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"Happy Birthday, Lin Ruo."
Undoubtedly, this was a birthday wish that was too late.
Besides Ouroboros, the silly Spirit Monster, probably no one would say such a blessing after such a long delay and in such circumstances.
But it was undeniable that at this moment, Lin Ruo was indeed a little moved.
Because of the purity revealed beneath this silliness.
"You… tsk, should I say it's worthy of the Fate pathway?" Lin Ruo muttered softly, looking at Ouroboros, who seemed completely unaware that there was anything wrong with its recent blessing, and then sighed helplessly.
"Alright, I accept your blessing."
Lin Ruo said so.
Ouroboros was probably a little happy, finally showing a smile.
The only problem was probably that it rarely smiled, which made the smile look a bit stiff and even a little dull.
The more Lin Ruo looked, the more it resembled the silly son of a landlord… Lin Ruo's mouth twitched. Although he had long known that Ouroboros was dull, after all, before his Transmigration, it was known in the bookworm circle as the "Silly Beauty," but to be this dull, compared to the quirky little Spirit Monster next door who was old in body but not in heart, the contrast was too obvious.
Emmmm, its humanity is probably almost suppressed by its divinity, right?
Lin Ruo judged in his heart, further solidifying his resolve not to get involved in the fight between the big and small Spirit Monsters.
He wasn't worried about Bethel's humanity; it was ridiculously good. But Ouroboros's humanity was maintained in such a way that Lin Ruo had no doubt that if it were to become a Great Old One one day, it would likely be the next Adam.
Speaking of Adam… that guy shouldn't have come, right?
Lin Ruo thought uncertainly. He currently didn't have the ability to detect Adam, who was psychologically invisible, but Medici and Ouroboros were both there. They were at least two Kings of Angels, and even if they couldn't beat him, they wouldn't be unable to see through psychological invisibility.
Lin Ruo, whose thoughts had wandered off as usual, comforted himself a few times in his heart, then led Ouroboros into the living room.
Bernadette and Bornova naturally didn't recognize Ouroboros. They had more or less heard of the Angel of Fate, but had never truly seen it. At this moment, they naturally looked at it with curious eyes.
Medici, meanwhile, was drinking as usual, as if he hadn't seen the person behind Lin Ruo. It wasn't until Ouroboros approached him that he wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth and pushed the half-empty bottle in his hand towards Ouroboros.
"Drink!"
Medici slightly raised his chin. Although he was the one sitting on the sofa, he somehow gave off a condescending feeling.
His blood-colored eyes looked at Ouroboros, without sorrow or joy, without resentment or anger. His lips were curved, not in mockery, but also without any smile.
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and just watched the scene quietly.
As he had said before, the conflict between Medici and Ouroboros, of course, had to be resolved by them.
Bernadette and Bornova, the siblings, obviously didn't understand what was happening, but they were both good at reading the atmosphere. They could naturally tell that the current mood was unusual, so they both obediently shrank to the side, not daring to speak, or even breathe loudly.
It was in this situation that Ouroboros's gaze fell on the wine bottle. It then reached out, and without seeming to hesitate, took the wine bottle from Medici's hand, and drank it down in a gulp, as if drinking water.
"Cough… cough…"
But no matter how unrestrained its posture, Ouroboros was clearly not someone who drank well. After only a few sips, it seemed to choke.
After a few coughs, Ouroboros did not put down the wine bottle in its hand, but continued to drink the remaining wine clean, then gestured with the empty wine bottle towards Medici.
"I've finished drinking." Ouroboros said, its expression normal.
Lin Ruo, who was observing it from the side, found his gaze becoming increasingly strange.
It didn't seem to be drunk?
Is Ouroboros's alcohol tolerance that good? It doesn't look like someone who drinks at all.
Medici, however, seemed not surprised at all. His smile finally carried a hint of genuine feeling as he looked at Ouroboros and said, "No need to apologize. I, this old man, know why you made that choice."
After a pause, Medici added, "Three conditions, the kind you must fulfill even if it means defying fate."
Ouroboros paused, then nodded after a second of silence. It slowly said:
"Okay."
It sounded neither solemn nor serious, but both Medici and Lin Ruo knew that this "Okay" represented a promise that Ouroboros would fulfill even at the cost of its life.
Tsk!
Lin Ruo didn't know how to comment on the scene before him, so he simply chose not to think about it. He just clapped his hands sharply.
"Clap—"
After everyone looked over, Lin Ruo curved a brilliant smile and said, "So, your conflict is resolved, right?"
"Otherwise?" Medici leaned back, no longer in that condescending state. The smile on his lips returned to its usual sarcasm. "Could I still beat up the big Spirit Monster? Tsk, it's already stupid enough; if I beat it again, it'll be completely useless."
"I'm not stupid."
Ouroboros frowned slightly upon hearing this, clearly displeased with Medici's evaluation.
At this moment, a strange thought popped into Lin Ruo's mind, recalling a certain Water Pillar's famous line, "I am not disliked by anyone," and he almost burst out laughing on the spot.
But Lin Ruo held back. Looking at Ouroboros, he couldn't resist reaching out and patting its head again, then nodded seriously and said:
"Hmm, you're not stupid. Ouroboros is the cleverest."
If there were a kindergarten teacher here at this moment, they would surely notice how similar Lin Ruo's posture and tone were to how he usually coaxed kindergarten children.
"Pfft—" Medici, on the other hand, laughed without reservation. It was unclear whether he was laughing because of Ouroboros's words, or because of Lin Ruo's child-coaxing demeanor, or perhaps both.
As for Bernadette and Bornova, they were trying their best to minimize their presence and hold back their laughter.
But their reactions clearly didn't affect Ouroboros. The latter, whether it truly believed Lin Ruo's coaxing words, or was like a certain Water Pillar, lacking self-awareness and self-deceiving, seemed to be in a much better mood entirely because of Lin Ruo's words.
So easy to coax, but this feeling of babysitting… Lin Ruo complained in his heart, his gaze sweeping around, finally landing on the clock on the wall.
It was still a while before noon, so it wasn't time to eat. This period of time clearly needed to be filled with something.
Lin Ruo, who had been prepared, then smiled and pulled out a deck of cards from under the coffee table, saying, "Everyone, want to play cards?"
"Let's make the stakes embarrassing stories. The loser of each round has to share an embarrassing story, either their own or someone else's."
After a pause, Lin Ruo looked at the somewhat interested but seemingly unmotivated crowd, adding:
"And the winner can ask me to destroy a preserved embarrassing story, or perhaps read an embarrassing story of someone they want to know about. Although I can't do it now, I will definitely fulfill it once I recover my memories."
As soon as this was said, Lin Ruo saw that everyone present almost immediately perked up, and even Ouroboros looked at Lin Ruo several times, clearly a little moved.
Lin Ruo smiled at them.
Hmm, confirmed. I really do have a lot of people's embarrassing stories.
Perhaps, they are stored in that library of Little Bethel?
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