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"Lil Alista, I'm back from my travels, and I've brought you a gift!"
Hearing this familiar and cheerful voice, the person in the room didn't even lift an eyelid, still bowing his head to process a document in his hand, only a faint voice echoed in the room:
"Has Teacher finally remembered that you have official duties to attend to?"
Hearing this, although he was the one being 'persecuted' in a sense, Lin Ruo couldn't help but chuckle.
The past Lin Ruo, however, stiffened his expression, and his originally light footsteps became heavy. He sighed and walked over to Alista, saying in a low voice, "Alista, your gift is gone."
"Teacher, it's wrong to take out your anger on others."
Alista said with an unchanging tone, finally stopping his movements. He looked up, his azure eyes showing a degree of helplessness.
"Moreover, this time it was indeed your fault. The cosmos is too dangerous for you; you shouldn't have gone there."
"Teacher, your actions this time were a bit too reckless."
Clearly, regarding the past Lin Ruo's escapade into the cosmos, not only did Solomon know, but Alista was also aware, even guessing that Lin Ruo had been lectured by Solomon.
Lin Ruo finally saw Alista's appearance: brown hair, azure eyes, deep-set features like they were carved by a knife and axe, carrying a faint majesty. He looked quite young, like he was in his early twenties.
Of course, Lin Ruo knew that for beings of this level, the age they appeared to be was the least reliable.
So this was Alista, his former student, and the one who killed Medici… Lin Ruo suddenly felt a strange sense of melancholy. Then, the past Lin Ruo raised his hand in annoyance and sharply chopped Alista's head, making Lin Ruo's eyelids twitch.
"Lil Alista, you're getting bold, daring to lecture your Teacher."
Clearly, having just been lectured by Solomon, he wasn't about to be lectured by his own student again.
"I'm just speaking the truth." Alista, whose head had been chopped, leaned back slightly, still stubbornly saying.
"Tsk, your reaction, it's always so uninteresting no matter how many times I see it."
The past Lin Ruo clearly didn't get the amusement he wanted from Alista's first reaction. He shook his head, then took out an ancient book from the ring he was wearing earlier and tossed it in front of Alista, saying, "Here, an ancient book I got from a collector. It contains many musical scores; you should like it."
"Thank you, Teacher." Alista picked up the notebook, his expression clearly showing some delight, evidently very interested in the gift.
"If you really want to thank me, play a new piece for me next time." The past Lin Ruo said, then poured himself a cup of tea, his gaze not even glancing at the mountain of documents piled on the table.
Lin Ruo also took this opportunity to observe the room. Though called a room, its interior was surprisingly large, even containing many small compartments, including a bedroom, a kitchen, and even a room with a piano, etc. In terms of various functions, it could be said to be fully equipped.
But this was likely not Lin Ruo's room, as the furnishings within were not to his liking, which made Lin Ruo wonder if this was a room exclusively for Alista.
And just then, Lin Ruo suddenly heard his past self speak:
"Lil Alista, I heard you've been getting quite close to Antigonus lately."
As the past Lin Ruo said this, he gently swirled the teacup in his hand, seemingly an unintentional question, but it instantly made Lin Ruo, who had been observing the room's details with interest and studying fourth epoch culture, become serious.
Because he understood himself. Others might not hear anything from this sentence, but he heard the seriousness contained within it.
Upon hearing this, Alista, who had already begun flipping through the ancient book, paused his movements. Without looking up, he calmly replied:
"Isn't Teacher also friends with Antigonus?"
"You know I'm not talking about that."
The past Lin Ruo drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, then placed the teacup on the table. He looked at Alista's brown hair and said:
"Alista, you know, what I hate most are people who betray trust."
"Solomon trusts you greatly; don't betray that trust."
As soon as these words came out, Alista's reaction aside, Lin Ruo was instantly shocked. He recalled the original plot and immediately understood what was happening—in the original work, Solomon's first downfall, besides being inseparable from the Six Gods, was also due to Alista secretly contacting Antigonus and giving Solomon a backstab.
Lin Ruo wasn't sure if this part of history in this world would still develop like the original plot, but now it seemed that Alista still intended to team up with Antigonus for a betrayal. However, since it had already been discovered by him in advance…
Lin Ruo couldn't help but look at Alista, awaiting his reaction.
And under his expectant gaze, Alista looked up, his azure eyes meeting the past Lin Ruo's, and silence spread through the study.
Just when Lin Ruo thought Alista wouldn't speak, he suddenly said:
"Teacher, do you really think Sequence 2 is enough?"
When asking this question, Alista's azure eyes held complex and indistinguishable emotions.
Lin Ruo didn't know if his past self had seen it, but he saw obsession, ambition, and disappointment in those eyes.
Lin Ruo only heard his past self say, "You can change your path; I will help you."
His tone was serious, clearly not a joke, "You can become a Judge."
Alista fell silent. He looked at the person in front of him, at his Teacher, and after a long time, he finally spoke:
"Okay."
…
The memory abruptly ended there. Lin Ruo blinked, his mind instinctively analyzing everything he had just seen.
Running off to the cosmos with Bethel and almost getting caught by the Desire cassava was self-evident. Although there wasn't much useful information, it deeply made Lin Ruo realize how reckless his past self was and how good his relationship with Bethel was—that was a friendship forged by going to the cosmos together!
Besides this, Lin Ruo could naturally also see that he had a good relationship with the Black Emperor Solomon.
This was not surprising; after all, he was a social butterfly. Since he chose to follow the Black Emperor Solomon in the Early Stage of the fourth epoch, there was no reason not to build a good relationship with him.
Compared to these, what truly caught Lin Ruo's attention was the amount of information revealed in the conversation between him and Alista in the memory.
Aside from some unimportant points, such as Alista being the second person he had made into a public servant after Sasrir, and Alista seemingly enjoying playing the piano, etc., what truly concerned Lin Ruo was indeed Alista's intention to betray Solomon.
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