When Fate was mentioned, Liang Lidong's first reaction was that it was prophecy.
Logically speaking, the Roden Family should not have the ability to compete for the position of City Lord, but they had succeeded. Liang Lidong did not believe that there was no external help.
Sisilia was an important border town, bordering three countries. A total of four countries' caravans would trade here, so it was a very prosperous city, only slightly inferior to the Radiant Holy City.
That was why the Brook Family, the original owner of the city, was so wealthy.
Therefore, there were definitely many forces that coveted this city. Not to mention the nobles of the country, even foreign forces would definitely participate. How did the Roden Family become the City Lord? After hearing Ans' intelligence, Liang Lidong had a rough idea. Therefore, he became more cautious.
He thought for a moment and asked Ans, "You sent someone to tell me this news. There must be something you need my help with, right?"
"I'm just returning the favor," Ans said with a smile.
Liang Lidong looked at him and said, "Since you know us Golden Sons, you should know our personalities. If you have something to say, just say it. I'll see if I can respond. "
"Alright then!" Ans slapped his thigh and said, "You're as cool as you were in the dream three hundred years ago. I remember that more than 300 years ago, you had a very good friend. He seemed to be on good terms with the Fire Dragon Queen, Margaret. "
Liang Lidong was stunned. "Yes!"
Actually, it was because the Fire Dragon Queen Margaret was that person's mount. His cousin was the famous Dragon Knight in the game. Back then, Fire Dragon Queen Margaret, who was still a loli dragon, somehow became his cousin's mount.
"For the past three hundred years. The Fire Dragon Queen comes to harass us from time to time, saying that she feels like it. "Ans looked helpless." You know that we're not very afraid of dragons. But from time to time, she would come and make trouble among us elves, driving us into a passive position. So I hope you can persuade her. It doesn't matter if you succeed or not. "
Liang Lidong quickly fell silent. It wasn't because he was arrogant, but because Margaret didn't give face to anyone other than her cousin. And he wasn't even sure if she remembered him.
After thinking for a long time, Liang Lidong said under Ans' expectant eyes, "I'll write a letter later. You can deliver it. I'm just a friend of hers. I wonder if she'll give me face. "
Hearing this, Ans immediately beamed. "Alright, as long as I have your letter, I don't think it will be a problem."
If it was her cousin's letter, not to mention Margaret not harassing the Elves, it wouldn't be a problem for her to send gifts to the Elves every year. But if it was her, hehe, then it would be hard to say. Hopefully, it would be of some use.
Soon, Ans had pen, ink, and paper delivered. After Liang Lidong finished writing the letter, he left the cellar.
When he returned to Todd Manor, he called Emma to his room.
Alice watched from the side. She yelped and had a weird smile on her face, as if the two of them were having an affair. In fact, Alice really hoped that the two of them would have an affair, so that she would have one less competitor.
She felt that she had a good chance of winning. First of all, she was beautiful. Most importantly, she was beautiful. Only Emma could barely compare to her. So, Emma was her greatest enemy. Now, if Emma was with another man, she felt that she would have a much better chance of winning.
In fact, in the eyes of outsiders. Emma was prettier than Alice, but she was a woman. She was always self-conscious.
When Emma arrived at Liang Lidong's room, she sat down and looked at him strangely. After all, it was already late at night, and it was very ambiguous for a girl to talk in detail in the room.
She should have refused something that would affect her reputation, but for some reason, when Beta invited her, she subconsciously nodded and agreed. When she came back to herself, she felt a little regretful.
"I went to see someone just now, and he gave me a very interesting piece of information." Liang Lidong slowly explained the matter, then continued, "So, I've never believed in things like fate. I suspect that what you saw with your prophecy was deliberately shown to you by someone with ulterior motives. If you don't mind, I would like to enter your soul and take a look."
Emma's eyes widened, and her face was full of disbelief.
Entering someone else's soul was a very rude thing to do. Even between a husband and wife, they wouldn't do something like this that would completely expose their privacy to others. Because everyone had some things that they didn't want others to know, not even their husband or wife.
If Beta entered her soul, it would prove that their relationship was even closer than that of a husband and wife.
How could that be!
Emma shook her head hard. "No, your suggestion is really not good."
"I know." Liang Lidong nodded. "I believe that soul contact will indeed expose the thoughts and memories of both parties, but I'm only doing shallow soul contact to check if there's anything strange about your soul."
"Shallow soul contact?" It was the first time Emma had heard of such a thing.
Liang Lidong nodded. "Yes, this kind of shallow soul contact is similar to normal communication. I have no right to see what you don't want me to know. But I can see the color of your soul, its completeness, and the strength of your soul. "
"If that's the case, it's not a big problem." Emma nervously twirled the short hair beside her ear with her little finger, her heart beating faster and faster, but she quickly thought of a key question. "You suspect that there's something wrong with my soul?"
"Yes!" Liang Lidong nodded. "I've done enough research on most kinds of magic, except for dark magic, which is not very popular in the surface world. As for prophecy, I've spent a long time trying to understand it, and I have some say in it. As far as I know, the fragments obtained from prophecy are actually very ambiguous, but from what I've heard, the fragments of prophecy completely reveal a person's entire life. "
Emma nodded. "That's true. Aren't other people's prophecies like that? "
Liang Lidong shook his head. "Obviously not. In other words, as far as I know, the most powerful one is Pope of the Church of Destiny. The fragments of the future that you can see are also incomplete. Besides, you're just a holy lady of the Temple of Storms. Logically speaking, you can't be more powerful than Pope of the Church of Destiny. "
Emma was silent for a while. When she was thinking, she frowned slightly. Her pretty little face looked very elegant, so beautiful that it made people feel relaxed and happy.
After a while, she asked, "Who is the Goddess of Destiny?"
"The Goddess of Destiny, Amanda!" Liang Lidong frowned. "It is said that the destiny of all intelligent creatures is written by her. Everything was written by her, even God. But because of this, she offended many gods, so she hid in her Heaven so that no one could find it. Her worshippers are also very good at hiding, so most people don't know that there is such a god. "
"Then how did you know?" Emma felt that Beta's knowledge was excessively profound.
Liang Lidong smiled and didn't answer. Actually, these were all things that the Wanderer players in the game had researched.
When Emma saw that Liang Lidong was not saying anything, she did not pursue the matter. Everyone had their own secrets, and she was very clear about that. "Alright, since that's the case. I agree to have shallow soul contact with you because I also want to understand what is the difference between my soul and yours. Why do you have the ability to ignore fate? "
"Since that's the case, I will call Alice and Kail to come in," Liang Lidong said. "When we have shallow soul contact, both of us will enter a state of deep meditation. If there is no one to protect us, it will be very dangerous," Liang Lidong said.
"I don't need it!" Emma's face was getting redder and redder, because in a certain sense, their souls were touching. Soul contact was more intimate than negative distance contact, and she did not want to do such a thing. She did not want to expose herself in front of others.
She casually created a wind attribute enchantment in the room and said in a trembling voice, "This should be fine, right?"
Liang Lidong knew what was good for him. He knew that the enchantment was the eye of the formless storm, which was very powerful wind magic.
These wind threads that seemed to be drifting slowly were, in fact, extremely high-speed cutting wind blades. It was an illusion created by the speed of the blades that was too fast.
With the protection of this enchantment, the problem was not big.
Liang Lidong sat in front of Emma. As he approached, Emma's body shrank back slightly, but she quickly put on a calm expression and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Just close your eyes."
Emma looked at Liang Lidong with a strange expression, as if she was looking at a strange uncle who was about to trick a little girl with a lollipop. But she still sighed slightly, and finally closed her eyes with two parts apprehension and three parts shyness.
Liang Lidong bent down and touched his forehead to the girl's smooth forehead.
The moment their skin touched, Emma's body trembled, but she quickly stopped moving. Because the two of them had already made soul contact.
In the soul world, Emma stood in the middle of a golden, boundless wheat field. The sky was blue, and the white clouds moved east with the breeze.
Everyone's soul world was related to their worldview. Emma's soul world was full of tranquility, which showed that her personality was gentle and satisfied, not greedy. Because there were wheat fields everywhere, it showed that her soul world was very rich.
Liang Lidong appeared in her soul world and was also shocked. It was the first time he had seen such a beautiful soul world.
Emma stood in the wheat field and looked at Liang Lidong with a slightly shy expression.
At the moment, she was wearing a white princess dress and the crown on her head that she had stolen from the Brook family. She looked like a real princess.
And Liang Lidong still looked like the blond priest of the Wealth God. There was no change at all.
He floated from the "sky" and landed in front of Emma. Then he said, "What a beautiful world. It's really surprising."
Emma smiled and said, "You are the first guest to come to my soul world, but I don't know how to entertain you."
"No need, business is more important." Liang Lidong waved his hand and looked around. "Your soul world looks normal, as if there are no problems, but the more it is so, the stranger it is."
Emma found it strange. "Isn't a perfect soul world good?"
"In theory, it's good, but it's impossible." Liang Lidong said, "Even if it's God, even if it's the Goddess of Light who is known for her righteousness and holiness, I believe that her soul will have a small shadow, because as long as it's an intelligent creature, there will always be one or two negative feelings."
"How about this, take a look at my soul world, and you will understand."
Without saying anything, Liang Lidong took Emma's little hand and opened a strange "gate." Then, the two of them stepped in, and the sub-world changed.
Different from Emma's beautiful world, in Liang Lidong's soul world, there were many weird and non-existent things. A third of the sky was blocked by darkness, and there were hills, rivers, animals, and moving shadows everywhere.
Such a soul world was very real.
Liang Lidong pointed at the dark clouds in the sky and said, "Those are my negative feelings." He then pointed at the human-like shadows moving around on the ground and said, "Those are my malice. Seeing such a world, do you still think your soul world is normal? "
Emma's body stiffened. "I really don't know. I've never been in contact with other people's soul worlds."
With a wave of his hand, Liang Lidong created another "gate," and the two of them appeared in Emma's world. In comparison, Emma's world was too beautiful.
But at this moment, Emma no longer felt that her soul world was beautiful. She increasingly felt that there was something wrong with her soul world.
"Your soul world has obviously been disguised."
A blue flame burned in Liang Lidong's hand. It was the flame of the soul, and he threw it into the wheat field. The flame burned for a long time, but not a single wheat was burned.
"And the disguise is very powerful. Your real soul world has been replaced." Liang Lidong was more and more sure of his idea. "Prophecy is closely related to one's soul world. What you see with prophecy is what the fake soul world wants you to see, not what you see yourself."
Emma was absent-minded. If Betta's guess was correct, the so-called fate that she saw was actually a joke. She felt that she was a puppet that was being pulled by countless strings in the air, tying her up and making her do one dance after another or make one expression after another.
Such a terrifying impression appeared in her mind, she squatted down abruptly, holding her chest with both hands. Although she was in the astral state at this time, she felt that the surroundings were abnormally cold.