Chapter 244: How Did You Know That? (2/2)
Chen Xiaolian suddenly laughed out and he said loudly, “It seems… I came here for nothing. Since that is the case, I’ll take my leave.”
After saying that, Chen Xiaolian turned around to leave!
However, as he approached the entrance to the tent, Merlin suddenly spoke up!
“Wait.”
Chen Xiaolian turned around.
Looking at Merlin, he found that his face was, at the moment, seemingly scary!
“Truth be told… the first time I saw you, I thought… you are somewhat terrifying.”
Chen Xiaolian frowned. “Me? Terrifying?”
“That is a personal feeling,” said Merlin. He shook his head and a hint of perplexity appeared on his face. However, he soon recollected himself and his face returned to its solemn and cold state. “I… from the depths of my heart, this feeling rose. I reject you! I have this strong feeling of vigilance and fear toward you!
“In fact… for some unknown reason, I also felt traces of hatred toward you!
“I even… secretly made a divination on you.
“After that, the divination gave me an absurd result.”
“What is the result of the divination?”
“You want me to be totally honest? If so… fine! The results of my divination states that you…” Merlin stared at Chen Xiaolian and continued, “In the future, you will kill me.”
Me?
In the future, kill… Merlin?
Chen Xiaolian was shocked.
“That’s ridiculous.”
Chen Xiaolian said with a nervous voice.
“No, there is something more ridiculous.” Merlin revealed a peculiar smile and said, “The real results of my divination is that… actually… you have already killed me. I myself do not understand why that is the result.
“According to the results of my divination, I believe you will at some point in the future, kill me.
“Surprisingly, even though you are now standing before me, I have yet to die.
“And then there is the real result of the divination… you have ‘already’ killed me.”
“… I do not understand.” Chen Xiaolian shook his head. “You are making me confused.”
“It means, you’ve killed me. Yet, for some unknown reason, you reappeared in front of me. And the present me is not dead,” Merlin said coldly. “Don’t ask me. I also do not know how to explain it.
“Thus… every time I see you, I will feel a chill running down my spine. I get the feeling that you are a very dangerous person!
“Correct, dangerous!”
Listening to his words, Chen Xiaolian was unable to say anything else.
“All right, I have already told you the truth,” Merlin said coolly. “Since we are to speak the truth, both of us should do it. Now, I have already revealed one of my secrets. It’s your turn, Garen… right, I believe that is not your real name, right?”
Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath and said, “All right, my real name is Xiaolian (little face). [1]”
“A very small face?” Merlin was temporarily shocked and he smiled, “Quite the well deserved name. Then… I believe that this Demacia…”
“Naturally, that was also a made up place.” Chen Xiaolian shook his head and said, “My companions and I came from a very special place. Due to certain reasons, I am unable to tell you about it. However, I can tell you that my companions and I truly wish to help you. We want to help King William win this war and ascend the throne… mm, that is my secret.”
After saying that, Chen Xiaolian stared at Merlin and said, “Now, it’s your turn again.”
“Me again?” Merlin thought about it and he gently spoke out. “The others all say that I am an eccentric who came from the forest.
“Truth of the matter is, they are right.
“I grew up in the forest.
“In the stories, I was raised by the witch of the forest. There is also a story about how I was raised by a fairy of a lake.
“I can tell you this, I am indeed an orphan. My earliest memories were of me growing up in the forest.
“I was raised by a woman, she was a witch.
“However…”
When he spoke up to there, Merlin’s eyebrows knitted tightly together and he spat out, “She is this world’s most vicious, most terrifying and most despicable woman!
“I was abused by her for 27 years!
“A full 27 years!
“She used all kinds of terrifying witchcraft to abuse me. To her, I am just a test subject that she found!
“My earliest memories was of me being locked up in a scary little dark room every night. The only source of ventilation was a small hole the size of a fist. I cried and wailed in there!
“However, what I feared most was the coming of dawn!
“Because once dawn arrived, that terrible woman would wake up and… what awaited me was an entire day’s worth of torture! Various types of witchcraft were used on my body!”
Chen Xiaolian was shocked.
“In the end, as I gradually grew bigger, she gradually grew older… I learnt to be submissive and to conceal my feelings. I secretly learned up on her witchcraft! Then… one night, I finally managed to cut down one of the bars of my holding room and I crawled out – I used up to 2 years to cut off that bar!
“That very night, I personally slit her neck! I watched as she lay on her bed, clutching on the wound on her neck as she bled to death!
“She died before my very eyes. But before she died, she cursed me. She said: One day, I will be killed by another witch in a forest using this very same method.”
When he heard that, Chen Xiaolian was startled!
Because…
According to the widely accepted Western legends…
Merlin, the most famous magician in Western legend faced such an ending!
In the end, he was tricked by a witch. He was trapped inside an oak house within a forest and then killed!
“Do you know? Due to this curse, I have always refused to have any woman come by my side!
“You could say… the thing I hate the most is women!”
Those words were uttered out with utter coldness.
Suddenly, Chen Xiaolian’s face twisted!
The thing he hates the most… is women!
Wait! Wait!
Wait!
Several thoughts suddenly flashed through Chen Xiaolian’s mind!
Proficient in herbs…
Proficient in the field of medicine…
Uses witchcraft!!!
Hates women…
Merlin…
The Ripper… Jack!
Chen Xiaolian turned to look at Merlin. There was a bitter taste in his mouth.
“You… your name is Merlin. What about your full name? Could it be that there is the word ‘Jack’ in it?”
Merlin’s face twisted!
“You… how did you know that?!”
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1. The name he gave Merlin is ‘小脸’ (little face) while his real name is ‘小练’ (little training).