"No, I have something I need to verify."

Louis sent Merlin back to the Outer World.

He took a deep breath, returned to his room, and took out an item.

It wasn't the true form of the Future Diary.

It was the Future Diary that no one else could see except him.

He pondered for a moment, then wrote a line in the blank space on the first page of the Future Diary:

"What exactly are you?"

Moments later, the words on the Future Diary slowly disappeared, and new letters floated above the book's pages:

"Greed Diary"

Louis's eyes became subtly intrigued.

He picked up the pen and wrote again in the Future Diary:

"What is the Greed Diary?"

The words disappeared, and the Future Diary once again revealed a few lines of small text:

"The Greed Diary is the crystallization of the authority of the Sin of Greed from Louis Charles Julius, possessing the ability to record the past, devour the present, and observe the future."

Louis sighed and wrote:

"What is the relationship between you and me?"

The words disappeared.

This time, the Future Diary reacted a bit slower, with lines upon lines of dense text appearing:

"In the year 14470 of the Star Era, the original owner, Louis Charles Julius, suffered an irreversible severe injury."

"Specifically, it was: "

"1. The comprehensive national strength of the Ense Empire plummeted significantly, causing a drastic decline in the wealth that the Emperor could manage, resulting in the decline of the power of the Grip of Greed, Greed's Survival Instinct, and the Hall of Greed."

"2. The suppression of the Gate of the Abyss failed, forcing the allowance of the revolutionary army's development, drawing the main force of the Church of Glory and Justice into Tino City to suppress the soon-to-open Gate of the Abyss."

"3. The Emperor turned into the Destruction Black Sun, irreversibly polluting the core combat forces of several major battle groups within the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm, seriously reducing military power."

"Based on the above points, the original owner deemed this salvation mission a failure."

"Louis Charles Julius prayed to the gods, but only he answered himself."

"He realized that he was the best offering for the Greed Feast and thus commenced the final ceremony."

"He greedily sought to twist past tragedies, willing to sacrifice everything for this goal."

"The Sin of Greed responded to his call, crystallizing the final authority of Greed with all his power and existence, the residual echo of the Ense Empire, and the authority of the Libra Saintess as offerings."

"This is the origin of the Greed Diary."

"At the moment of the Greed Diary's creation, in response to the Sin of Greed's longing, the Time Traveler of the Secret Chamber was chosen as the owner of the Greed Diary."

"According to observations from the Greed Diary, the Star Continent has undergone 212 time-line corrections."

"Due to influences from unknown forces, there will be another time-line correction and convergence soon."

"Through external force's correction and convergence, the Greed Diary brought you to 20 years ago, restarting the future."

"End of report."

Louis quietly watched as the slowly disappearing text suddenly let out a sigh.

Although he didn't know if what the Future Diary—or should I say, the Greed Diary—said was true or false,

he could be sure that he is definitely not the original owner now.

This kind of body usurpation technique isn't uncommon on the Star Continent.

He spent time studying related information and conducted detailed tests.

As per the current advanced technologies on the Star Continent, he is simply himself.

The soul and body are perfectly synchronized.

Even the manifestation state of the Sin of Greed within him is no different from other historical Sins.

What complicated his feelings is that the information provided by the Future Diary cleared up many doubts.

The first doubt was why he became Louis Charles Julius.

Answer: Because the original owner sacrificed everything to twist the past, nurturing the birth of a new Sin.

And he himself is that new Sin.

Since everything from the original owner became offerings, the remaining body was just an empty shell, and the Greed Diary summoned a wandering Time Traveler to fulfill the original owner's wish—

which is himself.

Although he doesn't know why he is called a Time Traveler,

his arrival filled the void left by the original owner 20 years ago, and he replaced the original owner, becoming the new Louis Charles Julius.

Then there was the second question.

Why did Merlin say that his Sin of Greed had a problem?

Answer: Because he indeed is not the Sin of Greed.

The reawakened him most likely possesses the power of the Sin of Lust.

Though the original owner may not have known the characteristics of the Feast, his greedy desires were answered, and the Greed Diary executed the original owner's wish in its own way.

Thus, not everything sacrificed by the original owner was integrated into the Greed Diary.

The Greed Diary was just one of the means to fulfill his wish.

The Greed Diary has the ability to record the past, devour the present, and observe the future.

But it needs an owner to use it to ensure tragedies do not replay.

And the authority of Greed must rely on the host of the Sin of Greed.

Yet the original owner, whether in the past, present or future, was devoured and could never wield the Greed Diary.

Thus, the Greed Diary, to fulfill the original owner's wish, allowed another Sin, namely Louis himself, to share the original owner's authority.

As Louis's body was previously unable to bear the manifestation of two Sins at the same time, he, like the last Elf King of the Elf Realm, could only bear the power of one Sin.

And because when sharing, the Sin of Lust hadn't yet awakened, the Sin of Greed held an absolute advantage.

Thus, he truly wielded the authority of the Sin of Greed for quite some time.

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