Lord of Mysteries: Path of Chaos
Chapter 27

Master of Self-Exposure

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As for why other transmigrators didn't leave a historical mark—how novel! Setting aside the fact that most of the history from the Fourth Epoch and earlier is incomplete, and we can't be sure there weren't earlier transmigrators who accomplished great things that simply weren't passed down.

Just as there are differences in personality between people, it's perfectly normal for there to be flamboyant transmigrators like Roselle, as well as those who are low-key and dislike showing off.

Klein was more concerned with two other issues. The first was the subsequent experiences of this fellow countryman. The diary only recorded events up to when Soroyastor was captured by Amon, who kept him as a snack to be harvested in the future, while Soroyastor secretly plotted his own escape. It ended abruptly there. Although it seemed from his diary that he had successfully escaped later, it was still somewhat worrying.

The second issue was the description of the Soroast Family—an ancient extraordinary family, with a deep-rooted tradition but now in decline, with an enemy named Amon, and family members having three choices of pathways: Theft, Seer, and Apprentice.

Klein: "..."

So familiar!

Had he heard this setting somewhere before?

Klein thought of his freshly minted teacher and even had an absurd guess—could this diary have been written by Luo Lin?

But then Klein felt it was unlikely. The main reason was that Luo Lin had no reason to let his diary fall into external hands, and Luo Lin was a Seer, not a Theft.

"But it's also possible that Jack wrote this nonsense, but what would be the point of him doing that?" Klein still felt this possibility was unlikely, mainly because the other party genuinely had no motive to do so.

"But actually, there's no need for a motive. After all, it might just be out of pure fun..." Klein thought of the playful nature Luo Lin inadvertently revealed when they interacted, and for a moment, it all seemed reasonable again.

After all, anything a silly college student did was normal.

Unable to come to a conclusion, Klein didn't dwell on it. Instead, he continued to preside over the Tarot Gathering. During the meeting, he informed Justice Audrey and Hanged Man Alger of his newly created epithets, asking them to try praying with them later.

After the Tarot Gathering ended, Klein saw Audrey and Alger off before frowning at the diary in his hand.

He thought for a moment, materialized his pendulum, and began to divine. The content of the divination was: "Jack Jones wrote this page of the diary."

Soon, the divination yielded a result: a negation.

The diary did not come from Jack Jones.

Klein still had great faith in the divination results on the Grey Mist. Seeing this, he wore a thoughtful expression. "So there really is a fourth transmigrator..."

Thinking of how Luo Lin mentioned Amon with caution but not much fear, Klein suddenly had another guess. "Could it be that Jack's attitude towards Amon is precisely because he saw the diary of this transmigrator senior from the Soroast Family?"

"Hmm, but even if that's the case, it doesn't rule out the possibility that Jack is indeed a member of the Soroast Family. These two things are not mutually exclusive."

While Klein was brainstorming on the Grey Mist, Luo Lin was in a teacher's office at Tingen University, discussing some history of the Fourth Epoch with Azik.

"...Mr. Azik, you are indeed knowledgeable, knowing even this." Luo Lin sincerely exclaimed. In his recent discussion with Azik, he had indeed gained a lot of interesting knowledge. He wondered if it was knowledge mastered by the other party as a history professor or knowledge brought by his memories as a Death Consul.

Regardless, Luo Lin felt he had gained immensely.

"Many of your viewpoints are also very interesting, giving me some new insights." Azik smiled gently. After speaking, he took a sip of coffee and then, as if remembering something, asked, "Are you still helping Klein investigate the Antigonus family and The Fool?"

Compared to Klein, Azik was somewhat interested in these matters, but not overly so. Coupled with his busy work schedule, he hadn't paid attention to the subsequent investigation progress.

Luo Lin nodded at this and said with a smile, "Klein is my good friend, and I'm also very interested in these matters. By the way, I'm also investigating the Abraham family recently. That's also a noble family from the Fourth Epoch. I wonder if Mr. Azik has heard of them."

"Abraham..." Azik's hand, which was stirring his coffee, paused. He wore a thoughtful expression. After a few seconds, he said, "I only remember that their ancestor seemed to be called Mr. Door."

"Mr. Door..." Luo Lin appropriately showed a stunned expression, then realized with a sudden understanding, "So that's what Door means."

"Thank you, Mr. Azik. You've cleared up some of my doubts," Luo Lin continued.

"You're welcome. I didn't help much either," Azik shook his head gently.

Luo Lin, as if remembering something, glanced thoughtfully at Azik. He then looked around, ensuring there was no one else in the office, and lowered his voice, "Mr. Azik, do you... do you also understand some things about mystical powers?"

Azik remained silent for a few seconds when faced with this direct question. He probably didn't expect Luo Lin to be so bold and direct. However, he didn't deny it, only saying gently, "I do understand some things about the mystical domain."

"As expected..." Luo Lin showed an expression of "I knew it," and then said with some excitement and anticipation, "I am a Seer. Mr. Azik, what pathway are you?"

Azik was truly silent this time. Although he had seen that Luo Lin was somewhat simple-minded and inexperienced in the past few days of interaction, he really didn't expect Luo Lin to just blurt it out like this.

This made Azik chuckle and couldn't help but warn, "Don't casually tell others your Sequence. It's very dangerous."

Although his recovered memories were not extensive, Azik still knew that information was crucial in battles within the extraordinary domain. No matter how powerful an extraordinary person was, if their Sequence was known, they would be targeted.

"I'm not just saying it casually, Mr. Azik. You're not a bad person," Luo Lin mumbled softly. "If it were someone else, I definitely wouldn't say it. I'm not stupid."

"I think you've probably told Klein about this too," Azik said gently and calmly.

Luo Lin's eyes widened abruptly. He looked at Azik, as if realizing something, and showed an expression of sudden understanding. "Oh right, Mr. Azik, you've known Klein for so long, you must know each other's situations." Anyone watching this acting would have to praise him as a movie star.

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