wary attitude towards him, which he took for granted. Similarly, Rowling never hid his wariness of the Sun God.

He had been prepared from the beginning to be an enemy of the sun god.

Of course, it wasn't just the sun god.

For example, no one would think that Rowling's efforts to deal with the corruption of Outer Gods for Russell and his followers, and to suppress God's will for Ocycus, were out of good intentions, right?

You should know that Rolink can also control people who have Nyarlathotep contamination inside their bodies!
Of course, Rowling wouldn't do this unless absolutely necessary; he didn't like puppets who had lost their sense of self.

So this is just insurance, and of course, it's also a form of help. "...You have a twisted kind of composure," Medici commented, glancing at Rowling.

"Thank you for the compliment. Frankness is one of my greatest strengths." Roland smiled confidently, then looked at Medici with a puzzled expression and said, "And I'm really curious about the answer to this question. Aren't you curious, Little Red?"

Medici froze again, unable to refute the question.

As a former red angel of the sun god, Medici was naturally curious about which angel the sun god liked the most.

"So you see, curiosity is perfectly human!" Rowling shrugged, then patted Medici on the shoulder, saying reassuringly:

"It's alright, Little Red. Although you're not the Sun God's favorite angel, you're definitely my favorite tool! You can treat me like a father, just like you treat the Sun God. I don't mind!"

His tone was sincere and earnest.

Medici: ...

The great Red Angel laughed at that moment, a laugh born of anger. He then grabbed Rolin's arm and said with a forced smile, "Since you're so good at killing with your emotions, then stay and help me examine the list! I think as a father, you wouldn't be unwilling to grant a child's small wish, would you?"

This time, it was Rolin's turn to freeze. He looked at Medici, trying hard to pull his arm back, but couldn't. Finally, he took a deep breath and smiled, saying, "Of course, who told me to be your dearest father!"

Since things have come to this point, there's no way to run away, so naturally, we need to try to get as much profit as possible.

After all, slacking off is common, but being Medici's father is not.

Medici, who had only said those words on purpose out of anger, twitched at the corner of his mouth after hearing Rowling's words and suddenly regretted it.

Unfortunately, words spoken cannot be taken back.

……

While one Rollin was being held captive by Medici to work overtime, another Rollin had already arrived at the Land of Forsaken Gods.

That's right, the Rolin that Medici grabbed was actually just his avatar; Rolin's true form was heading towards the Land of Forsaken Gods from the very beginning.

After all, Rowling also wanted to know the latest progress from the biological laboratory.

When Rowling arrived at the biological laboratory, he saw Frank with shining eyes, asking Bethel about the situation.

"...So you mean this experimental subject isn't just an angel from a different species, but also related to the Evil God Mother Tree, containing reproductive power within it?" Frank had clearly learned some basic information from Bethel, and he was incredibly excited as he spoke, muttering to himself after asking the question:

“Fantastic! This is fantastic! I’ve never seen anything like it before. Oh, I have a great idea right now…”

Bethel's expression was somewhat subtle; clearly, he hadn't had much contact with the mad scientist Frank before today.

"Chatting?" Rowling raised an eyebrow and greeted them.

(End of this chapter)