The Heavens: Hogwarts Transfer Students

"Why do you think I am a mind flayer? The mind flayer will not save you. It will only treat infected people like you as slaves."

"I guessed that you were a Mind Flayer when you fell from the shell ship. Who could have been so coincidental that you appeared when we fell from the sky? Based on the fishermen rushing to the banks of the Sa River, or the kind-hearted people passing by? The answer is only Our fellow shipmates are either us tadpoled eggs or a mind flayer."

"..."

"Do mind flayers also sweat?" Lind approached the dream visitor's face. She appeared to be a stunningly beautiful female drow, but this was not her true form. When they first met, the dream visitor used Appearance: Millicent.

The body that Lind is currently using has a character background, that of a Waterdeep doctor. This past memory data must have been secretly read by the dream visitor, otherwise he would not have chosen to approach him in Millicent's appearance.

Just like this moment, the dream visitor is still trying to see clearly into Lind's mind.

After confirming that Lind was not bluffing, the dream visitor calmed down.

The mind flayer is a very calm creature, without the emotions and sorrows common to other races. Its behavior is more similar to that of a biological robot. The fearful look before was just part of the performance.

She said nothing as she conducted a tense and serious risk assessment.

The reason why Linde didn't expose her from the beginning, no, it should be the true face of "it", was because the cooperative relationship between the two parties was too meager. The dream visitor is an absolutely rational character. Once he judges that the risk of cooperating with Linde is too high, he will not hesitate to break off the relationship.

The dream visitor is undoubtedly going through a difficult time at this time. Orpheus's bodyguards besieged it day and night inside, and were pursued by the Githyanki and the Supreme God Cult outside.

Considering that it is a mind flayer that would immediately become a puppet of the Supreme God without the strange abilities of Orpheus, it is impossible for it to give up the astral prism.

Climbing into this weak turtle shell, if there are no allies outside to run errands, it will really become a turtle in a urn.

This is the basis for cooperation between the two parties.

Dream visitors have always been optimistic about Linde because he has shown superhuman qualities in crises, optimism in the face of powerful enemies, calmness in dealing with others, and consistent paladin ways. Most importantly, his personal strength is strong enough. .

Compared with him, everyone else in the adventure team has flaws internally or externally.

Now, the dream visitor must consider the possibility that Lind, an ally, is "out of control."

"Please forgive me for hiding this from you. This is a last resort. After all, my true face is not pleasing to the eye, and I don't want to lose an ally like you. But now it seems that your attitude is still very open-minded."

The dream visitor finally made a decision, and it lifted the disguise.

A standard mind flayer appeared in front of Linde, with lavender skin, a long and enlarged head like a squid, four tentacles hanging softly around the mouth, all the way to the waist and abdomen, and webbed hands and feet. It reflects the gene expression of marine life, and evil eyes as small as beans are embedded in the face, emitting a faint purple light.

Lind was indifferent and just stared at the mind flayer calmly. He knew that what he saw in front of him was just a psychic projection, and his true body was still in the head of the corpse, facing the indiscriminate bombardment of the prince's guards.

"What do you call it?"

"Monarch. I come from Baldur's Gate. I am an adventurer who is not very law-abiding. I came to the Tower of Moonrise to search for treasures, and then I became this kind of character."

The monarch's tone was full of personal emotions. It used body parts to speak instead of telepathy. This was an expression of respect, because in the mind flayer's eyes, all races were slaves and there was no need to accommodate their inferior communication methods.

"What was your name in the past? No, forget it, I don't care. You are an empty shell anyway. The Mind Flayer has no soul. You just retain the memories of the past, thinking that you are still the same person as before."

"I am often troubled by this issue. Whether the soul must be a prerequisite for free will. I once escaped from the control of the master mind without using a prism. During that time, I returned to the familiar city to live again, and gradually stood up Keep your footing. During that time, I was happy."

Linde shook his head and said, "You don't understand the mind flayer."

The monarch was stunned when he heard this. The content revealed by Linde's words can be called arrogance. Is it possible that he, a human, understands himself better than the mind flayer?

Just like a little duck said to the wise man: You don't understand human beings.

The racial differences between the two sides are greater than between ducks and humans.

Linde asked: "What do you think the relationship between you and the mastermind is? Is it the relationship between slave and master?"

The monarch is silent.

"No, the relationship between you and the master brain is that of a tool and a person. Everything you do is under the control of the master brain, including your self-righteous happiness and freedom, your thoughts, emotions, and actions. They are not you. You decide for yourself, and the subject who really makes the decision is hidden behind the scenes, and you are not even aware of it.”

Lind reveals the truth without mercy.

The monarch's reaction was fierce. It said: "Impossible." The body shook slightly, like a passenger affected by the bumps of the train.

"You have obviously seen Omeron, the illithid in the Underdark. It is free."

Lind chuckled: "You should know Omilon's situation better than I do. His intelligence attribute is lower than the average of the mind flayer race, which means that it is a mentally retarded mind flayer, just like the wrongly designed leather in the hands of a shoemaker. Boots, a defective product that is despised by the mastermind. It is precisely because it is useless that it is free."

The monarch acknowledged his words.

"The past was before, and the present is now. I didn't get the Astral Prism in the past, but now I have the power of Orpheus. The Mastermind can't control me anymore."

"Let's not say that the monks under Orpheus are not made of dough. Let me ask you, how can you be sure that your acquisition of the astral prism was not the mastermind's plan?

"The Supreme God is obviously controlled by the crown. If it wants to be free, it must kill the three elects. However, it cannot disobey the crown's orders, so it can only create variables, such as you. Now in order to gain freedom, you have to indirectly help The mastermind is out of trouble."

The monarch was 70% convinced at this moment, but it was not panicking at all, it was just thinking about how to deal with it.

"Assuming that your conjecture is true, then the goal of the Supreme God has been achieved. You have killed Catheric Thom, and you cannot control the crown with only the power of Orin and Gotash. It is only a matter of time before the Supreme God escapes. ."

"Yes, it's a matter of time. The mastermind escapes, the Mind Flayer Empire is restored, and the Sword Coast and even Faerûn, as well as the planet Toril, will fall."

"So what are you going to do? Stop the Supreme God's great plan, or join it and become the true ruler? Become - God?"

The mind flayer's voice was like foam rising from the bottom of his heart, and every word shone with an alluring, colorful luster.

Linde snorted.

He said: "I want to see Orpheus." (End of chapter)