Lynn indeed had the intention of sending a smurf account back to Roselle's era once his ability cooled down.
On one hand, he was quite interested in Roselle, the transmigrator who pioneered an era, and didn't mind observing, or even intervening if necessary. On the other hand, Roselle's era was precisely the time when the Church of Steam and Machinery was rising.
If Lynn wanted to replace the God of Steam and Machinery, he certainly couldn't miss this era.
Considering that Roselle's era was only a century or two ago, once his smurf account became a Paragon in the Fourth Epoch, Lynn could use it to reorganize the Church of Steam and Machinery, making it easier for him to take over.
Theoretically, this was feasible. The two eras were not far apart, unlike other smurf accounts that were separated by thousands of years. A mere century or two reflecting on the current timeline might only translate to a year or so. Lynn could definitely wait.
Moreover, Lynn was curious about how the smurf account and his main body would merge when the rewritten history flowed back, and how it would integrate with the current history.
For example, would it completely overwrite the original history?
Lynn speculated. He could open a smurf account closer to the present timeline after his ability cooled down, but that would be wasteful.
Lynn had a hunch that the number of smurf accounts he could open was not infinite. They might not be particularly few, but they certainly weren't abundant enough to be squandered. It was best not to waste them for the sake of a mere experiment.
Experimenting while accomplishing important tasks was a better decision.
In this situation, Lynn undoubtedly needed Roselle, the tool who drove the steam revolution. Although he could promote technological development himself, Lynn knew his capabilities. He wasn't proficient in these technologies. Even if he could advance them, he wouldn't be as fast as a professional.
Most importantly, not using a tool person would be foolish. As a slacker who seized every opportunity to slack off, Lynn would never turn himself into a workaholic, while there are tool person around him. He would certainly exploit Roselle's potential to its fullest, striving to make Roselle contribute more than in the original history.
For instance, if Roselle hadn't gone to the moon to die after becoming an angel, leading to his corruption, and had focused solely on inventing and creating, who knows, maybe he could have even invented mobile phones by today.
Lynn admitted that he missed the modern life in the Detective Conan world and looked forward to seeing a modernized Mysteries World.
Hearing this, Roselle was visibly shocked. Then he seemed to realize: "That's right, your goal is to become a Knowledge Magister... But in that case, what about the history originally constituted by the God of Steam and Machinery? Have you considered the butterfly effect?"
"Don't worry about the butterfly effect. The history I change, apart from the parts I personally alter which will directly sync with this era, won't significantly change the rest," Lynn didn't mind explaining a bit to Roselle. After all, these were things he would eventually know, so Lynn didn't intend to hide it:
"For instance, if I directly traveled to the time you were corrupted and prevented it, the result reflected now would be you directly overcoming the corruption, but that's all."
"In other words, the history in between won't change, right?" Roselle, evidently a smart person, immediately realized this, saying: "Although theoretically, changing my corrupted fate in the past would mean I wouldn't forcibly ascend to Black Emperor to rid myself of it, and wouldn't arrange for subsequent events. In reality, even if my corruption is altered, it would only change my current outcome, not the intermediate events."
Roselle frowned, saying, "Logically, that doesn't make sense."
"But it aligns perfectly with this world's madness, doesn't it?" Lynn laughed, using Medici's words and adding: "Moreover, events don't change; they just wait for the me of that era to participate."
"Huh?" Roselle seemed puzzled. After thinking for a few seconds, he uncertainly said: "So, your historical changes aren't about traveling to a past point, changing something, and coming back, but staying there until you return to this era?"
"But you are now..." Roselle looked at Lynn, clearly confused by the logic. After all, his information wasn't complete, and deducing this much was already an extraordinary feat.
"You can think of it as there being multiple me's at the same time," Lynn laughed. He didn't intend to hide this. Simultaneous existence in multiple time spaces wasn't a secret. Anyone with some intelligence encountering his past selves could guess it.
"I exist in the present, the past, and the future."
Despite being shocked many times today, Roselle still felt a profound sense of awe.
Looking at Lynn, who was now exuding an aura of mystery and silent majesty, Roselle mumbled after a long while: "So you know what will happen in the future because, for the future you, it's just the past that has already happened."
'Actually, it's not. I just read the original novel...' Lynn muttered internally but didn't refute. Though he hadn't opened a future smurf account yet, who knows if he would in the future.
For instance, it's not impossible to start an smurf account in a certain era of instant noodles.
"But that's not a bad thing for you, is it?" Lynn smiled, looking at Roselle: "At least, in this way, your youngest son, Bonova, can avoid becoming a devout angel."
Hearing Lynn's words, Roselle fell silent.
If there were any regrets in Roselle's life, besides his estrangement with his eldest daughter, Bernadette, it was his youngest son, Bonova, becoming an angel with high divinity and almost no humanity due to the influence of the God of Steam and Machinery.
This was also one of the reasons why Roselle later fell out with the God of Steam and Machinery.
The God's initial intention might have been kind, giving Roselle's family the honor of having two angels. But for Roselle, who valued his children's humanity and individuality, it was not something to be happy about.
"Well..." Roselle took a long breath, looking at Lynn, "Then what's the price?"
(End of Chapter)
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