After learning that Annan's side was not a big problem, Salvatore accompanied Annan to dinner and left quickly.

Commander Alexander left even earlier—after learning that Annan was all right, he left in a hurry.

Even if he is the chairman of the bank, it does not mean that he can fish every day without work. However, he was in good health, and he didn't feel much when he ran back and forth twice.

Salvatore...... He was really tired.

The potion that had been urgently made for Annan to sleep in the past had exhausted all Salvatore's energy by bumpy ride in a carriage.

And he can't just go to sleep and rest now...... But now it's almost dark, and if he takes the pick-me-up again, he may not be able to sleep at night.

That's even worse.

After that, Salvatore had to go for a walk in the garden, and then go home after a walk.

He didn't even dare to eat enough tonight.

Because if he eats too much and he is too tired, he may accidentally take a nap after sitting down, and the shadow will also be released.

However, when he returned, he had to check and correct the homework that his apprentice had arranged a few days earlier...... Fortunately, little Hohenheim's personality is relatively stable, and he is also very active when he reads and learns to take notes, and he doesn't worry much about Salvatore.

Annan also went to see the child.

A good boy indeed.

Salvatore has been very busy these days, so he can only arrange his homework, give him the supplementary books and Salvatore's own class notes for the year, and let the child study on his own first.

"Slow down on the road, senior."

Annan smiled and beckoned to him.

Salvatore waved his hand without replying: "I can still get lost......

It's just a little dangling under your feet.

…… Don't say it, I'm really worried.

But when Annan thinks about it, he doesn't seem to have to worry too much.

In a sense, "Sister Vatore" is much stronger than the senior's domestic waste. As long as the senior falls asleep, a vicious and decisive shadow will emerge to take over the body - this is more reassuring than the slow to react and always have good intentions for people.

At this moment, a loud crow chirped from behind Annan.

"Gah! Gah-"

[You have received the new marker "Higher Influence: Faceless Raven's Song"]

[If not removed in time, you will fall into a random nightmare with the keyword "record" (difficulty: distorted) after seven days.] 】

A familiar system prompt resurfaced in front of Annan's eyes.

It was the fourth time he had heard it in the past few days.

Knowing that Annan didn't want to enter this nightmare for the time being, the Faceless Poet was very considerate and asked the ontology to call twice before he appeared, refreshing the duration of Annan's influence.

The duration of the effect can be refreshed as long as it is repeated before the effect reverberates.

The Faceless Poet seems to like Annan's appearance, and whenever the paper girl is not there, he will come in and chat with him for a while.

Black mud flowed from under his bed, expertly converging into the young human form.

A young girl who is only about 1.45 meters long, with only satin-like magical black hair wrapped around her body, and wearing a black crow mask.

She uttered a high-pitched and loud voice reminiscent of birdsong: "You are amazing, Annan.

"I was wondering if to rush in to save you, but I didn't expect you to survive."

"Can you see my dreams?"

The Faceling first held out his finger, placed a finger in front of his lips, and made a gesture of silence.

Then she smiled and said, "I am the god of records and secrets...... A clever crow that sees everything, but is forever silent.

"Of course, if it's you—it's not that you can't say anything, right?"

“…… It's true? ”

Annan asked rhetorically.

Hearing this, the Faceless Poet let out a loud laugh: "What secret do you see, Annan?

"Let me guess...... Is it Denisoa's business? ”

"Yes."

Annan nodded.

He asked, "Nicholas, what's going on?"

"Paper Ji told me before that Nicholas was an artificial person with all the memories and knowledge of Nicholas, and that Father Stone was watching over him; But I later learned that there was a great possibility that Nicholas was the resurrected Nicholas himself...... It's just that my memory has been modified, and I have forgotten that 'I am myself'.

"Bernardino told me ...... 'how many nicholas are there?' I still don't know this question. ”

Hearing Annan's doubts, the Faceless Poet just raised his head and laughed.

Her laughter was hearty, but for some reason, it always sounded like a hint of sarcasm......

"I'm not laughing at you, Annan."

She hurriedly explained, but the smile on her face couldn't be hidden at all: "How do you say it...... Ah, that's pretty much the time I can tell you. After all, the plan has been completed, and you realize it, and we can't hide it. ”

"Now?"

Annan keenly captured a key word.

The Faceless Poet nodded.

"Yes, now," she said with a chuckle, "it has something to do with you." ”

"And me?"

"Yes. Because Nicholas is also a 'mirror'. ”

The Faceless Poet replied, "It's a mirror for you." ”

- [The gods are born from the realm of light, and they know that the glow is born in the mirror and falls into the void. [The light of the seventh dawn has never fallen into the mortal world], [There is no 'mirror' of the same weight turned into an egg sheath, and the true light will not come from the light realm]

Annan's mind came to mind these three words of Henry VIII.

Henry VIII was a man who was "similar but opposite" to Annan.

He serves as a mirror for a certain ritual, used to incubate the light of Annan.

In this way, only those who are "similar but opposite" to Annan are qualified to be mirrors.

And Nicholas ...... What is there that resembles and is contrary to yourself?

Is it because he, like me, has lost his memory?

…… Wrong.

Annan suddenly remembered.

Back then, Nicholas was a man who was called a "demon" by Kaphne. He slaughtered everywhere in the royal capital, and he did not have the slightest psychological burden to follow evil. He even raised a number of subordinates in the name of demons......

Today, Nicholas is acting with considerable restraint.

"Is it ......?"

Annan suddenly understood something. Slowly asked: "He has lost the memory of what he once did?"

"So he became a good man?"

— just like Annan.

According to Annan's speculation, it is likely that Annan of the first week was unable to be recognized by the holy bones of "justice", so he reversed the heart of winter, cleaned up his memory, and opened the second week.

The reason why he cleaned up his memories should be to prevent his cold memories from polluting Annan's feelings.

And if Nicholas is removed from the experience of doing evil, it can indeed restore him to the "state before he did evil".

The Faceless Poet shook his head quietly, "It's very close, but you still haven't guessed the most important place......

"The most critical place?"

"Recall."

The young girl with black hair raised the corners of her mouth widely: "Do you remember...... The nightmare you just experienced, right?

"If Denton's remnants of will infect your mind. Do you think you're Denton or Annan?

"It's the same thing. Do you think that after Nicholas's death, there will be no such fragments of will left in the world? He's a lot stronger than Denton. ”

Hearing this, Annan was stunned for a moment, and his brain buzzed.

Many scattered clues were strung together in his mind-

It turns out that from the very beginning, Paper Ji didn't lie or say anything wrong!

Nicholas really is his own artificial human...... So there are still corpses in Nicholas's grave!

And the memories he once forgot, the stone father who watched him but let him out...... Add to that the prompt, "How many Nicholas are there?"

- At first Annan thought it was one.

- Later, Annan thought it was two, the good watched, and the evil demon father.

- Later, Annan thought it was one, and the former was just the latter whose memory was washed away.

— but now it seems that the answer is zero.

Not a single one.

It's all fake.

"What is the purpose of this...... No, I see. ”

Annan raised his head and said slowly, "Your purpose ...... From the very beginning, it was to create a 'harmless Nicholas'!

"So that's why the gods let him go, and why he so easily found his memories erased—because 'discovering that you are the real Nicholas' is what you're for!

"Using Nicholas's mind imprint, the body of an artificial human has been modified and his own memories have been filled in without permission...... I got an 'artificial man who thought he was Nicholas'! ”

Annan said this, and suddenly fell silent for a moment.

He stared at the Faceless Poet and asked slowly, "So...... Why is he my mirror? ”

In Annan's vision, the Faceless Poet is not highlighted.

"Don't panic, Annan."

The Faceless Poet just smiled mysteriously, "I dare to tell you, it's certainly not what you think."

"All I can say is...... Nicholas's plan, proposed by Silver Lord and Jaon; And the reason why you are who you are now is that you have come up with this plan yourself.

And the cause and effect relationship is reversed - it is precisely because you saw the whole picture of the plan back then that you got inspiration and strengthened your determination to abandon your memories. There is no mistake in what I say, for this is my record.

"When I talk about this, you haven't guessed what your own plan was back then. That means it's still not time yet.

"Just let it be...... I'll watch you, mate! ”

With that, the Faceless Poet dissolved into black mud again.

A chapter in 3k, updated complete!

…… This chapter is very difficult to write, and I haven't recovered from my cold, so I can only change it today...... Starting tomorrow, I'm going to prepare for the plot at the end of the volume.

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