Chapter 64: Brotherly Affection

"When do you want to know?"

Medici's expression when he said this was truly asking for a beating.

"But you definitely won't tell me." Lynn glanced at him, having gotten quite familiar with Medici during their time together, skillfully ignoring his provocations and smiling, "So I'll just guess on my own. For example, this change, I think it should be related to your experience before following the ancient Sun God, right?"

Considering all the good things Lynn had done for Medici, he felt this was the only thing that could somewhat fit—after all, in his original history, Medici would have wandered alone for a while before choosing to follow the ancient Sun God for some unknown reason.

Rather than being born and immediately taken in by him, becoming a cub under Sasrir's care.

"It seems your intelligence still matches your three-month-old level..." Medici chuckled, his tone as sarcastic as ever, but he didn't refute it.

He did confirm the change in his memories because of this experience, realizing that the memories weren't false but had been genuinely altered.

During that time of solitary wandering, Medici had suffered severe injuries, not physical but spiritual, leaving indelible traces on his soul despite being healed and restored later. These scars remained even after he became a spirit.

But after gaining the memories related to Lynn, while the memory of being wounded remained, the scars disappeared, confirming that those memories weren't false but a true reflection of the altered past.

Lynn Sotos indeed had the power to change destinies.

But Medici naturally wouldn't go into detail with his hapless elder brother. He casually skipped over the topic and continued, "But before I saw you today, I couldn't see your face clearly in my memories or hear your name."

"All the specific information about you in my memory was vague, as if deliberately hidden by some force, until I saw you, and that secrecy vanished." As he said this, Medici also observed Lynn, evidently studying him.

"Secrecy?" Lynn wasn't concerned about his observation, just showing a puzzled expression after a moment's thought.

He really hadn't expected this outcome, considering both 0-08 and Old Man Pallez remembered him...

Wait, did their memories also recover only after seeing him?

Lynn thought of this possibility but then dismissed it, feeling relieved. If his core information remained secretive, it meant he wouldn't immediately attract trouble from formidable individuals like Amon, nor worry about an Amon brother silently sprouting out of thin air beside him... maybe?

Lynn suddenly became uncertain, but then he pushed aside that possibility and continued to ponder: Overall, this secrecy seems more like a protection for me. But why would it be like this? Is it because of some inherent characteristic of mine...

As Lynn pondered, he heard Medici's mocking tone, "It seems you really know nothing about this state, Sotos. Now, I'm not worried at all about you posing a threat to this world. Someone like you, who can't even control your own power, is just a weakling no matter how strong you are."

Lynn: ...

Well, it seems someone has really grown wings after three days of no scolding.

Lynn then looked at Medici and flashed a brilliant smile, "Then let our dear little red experience firsthand whether I'm a weakling or not!"

...

In the end, Lynn thoroughly enjoyed beating up Medici without causing much commotion.

It wasn't that War Angel's combat skills hadn't improved over the years, but the current situation where he was still in the form of a spirit without any Beyonder characteristics directly led to a suppression in rank when facing Lynn, who could effortlessly exert Sequence 2 strength.

Just like how you couldn't expect a Sequence 4 to beat a Sequence 2.

And after the daily beating of his dear little brother, Lynn remembered something and looked at Medici, "By the way, Little Red, do you have the Cards of Blasphemy from the Hunter's Path?"

"The Cards of Blasphemy? You mean this thing?" As Medici said this, a Tarot card depicting the portrait of Roselle appeared in his hand, which was precisely the Red Priest card.

Lynn's gaze immediately fell on the Red Priest card, nodding eagerly, "Yes, yes, that's it! Can I borrow it for a while?"

"Why do you want this card? It's something from the Hunter's Path, and you shouldn't have any need for it." Medici played with the card in his hand, looking at Lynn with a puzzled expression, "You're not part of the Hunter's Path, nor have you forcibly entered the path. If you're talking about formulas, don't you already have them?"

Lynn did indeed have the formula from the Hunter's Path, mainly because after promising to give Lynn and Medici the full formula for the corresponding paths, the father figure Sasrir copied the formula directly and gave it to Lynn to pass on to Medici.

"Um, actually, I mainly want to study that thing and see if I can copy it... ahem, replicate something similar." Lynn revealed a shy smile.

"Replicate it? What do we need it for?" Medici obviously didn't expect this answer. He glanced at Lynn with a tone that was still sarcastic, "And don't forget, this thing's nature might be related to those Outer Gods outside the barrier. Studying it... oh, right, I forgot, you're also essentially a little monster now. If the Outer Gods catch you, who corrupts whom is uncertain."

"Be confident. Ordinary Outer Gods will definitely be corrupted by me in return. If I were really an Outer God, I would be at least at the level of Bitch Tree." Lynn didn't feel ashamed at all and even showed extreme confidence.

This left Medici dumbfounded for a moment, then he flicked his wrist, and the Cards of Blasphemy of the Red Priest flew towards Lynn.

Lynn quickly caught it, hearing Medici's lazy voice, "I'm lending it to you. Remember to return it after studying."

This time Lynn was surprised. He had thought there would be several rounds of sarcastic banter and a bit of tug-of-war before Medici agreed. Lynn looked at Medici with clear disbelief, his expression clearly asking, "Why are you so easy to talk to this time? There isn't some conspiracy waiting for me, is there?"

Medici glanced at him, unkindly saying, "If you don't want it, return it."

(End of this chapter)