The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 20.2
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Because it couldn’t be worse than when he decided to enter the Beast Forest before meeting Su Li.
At that time, the ending he chose for himself was to die heroically fighting against foreign races.
Although now it seems quite stupid.
Using death to prove his innocence, even if he succeeded, he would lose one of the most important things…
Now, for Egbert, the most important thing would only be Su Li.
Su Li pondered for a full thirty seconds before saying, “Whatever your plan is, it’s enough as long as you don’t put yourself in an environment that endangers your life.”
Su Li’s mind wasn’t sufficient to judge what Egbert intended to do without much understanding of this world. So, at times like this, it was best to slack off like Roy.
Su Li, who slacked off quickly, instinctively threw out a bunch of platitudes. “But there’s one thing you need to remember.”
“The reason why you used to think light was important was because darkness pervaded the world. When light fills the world, darkness becomes important.”
“Everything has multiple facets. When deciding to do something you believe is right, please be sure to stay true to your heart.”
Su Li could see that Egbert was an idealist, and a stubborn one at that.
He had indeed been educated by the church as a qualified guardian of a city.
— This point also proved that the Pope had indeed pushed Egbert out as a scapegoat.
How could a true heir not be taught about human nature and the art of ruling? A naive person in a high position could only prove that he was a puppet tool, not a true ruler.
In those days, the common people were Egbert’s responsibility, peace was something he should maintain, and light elements were the force possessed by the great God of Light’s agents on earth. They should act righteously and openly.
But Egbert encountered a situation where he was stabbed in the back by his own people.
In Su Li’s view, a holy father suddenly turning dark was very likely to become a world-destroying villain. Especially if Egbert truly became inhuman, his ability to manipulate light and heat energy, if developed to the extreme, could potentially vaporize the entire world.
Su Li tried to recall the knowledge his teacher had taught before…
However, his mind was blank, so Su Li decisively chose to give up.
“As humans, we should live according to our hearts.”
Things that can’t be remembered are just that, and things returned to the teacher can’t be taken back.
Su Li decisively chose to be lazy, but in others’ eyes, it was seen as clear-minded insight into worldly affairs.
Combined with what Egbert had just said, even Roy thought that Su Li might have seen through Egbert’s intentions to cause trouble and put them into practice.
His words gave people the feeling that he knew what Egbert wanted to do and understood whether it represented right or wrong in a broad sense, but he also believed that as long as it didn’t go against one’s heart, everything done would be meaningful.
In this situation, when even Roy could think so much, others would be even more shocked.
Especially Egbert, the person involved.
He immediately knelt on one knee before Su Li could react.
“Thank you for your teachings.”
Su Li was stunned.
What teachings?
Teachings about what?
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Egbert had already started his declaration: “I, Egbert, swear by the light… by the light element and my own personality, that I will never betray your teachings and guidance.”
Su Li: What?
Could it be that he had said something he shouldn’t have again?
Not really…
The Lion’s Club leader looked at Egbert with envious eyes. “How nice, to have someone to guide you when you’re lost.”
Egbert nodded. “You’re not bad either. Even when you didn’t know much about your surroundings, you also met Lord Su Li.”
Euphia’s face twitched on one side. “But if we’re talking about the luckiest…”
The three of them collectively cast meaningful glances at Cyril.
“What are you looking at!” Cyril bristled, his puppy eyes almost turning vertical, clearly quite frightened.
“Even if I’m close to Su Li, it doesn’t mean you don’t hold a place in his heart.” Cyril started speaking sarcastically, “Brother Egbert got Su Li to keep you in his heart with just one gold coin, Sister Euphia established an inseparable relationship with him through a small building, as for…”
Cyril glanced at the Lion’s Club leader, then silently returned his gaze to Egbert and Euphia. “Unlike me, I just spent a long time being a beggar with Su Li, eating and sleeping together every day, occasionally sharing a moldy piece of bread.”
The Lion’s Club leader’s eye twitched. “Kid, tell me, what did that look of yours mean just now!”
Egbert looked dazed, mumbling softly. “Eating and sleeping together…”
Euphia’s eyes widened. “You pervert, take back your thoughts, or even if you’re about to break through in strength, I guarantee I’ll use all my power to lock you up with that pack of dogs from the church, to purify your already filthy heart!”
Roy covered his twitching, numb face, looking at the small boy sitting beside him, who was more than a head shorter, sincerely sighing. “Young master, your domesticated mercenary seems to have some extraordinary thoughts about you.”
“No, he’s just acted as a stalker, human recorder, human repeater, human monitor, and such… that’s all.” Su Li’s face twisted for a moment.
The more he said, the more he felt Egbert was really abnormal!
“In my past life, I might have been some observed object in an observation diary.” Su Li laughed without any emotion.
Roy…
Roy looked serious. “Young master, for the sake of your future growth environment still being considered healthy, I suggest you quickly drive Egbert away, because he really looks seriously ill.”
“Of course, if you don’t mind, I’d still like to pick him up as a teammate, after all, he’s only perverted towards you, at other times he seems like a normal person.”
“…You’ve completely revealed your sinister inner thoughts.” Su Li’s face was expressionless.
On Egbert’s side, he walked like a zombie towards Cyril, whose hair was standing on end.
He started repeating like a machine. “Eating and sleeping together…”
Euphia stood beside Egbert, grabbing his collar and shaking him frantically. “Take back your thoughts! No, you need to completely destroy this damned idea in your brain! Su Li absolutely cannot eat and sleep together with a pervert like you, otherwise who can guarantee you won’t collect his hair, saliva, dandruff, nails…”
The Lion’s Club leader poked Euphia, who was like an enraged lioness, and managed to say what he wanted to say before being slapped on the forehead by her.
“Don’t you think what you’re saying now is even more perverted, Euphia?”
Euphia paused.
Euphia chose to advance towards the stars and sea… meaning she beat the Lion’s Club leader until he saw stars and his blood surged like the sea.
Egbert questioned Cyril further, once again taking out the notebook he always kept in his bosom. “Does Lord Su Li have any small habits when sleeping?”
“Because he has no elemental affinity, he can’t maintain his body temperature with elements, so he always wraps himself up like a cocoon when sleeping.”
“What else?”
“Every morning when he wakes up, Su Li’s head looks like a bird’s nest. Who knows how he sleeps? Sometimes you can even see a tuft of unruly hair swaying on his head.”
“Please continue.”
“When he gets up at night, because he can’t enhance his senses with elements, he often can’t see the environment clearly. Occasionally he’ll bump into things, and his eyes will even tear up.”
Egbert: !
“Cyril,” he said in his most serious tone.
Cyril asked, “What is it?”
“Please make sure to learn how to draw. I’m willing to pay one hundred gold coins to buy that scene from your memory.”
“Two hundred!” Cyril’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Deal!”
…..
Roy: “…Sorry, young master, whoever wants such a teammate can have him. Even if he’s not targeting me, I still think he’s seriously ill.”
Su Li: “…I can give you one gold coin, please take him away! If that’s not enough, we can negotiate further, even two gold coins is fine.”
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But even after spending a fortune, Su Li ultimately failed to trade Egbert to Roy.
Over the next two days, they spent what was, for others, quite a joyful time, but for Su Li, particularly perverse days.
Because he knew what he wanted to do and was clear about what he had been inspired to do under Su Li’s guidance, Egbert spent the last few days as if he would never see Su Li again, wanting to be by his side 24 hours a day.
After refusing didn’t work, Su Li just treated him like the orange cat his family used to keep had turned into a human.
If he wants to cling, let him cling. After all, cats are sweet and cuddly when they want to be close, and when they don’t… you’re nothing to them.
Just endure it and it will pass.
It’s just that this cat never had a moment when he didn’t want to be close!
But when Egbert was about to leave, which happened to be on his birthday, Su Li still gave him that keychain.
“I thought I’d have to give it early or keep it, who knew the day would be so coincidental.” Su Li placed the gift box containing the keychain in Egbert’s palm.
“It’s not something particularly valuable, I just thought I should give you a key to the house.” Su Li smiled and said, “Although the house is rented and I’m not related to you by blood, I still feel…”
Su Li took the initiative to hug him. The young man’s body temperature was very high, and when Egbert felt it, he felt his heart burning.
“It’s so good to be able to become family with you.”
After saying this, Su Li let go of Egbert.
He directly ignored Egbert’s slightly disappointed look, and even dragged Cyril into it.
“Cyril, bring out your gift quickly.”
Cyril shrank his neck. “Maybe we should forget it. I feel like the gift I chose doesn’t have much meaning.”
“Don’t put too much emphasis on the meaning of things. Sometimes, the meaningless itself is the meaning,” Su Li explained.
When Egbert took out his notebook to write down this sentence too, Su Li promptly stopped him. “Can you not do such ridiculous things at a time like this?”
Egbert regretfully put away his pen.
Cyril first expressed that he couldn’t argue with Su Li, then still took out the gloves and wristbands he had chosen.
“Because I feel that brother Egbert and I are different from Su Li, we don’t directly participate in battles, while you always put yourself in danger. So I bought gloves and wristbands. Although I’m not sure if these things have any protective effect, I still hope you can accept them.”
He spoke somewhat awkwardly, his face looking a bit red.
Su Li, on the other hand, lazily smiled while curled up on the nearby sofa. The lighting in the small building was excellent, with the morning sun shining in. Because summer hadn’t arrived yet, it was both warm and cool.
When Egbert left, he didn’t take anything except for the birthday gifts from the two of them. Euphia and the Lion’s Club leader didn’t come to send him off either. The only one who seemed a bit regretful was Roy, who wanted Egbert as a teammate but dared not get too close due to some of his seemingly perverted behaviors.
Roy’s entire face wrinkled like a bun. Watching Egbert’s back disappear towards the currently sealed city gate, he finally said. “You should know what he’s going to do, right?”
Su Li looked at him strangely. “How could I possibly know?”
To Su Li, Egbert gave him the feeling of those people from his generation who went out to work when he was still staying in his hometown before going to school elsewhere. What specific work he would do, which industry he’d enter, where he’d develop in the future…
He didn’t know a damn thing, he wasn’t a worm in Egbert’s belly.
It was enough to confirm his safety, to know that he could take care of himself.
Roy frowned and rubbed his nose, saying, “I feel like you’re like an old father who can handle everything no matter how much trouble the child gets into outside.”
Too accommodating.
During these few days of interaction, Roy hadn’t noticed any curiosity in Su Li, or any childlike qualities like Cyril had.
“You look too strange,” the two-star mercenary didn’t disguise his thoughts and spoke directly.
Su Li’s action of gazing into the distance disappeared. He squinted at Roy, “Are you personally attacking me?”
“Not at all, I’m clearly complimenting you.”
Su Li’s eyes gradually became dangerous. “Speaking of which, we’re not familiar enough for you to casually stay in the small building, are we?”
Although they had exchanged some personal information, it didn’t mean the other person could openly live in his home.
Roy spread his hands. “You need to ask the Lion’s Club leader about that.”
“He’s paying me ten gold coins a month to be your long-term bodyguard. For a two-star mercenary like me with low fees, to get such a non-combat mission where I basically don’t have to do any work but still get paid… I think it’s not bad. At least when I’m drinking barley beer, I don’t have to worry about suddenly not having the chance to drink it anymore.”
“What about him?” Su Li looked at the particularly “homely”, “virtuous”, and “gentle” Mark, feeling a sense of spiritual disorientation.
“Oh, you mean the one called Mark.” Luo Yi turned his head to look at Mark. “Euphia said that after a period of â–¡â–¡, Mark is quite suitable to replace Egbert as your long-term chef, and also serve as a bodyguard.”
Su Li glanced at Mark, who was very virtuously mopping the floor, and then looked at Roy standing beside him, doing nothing…
“Mark is enough to protect me.” The key point is that he also mops, does laundry, and takes care of household chores – he does everything. Su Li sighed, “If I ask the Lion’s Club leader to fire you now, do you think I might be able to get the extra ten gold coins he originally used to hire you?”
“Come on, young master, do you really need to haggle over ten gold coins to this extent?” Roy was surprised.
Su Li didn’t know if Roy genuinely didn’t know Egbert’s identity, or if he was deliberately using this teasing form of address.
Su Li just felt depressed…
“How much do you think a monthly salary of 100,000 is worth to you guys?!”
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