Ch.14 Luo Nan Needs So Stitching and nding
“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 dillion Duke Manor is lacking in hospitality?”
Before stepping inside, Luo Nan suddenly rembered 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 imdiately.”
Little maid Aina bowed to Luo Nan, elegantly gathered the teaware from the table, and slowly exited the reception room.
“Hmph, Luo Nan von dillion, 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 dillion 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 docunts 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 docunts and began reading them carefully.
I didn’t expect this world to have caras. 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 docunts Anya had given him page by page and casually asked, “Miss Anya, you didn’t compile these docunts 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 dillion—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 docunts 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 ti in ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’. Although He never beca 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 docunts Luo Nan had browsed in the Duke’s manor, behind nurous overthrows and upheavals in human history lay His shadow.
“This is troubleso.”
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 mont’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 mory’ remain useful.
Bang—
A delicate jade hand slamd 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 dillion? Have I failed in my duties? Or is it that the noble young master of the illustrious dillion 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 ntion 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 dood?
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 transford into astonishnt. 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 , 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 developnt, I’ve truly gone to great lengths!’
“No!”
“What?”
“I said—no!”
For so 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 so unspeakable sche, right?”
Based on Anya’s understanding of these scheming nobles, when they offered a condition seemingly extrely advantageous to you, it often ant 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 sotis loved to get stuck in a rut, and combined with her extre wariness and distrust of nobles, his money attack had failed to take effect.
‘This is troubleso.’
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 sowhat 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 mories concerning the Great Lord ‘Nature’ should co 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 so things… I wish to confirm with my own eyes.”
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