It was said that he would go back to Vertex in the evening, but in fact after learning about Carol's visit, Gray Lint consciously accelerated his afternoon trip, and he completed this trip near four o'clock.
Inspection. After informing Aphra, he teleported directly back to Vertek and came directly to the room where the clone Anxi was.
As expected, Carol crossed her index fingers and placed them on her lap easily. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the clone quietly. Seeing his emerging figure, her face froze for a moment.
He was surprised for a second, and then suddenly burst into joy. He stood up and took small steps forward. His lips moved but he didn't say anything.
"good afternoon."
"Miss Carol."
Gray Linte took off his top hat, turned it over, flicked the brim twice to shake off a few ice crystals that were about to melt, then pressed it on his left chest and bowed his upper body slightly.
This was only the first time that he had greeted Carol in such a formal way.
"Good afternoon, Graylingt."
Carol kept a slight smile and returned his bow gracefully.
This time Gray Lint learned the lessons from the previous chat and suggested first:
"Let's go to the chat room and let's talk. I'll ask the servant to prepare some drinks."
"good."
Gray Linte glanced at the clone Anxi next to him who looked exactly like him, and instead of controlling him, he took Carol directly to the chat room.
When he came downstairs, the maid who was waiting on him noticed him and came up to her immediately:
"Sir, do you need anything?"
At the same time, although she tried her best to restrain herself, Glalint still noticed that she secretly glanced at Carol next to her several times.
Counting Joan Nolan, who has lived here for a while, this is already the fourth beautiful lady that Glalint has brought back. One is Shirley, who lives here, and the other is the one who has been spying on Glalint for half a month.
Eudora.
He didn't say anything and ordered naturally:
"A cup of highland coffee, a piece of sugar cube, and a cup of black tea are all delivered to the small chat room next to the living room."
"Okay, sir."
The coffee was for Carol, so Grainte emphasized that black tea was not necessary. The servant was already very familiar with his taste.
…………
Chat room.
Gray Lint took off his heavy burgundy snow-proof windbreaker, hung it aside, and then restrained the idea of throwing his whole body towards the sofa. However, he thought he was very familiar with Carol, so
He didn't follow the etiquette very much, but sat down first and said casually:
"Sit down first."
"Why did you come directly this time? Is there anything particularly important?"
"By the way, if you parasitize and de-parasitize so frequently, does it really have no effect?"
Carol has a neat temperament. She was inexplicably reserved before, but now she was infected by Gray Linte's posture and quickly relaxed. She didn't even sit upright, but leaned in comfortably but not gracefully.
On the sofa.
She nodded slightly and answered Gray Linte's second question:
"I am currently playing in advance, and it is done through magical items, so it basically has no impact."
"As for the purpose of my coming here this time..."
The girl paused for a moment, and after successfully attracting Gray Linte's attention, she continued to smile:
"That's a lot."
A bit much...
Gray Lint raised his brows, feeling something bad. Just when he wanted to say something, the servant brought in the prepared coffee, tea and snacks.
When the servant left to close the door, he threw a "distortion" and sealed the room:
"What's going on? Tell me."
Carol took a sip of her cup of Highland coffee and stopped talking about it. Instead, she asked and answered questions:
"Do you still remember what I told you on Monday about the purpose of Eudora's application to come to Vertex?"
"Remember, on the surface, he wanted to 'sleep' me and make me betray MI9... but in fact, he just wanted to prove his charm and then kill me."
Grayling nodded and repeated the information that Carol had given him before. Then he thought that Carol had broken away from the "parasitism" state towards Eudora, so he subconsciously asked:
"What's wrong with her?"
Carol nodded and explained in detail:
"Through Deputy Mayor Pierre, she came into contact with the top chief of your MI9 Southern Continent, Lieutenant General Calvin."
…
No, what kind of people have the Luen royal family and the Augustus family arranged for MI9?
Here in the Southern Continent, there is a "Punishing Knight" Darnell who is keen on asking for bribes and just wants to survive until retirement, and a "Fallen Earl" Calvin who is corrupted by beauty just because he is funny... There is such a situation in the East Balam Colony.
, Glerint has to say that Basel is really hard.
Although Carol had some scruples and used the less straightforward word "contact" instead of "seduce", how could Glalint not understand her hidden meaning?
"Doesn't he know about the 'Faceless Man' and the 'Witch of Joy'? Impossible?"
Gray Linte subconsciously thought that the information given by Carol was unreliable. This did not mean that he believed in Calvin's determination, but that he believed that the other party must know enough about the "Faceless Man" and the "Happy Witch"
"These two extraordinary sequences are not so easy to seduce... Moreover, Augustus strictly controlled the two extraordinary paths of "arbitrator" and "lawyer", and tightly kneaded the formula of medium and high sequences. Since they dared to let it go
Calvin's promotion means that he can completely trust Calvin.
"Is he playing the role of 'fallen'? But Eudora is not a fool either?"
This piece of news really made Graylint frown suddenly. Although he secretly gained the trust of Basel and had an improper transaction with Darnell... Augustus has always been careful.
Looking at Basel, there must be someone among the army demigods to monitor him, so even though Glerint dares to skip work blatantly, he will definitely still be in great danger if the royal demigod notices his rank.
of.
Gray Linte frowned and pondered for several minutes, then said directly:
"I remembered to report Eudora's surveillance on me before, but there were no photos attached. Do you know more detailed information?"
She shook her head:
"At noon, Eudora had already met Calvin and talked about some dirty things... Then I took advantage of her being alone to find an opportunity to escape from the parasite."
"After all, I use magical items to achieve 'parasitism', and it is very likely that I will be discovered by the Sequence 3 saints, so whenever Eudora is likely to come into contact with the Sequence 3 saints, I will leave early."
Of course, another reason is that she doesn't want to be affected by some of Eudora's bad thoughts.
After all, she didn't dare to take away Eudora's ideas in front of a demigod.
Lacking intelligence, Gray Lint had no way to analyze it. The only thing he was sure of was that Calvin could never be easily manipulated by Eudora, so he had no choice but to nod his head and keep this in mind.
, and asked instead:
"What about other things?"
Seeing that he had written down this matter, Carol stopped nagging and continued:
"Looking at the current situation, Eudora should be active around the demigods very frequently in a short period of time. I can't parasitize her, so there is no point in staying here. But I have nowhere to go, so I plan to go back.
Trier needs to rest for a while...so I want to go with you to get the potion ingredients first, and also want you to pay attention to Eudora's condition."
There is no problem in getting the materials first. Anyway, Gray Lint is not going to use violence to get the materials, but intends to exchange them with a medicine-taking ceremony, so you can go early or late.
But... Carol has nowhere to go?
Gray Linte's heart suddenly moved, and he opened his mouth to invite:
"You are just alone when you return to Trier, and you are very bored. Why don't you travel with me and see the scenery of Hagati Grassland? And when you look at Eudora yourself, you must be better than me..."
"Ahem!"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Carol coughing. At the same time, two intoxicating blushes appeared on her smooth cheeks. Glerint suddenly had a special feeling, that
Just like when I was taking the college entrance examination scores, I was full of expectations and full of anxiety.
"good!"
Just when he was considering whether this was appropriate and rude, the girl opposite said one word, completely letting go of all his thoughts, and his mind went blank for a short time.
Looking up, the beautiful girl lowered her head like an ostrich, staring closely at the toes of her shoes.
After dozens of seconds, Carol didn't get an answer. She couldn't help but raise her head with some doubts... The two people's eyes touched, and the girl's face turned red with embarrassment... This man! He actually
I stared at myself for more than half a minute!
It's over, no matter whether it was rude before or not, it is considered rude now.
After a moment of annoyance, Gray Linte shook his head, coughed dryly, and said nonchalantly:
"As for getting the materials, you don't have to wait until I finish digesting the potion. We can go ahead. Well, are you free tomorrow?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he was as stupid as a curly baboon for asking this question.
Sure enough, Carol raised her head and looked at him seriously for several seconds. There seemed to be a smile that couldn't be hidden in her eyes. After a while, she lightly opened her lips and uttered one word:
"have."
Then, she also realized that her attitude was not very appropriate, so she changed the topic, looked at Gray Lint with a smile and said:
"Besides these two things, I have one more thing to do here today."
This half-smiling attitude made Gray Lint very confused.
She seems to think I can guess it?
…
After a minute or two, seeing that the confusion in Gray Linte's eyes did not diminish at all, the girl couldn't help but pat her forehead lightly, feeling really speechless:
"Don't you even remember what day it is?"
Okay, I’ve already reminded you of this...
However...Graylint still couldn't remember it at all, and he didn't feel that today's date had any special significance at all.
"It's your own birthday! Idiot."
"My birthday?"
Graylingt asked directly, which made Carol start to doubt whether the information she got from Eudora was true... After all, although Eudora claimed to be Graylingt's cousin, in fact the two
People's blood relationships are very far apart, so it's possible that I misremembered them?
At this time, Gray Linte suddenly hesitated. He didn't know how to explain to Carol.
In fact, he has not forgotten at all. He has always remembered that today is "his" birthday. Of course, this "him" is the original owner Gray Lint, not Zhong Jianshu... so he does not recognize anything today from the bottom of his heart.
It's special, I just think it's a very ordinary day.
They are both "time travel", but there is one difference between Gray Lint and Klein:
Zhou Mingrui truly integrated part of Klein's memory and naturally took over his identity - this was also one of the reasons for his later split personality.
But "Graylint" just watched the memory of the original owner Graylint without merging it at all. This means that his personality is completely composed of the memory of "Zhong Jianshu", and at most he woke up later.
After the few memories of the new "Child of Chaos", there have been some weak changes... so his self-understanding has always been very clear:
"I am Zhong Jianshu! An ordinary person who has old urban memories and has read the 'original work'."
Therefore, although he inherited the identity of "Graylint" in a social sense, in his heart, he never recognized that his remarried mother Shamila was really his "mother", nor did he recognize that he and Val
There really is a "revenge for killing the father" between the two... and of course they don't recognize "Graylint's" birthday as his own.
This is very important. He was originally a suture monster with memory. Fortunately, the new "Son of Chaos" had very few memories, so it basically did not have a significant impact on his personality, leaving only "ascending to the throne of God".
, the obsession to restore the complete 'Child of Chaos'". If he mixes some of the self-understanding of "Graylint", then there is a 99% chance that he will suffer from schizophrenia! He may even lose control directly and turn into a monster.
A monster without reason.
With Klein's "lessons from the past", he has always attached great importance to this issue.
In view of this, Gray Lint immediately organized his words and said to Carol with a smile:
"Yes, that's right, today is indeed my birthday in the sense of my life."
This modifier was very strange. Carol was sure that she was not mistaken. After putting aside her original embarrassment, she heard Gray Lint continue:
"But I think that a person's spirit is the essence, which can truly determine a person. So I prefer another special date, that is my birthday in the spiritual sense, that is the day when my spiritual core was born...
…”
What he reported was the birthday of his "previous life", which was also the birthday of the "Zhong Jianshu" personality.
If you don't want to rely on lies to deceive, you can only add "a little bit" of language skills.
This statement is very idealistic. According to the view of "materialism", matter will of course affect the spirit. However, Carol obviously does not know this. She nodded in understanding, agreeing with his understanding.
At the same time, there was some suspicion in my heart that this was the day when Gray Lint began to believe in the evil god... After all, many beliefs, even the belief in the righteous god, advocated "spiritual rebirth."
"Okay, then I'll celebrate your birthday later."
She said slightly regretfully.
Gray Linte's heart moved and he asked:
"I really don't recognize today as my birthday, but I still thank you for your thoughtfulness."
"Right..."
"I still don't know when your birthday is?"
"March 28."
This question was actually quite impolite to ask, but given their relationship and Carol's usual sharp-tongued personality, she didn't have any qualms about it and answered naturally, while adding casually:
"It is very close to the 'spiritual birth date' you gave me, but it is about twenty days later. However, according to what Eudora learned about the year of your birth, I am one year younger than you."
Gray Linte secretly praised her generosity and calmness, and said jokingly:
"Then if you really take on the identity of Eudora, you should also call me 'cousin'?"
The girl shook her head, swaying her golden ponytail, her beautiful eyes moved slightly, and she gave him a "don't even think about it" look.
"Should I go to Sloane Silan directly with you? Or should I exchange for the potion ingredients tomorrow and then go there?"
Gray Linte thought about it for a moment and replied:
"Just go over there."
Otherwise, she has to be left here alone.
"By the way, I want to borrow the 'Guiding Lantern' in your hand. I want the clone to do something, but it's very inconvenient to leave the 'Chain of Secrets' in my hand... Just a while later you
You will act with me, so you won’t need that magical item?”
Carol's beautiful eyes moved slightly, and she wanted to ask Graylingt what the "other Graylingt" in the room was about... But after several attempts, she still couldn't find out what it was about.
Issues of personal secrets.
As long as there are secrets, no matter what the relationship is, it is inappropriate to take the initiative to ask, even if it is as close as a husband and wife.
Just like Graylingt never asked about her parents, she also fully respected Graylingt's privacy and would not obnoxiously ask questions that would obviously embarrass him - because that would either lead to lies.
Either get rejection or, rarely, get a true answer at the cost of damaging the relationship.
As for sharing certain secrets to become closer, that only works if you actively share them.
Although she would unconcernedly peek into some of Gray Linte's privacy from the side through Shirley, she was rarely sober when it came to these bottom-line issues.
"Okay, no problem."
Just when she nodded in agreement, the sound of water flowing suddenly sounded in Gray Lint's ears...