A Commission That Tests Chen Luo's Humanity

After crying for a while and calming down, Estelle released Serena.

Estelle's strange behavior led Serena to believe that it was a recruitment method of some new religion.

"I'm so sorry, I just wanted to hug you," Estelle said with a smile, having composed herself.

"Is it some new type of pervert?" Serena looked at Estelle warily.

"Of course not, big sister is from the future, and her purpose is..." Perhaps to leave a faint memory of Serena, who would not belong to her in the future, Estelle said the first half of the sentence, but did not say the rest.

Seeing Estelle's rather strange behavior and words, Serena took two steps back.

"I still need to buy some things, sorry, I have to go now." Serena is clearly a very polite child.

At least when escaping the pervert, they would say something like "Excuse me" to the perverted woman.

"It's hopeless." Chen Luo, who had somehow acquired a broom, floated down with Irena and watched Serena drift away.

"What did you say?" Chen Luo's words caught Estelle's attention.

"Someone who hugs a cute little girl in broad daylight as a stranger is beyond saving."

"...That's a really harsh comment," Estelle said irritably.

"Yes, yes, that's really going too far." Irena nodded in agreement.

"Is it too much? But it's truly beyond saving, it's even... completely rotten." Chen Luo murmured softly, in a voice the other two couldn't hear, as he watched the little girl in blue walk away.

"Ah, I slept so well! A Luo, I think I smelled the aroma of high-quality ingredients just now!" Chen Luo's mind was in turmoil as his Herrscher of Knowledge- hunting device made its dazzling appearance.

The Herrscher of Knowledge finally awoke from an unknown period of slumber.

Just as the Herrscher of Knowledge about to emerge from Chen Luo's sea of consciousness, it had barely popped its head out when Chen Luo pressed it back down.

"???" The Herrscher of Knowledge sat back down in her sea of consciousness, completely bewildered.

The reason why the Herrscher of Knowledge wakes up so late is because Chen Luo often allows the Herrscher of Knowledge to reside in his sea of consciousness, isn't it?

Therefore, those Herrscher of Knowledge intend to sleep soundly and recoup all their losses.

But this time, when he wanted to go out, Chen Luo actually forced him back, which was a rather novel experience for Herrscher of Knowledge.

"What happened?" the Herrscher of Knowledge asked, bewildered.

"I'm carrying out a commission right now, so don't show yourself, lest you scare others," Chen Luo said calmly.

"Hey, wait a minute, what did you mean? I'm so cute, how could you say I'd scare people?" the Herrscher of Knowledge said, displeased.

"I'm not saying you'll scare anyone, the key is that you don't know any of the people you've encountered on this mission, and they don't know you either, so what are you doing out here? Just stay in your sea of consciousness for a while." Chen Luo said to the Herrscher of Knowledge in a coaxing tone.

Although Chen Luo's coaxing tone was too childish for Raiden Mei and the others, and too mature for the little girl, it was just right for the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Oh, okay. By the way, I think I just smelled an extremely strong scent of darkness as I passed by you. You didn't notice, did you?" The Herrscher of Knowledge reminded Chen Luo.

The Herrscher of Knowledge's concern for Chen Luo stemmed from the fact that, regardless of the circumstances, being around someone filled with darkness could lead to betrayal and danger.

Bad people may never become good people and can never be friends with good people, but bad people also know that bad people are unreliable.

So it's best to stay away from bad people.

"Ah, I've figured it out. A completely hopeless person." Chen Luo said, watching Serena disappear around the street corner.

Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge are both the Herrscher of Knowledge and the Demon of the Heart, so they have a strong sensitivity to negative energy and negative emotions.

Although Chen Luo had never met this Serena before, and she had just seemed like an obedient girl, a little angel, the malice and twisted consciousness hidden within her made Chen Luo... drool.

The inner demons feed on these things, so they are naturally very sensitive to their food.

In addition, Chen Luo's savior achievement is also stirring.

Chen Luo's Savior achievement allows Chen Luo to be enhanced when facing severe disasters or evil creatures.

Leaving aside the broad scope of "malicious disasters," "evil-attribute creatures" simply refers to their existence, which is not beneficial to most life forms and may even be extremely harmful.

In a broad sense, the savior is meant for the whole world, but in many cases, it is actually meant for the human race.

So in a sense, the Redeemer is also a special force against evil.

Although it is quite difficult to determine whether a person is guilty or evil in a social sense.

But at least that Serena from before was enough to inspire Chen Luo's savior achievement.

Although the blessing was very subtle, it was still perceptible.

In other words, she is already evil in the conceptual sense.

As far as Chen Luo knows, identifying someone as "evil" and expecting the Savior to react is actually a very strict process.

But the other person is so young that they can do it.

The future is limitless.

That's why Chen Luo said there was no hope.

"Who is that person?" Noticing where Chen Luo's gaze was following, the Herrscher of Knowledge also locked onto the other party.

"Well, our mission objective this time," Chen Luo said after a pause.

"Hmm? Oh, I see. Our mission this time is definitely to eliminate the enemy, right?" The Herrscher of Knowledge suddenly realized.

The Herrscher of Knowledge is quite familiar with Chen Luo. Chen Luo at least has a moral bottom line, even though the other party really likes Primogem.

Those Herrscher of Knowledge can determine that this time they have come to eliminate the opponent.

Although the Herrscher of Knowledge really wanted to ask Chen Luo if he could extract all of this person's negative emotions and taste them, the Herrscher of Knowledge obediently did not disturb Chen Luo's work.

"No, you might have misunderstood. You might not believe it, but we're here to rescue the other side," Chen Luo said somewhat awkwardly.

Although Chen Luo's original intention in accepting this commission was to help a kind witch fulfill her wish.

But judging from the current situation, it does seem that they have indeed become accomplices to evil.

"Huh? Save the other party? What nonsense are you talking about?" The Herrscher of Knowledge suddenly looked at Chen Luo as if he were an idiot.

"I swear on my dinner tonight, if this person doesn't become a serial killer, I'll take your surname," the Herrscher of Knowledge said confidently.

Although the Herrscher of Knowledge cannot determine whether the other person has killed anyone based on such a fleeting encounter, the Herrscher of Knowledge can see how twisted the soul is buried beneath her innocent face.

Perhaps she was abused in the past, or perhaps some external factor caused her to become like this...

But the other party cannot be saved; the Herrscher of Knowledge is certain of this.

Unless you can mold the other person into someone with Stockholm Syndrome, it's impossible to get them to obey.

"Of course, if you really want to save him, it's not impossible. You can use the power of the Herrscher of Sentience to reshape his personality." However, the Herrscher of Knowledge did its best to come up with a method for Chen Luo.

[Saving Serena]: Help Estelle travel back 10 years to save her best friend Serena from the tragedy of her parents being killed by bandits, change her fate of becoming a murderer, and help Estelle find peace.

Upon hearing the words "Herrscher of Knowledge," Chen Luo subconsciously glanced at his mission.

This task... doesn't seem impossible to complete.

If you can forcibly replace Estelle's personality before Estelle, you can change her fate of becoming a serial killer.

As for the robber who killed the other party's parents...

Looking at the other person's distorted soul, Chen Luo roughly guessed some things.

There were no robbers at all; there was only an eight- or nine-year-old future serial killer who had murdered his own parents.

Well, it's mainly because the opponent is too weak, so the threads of fate associated with that opponent became quite clear in Chen Luo's eyes.

So Chen Luo could even foresee the other party buying a knife at the market and using it to end his parents' lives.

If the plan were implemented as described earlier, the other party's parents would not have been harmed, Serena, whose personality had been replaced, would not have become a murderer, and Estelle would have gained her meaningless self-pity.

Commission completed!

But... is it really meaningful to complete the commission in this way?

Chen Luo was thinking...

In the past, Chen Luo would sometimes actively take on commissions and even use a simpler but somewhat opportunistic method to quickly complete tasks.

For example, what's the quickest way to persuade a little girl not to eat a lollipop? It's to take her lollipop away.

However, this was the first time Chen Luo had accepted a commission like this.

After completing this task, Chen Luo will feel quite lost, because the task has not brought any benefit to any party.

But if Chen Luo doesn't complete this commission, he will lose so many Primogem.

Now Chen Luo understands why this seemingly simple task, which only requires him to do nothing, has such a generous reward.

This mission was a true test of Chen Luo's humanity.

Ultimately, the goal was to erase the other person's personality for the sake of the Primogem, allowing a puppet to continue living in her place and creating a false and beautiful illusion.

Or should we abandon this mission and give the other party the fate they deserve—death?

The opponent is truly beyond saving, as even the passive effect of the Savior achievement can be triggered.

Since the other party is known as a serial killer, it's impossible that they only killed one person.

Should we eliminate the dozens of people who might be murdered by the other side in another timeline that arises due to the change, in advance?

This is a problem.

Chen Luo decided... to watch the plot first.

Damn it, what a stupid mission! I'm caught in the middle.

Chen Luo followed the others, watching the plot while cursing this unlucky mission.

16 minutes later...

Estelle's battle plan was actually quite naive, but naive does not mean useless.

Because Estelle's appearance is a very convenient temptation.

Here's a joke: Estelle looks a lot like her younger self.

So Chen Luo could only watch helplessly as he and Irena leaned against each other in the alley, watching Estelle, using her identity as Estelle's sister, take away their two familiar uncles and aunts.

"It's childish, but it's useful. It's just that the reasons they came up with weren't very good," Irena complained from the side.

"Ah, yes, if the other party has such a need, I can provide assistance. After all, I have learned some tricks to subtly influence the other party and get them to listen to me," Chen Luo said, standing to the side.

"Hypnosis?" Upon hearing this, Irena instinctively dodged to the side.

One should always be wary of others.

This is something Irena learned during her long journey.

"What are you worried about? The hint only works on people who don't know magic." Chen Luo glanced at Irena.

The ability to suggest, as one of the basic methods of using spiritual power, is a common skill in the Dark World.

And being common usually means it's not strong.

"Oh, that scared me to death. I thought it was some kind of magical power from Different World, but it's just this level of ability. Well, it exists in this world too. Although it might be difficult to deal with some Magus, it should be enough to deal with ordinary people." Irena breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Chen Luo is from Different World, so it's normal for Irena to think that there's something strange about him.

"..."

Stop looking down on people. Although hints won't work on you, the ability of those Herrscher of Knowledge can.

Believe it or not, I'll turn you into a virgin?

Oh, no, you are awkward to begin with.

Sorry to bother you.

"Since things are going so smoothly, now we just need to wait for Miss Estelle to return so we can ambush the bandits. As Estelle said, a person in a black cloak will arrive in a few minutes. Whew!" Irena recounted the plan for the trip, taking a deep breath.

After all, while defeating a robber isn't difficult, one should still be nervous when necessary.

Irena is just an 18-year-old girl.

Irena, as a witch, has experienced many battles, but these are clearly different from robbery and murder.

One side is a friendly exchange, the other is slaughter and fighting.