Upon opening the notebook, the very first diary entry contained such explosive content, seemingly laying the groundwork for the melodramatic events to come.
Lin Yu gritted his teeth and continued reading.
518/9, XX Month XX Day, Sunny:
After that day, I think I loved her even more. I know I'm deeply in love, but I'm willing to be.
518/9, XX Month XX Day, Sunny:
I held her close; the sun was so warm, but she told me news that made me feel like I'd been plunged into an ice cave.
Hollodis proposed to her, and she said yes.
She ultimately chose Holloway, and she even told us that this would be the last time we met like this.
518/9, XX month XX day, cloudy:
I attended Holloway's wedding ceremony. They were very sweet together. But that sweetness felt like a knife, almost cutting into my heart.
At that moment, I felt an overwhelming urge to kill Holloway, my former best friend.
After the wedding, Holliday asked to meet me. Looking into Holliday's eyes, I suddenly realized that he had known all along.
Seeing this, Lin Yu was speechless. He really hadn't expected the diary to contain this kind of content before opening it.
It seems like the guy named Hollodis is the most unlucky one. His best friend and girlfriend cheated on him, and before he knew it, he was being cuckolded.
At first, Lin Yu thought the diary would be the author's confession, but unexpectedly, after the day Hollidis got engaged to his fiancée, everything seemed to start to change in an extremely magical direction.
The diary was found by the bedside in the bedroom. Lin Yu had chosen the most luxurious suite in a rather extravagant hotel this time. The owner of the diary must be quite well-off to be able to stay in such a suite.
As for "Horadis," since he was a friend of the diary's owner, he shouldn't be too much less capable in this regard.
"So that guy named 'Horadis' knew about this all along, but how could he tolerate being cuckolded for so long?" Lin Yu was full of questions and continued reading.
518/9, XX month XX day, cloudy:
I didn't go.
But I knew Hollodis's power; if he wanted me to vanish from this world, it would be incredibly easy for him. Yet, in the end, he said nothing.
I sensed something was off, as if shrouded in gloom, so I had no choice but to hire a private investigator.
However, the private investigator brought me another unforgettable scene.
518/9, XX month XX day, cloudy:
Seven days have passed since that terrifying ceremony. But those seven days feel so unreal to me.
Everything I had was destroyed in an instant.
It turns out that destroying these things I cherish is such an easy thing!
518/9, XX month XX day, cloudy:
They were all looking for me, seemingly wanting me to join the ceremony, though I didn't know in what capacity.
5190, XX month XX day, cloudy:
She suddenly sent me a message saying she regretted getting together with Holloway, that she regretted it, wanted to choose me, and asked if I was willing to be with her.
If I were still alive before witnessing that scene, I might have agreed without hesitation, but I can't go back in time, so I can't agree to her.
I know she's no longer the person I love.
I didn't answer her; I simply crushed the communicator into powder.
5190, XX month XX day, cloudy:
Those guys are everywhere; one day, they will rule the world.
5190, XX Month XX Day, Sunny:
Holliday finally discovered the hidden camera the private investigator had placed, and for some reason, I felt a sense of relief.
At least, I don't have to see those images anymore.
If the camera hadn't been damaged, I would definitely have been unable to resist watching those images again and again, and then there would have been nothing I could do.
These past two days I've started drafting my will, but I've sadly discovered that under these circumstances, even a will is useless.
Even if Pharaoh himself were to descend, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything to them!
Lin Yu's eyebrows furrowed more and more deeply.
At first, he thought that the weather would be recorded after each date, but after looking through a few more pages, he found that it seemed that only during the period when he met Holliday's wife was the weather written as "sunny," and afterwards it was mostly "cloudy."
It seems that the owner of this diary did not strictly record the weather conditions. Perhaps the so-called "sunny" and "cloudy" were a reflection of the diary owner's mood, only expressed in a more subtle way.
Of course, what really caught Lin Yu's attention wasn't the way the weather was recorded—such trivial details—but rather the names that appeared in the notebook.
Pharaoh.
This person is quite famous throughout the entire Exiled world; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a national idol.
Lin Yu had also explored the Exile World before choosing a hotel to stay in, so he had some understanding of the Exile World.
Therefore, Lin Yu knew even more about Pharaoh's extraordinary status in the Exiled World.
His posters, slogans, and banners are almost everywhere in the Exile World; he is practically the spiritual idol worshipped by the entire Exile World.
Lin Yu also learned through the Hongmeng System that Pharaoh's strength was not low; even in the entire fantasy universe, Pharaoh was only of average strength.
However, this power is almost the strongest in the exiled world.
So what exactly did the owner of this notebook see to conclude that even a powerful figure like Falcomd would be helpless in this situation?
How did this notebook end up in the hotel?
The hotel staff had mentioned before that they needed to clean and conduct a security check on the suite. Was this notebook something the hotel staff left behind, or was it deliberately placed here?
The more Lin Yu pondered, the more confused he became. He flipped through the notebook again and found that the handwriting thereafter had become illegible and completely distorted.
It no longer resembled words, but rather some kind of extremely abstract painting. Even when Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to analyze it, he couldn't figure it out.
"System, can you find the relevant image data?"
Lin Yu remembered that the owner of the laptop had mentioned a surveillance camera, and perhaps he could start from that angle to find out more about the matter.
The camera footage is always transmitted via the internet or other means, so it might be possible to find it.