Hoping You Can Drop Your Guard

# Chapter 15: I Hope You Can Drop Your Guard

In Chaldea, the one who understands Luo Zhen the most is undoubtedly Roman.

Even Mashu doesn't know that Luo Zhen has been secretly honing his Magecraft skills, only Roman knows about this.

But...

"I know my own business better than anyone else, I don't need you to remind me." Luo Zhen said rather displeased, "I also genuinely enjoy playing games, it's not just a pastime or a way to kill time."

That was the truth.

Although Luo Zhen is very diligent when practicing Magecraft, when he runs out of magical energy and can't practice Magecraft, playing games is his only way to relax.

Surfing the internet is one of the few entertainments in Chaldea.

When he's not practicing Magecraft, Luo Zhen enjoys surfing the internet and playing games, and he's already a well-known player in various online games.

To put it bluntly, Luo Zhen is a genuine internet addict.

As long as he has nothing to do, Luo Zhen will definitely go online, not because he has nothing to do, but because he really likes it.

After all...

"The world of games is so much better, isn't it?"

Luo Zhen, while performing super-difficult maneuvers with techniques that would make professional players blush, allowing his character to kill monsters without losing a drop of blood, stared at the screen and poured out his heart like this.

"There's not much deceit, not much concealment, not much conspiracy, not much darkness. If you meet someone you like, you team up. If you meet someone you don't like, you kill them. Everything is managed by the system. People with red names will be punished. Weak characters won't be killed in the city. Everyone only needs to think about entertainment. Isn't that great?"

These words left Roman speechless.

How disappointed must one be with reality to say such things?

But Roman could understand Luo Zhen's thoughts.

"So-called Magus, in the final analysis, are a group of despicable people who pursue the only 'end point' and 'truth' — the Root."

Luo Zhen said sarcastically.

"To achieve this goal, they can do anything outrageous. That's what Magus are."

Such a group of people are actually gathered in one place, for the sake of protecting human civilization and the world?

"Don't you think it's ridiculous? Brother?" Luo Zhen continued to satirize, "This high-sounding reason is not suitable for Magus at all. What they care about is not the life and death of mankind, or even their own life and death. As long as they can reach the Root, that's all that matters. Even if they die, they will only regret not being able to continue researching Magecraft and achieving this goal. Protecting human reason is just a rather great research and subject."

"What they want to protect is not the 'human world' but the 'Magecraft world', right?"

"It's extremely hypocritical, brother, don't you think?"

Luo Zhen's sarcastic remarks were all telling Roman what his younger brother thought of Chaldea.

And Roman couldn't refute it.

Because this might be a fact.

This is also why Luo Zhen is not serious about Chaldea's simulated battles, right?

For Luo Zhen, Chaldea is just an experimental facility for Magus to research the subject of "protecting human reason", and they will use any means to achieve this goal.

Therefore, Luo Zhen doesn't want to cooperate with all of this at all.

If it weren't for Roman and Mashu in Chaldea, the two people closest to Luo Zhen, and if he went too far, he wouldn't even be able to stay in Chaldea, perhaps Luo Zhen wouldn't even participate in the simulated battles.

In the end, Luo Zhen is extremely disgusted and contemptuous of the so-called Magus.

However...

"If that's the case, why do you still work so hard to practice Magecraft and become a Magus?"

Roman's direct and contradictory question left Luo Zhen speechless.

And this is a contradiction.

"You who disapprove of the way Magus exist, you who don't take the meaning of Chaldea seriously, why do you work so hard to practice Magecraft and become a Magus?"

The expression on Roman's face gradually changed from helplessness to a smile.

It was a very tolerant and gentle smile.

Just because Roman knew...

"You actually don't hate Magecraft, and you even like Magecraft itself very much, right?"

Roman spoke the truth in Luo Zhen's heart.

Only this point, Luo Zhen could not deny.

He does like Magecraft.

No.

More precisely, it should be said that he likes "miracles".

"You have always felt that you can still exist here, that you can live well, all because of the 'miracle' that happened to you, right?" Roman said to Luo Zhen, "Therefore, you can hate anything, but you can't hate 'miracles' themselves."

That's why Luo Zhen likes Magecraft.

Because Magecraft is the technology that humans use to perform miracles.

It was precisely for this reason that Luo Zhen liked games.

Because, compared to the cruel reality, the world of games was pure, almost like a miracle.

And Luo Zhen wasn't diligent either.

The people of Chaldea were right about that.

Basically, Luo Zhen was a very lazy person.

Even just taking a walk, Luo Zhen didn't want to do it, only wanting to hide in his room and play games.

In other words, Luo Zhen was too lazy to go out.

But this kind of Luo Zhen, was uniquely diligent in one thing.

That was when facing a "miracle."

Thus, Luo Zhen had always poured all his heart and soul into Magecraft and games.

Because these were hard-won miracles.

"So, you also sincerely cherish the life you regained thanks to a miracle, not only diligently training in Magecraft, but also constantly striving to learn all kinds of knowledge to compensate for your physical shortcomings. When your magical energy is exhausted, in addition to playing games, you also constantly study on the internet."

Everything about Luo Zhen was exposed by Roman.

This was the truth.

Physically, Luo Zhen was both deficient and lazy.

However, in terms of Magecraft, Luo Zhen was absolutely enough to surpass his peers, and at the same time, in order to maximize his power, he was learning all kinds of knowledge.

The proof was that Luo Zhen could quickly plan various tactics during simulated battles.

By the way, Luo Zhen was also proficient in eight languages. If it was about academic ability, he would have been able to get a doctorate long ago.

"It's because you cherish miracles so much that you despise Magus who can sacrifice everything for the sake of Magecraft research, right?"

Roman said this, and also patted the silent Luo Zhen on the shoulder.

"I won't ask you to correct this, and even think you're right."

"However, the Director isn't that kind of person, and Chaldea is no longer the cruel facility you imagine."

"At least here, I hope you can let down your guard."

"That's all I wanted to say."

After speaking, Roman smiled at Luo Zhen and quietly left the room.

Leaving only Luo Zhen alone, sitting on the bed, without saying a word.

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