Chapter 368: Faust

"You've found so many identities for me!?"

"Al Pacino" looked at Charlotte amusedly,

"Even if it's a ghost, normally, it will only have one identity, right?"

"Because you're not an ordinary goblin!"

Charlotte shrugged,

"Actually, you're more than I said—like Paracelsus, the one who refined the Philosopher's Stone, you're the same person, right?"

"Well...... this"

"Al Pacino's" eyes narrowed,

"Looks like you know a lot! Paracelsus or the Philosopher's Stone, you could think it's me. Even if you say that I am the Holy Grail that King Arthur has been searching for, it is no problem. ”

"The Holy Grail?

Charlotte smiled,

"Just as you said that Dracula is actually a strange being of a half-ghost and half-god, you are also a half-ghost and half-god!

"Because human beings are always insatiable!"

"Al Pacino" smiled sadly,

"Huge power, endless wealth, immortality, hopeless love, departed loved ones...... The more you can't ask for it, the more people will fall into it and be willing to pay for it!"

"In a way, you can actually say that you are the wish fulfillment machine of human fantasy!"

The corners of Charlotte's mouth also showed a sarcastic sneer,

"So, there's nothing wrong with saying you're the Holy Grail. But there are very few desires that you can really fulfill, right? And you have to pay a very big price!"

"If you don't give, you don't get in return, do you?"

"Al Pacino" looks like a philosopher,

"This is the fairest truth in the world, right?"

"Fairness and reasonableness are what people want!"

Charlotte sighed,

"How can this world be so gentle!"

"It is common for people to pay without a return, and those who are rewarded do not necessarily need to pay - it can only be said that they can only get a return if they pay. ”

Charlotte's words were filled with the smell of poisonous chicken soup,

"And the source of your strength is the rebellion against this "malice of the world" in the depths of people's hearts - there is a reward for paying, and it is people's hope after all!"

"This world is so cruel, why do you want to tell it?"

"Al Pacino" looks like an elder who wants to teach Charlotte the experience of life,

"Only a child who doesn't understand anything will see through the emperor's new clothes. And in the depths of the heart, isn't it good? If people don't have illusions, what is the difference between them and salted fish?"

"I have fantasies too!"

Charlotte shrugged,

"It's just that it might not go in the same direction as you need it. ”

Charlotte smiled,

"Actually, judging from the last time you appeared on the crew of "Devil's Advocate", there must be some kind of connection between you and the devil. ”

"But the entanglement between you and Dracula makes me feel like you are a ghost from the Middle East. ”

"However, your later mention of Byron and Mary Shelley made me realize that you seem to have existed in the history of the Western world at the same time......"

Speaking of this, Charlotte scratched her head,

"At that time, I really couldn't remember where you came from. Truth be told, if you come across as distinctly male-conscious, I'd even guess you're a muse!"

"Muse?"

"Al Pacino" nodded,

"To Byron and Mary Shelley, I might be the muse!"

"You are such a muse!?"

Charlotte rolled her eyes,

"As a director, I still prefer my muse. ”

"That little girl from last time?"

"Al Pacino" turned his head and found Charlize not far away,

"At that time, your consciousness was hiding in her body, so I couldn't find your original identity. Do you dare to stand in front of me like this now because you have discovered my true identity?"

"Sort of!"

Charlotte didn't deny it either,

"But the complexity of your real body is really beyond my imagination!"

"Tell me about it!"

"Al Pacino" also seems to be interested.

"After that, I've been researching all kinds of information, checking about your relationship with Dracula, your true identity, and then, I suddenly realized a problem-"

Charlotte's eyes narrowed,

"All kinds of myths and legends about ghosts are actually passed down from region to region. And in the process of circulation, the story itself will also change, which will lead to a corresponding change in the power of the ghosts and gods in the story——"

"Like Baal in ancient Babylonian mythology, the god of fertility, and then in the Bible, he becomes a fallen demon king;"

"The Monkey King in ancient Chinese mythology is based on a mixture of the Indian monkey god Hanuman and the protagonist in the ancient Chinese "The Legend of the White Cloth Xiushi";

"As for you, I've consulted a great deal of information, and in post-Renaissance Europe, there are always strange people who can inspire many writers, scientists, and artists, and you have said something about Byron and Mary Shelley—"

"So you're guessing I'm Mephistopheles?"

"Al Pacino" nodded,

"The Dr. Faustus depicted in Goethe's Faust is indeed my prototype. And I did get a clearer source of my power through Faust—but knowing my source to this extent doesn't interfere with my power. ”

"If that's all I know, how dare I claim to know your real name?"

A confident smile appeared at the corner of Charlotte's mouth,

"Later, I realized that the Renaissance in Europe was inextricably linked to the Crusades that preceded it. Much of the knowledge in Europe at that time was obtained from the Middle East. ”

"Coupled with your relationship with Dracula, or Wallachia's "Piercing Prince", it made me realize that you also have a doppelganger in the Middle East and the Arab region. ”

"So you say I'm the god of lights?" in "One Thousand and One Nights", the god of lights in "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp"?"

"Al Pacino" nodded again,

"I don't know what your specific evidence is, but I can admit it—I'm also a lamp god. ”

"That's easy!"

Charlotte had a relaxed smile on her face,

"I'm not without evidence, but it's not conclusive, and it's much easier for you to be honest. ”

"Anyway, the information about the identities of Mephistopheles and the God of Lights in your previous conversation was actually deliberately revealed to me, right?"

"Deliberately revealed to you!?"

"Al Pacino", no, Mephistopheles was stunned for a moment,

"Why do you have such speculation?"

"Because you don't have to tell me that!"

Charlotte laughed,

"I don't think that villains in real life will be like villains in film and television dramas, and they will say as much as they do - there must be a reason why you say so much. ”

"So, what is the reason?"

The meaning of Mephistopheles's words seems to have admitted that he did have an element of intentionality.

"Because you want me to covet your power to grant your wishes!"

Charlotte said with unusually certainty,

"In that case, I'm bound to fall into your rules - what you get, you have to pay!"