Chapter 14
Ch.14 Luo Nan Needs Some Stitching and Mending
“It seems Miss Anya is quite fond of the black tea in my household. Go, Aina—brew several more pots. How could we let a guest feel our Medillion Duke Manor is lacking in hospitality?”
Before stepping inside, Luo Nan suddenly remembered he should currently maintain a relationship with the ‘Chosen Hero’, Anya, similar to that in the original plot.
In other words, he still had to play the role of the ‘debauched young scoundrel’.
“What a hassle.”
This was why Luo Nan began by sniping at Anya.
“Yes, Young Master, I’ll attend to it immediately.”
Little maid Aina bowed to Luo Nan, elegantly gathered the teaware from the table, and slowly exited the reception room.
“Hmph, Luo Nan von Medillion, stop pretending. Your tea tastes terrible,” Anya raised her beautiful heroic brows and plopped herself onto a chair, crossing her plump thighs clad in shorts and over-the-knee black stockings.
The girl said coolly, “I’m here to report on work progress—and to collect yesterday’s wages.”
“Naturally. The word of a Medillion is as good as gold.”
Luo Nan sat comfortably on the sofa, posture languid, perfectly embodying the persona of a ‘debauched young scoundrel’. “Speak. What progress have you made?”
“Everything’s here—see for yourself!”
Anya pulled a stack of documents from her cloth bag and slapped them down on the side table before Luo Nan with a loud ‘thwack’.
Luo Nan picked up the pile of documents and began reading them carefully.
I didn’t expect this world to have cameras. No, wait—this must be magical imprinting.
Black and white, clarity not particularly high, but fortunately, the basic information in the photos was preserved.
Luo Nan flipped through the documents Anya had given him page by page and casually asked, “Miss Anya, you didn’t compile these documents yourself, did you?”
“Yes, they were compiled by professionals dispatched by Her Highness Serela.”
“I thought so… such a professional standard is clearly beyond your capabilities.”
“You…”
The golden-eyed girl turned her face away, seemingly sulking.
Damn Luo Nan von Medillion—if it weren’t for the daily wage of 30 Surs, she wouldn’t be here enduring this indignity!
The girl reached for the teacup on the side table, only to find it had already been taken away by Luo Nan’s maid.
“Damn it!”
“Anya, are you certain this emblem was discovered at the scene?”
Luo Nan pointed to a magical imprint photo in the documents and questioned the girl.
“Yes, it was discovered right at the scene.”
Upon receiving her confirmation, Luo Nan’s brows furrowed tightly.
He recognized the emblem in the photo!
The inverted humanoid figure within a circle was the symbol of one of the Abyssal Great Lords—Sao Ken, the Lord of ‘Nature’!
This Abyssal evil god could be said to have the highest screen time in ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’. Although He never became a main storyline boss, His presence could be seen in the side plots belonging to multiple heroines.
This Great Lord’s followers were most fond of stirring up trouble. According to confidential documents Luo Nan had browsed in the Duke’s manor, behind numerous overthrows and upheavals in human history lay His shadow.
“This is troublesome.”
Honestly, upon seeing that emblem, Luo Nan no longer wished to delve deeper.
Contact with the Abyss brings misfortune!
Moreover, he wasn’t sure whether letting the ‘Chosen Hero’ encounter an Abyssal evil god so early in the plot would cause ‘worldline deviation’.
After a moment’s contemplation, Luo Nan said solemnly:
“Miss Anya, I believe you are unsuited for this job.”
Luo Nan decided to return the plot to its proper track. Regarding matters not involving himself, he still hoped the world’s trajectory would align more closely with the original plot.
Only then would his ‘foreknowledge memory’ remain useful.
Bang—
A delicate jade hand slammed down hard on the side table. The loud crash, accompanied by the groan of wooden structure, startled Luo Nan.
Anya turned her head and glared furiously at Luo Nan. “What, Young Master Medillion? Have I failed in my duties? Or is it that the noble young master of the illustrious Medillion family can’t even afford to pay 30 Surs per day?”
“…”
Of course he could afford it. Forget 30 Surs—even multiplied by a hundred, converted to a higher currency unit, 30 gold Faras per day, Luo Nan could easily pay.
But no—he needed to find a way to keep this girl away from ‘Nature’.
It was obvious that with Anya Sivans’s trouble-attracting constitution, contacting an Abyssal evil god at this stage could unpredictably churn the original worldline into chaos.
Not to mention Luo Nan himself had facilitated this connection—if it resulted in what Cheat Device Miss described as ‘excessive worldline deviation causing irreversible world collapse’, wouldn’t he be doomed?
Thinking this, Luo Nan said, “It’s not that. I cannot disclose the specific reasons. How about this—I’ll directly give you 30 gold Faras in exchange for you ending this job.”
“30… gold Faras?”
When Anya heard Luo Nan’s offer, her previously furious face instantly transformed into astonishment. She counted on her fingers: “One, two, three… a hundred!”
A hundredfold!
Luo Nan carefully observed the girl’s changing expression. He could see her beautiful golden eyes were now entirely occupied by glittering Faras.
Hmph, what level are you at, daring to throw a tantrum at me, a wealthy noble young master?
Luo Nan was confident that when he presented this bargaining chip, Anya Sivans would completely sever her connection with the Abyssal evil god at this stage.
‘Sigh, to maintain the original plot development, I’ve truly gone to great lengths!’
“No!”
“What?”
“I said—no!”
For some unknown reason, Anya shook her head, shaking off the hovering ‘30 gold Faras’, turned to stare at Luo Nan, and sternly refused.
“First, I’m not a beggar—I don’t need your charity. Second, I don’t believe you’d be so kind—you must have some unspeakable scheme, right?”
Based on Anya’s understanding of these scheming nobles, when they offered a condition seemingly extremely advantageous to you, it often meant they were preparing to make you pay an even greater price.
“…”
Luo Nan now felt utterly speechless. Only now did he recall the character portrayal of Anya in ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’.
This girl sometimes loved to get stuck in a rut, and combined with her extreme wariness and distrust of nobles, his money attack had failed to take effect.
‘This is troublesome.’
His relationship with Anya was gradually realigning with the original plot. Under these circumstances, no matter what he said, she would question and question again.
‘Sigh, fallen into the Tacitus Trap.’
Honestly, Luo Nan now felt somewhat regretful. Initially, he had devised the ‘drive the tiger to devour the wolf’ plan—making the ‘Chosen Hero’ confront the ‘Benevolent Imperial Princess’—never expecting it would gradually spiral the plot out of control.
‘Ultimately, it all traces back to my shout.’
But without that shout of ‘There’s an assassin’, wouldn’t he now be sprinting straight toward his original self in the plot?
‘Never mind. Since I can’t cut it off, I’ll try to repair it as much as possible. My memories concerning the Great Lord ‘Nature’ should come in handy.’
‘Besides, now that I’ve just entered the supernatural, I also want to personally experience that world.’
Having made his decision, Luo Nan said to Anya, “In that case… you may continue following up.”
“Of course, I will.” Seeing Luo Nan yield, the girl revealed a victor’s smile and responded crisply.
“However, today I’ll accompany you. There are some things… I wish to confirm with my own eyes.”
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