"Yes, we're Mr. Azik's friends." Klein and Luo Lin both nodded.
"Then can I ask you two uncles to take care of my father?" The girl clasped her hands together, her expression earnest. "Please, this is really important to me." As she spoke, her gaze mainly rested on Luo Lin.
As the summoned one, the girl could actually sense who had summoned her.
"I will." How could Klein refuse such a request? He immediately nodded.
Luo Lin nodded as well. "I'll take good care of Azzik."
"That's wonderful. Thank you, Uncles." The girl revealed a brilliant smile.
Luo Lin sighed and reminded her, "You have half a minute left."
"I know. Thank you for the reminder, Uncle. You're such a good person." After saying that, the girl looked back at Azzik. Reluctance appeared on her face, but she quickly smiled again. This time, she took the initiative to hug Azzik. "All right, Dad, I have to go back. The Dad from the past still needs me!"
"But if I can, I really, really want to come to this era again and see Dad."
"Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
Watching Azzik fall silent after his daughter vanished, Luo Lin did not disturb him. He merely sensed the digestion progress of the Troublemaker potion with slight confusion.
Just now, Luo Lin's Troublemaker potion had suddenly digested by a large amount, almost comparable to the time he had frightened Pallez. It had completely exceeded Luo Lin's expectations.
But Luo Lin was not stupid. He quickly understood why the Troublemaker potion had digested, muttering inwardly, So that's how it is. It's not just tormenting others and having fun yourself that can digest the Troublemaker potion. Bringing joy to others while also pleasing yourself can digest it too... Is this a two-way form of acting?
Luo Lin suddenly gained some insight. Because of his preconceived impression of Naya, he had always equated acting as a Troublemaker with being a pleasure criminal. But now, it seemed that a Troublemaker did not merely refer to someone who enjoyed bringing disaster upon others. It also included those who brought happiness to others and found joy in it themselves.
"I was narrow-minded. Troublemaker, Troublemaker—the key is having fun. As long as it brings me joy, it's probably a form of acting. Defining only the fun of tormenting others as fun is actually too narrow." With that thought, Luo Lin gained a deeper understanding of the Pathway he was walking and could not help letting out a breath.
While Luo Lin contemplated the true meaning of a Troublemaker, Azzik finally stood up. Looking at Luo Lin and Klein, who were watching him worriedly, he forced out a smile. "Sorry for making you worry."
"Mr. Azik, are you all right?" Klein asked worriedly as he looked at Azzik, who was clearly not in very good condition.
"Mr. Azik, don't be sad. You'll still be able to see your daughter again in the future. I can ask Teacher for another Time Gem. Teacher dotes on me a lot, so he'll definitely give me one. At most, he'll scold me a few times..." Luo Lin also looked concerned.
"I'm fine. Don't worry." Faced with their concern, Azzik felt a trace of warmth in his heart. He then looked at Luo Lin and shook his head. "Thank you, Jack, but there's no need..."
Luo Lin immediately looked confused. "Mr. Azik, you don't want to see your daughter again?"
"Of course I want to see her, but this is my matter, and I should bear the cost myself." Azzik spoke gently. Although the memories he had recovered this time were not too many, they were not few either. It was precisely because of this that Azzik understood even more clearly how precious the Time Gem Luo Lin had used on him was.
Luo Lin's teacher clearly loved Luo Lin dearly, which was why he had entrusted such an item to him for protection. But that absolutely did not mean Luo Lin could squander it as he pleased. Once or twice might be fine, but if it happened too often, what would Luo Lin's teacher think of him?
Azzik truly wanted to see his daughter again, but that did not mean he would deceive Luo Lin, exploit his innocence to obtain Time Gems, and cause him to fall out of his teacher's favor.
Thus, Azzik merely looked at Luo Lin gently and said, "Jack, I would like to meet your teacher."
He wanted to meet Luo Lin's teacher personally and discuss the matter of the Time Gem.
"Ah?" Luo Lin looked surprised, seemingly unable to understand why Azzik had suddenly changed his mind. But then he happily nodded. "Sure. I'll write Teacher a letter when I get back."
At that point, Luo Lin paused. As though he had remembered something, he showed a hesitant expression. "But Teacher seems to be very busy lately. I don't know whether he'll have time to meet you."
"It's all right. I don't mind waiting." Azzik smiled gently, then said with great solemnity, "Jack, thank you."
"I owe you one. If there's ever anything you need my help with in the future, as long as I can do it, I'll do everything in my power to help you." Azzik said this with utmost sincerity, leaving no doubt as to its truth.
"Ah? Th-this... I actually didn't help that much. Mr. Azik, you're too polite." Luo Lin looked embarrassed. While maintaining his persona, he was secretly overjoyed.
After this whole series of maneuvers, Azzik's favorability toward him had successfully soared. Now, when Luo Lin borrowed Azzik's power, he could directly borrow strength at the level of a Sequence 3 Ferryman.
As expected, family affection was especially effective against Azzik... Luo Lin was inwardly delighted, though he was not surprised that he had not directly maxed out Azzik's favorability.
With something like favorability, it always became harder to increase the further along one got. Becoming ordinary friends with someone was easy, but becoming good friends, close friends, or comrades willing to die for one another grew more difficult with every step. Going from favorability in the nineties to one hundred was an even greater qualitative leap.
Therefore, Luo Lin had never expected to max out Azzik's favorability quickly. Reaching the eighties was already excellent progress, making Luo Lin heave a huge sigh of relief.
Ever since arriving in the Lord of Mysteries world, Luo Lin had been holding his breath. This world was simply too dangerous. Now that he could borrow the Ferryman's power, although it had not reached the angel level, he at least had more confidence when facing most dangers.
"Since I can borrow the Ferryman's power, I should make time to see Medici next. The Troublemaker potion is about to finish digesting, so it's time to get some High Sequence items related to the Hunter Pathway." Luo Lin calculated inwardly, considering how to build a closer relationship with Medici after meeting him.
Well, if nothing else, simply summoning the Shadow of Time of the Ancient Sun God should earn him quite a bit of favorability.
As for Medici turning against Adam in the future after learning the truth about being cooked in a hotpot back then?
—What did that have to do with Luo Lin? He was not familiar with the Ancient Sun God, had never even met Adam, and at most had a flimsy alliance with the True Creator. He had never participated in the hotpot incident of that year, nor did he have any reason to know the truth behind it.
So what did Medici turning against Adam have to do with Luo Lin?
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