The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 62: Rasputin’s ring

"Victor."

"I'm here."

"You first give this letter to Igor in the province of St. Alexei. Then go to Melvin's house and ask them for a copy of the detailed information of 'Professor Wolf'."

"Understood."

Standing behind Ivan Coldong, the middle-aged man with frosty hair and gray eyes nodded and took a thick letter from Grand Duke Ivan.

There was no hesitation and no bowing to leave.

He left the Grand Duke's Mansion without looking back.

It can be vaguely seen that there is a cold ring locked on the thumb of his right hand.

Ivan Coldong sighed, slowly stood up holding the scepter, and walked to the window.

Looking at Victor's leaving figure, he asked softly: "Zhuoya, what did Annan take with him when he left?"

"He just brought some money."

The figure of an adult woman with long dark blue hair gradually emerged from beside Ivan.

On the ring finger of her left hand, there was a crystal ring that exuded cold air.

Zhuo Ya sighed helplessly: "He only took fifty pounds of banknotes and a small bag of silver coins. No matter how hard I tried, he didn't put on the positioning ring."

"This is what children will look like when they grow up."

Ivan said calmly.

Zhuo Ya raised her eyebrows: "That's what you said. Your Highness Annan didn't look like a child before."

"Because he has the soul of an adult in his body. There is no need to treat him as a child, he must understand these things. If you want help, he will come back immediately..."

Grand Duke Ivan took a deep breath and exhaled a mouthful of cold white frost.

The glass in front of him was instantly covered with a thin layer of frost. Ivan's face turned pale and he couldn't help but tremble.

When Zhuo Ya saw this, she immediately came over.

She supported the Grand Duke with her right hand, and placed her left hand on Grand Duke Ivan’s back to help him calm down. The crystal ring suddenly lit up, drawing cold air from Ivan's body rapidly.

But Ivan was still trembling fiercely.

He just frowned, didn't say a word, just closed his mouth and gasped violently. The severe pain caused him to clench his teeth and the muscles in his cheeks bulged.

The purple lines that appeared on the cheeks became deeper and more obvious.

After a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine, Zhuo Ya."

"You are really..."

Zoya complained and let go of Grand Duke Ivan.

Her right hand was slightly red from the cold, while the ring on her left hand became even more shining.

"In short, there is no need to be too harsh on Annan. Unlike Dmitri, he is not a child who wants to save face... He knows how to escape, but he is not timid.

"This is a rare talent among superiors."

Ivan said slowly: "I trust him more than I trust Dmitry and Maria combined.

"Dmitri is a serious child, but his vision is not far-sighted, his personality is gloomy, but he easily entrusts his sincerity to others, and is prone to prejudice against people and things. He can become an excellent minister, but he cannot Become a Grand Duke.

"Maria, like her mother Anya, is a resolute and brave girl. But she loves her relatives more than her relatives and friends, and she loves her relatives and friends more than her people... She doesn't care about strangers at all. People will choose to get close to or stay away from someone because they like or dislike someone. If she succeeds to the throne, she will definitely become a coward or a tyrant.

"If anyone can be a better Grand Duke than me, it can only be Annan."

"Because His Highness Annan...has the world in mind?"

Zhuo Ya made random guesses.

Ivan shook his head.

"Because he is a madman."

The Archduke replied: "A fearless madman."

He still remembers...when he told Annan the secrets about this country and this world, Annan responded.

"——I don't care. I am what you said, father, as a 'person not of this world.'"

Not long after he got his name, the young Annan replied: "If necessary, let me be the prince. I can become a **** or a saint."

"You have to think carefully, Annan. In this world, the lofty status is not glory, wealth, power... but the melting pot."

"So what?"

At that time, the young Annan asked with incomparable sharpness: "There must be a salary king to spread the fire, father.

“If it can’t be someone else, why can’t it be me?

"If it can't be me...why can't I take away this fire."

...Although I don’t understand what Xin Wang is.

But Ivan vaguely understood Annan's metaphor.

It was from then on that Ivan recognized Annan's true nature.

——Be able to sacrifice everything except the goal for the [goal] without any psychological pressure.

In other words, he is someone who can destroy the world in order to save it.

A person who does not rely on the teachings of others to move forward, who does not aspire to wealth and power, nor believes in benevolence, justice and morality... but who simply derives pleasure from the act of "accomplishing goals".

From that moment on, Ivan understood.

Annan walked on a line dividing dusk and dawn.

——Then, instead of forcing him with "fear", it is better to use "pleasure" to seduce him.

If Annan wants to become a saint or a god, he must seal his fear. It is not to prevent oneself from being afraid, but to prevent this fear from leading his path and his goals in some other direction.

But the other way around.

"I also trust Annan immensely."

Ivan said slowly: "Only a madman would want to save this devastated world; only a madman would save these sinful countries...Only a madman would try to save foolish and short-sighted mortals.

"Only a madman would try to clear away all the nightmares in the world; only a madman would try to clear the gray fog; only a madman would easily kill his past 'self', just to rise higher.

"But it just so happens that Annan is such a lunatic.

"He has a strong desire to 'ascend', he is the perfect transcendent; he has a strong desire to 'know', he is the perfect ritualist; he has a strong desire to 'possess', he is the perfect degenerate who.

"A person who can reach the top of any road... He is not trying to change the world for justice or mercy, but just for his own pleasure."

All his energy is used for internal sublimation, not for the control of external objects.

This may be the reason why he was selected by the Book of Heavenly Cars...

The overhead crane is the "ascending" vehicle.

If the Principality of Winter needs a new king.

Then it can only be Annan.

The Principality of Winter needs Annan to save it, and Annan also needs responsibility to save it.

——That’s been it from the very beginning.

"Oh, by the way...Your Majesty."

Zoya seemed to have thought of something and asked Ivan: "Annan seems to have a ring from the Rasputin family in his hand."

"...what?"

Ivan was stunned for the first time.

He turned back in confusion: "How could he come into contact with the Rasputin family?"

Zoya shrugged.

"I guess," she whispered, "I got it at Geraint's house."

"Anya's sister..."

Ivan frowned slightly when he thought of his dead second wife, the mother of Annan and Maria.

He remembered that Annan had used the identity of "Don Juan Geraint" when he was in the Kingdom of Noah. And Don Juan's mother was a noble from the Principality of Winter.

——According to Ivan’s knowledge, Don Juan’s mother should be a member of the Melvin family.

But now thinking about it, Anya's sister suddenly disappeared... It was almost two years before the three daughters of the Melvin family married Noah, so they could be considered to have had some involvement.

"...Go and check this matter, Zhuoya."

Ivan tapped the scepter with his fingertips.

He responded in a low voice: "Check whether the third daughter of the Melvin family... Euphemia Melvin has exchanged identities with Lily Rasputin. Check to see if that's the case. Is it the ring of the Rasputins? If so, ask the Rasputins for a copy of Lily Rasputin's password and give the password to Annan.

"Annan said that he will come back next month. These things should be done before that time."

"——It's the Grand Duke of IndoMTL.com."

The woman with long blue hair responded solemnly.

"And."

Ivan whispered.

"What?"

Zhuo Ya asked doubtfully: "What did you say?"

"When Annan comes back, remember to secretly give him some more money. Fifty pounds... I remember he has eighty followers from other worlds. This money allows eighty people to take the subway, and it will be gone after four or five trips. ."

Ivan said with a straight face: "He may not be embarrassed, but he must not know the charging standards in the underground world. Next time, bring him two hundred... no, three hundred pounds of banknotes.

"Although Ling Dong is poor, he is not so poor that he wants the Grand Duke to live frugally. Do you remember, Zhuo Ya?"

"Yeah, remember."

Zhuo Ya responded with a smile.