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Alista Tudor was a person with a strong desire for advancement.
To be honest, this was not too rare, nor was it too surprising. Everyone, more or less, had ambition, even Ouroboros himself, who also yearned to become a Sequence 0.
So, after realizing this, although Ouroboros felt a strange disappointment, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
He just gave Alista Tudor a faint smile, which was considered a gesture of friendliness.
"Good day, Your Highness Ouroboros." Alista Tudor evidently still remembered who Ouroboros was. He put the pen and parchment he was using to record the meeting content aside and greeted Ouroboros respectfully and formally with the etiquette of the Solomon Empire.
Ouroboros, however, was stunned for a moment.
He actually hadn't expected Alista Tudor to bow to him. Although this was a perfectly normal thing, combined with the fact that the person bowing was Lin Ruo's student, it left Ouroboros momentarily at a loss.
This was too strange.
"Hmm?" Lin Ruo, who had been engrossed in reading a novel, clearly noticed the movement beside him. He looked up, first at the bewildered Ouroboros, then at the respectfully bowing Alista Tudor, and his brows furrowed instantly.
He seemed to sigh, speaking helplessly, "Alista, how many times have I told you? You don't need to bow to acquaintances like Medici and Ouroboros. You're my student, not an outsider. You don't need to be so polite with them; a normal greeting is fine."
"Even if Your Highness Ouroboros is familiar with Teacher, as Teacher's student, I should still observe the appropriate etiquette. This is the rule," Alista Tudor said without changing his expression. His tone was serious, and his expression was solemn.
"Rules... Tsk, but your Teacher is the most rule-breaking person!" Lin Ruo pouted, resting his chin on one hand, and finally added in a very low voice that Alista Tudor could definitely hear, "You're becoming less and less cute as you grow up, my dear child, how did you turn out so crooked!"
"Actually, regarding your various unconventional behaviors, as your student, I have always hoped to advise you," Alista Tudor said unhurriedly. "You, as the wielder of Judgment Sword..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Hearing this familiar nagging, Lin Ruo instantly shivered and directly cut him off before Alista Tudor could launch into a long speech. "I'm here for a meeting today, not to listen to your long lectures."
Alista Tudor was clearly not surprised by Lin Ruo's reaction and immediately closed his mouth. However, after a pause, he suddenly said, "Teacher, regarding what you said about me turning out crooked... With all due respect, only someone like His Highness Amon is what you call 'crooked.' Someone like me, to use your words, should be described as 'emerging from the mud unstained, cleansed by clear ripples without being demonic.'"
When saying this, Alista Tudor's expression remained serious and earnest, making it impossible to imagine him speaking such words.
At least Ouroboros hadn't expected it at all.
But he looked at Lin Ruo, then at Amon, who was excitedly watching from the side, and finally, when he looked at Alista Tudor, he suddenly understood.
Indeed, he had thought, how could a student taught by Lin Ruo truly be such a rigid and proper person?
"Emerging from the mud unstained, cleansed by clear ripples without being demonic?" Lin Ruo raised his eyebrows. He suddenly narrowed his eyes, looking at Alista Tudor with a bright smile, and said, "How about Teacher adds the description 'straight in the middle and outside, neither sprawling nor branching out'?"
"If Teacher wishes, I think there is no harm." Alista Tudor seemed not to have noticed the "killing intent" in his Teacher's smile. His expression didn't change, but he quietly moved backward.
"Don't be in such a hurry to run! Teacher still has a hundred sentences to praise you with. Do you want Teacher to read them to you one by one?"
Alista Tudor's movements were not slow, but Lin Ruo's were even faster. He directly grabbed the collar of the half-grown youth who was trying to escape, pressed one hand on the boy's head, forcing him to half-crouch, and then gave a hard tug, as if he wanted to pull the boy bald.
"No need, Teacher. The previous four sentences are enough to describe me. The remaining hundred sentences, you can save for my junior brothers and sisters later." Even at this point, Alista Tudor's expression remained unchanged, clearly a person who could accomplish great things.
But Ouroboros could confirm that at the moment his hair was pulled, he saw Alista Tudor purse his lips for a moment, evidently in considerable pain.
"It's alright, I might not even have a second student in the future. Even if I do, I can certainly use another hundred sentences to praise him. Don't worry, Teacher has plenty of reserves in that area!" Lin Ruo said with a bright smile while patting Alista Tudor's shoulder in the manner of a good teacher.
If one ignored the electric sparks flashing on Alista Tudor's shoulder at that moment, this scene was truly quite harmonious.
—No, even if one didn't ignore the electric sparks, this scene was actually very harmonious.
After all, when Lin Ruo was being mischievous with Amon back then, he was much harsher on Amon than this little scuffle.
Lin Ruo truly adored Alista Tudor.
As Ouroboros thought this, he almost subconsciously glanced at Amon beside him.
"Great Serpent, why are you looking at me?" Amon, of course, couldn't fail to notice Ouroboros's gaze. As he reached out to pinch his monocle, he gave Ouroboros a smile that was at least three parts similar to Lin Ruo's.
Ouroboros was stunned for a moment and immediately wanted to explain, but after thinking for a long time, he forgot what he wanted to say and finally just asked, "Amon, has Lin Ruo ever used any words to describe you?"
Amon's movement paused. His black eyes seemed to darken for a moment at that instant, but then returned to normal, and he said with a smile, "Ouroboros, are you really of the Fate pathway?"
Ouroboros: ?
Ouroboros didn't understand. He looked at Amon doubtfully and decided to state the facts:
"I am the Snake of Mercury of the Fate pathway."
"Heh heh!" Hearing this, Amon chuckled twice, his meaning unclear.
Ouroboros immediately became even more puzzled.
"Don't mind him, Amon has been crazy for more than just a day or two." Lin Ruo, who had finally finished dealing with his student, naturally couldn't fail to notice the situation here. He immediately said to Ouroboros and gave Amon, who clearly had no good intentions, a warning look.
"I wasn't planning anything." Amon's smile remained unchanged, and his tone was normal.
"That's for the best." Lin Ruo didn't intend to argue with him. He glanced at the others in the meeting room, and seeing that the main person, Solomon, hadn't arrived yet, he continued reading the novel in his hand.
Ouroboros paused for a few seconds at this sight, then looked at Amon, who seemed to have already started paying attention to other people. After thinking for a moment, he still decided to emphasize his identity:
"I am indeed the Snake of Mercury of the Fate pathway."
Amon's smile paused slightly this time.
Ouroboros, who felt that he had finally made his identity very clear and that Amon should no longer doubt him, then had time to look at Alista Tudor.
The latter had already picked up his pen and parchment again. He stood beside Lin Ruo, looking meticulous and no different from before.
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