Luo Lin Meets Pallez

For Leonard, this had been an utterly ordinary day. Apart from one of his new colleagues becoming a Beyonder at lightning speed, which had surprised him a little, nothing was much different from usual.

At least, that was what Leonard had thought before returning home.

"Someone's here."

However, when Leonard familiarly unlocked his front door with his key, before he could even step inside, he suddenly heard Pallez—normally so taciturn—speak up with a warning.

The lazy Leonard instantly became alert. He raised his eyes toward the room and saw a figure sitting on the sofa in the living room, though he had no idea when the man had arrived.

He was a man who looked to be in his early twenties, with exceptionally striking features. He had clearly noticed the movement at the door and slightly raised his head to look at Leonard, emerald-like eyes carrying a faint smile.

Who was this?

Even as Leonard remained vigilant, he felt deeply confused. He was certain that he did not know the young man before him at all. Where had this person come from?

"Who are you, sir? Breaking into someone else's residence without the owner's permission isn't very polite, is it?" Leonard said as he observed the young man in the room, ready to act or retreat at any moment.

"My apologies. Paying you a sudden visit was indeed presumptuous, but I had my reasons." Luo Lin gave an apologetic smile. Looking at the wary Leonard, he paused before adding:

"After all, Mr. Leonard, you wouldn't want me to visit you at Blackthorn Security Company and publicly discuss that old gentleman attached to you, would you?"

At those words, Leonard's pupils abruptly contracted. Pallez's existence could be called his greatest secret. Although Leonard himself still harbored wariness toward Pallez, he had never revealed the old man's existence to anyone. Now, a stranger had suddenly exposed his secret, leaving him utterly shocked.

If Leonard had been a small animal, his fur would definitely have stood on end by now.

Luo Lin merely smiled faintly and said, "So, can we talk now, Mr. Leonard?"

"You..." Leonard frowned. He was clearly hesitant when he heard Pallez's voice by his ear.

"You can talk to him."

"Old man, you know him? What's going on?" Leonard immediately pressed, but this time he received no answer.

That disappointed Leonard somewhat, but he did not dwell on it. After giving Luo Lin a long look, he walked into the room and sat down on the sofa opposite him.

"You don't need to be so tense. This is your home." Seeing that Leonard's entire body was obviously taut, Luo Lin reminded him with some amusement.

"Thank you for the reminder, sir." Leonard practically squeezed the words out through clenched teeth. Then he could not help lowering his voice again as he asked, "Old man, stop playing dead. What exactly is going on?"

"I'm not sure. His aura feels somewhat familiar." Pallez finally stopped playing dead this time and said hesitantly, "It's a little like... my descendant."

However, just as those words fell, Pallez saw the young man on the opposite sofa leisurely take a monocle from his pocket and unhurriedly put it over his left eye.

Pallez: ...

Sorry to disturb you.

Pallez had stayed behind because he had sensed a familiar bloodline aura and wanted to find out how the other party had located him and what his purpose was. At this moment, his entire spirit body stiffened.

If his inner thoughts could be visualized, they would currently be a screaming marmot meme.

But Pallez reacted quickly as well. After a brief mental shutdown, he soon realized something: the monocle was on the wrong eye.

Amon wore his monocle over his right eye, while the young man before him wore it over his left.

Most importantly, if Amon had truly discovered his existence, this entire area would have been sealed off by now, and danger would already have descended. Yet in reality, Pallez did not sense any danger at all.

So, after barely a second of thought, Pallez realized something—the brat before him was deliberately trying to scare him.

Pallez: ...

His fists hardened. He wanted to beat up this little brat.

"Old man, old man, what's wrong? Why aren't you talking again?" At this moment, Leonard seemed to have noticed that something was off as well and repeatedly questioned him.

"Shut up. I'm perfectly fine." Pallez replied irritably. Then, for some reason, a blurry shadow formed beside Leonard. The shadow opened its mouth and said, "I assume you didn't come looking for me just to scare me?"

Leonard's eyes suddenly widened. He had clearly never seen anything like this before.

Luo Lin looked at Shadow Pallez with great interest, then asked in an exceptionally punchable manner, "If I said I did, would you beat me up?"

The reason Luo Lin decided to be cheeky was actually simple. On the one hand, he could not restrain his restless hands. After all, what Troublemaker could transmigrate into the world of Lord of Mysteries without scaring Pallez?

On the other hand, it was to digest the Troublemaker potion.

And the facts proved that Luo Lin's little stunt had indeed been very successful. Merely startling Pallez had digested around one-third of the potion for him. If it had been an ordinary Sequence 9 potion, it probably would have dissolved the instant it entered his mouth.

It hasn't fully digested, though. Was it not entertaining enough, or is Pallez really in such poor condition? Luo Lin calculated inwardly, while maintaining his smiling expression.

"Heh!" Pallez sneered and asked in return, "What do you think?"

"I think you would." Realizing that the old gentleman might genuinely intend to hit someone, Luo Lin naturally had no intention of continuing to be cheeky. With lightning speed, he pulled out an exquisite iron box.

Luo Lin then pushed the iron box toward Pallez and said, "Ancestor Pallez, I mainly came this time to acknowledge my kinship and bring you a gift. This is my present upon meeting you."

"Acknowledge kinship?" Before Pallez could speak this time, Leonard voiced his surprise. He looked at Luo Lin, then at Shadow Pallez, before seemingly remembering something and saying in realization, "Right, old man said you were his descendant..."

"Are you really my descendant?" Pallez could naturally sense the aura of the Soroast Family bloodline on Luo Lin, but that only made him more doubtful.

After all, Pallez could not imagine that the Soroast Family, which had almost completely declined and whose bloodline was close to dying out, would produce someone like this.

"My name is Luo Lin Soroast. In terms of bloodline alone, I am indeed descended from the Soroast Family, and I am also your descendant, Ancestor Pallez." Luo Lin introduced himself openly. He then glanced at Shadow Pallez and reminded him, "Ancestor, won't you take a look at my gift?"