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Even Ouroboros, as slow-witted as it was, could tell that Lin Ruo must have been very fond of his newly taken student.
And that was indeed the case.
Because in a short period of time, everyone who had a good relationship with Lin Ruo knew that a little sprout had appeared by Lin Ruo's side. Lin Ruo was like a colorful butterfly, recommending his cute cat to all his relatives and friends. This was not just pure showing off; it was also sending out a signal—'Alista Tudor is under my protection, understand?'
In that era, with the exception of extreme cases like the Primordial Demoness, most Angels and True Gods would give the Angel of Judgment Face. Even the three gods who had once betrayed, apart from the Eternal Blazing Sun, the Tyrant and the White Tower, when faced with issues related to Lin Ruo, even if they didn't help, they wouldn't deliberately target him.
In that era, the identity of being the Angel of Judgment's student, and the importance Lin Ruo placed on him, was Alista Tudor's best talisman, capable of helping him avoid most dangers and becoming his natural aid.
It could be said that from the moment he became Lin Ruo's student, Alista Tudor's Beyonder path was already smoother than ninety-nine percent of others.
If Alista Tudor hadn't been a born Mentor of Disorder, he might have followed the Artisan pathway under Lin Ruo's cultivation and protection, smoothly reaching Sequence 0 and becoming a Paragon—after all, the uniqueness of the Paragon was in Lin Ruo's hands, though few knew about it.
Unfortunately, Alista Tudor was born a Mentor of Disorder, and the Black Emperor pathway already had Solomon as a Sequence 0. The uniqueness and Sequence 1 characteristics of the Justiciar pathway were either missing or held by Lin Ruo's few adversaries.
This almost guaranteed that if Alista Tudor was unwilling to stop at Sequence 2 in the future and wished to advance further, he would inevitably Face many challenges.
Of course, these matters had little to do with Ouroboros for a long time.
For the great snake, whose daily life consisted of painting and praying, its interactions with Alista Tudor, apart from the latter being brought by Lin Ruo to meet it, probably only involved Lin Ruo occasionally coming to it to complain about various things.
For example—"Sure enough, a mischievous brat like Amon is a rare scoundrel in this world. Most children are treasures of humanity. Hmm, speaking of which, I want to beat Amon up again."
Another example—"Lil Alista seems to be getting more and more expressionless. Although a poker Face is also very cute, children should really smile more!"
And—"Is it my teaching method that's problematic, or is Lil Alista problematic? I clearly told him that he's still young, his Heart-Nature isn't stable, and he's not suitable for advancing to demigod. He should wait a few more years. Why is he in such a hurry...?"
Most of the time, Ouroboros would listen quietly and attentively to these complaints and respond, and its impression of Alista Tudor gradually formed through these repeated complaints.
At that time, Ouroboros's perception of Alista Tudor was actually not bad. After all, this was Lin Ruo's beloved student. Even out of the sentiment of loving the house and its crow, Ouroboros was willing to share a little of its pitifully scarce emotions with Alista Tudor.
Besides learning from Lin Ruo, Ouroboros had also heard about Alista Tudor from another person.
"You asked me why Lil' Black suddenly thought of taking a student?"
That was the first time Ouroboros had seen Alista Tudor, and after forgetting to ask Lin Ruo this question due to its slow reaction, Ouroboros later asked Medici, who had come to report to the Lord, about this matter.
After all, Medici always knew about Lin Ruo's affairs.
"Does that even need asking? Of course, I suggested it." Medici, at that time, leaned lazily against the wall, his smile flamboyant and unrestrained, even a little smug:
"That guy hasn't fully gotten over what happened before; he's so weak that I could mock him for three days and three nights. But I don't plan on taking care of another little lunatic later, so I suggested he take a student. It's good to find something to do and distract himself. Anyway, he likes taking care of children."
"But I can't understand that kind of interest. I can only say that Lil' Black, that guy, probably has some serious mental issues." Medici shrugged his shoulders at the end, not bothering to hide his disdain for taking care of children.
Ouroboros silently glanced at him upon hearing this, thought for a moment, and then honestly said:
"But wasn't Lin Ruo raised by you?"
"Can that be the same? Lil' Black wasn't a child. He was, at most, a lunatic back then." Medici said something that was hard to tell if it was a compliment or an insult, in the most normal tone.
Ouroboros wanted to retort a bit, but after thinking for a long time, it didn't know how to retort. In the end, it could only slowly ask:
"Then why do you always want Lin Ruo to call you 'Big Brother'?"
Medici was uncharacteristically silent. A second later, he looked at Ouroboros, only to see that the silly snake's Face showed no hint of mockery, only genuine confusion and curiosity.
"Tsk—" Medici suddenly let out a sneer. Meeting Ouroboros's puzzled gaze, he said with emotion: "No wonder Lil' Black said that naturally dark is the darkest."
Ouroboros: ?
Ouroboros didn't understand, and Medici clearly had no intention of explaining.
And after that, for a long time, Ouroboros never discussed Alista Tudor with Medici again.
But Ouroboros could tell that Medici's attitude was roughly similar to its own: because of Lin Ruo's existence, he had a degree of affection for Alista Tudor, but it was limited to that.
After all, neither of them were beings as human as Lin Ruo. Whether it was Ouroboros or Medici, their limited humanity could only be distributed among a few individuals. As for others, they were not important; they might be paid attention to for certain reasons, but they would not be too concerned.
This was actually the current situation for most True Gods and Angels. Those like Lin Ruo, who had surplus emotions to share with so many people, were truly anomalies.
Just like Roselle, after advancing to an Angel, the Emperor's feelings for Beibei remained unwavering, but his attitude towards his other two sons was truly as if they were picked up from the streets.
This was no one's fault; it was merely the sorrow brought by the underlying rules of this world.
As for later?
Later, when Ouroboros saw Alista Tudor again, it was during a meeting organized by Solomon for the Angels within the Empire.
Although Ouroboros would take leave nine out of ten times for such meetings, it still attended that one because it was said that important matters were to be announced.
And it was at that meeting that Ouroboros saw Lin Ruo engrossed in reading a novel—reportedly His Majesty Solomon's new work—and Alista Tudor standing beside Lin Ruo, responsible for recording the meeting's contents.
At that time, although Alista Tudor was only fourteen years old, he already showed glimpses of the imposing presence he would have when he grew up.
With just one glance, Ouroboros understood that Alista Tudor and Lin Ruo were two extremes. He was serious, diligent, and steady, showing no signs of inheriting Lin Ruo's capriciousness and mischievousness, making it completely unimaginable that such a person could have been taught by Lin Ruo.
Perhaps sensing Ouroboros's gaze, Alista Tudor looked up and glanced over. Their gazes met.
In that instant, Ouroboros clearly saw the unwillingness, ambition, and desire in the other's eyes.
Ouroboros almost subconsciously thought:
Indeed, completely different from Lin Ruo.
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