Chatty Hollywood

"It should be said that you succeeded!"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"After learning about your two identities, I do covet your power. However, I don't want to pay the price at all."

“Don’t you want to abide by the truth of equivalent exchange?”

Mephisto is indeed a master of alchemy at this time - although according to Charlotte's inference, he is indeed the master of alchemy Paracelsus.

"What you say is very unreasonable!"

"This world is inherently unreasonable!"

Charlotte shrugged.

"Moreover, the true equivalent exchange does not exist in this world!"

"Well, if you insist on saying so -"

Mephisto's eyes showed a fierce light,

"Then we have nothing to say!"

"How come there is nothing to say?"

Charlotte laughed,

"At least, I haven't analyzed how your story spread from China to the Middle East and then to Europe!"

"I'd like to see what you can say!"

"There's so much to say!"

Charlotte nodded,

"First of all, it was spread from the Middle East to Europe because of the Crusades - Christian culture has the characteristic of demonizing gods from other cultures. It is normal for you to change from a djinn to a demon."

"As for me saying that your story spread from China to the Middle East, the reason is very simple - the story of Aladdin's magic lamp originally happened in China!"

"..."

Both Mephisto and Jodie Foster, who had been eavesdropping, were stunned for a moment.

"Although "One Thousand and One Nights" is a story from the Middle East, the background of some of the stories in it, according to the story, did take place in China——"

Charlotte gave an example,

"Such as "Turandot" and "Aladdin's Lamp" both have Chinese story backgrounds."

"But don't you think it's like what old people often say when telling stories to children?"

Mephisto had a false smile on his face,

""A long time ago, in a very far away place..." - Every clichéd story will have such a beginning. However, in fact, the story may not have happened that long ago or that far away. .”

"You're right to say that!"

Charlotte smiled;

"However, the reason why I am so sure is because the person who taught me magic told me that the Chinese ghost legends in "One Thousand Miles and One Night" are basically prototypes."

"Someone told you!?"

Mephisto's face suddenly became serious,

"You and... no, just keep talking!"

Charlotte glanced at Mephisto in surprise. Obviously, the other party also noticed something from his words, and it might even be something he didn't know.

However, since the other party didn't say anything, Charlotte was not prepared to take the initiative to speak.

He probably guessed something.

——Also, when dealing with ghosts, it is still important to take the initiative.

"Since the story of "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" really has its prototype in China, then conversely, it should also be true to say that you spread it from China to the Middle East, right?"

"……Yes."

Perhaps because he knew there was no point in denying it, Mephisto still chose to admit it.

However, this time, the leisurely look on his face was completely gone.

But even so, he still didn't seem to have any sense of crisis.

"Even if what you say is correct, can you guess what my prototype is in ancient Chinese legends?"

"I really can't guess this!"

Charlotte scratched her head,

"In ancient Chinese legends, gods and ghosts are relatively casual. They realize the wishes of ordinary people, often just in one thought, and there are no rules - whether it is equal exchange or restrictions. The quantity is three,

None of them. "

"yes!"

Mephisto smiled triumphantly;

"So, even if you trace it to this point, you are still one step away from my true origin!"

"That's not necessarily the case!"

Charlotte had a bright smile on her face,

"Because I didn't need to look for it, someone found it for me!"

"who!?"

"You!"

Charlotte pointed at Mephisto,

"You are actually not a simple ghost, but like Dracula, you were transformed into a living person after devouring the original legendary ghosts or gods!"

"That's why you are smarter and more insidious than ordinary ghosts."

"As for the ghost or god that was swallowed by you, I guess it is one from Chinese pre-Qin mythology, right?"

"you--"

Mephisto's face turned completely gloomy, he had already predicted what Charlotte would say.

That was something he was very confident that he would not be discovered, but now it seems——

"Although China's ancient history is very long, due to wars and differences in customs, most of the legends and ghosts before the Qin Dynasty were wiped out in the Qin Dynasty."

Charlotte pretended to be an expert on ancient Chinese history.

"Therefore, most of the various myths and ghost legends in China later originated from the Qin Dynasty, and were more or less related to a historical figure."

"Which historical figure?"

"Didn't you meet him before?"

Charlotte winked at Mephisto;

"Ancestral Dragon - Qin Shihuang!"

Having said this, Charlotte ignored Mephisto, who looked gloomy, and said to herself,

"Qin Shihuang's unification of China and the burning of books and entrapment of Confucians caused some of the legendary ghosts and ghosts before Qin to dissipate and come to a standstill. But he was also a fan of immortality and gathered a large number of alchemists who liked to play tricks on the mysteries. You are among them. The best, isn't it?"

"Xu Fu!?"

As Charlotte asked, Mephisto's expression became darker.

"...I haven't heard this name for a long time!"

Mephisto, no, Xu Fu stared at Charlotte as if he were looking at a dead person,

"What I'm more curious about is, how did you determine my identity? You know, I believe that I didn't leave any clues - after all, the First Emperor didn't find me in the end!"

"He didn't find you because he was looking in the wrong direction!"

Charlotte didn't care at all about Xu Fu's eyes that seemed to be murderous.

"He always thought that you would flee eastward and overseas at most, but he never expected that you actually used the people in the fleet as sacrifices and fled to the west instead."

"But you do know——"

"I'll know there's a reason!"

Charlotte waved her hand, but then changed her subject.

"Actually, I would have guessed that you are Xu Fu and are you related to Paracelsus?"

"Paracelsus!?"

Xu Fu was stunned for a moment.

"Don't you already know that that is an incarnation of me?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"The earliest summary of people's concept of wishing machines is the Philosopher's Stone."

"And according to legend, the two most magical wishes it can fulfill are to refine gold and live forever—"

"The former is the eternal pursuit of the Western world, while the latter is the obsession of countless kings in Chinese history."

"So, since you are Paracelsus who has the greatest connection with the Philosopher's Stone in the Western world, then on the other hand, Xu Fu, who has the most connection with the Elixir of Life in the Eastern world, could it be you?"

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