The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 122 - Fishing

After returning to Sadina City, Su Li went through several days of school and got used to this daily routine that could, from a certain perspective, be considered a professional life.

As for academics, Su Li, who originally couldn’t cultivate this world’s unique power, didn’t really feel any pressure.

Besides, his schooling was only arranged because Lan Zhe thought it was necessary for Su Li to be with peers his age. He didn’t think Su Li needed to accomplish anything earth-shattering, just to absorb some upward striving energy from the young children.

The tragedy that Cyril had once imagined still silently affected those who knew about it.

After getting used to this life, Su Li also received several purple gold coins from Lan Zhe.

Having learned about the existence of another world, Su Li didn’t feel he necessarily needed to delve deeply into it, but it wouldn’t do to remain completely ignorant.

It was like the ancient saying about being shortsighted and self-important—truly dangerous.

However, when Su Li accepted this money from Lan Zhe, he didn’t forget to clarify, “Consider this money a loan.”

The startup funds for Castor’s research team were truly not much.

Moreover, after learning about the existence of intelligent monster beasts, Su Li, unable to directly apply the technological system from another world, was filled with thoughts about how to prioritize the development of alchemy, which was similar to heavy industry.

Additionally, his hurried return to Sadina City was driven by another idea.

The reform in the Inner City, even with the Grand Judge leading it, would still have its pace of action restricted by those in power as long as the king wasn’t dead.

The aristocratic system had existed for ages. Even as a nobleman himself, the Grand Judge, despite setting a trap for the nobility in conjunction with the Dark Pope, still faced the possibility of exposure.

Su Li never believed that leaked information could remain secret.

As the capital of a country, the importance of the Inner City was self-evident, but without the authority to command and lead, Su Li still believed that the mercenary city, a symbol of freedom, would be easier to change more decisively.

Now he not only wanted to develop alchemy to improve overall strength beyond individual power, but also pondered how to use the unique key to unlock replication abilities.

With the trigger implanted in Liwusi’s mind by the Light Pope, Su Li couldn’t guarantee that the other would definitely give him the corresponding development space, rather than charging alone into another world.

Considering the possibilities for change, Su Li coughed once and then said to Lan Zhe, “Of course, you don’t need to say that this money is just for me to do things I don’t want to do. The days of borrowing money from you in the future will only be more than you imagine.”

Lan Zhe laughed. “What’s all this talk about borrowing money? Do you know how many purple gold coins the Dark Pope has accumulated over the years in secret?”

Going out with dark elements definitely wouldn’t work, but there were always people whose love exceeded the rules established by the world itself.

Dark elementalists were characters who, in the eyes of the world, must be put to death, but once their blood-related relatives’ love for them exceeded common perception, that blood connection would become the best hidden line in the Dark Pope’s hands.

Besides, the Dark Pope’s goal wasn’t to destroy the Church of Light; he just wanted all current and future dark elementalists to stand proudly among people.

The wealth accumulated generation after generation was more of a form of compensation.

Generations of Dark Popes felt powerless to change the survival pattern of dark elementalists, so they could only do their best to make life better for the new generation.

And the most direct way to make life better was to spend money.

The high-grade medicinal herbs that Lan Zhe had previously obtained from the Beast Forest near Jisuo Town were later sold through the Pope’s secret channels.

Money that couldn’t be spent accumulated more and more.

Therefore, after discovering someone he was interested in, Lan Zhe didn’t mind using those things, which were of no hesitation to him, to play together with Su Li.

“I might not be able to match the Raven in terms of strength at the moment, but I can tell you very clearly that in terms of wealth, the fixed assets of the entire Mercenary Alliance, plus the integrated resources of everyone in the small building except me, cannot compare to me alone.”

Su Li stood stunned with his mouth open for a good while, and was eventually handed a bag by Lan Zhe. Without opening it, just hearing the collision sounds different from gold coins, Su Li’s scalp tingled.

After a while, he said, “Does this count as clinging to the golden thigh of a rich person?”

Lan Zhe blinked. “I’m not like Eg who’s getting increasingly sick. I have no feelings about physical closeness with you, so there’s no need to cling to my thigh.”

“Maybe I didn’t mean it literally?” Su Li couldn’t didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Lan Zhe shrugged. “That doesn’t matter either.”

“Also, since you’re going to find Castor, finish your business early and come back soon. I’ll also prepare dinner, and of course, the essential ingredients you mentioned earlier for New Year’s Eve, I’ve already prepared in advance.”

Su Li carried a heart full of gratitude as he watched the Dark Holy Son enter the small building’s kitchen.

Cyril, from the second floor, quickly walked to the staircase and called out to Su Li who was trying to leave alone. “I’m coming too.”

Then he pressed against the handrail on one side of the stairs and jumped down directly.

And since returning to the small building, the raven, who had been perched on the hanging painting like a brooding hen, flapped its wings and flew to Su Li’s shoulder.

Afterward, the two children and a crow set off together toward Castor’s base.

Speaking of that place, it was actually the same place where Mark had initially kidnapped Su Li.

The abandoned place had been decisively allocated to Castor by Euphia for use as a research facility.

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But before reaching the place, Su Li asked Cyril, “What have Eg and Euphia been doing lately with the others?”

When Cyril heard this question, his eyes began to wander.

He didn’t know how to explain.

During these few days since Su Li’s return, apart from regular classes, there were few times when everyone gathered together.

Just like the division of labor in a modern family, it was impossible to stay together all the time.

But not being able to stay together also meant that some things would happen that were hard to anticipate without being told.

Su Li had already noticed for several consecutive days that Egbert wasn’t eating dinner at the small building.

Sometimes when getting up at night, he would just happen to catch Egbert returning.

When asked what he had been doing lately, Egbert would display a guilty expression to convey the sorrow of not being able to tell Su Li the truth. But verbally, he would only say he was doing things with Euphia, without specifying exactly what.

As for realizing that Cyril knew about this matter, that wasn’t difficult. The fact that the youth had been going out with the former Holy Son during this period without returning with a battered face was proof enough that the others must be doing something deliberately hidden from Su Li.

Su Li now suddenly asked this question while carefully observing Cyril’s face.

In terms of hiding emotions, Cyril was certainly no match for the adults in the small building.

Once the question was asked, Cyril’s eyes widened, and his mouth trembled twice before he said nothing.

“Is it that you can’t say, or that you don’t want to say?”

“Neither,” Cyril shook his head. “It’s just that I don’t think it’s appropriate to tell you about this matter.”

Su Li’s heart sank.

“But since you asked, there’s nothing I can’t tell you.”

“Big sister Euphia has recently begun collaborating with the Dark Church.”

“I’m not clear on the specific details. I only know that they said after you returned from the Inner City, your emotions seemed a bit different from how you used to be…”

Several adults together had concluded that Su Li must have suffered hardship.

Especially Euphia.

The Mercenary Alliance heir nearly pointed at the grown men and scolded them.

[If you think suffering only falls upon the body, then you really are nothing.]

Euphia had her own thinking ability.

Su Li’s emotions compared to his previous drifting (slacking off) had obviously become more stable (progressive). Stability could be said to be proof of growth, but it could also be said to be a compromise made out of necessity.

This world had forced Su Li to compromise too much.

Facing people who called him useless, he couldn’t talk back. Because no one knew if the other person, in a fit of anger, would kill him on the spot.

Facing various novel things, he also couldn’t go alone. Because going out alone meant he could die in an unknown corner at any time.

Ignoring these compromises, Diz had later told Euphia, “The Church of Light intends to target the ‘Prophet’.”

The death of the Pope of Light was truly no small matter.

Natural aging and death would have been fine, but he was surrounded and killed.

An old man who had lived for so many years couldn’t possibly have no power in his hands.

As for those patriarchs who wanted to push Diz or “Xiao Zuo” into power, their starting point wasn’t just that the church must have a pope.

But rather....only if the person who became pope also had the intention to murder the prophet could all members of the Church of Light truly act in the name of God.

After all, the pope had always been equivalent to God’s spokesperson in the human realm.

This matter might not seem obvious at present, but Sadina City had ordinary people and nobility besides mercenaries.

Among the ordinary people and nobility, at least half were believers of the God of Light.

In that half, even if only 1% were fanatics, once they received ambiguous messages from the patriarchs, they would inevitably take action against Su Li.

Su Li, who already found it difficult to have freedom, now couldn’t go out without the Raven staying close by his side.

When two children went out together, no one believed that Cyril could protect Su Li.

On the contrary, them going out together looked more like…

Fishing.

Su Li’s eyes flashed as he hung the money bag given by Lan Zhe on his waist. Then he changed the subject with Cyril and talked about tonight’s dinner.

However, unexpectedly, during their journey to Castor’s research base, they didn’t discover anything, and while communicating with Castor about new research directions and goals, there were no signs of traitors or the like among the people at the base.

Just as Su Li was doubting whether this was indeed a fishing expedition, a large group of people wearing white robes, with their faces covered, surrounded the two of them.

The leader, upon seeing Su Li, said, “Prophet who defies the great work of the God of Light, today you shall die here.”

Even though their faces couldn’t be seen clearly, Su Li felt the overly sharp gaze.

“Before you make your move, can I ask a question?” Su Li said, not giving others time to react. With his calm, distant green eyes, he directly asked, “Your so-called great work of the God of Light, does it refer to keeping the human race as penned livestock?”