The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 84

The moment Egbert could follow Lord Su Li’s line of thinking, he understood that all of Lord Su Li’s previous actions had the intention of nurturing him.

Lord Su Li had been hinting to him repeatedly, tirelessly, that he would not be abandoned.

That gentleness seeped into his heart like winter plum blossoms.

Egbert was certainly not a fool, and there were no pure fools among those present. They just had fixed mindsets due to their different growing environments and the intentional cultivation by those in power in society.

When fixed thinking begins to loosen, who could first keep up with Su Li’s train of thought would only depend on his favoritism.

Of course, this was purely Egbert’s own imagination.

One takes on the color of one’s company.

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Besides the young and still inexperienced Cyril, Egbert had spent the most time with Su Li.

Change comes from the gradual accumulation of small things over time.

When he realized he wouldn’t be abandoned by Su Li, when that sense of security was proven without being explicitly stated, Egbert felt an indescribable excitement deep in his heart and soul after Su Li agreed with his words in an affirmative tone.

That feeling kept pulsing through his nerve endings, different from any previous physical closeness with Su Li. This affirmation even surpassed, in that instant, Egbert’s most vivid memory of Su Li actively embracing him.

Diz’s complete lack of attachment to Su Li when leaving Jisuo Town finally gained an alternative meaning in Egbert’s mind.

When thoughts align, any physical action considered as adding to one’s sense of security cannot compare to the indescribable excitement produced in that moment when minds connect.

His heart was filled with something indescribable, and his soul was also immersed in those eyes as green as the most beautiful pond in the Beast Forest.

In his vision, the person who had been defined as his faith from the beginning had never changed.

But…

Egbert still looked at Euphia with some displeasure. “Haven’t you hugged enough?”

“Don’t be jealous just because you can’t do this yourself,” Euphia deliberately provoked Egbert with a glance.

However, Egbert, whose mental trigger had been instantly activated, completely ignored the recent concept of security.

He decisively said, “How could I possibly not be able to do it?!”

Su Li: ……………………

……

“No, it’s me, it’s me who can’t do it, let go of me!”

A triple rejection, not wanting to be drawn into the battlefield at all.

Only after Euphia released Su Li and Egbert forcibly created some distance between her and Su Li did Su Li wipe away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and explain the meaning behind his third question.

“After the first two questions and Ophelia’s behavior proved what her character and actions represented, all information learned from these became known factors.”

“So when I chose to ask Ophelia if there was still unknown information about her leaving Inner City, it proved there existed information that mercenaries couldn’t obtain no matter what they did. That information might be crucial or not so crucial, but it must be royal secrets related to important information.”

“The words ‘royal secrets’ themselves are equivalent to a type of information.” At this point, Su Li refused to continue talking near the wall that looked like ruins.

It wasn’t that what he said couldn’t be spread, it was just…

A bit cold.

Only after returning to the small building and finding Qi waiting there did Su Li casually tell him, “Listen to what follows as well.”

Su Li then entered the building, and that stove that had appeared before was moved to the living room.

Perhaps feeling that the previous stones had lost their heat, Euphia casually condensed several more flame stones and threw them in.

Only then did Su Li look like he had come back to life.

“And I believe the information represented by the term ‘royal secrets’ is most likely related to information about Ophelia and Xiao Zuo’s mother.”

“Going back to the previous question, Ophelia’s biological father has the ability to confront the king, which roughly means we can determine who her biological father is by investigating the upper class.”

Qi showed a completely shocked expression. “Wait, what are you talking about?”

“Regarding this question, let me explain,” Roy voluntarily explained to Qi about what happened at the negotiation table earlier and Su Li’s subsequent deductions.

Since Su Li had shown that Qi could know this information, Roy, as a mercenary who gets paid to work, would occasionally take initiative to do some work.

Putting aside the completely stunned Qi after hearing everything, Su Li didn’t intend to give Qi time to stay dazed. He directly explained. “If the unknown information is really something connected to royal secrets, it would be more convenient to think from the perspective of Ophelia’s mother, whom we know nothing about.”

“At the same time, I believe Ophelia’s mother cannot be a particularly strong-willed existence.”

“Otherwise, she wouldn’t have agreed to Qi’s mother becoming queen.”

“A strong-willed woman might choose to compromise appropriately based on the current environment. But when her daughter can already be arrogant to this extent, yet there’s still no obvious news about Ophelia’s mother, we can roughly define her personality type.”

Su Li explained. “That unknown lady’s personality has two possibilities. First, she could be a truly noble person who cares only about self-cultivation and not external matters.”

Money is external, as are status and position. Perhaps only this could attract two people of equal status and power.

At least Su Li’s ability to state this as the first possibility proved this was his line of thinking.

But unfortunately, Qi denied this point.

“Although I know you don’t want to think too badly of people, I’ve seen that woman, though only once, but the impression she gave me… was deep enough.”

It was a winter day like now.

Qi, not yet five years old, had already regarded himself as the heir who would bear the responsibility of a country in the future.

But young Qi had an indescribable fear about having to bear such responsibility. Based on this, Qi actively escaped from the heir’s education his mother had prepared for him, something he had never done before.

Afterward, he saw that woman outside a building planted with strongly fragrant flowers like snow orchids.

That woman was scolding Ophelia at the time.

She was almost cursing. “I’ve told you many times, stop getting close to your father. I don’t want to see such scenes! Ophelia, do you know, it’s precisely because you look enough like me that I find it disgusting when you get close to your father.”

It’s hard to say what Qi thought when he heard these words, but he knew he couldn’t stand up to defend his sister, who had neither offended nor been close to him.

At the same time, Qi, at his young age, directly faced indescribable malice for the first time.

Returning to the present, Qi explained, “In the past, I found it hard to describe what that woman’s behavior really meant, but now I can say with certainty that woman hated her daughter who looked like her.”

“Even the reason is unbelievable – jealousy of her own daughter.”

“I’m glad my memory is decent enough to remember these scenes… but now just recalling that woman’s expression at the time makes me feel afraid.”

Qi shuddered, not from the cold.

“She hated Ophelia, hated that her daughter was still young, would continue to grow, and held the status of a princess…”

“Although I don’t want to admit it, after knowing Ophelia’s background, I can say with certainty that that woman definitely considered the possibility of her daughter getting involved with her husband.”

Qi rubbed his face, unwilling to recall as he said, “…Just thinking about her having this mindset makes me feel sick.”

The evil in the palace was something Qi only discovered from that time.

Su Li remained silent about this information for a long time.

Afterward, he said, “Then only the second possibility remains.”

“That would only be a lady who views love as everything.”

But it wasn’t just that…

Su Li said, “I must emphasize that gossiping about a woman behind her back really isn’t good, it makes me feel like a scumbag.”

“But now, the information Qi suddenly provided is like thunder from a clear sky.”

Su Li’s speaking pace became very slow, and there were even pauses during his speech.

“Assuming what Qi observed is correct, then the reason that lady hated her daughter is very likely because Ophelia’s real father might be someone significantly older than that lady. And she deeply loved him.”

Su Li’s face became almost petrified.

He didn’t even want to continue with his deductions.

But when the information Qi provided became like a key link, connecting to that Mobius strip that hadn’t been completely joined, Su Li’s mind gradually went blank.

Those noble gossip books obtained from Asa Academy, besides proving that most books left in this world had been restricted by nobles, perhaps also showed that some gossip, for certain groups of people, really had reasons worth recording.

Because they could prove that in places human logic couldn’t reach, there existed horrifying phenomena that rational human thinking couldn’t replicate.

Euphia also couldn’t help covering her mouth in shock.

“Can this really exist?”

Because once following Su Li’s deduction, that lady not only loved someone significantly older than her…

But that man’s age could at least be compared to the age difference between Ophelia and the current king.

Euphia couldn’t deny that she instantly thought Ophelia and the current king might be siblings.

Cough…

Su Li, unaware of Euphia’s thoughts, directly stated, “I really don’t want to answer at all.”

Because it wasn’t about whether he could answer or not, but rather, just reviewing everything connected to this entire loop might cause Su Li to fall into an indescribable state of plummeting sanity.

It was already beyond human understanding.

But he still had to say it.

Su Li almost gritted his teeth as he stated, “Ophelia’s real father is a clergy member of the Church of Light, and the highest-ranking clergy member, namely…”

“—-The Pope.”