Am I really that much of a jerk?

After hearing the Red-haired Director's words, Leon's mind buzzed as if hit by an 800-meter caliber main cannon, all his thoughts and logic shattered into pieces.

Policewoman Yisha? Supervisor Amien from the bureau? Miss Amy from Charl Department Store? And... there's even Anna?

No... something must be wrong, right? Yisha aside, I'm indeed quite close to her, and it's not impossible to develop further, but how did the rest get involved? It's...it's...

"The records in these leaves are just one of countless 'possibilities' of the future. However, if you follow those choices, there's indeed a high probability that the corresponding situation will occur."

After explaining a bit, the Red-haired Director downed a cup of strong tea and continued calmly:

"You don't need to feel any psychological burden, such as thinking you're a bit of a flirt, easily liking one after another, soft-hearted and cannot refuse, don't know how to keep distance, enjoy mingling with women, or secretly lustful and embarrassed to admit anything.

These are not necessarily things that will happen, and your moral level is still alright. You will indeed settle down actively after marriage, although there might be some small transgressions occasionally, but overall you're not too bad... well... At least you didn't really do anything in these futures."

"..."

Although... why do I feel like there's an implied meaning in your words?

Leon involuntarily twitched the corners of his mouth, then reached out to pick up the third leaf on the table, which showed him yet another completely different future.

After taking over the position of Duke of Lionheart, due to lack of money, he accepted the Ryan family's arms company job, then had multiple contacts with the policewoman's father, whose position as the Secretary of Defense led him to discover William's notebook at Leon's home and was astonished by the "military thoughts" in it.

Later, the two families became increasingly connected, and since both had family members who died in the National Defense War six years ago and held great resentment towards the Northern Kingdom, they seized the opportunity during this year's spring chill to march northward with the princess's support, attempting to use force to create a country they recognized...

That... doesn't seem impossible?

Watching the network of veins on the leaf in his palm gradually wilt, recalling those indeed traceable situations, Leon couldn't help but take a deep breath, then reached out to touch all the other leaves at once.

The brown veins quickly extended and then wilted, while Leon's mind again presented three entirely different future memories.

Unlike the path of becoming an arms tycoon and colluding with the Secretary of Defense to forcefully whip half of the world, his remaining few marital paths seemed relatively harmonious.

First was the wealthy little lady, Amy. When invited to her house for dinner, if he really went, he would, through Charl Department Store's connections, prematurely contact the "Scales Gold Sect" of the Goddess of Fortune, then mixed in to become a Bishop of the sect.

Next was developing industry coupled with financial games, stayed up at night working as a Cleaner, and during the day waved huge sums of money and industrial goods, even ended up buying out the Golden Village of the Kingdom of Morna.

Finally, he gobbled up the Holy Spirit Three Veins of the Scales Gold Sect in one fell swoop, upgraded the Holy Spirit Badge to the highest level, directly used money to crush the Goddess of Fortune, and tried to change the world with the power of wealth.

As for the route involving Supervisor Amien, it appeared quite abstract.

If he didn't take the drunken Director to the second-floor reception room on the day she was drunk, but tried to hand her over to other female supervisors instead and patiently searched more on the first floor, he would find someone actually inside Supervisor Amien's office.

Once he called her out from the basement inadvertently, under her unintended influence, he would discover the special usage of abnormal objects, and relying on a strange ability possibly related to some badge, he would develop nuts tricks allowing others' intestines to quickly grow taste buds.

Later on, Supervisor Amien, amazed by this twisted creative idea and curious, would actively approach him and form a relatively stable partnership, researching and carrying out tasks together.

After a period of "development," their task partnership would become notorious for their "poisonous" tactics across all branches, eventually becoming a team making adversaries in thirteen planes around the four big and nine small known dimensions frightened.

As for Anna...

This path's memory is exceptionally fuzzy, and the future part is almost entirely unclear, relying only on his experiences to vaguely identify some past circumstances.

If his fake identity as Duke of Lionheart gets exposed, and the old Investigator disguised as Aquarius Director identifies him as the culprit of the Ryan Blood Night, he would face the Clean-up Bureau's sanctions.

Then, to save him, Anna would connect with the Clean-up Bureau through Supervisor Emma and reveal the issues regarding the "Warm Home" photo to the Director, allowing her to discover the anomalies with the Aquarius Director.

Subsequently, to protect him and examine the intentions of the Aquarius Director, the Director would engage her abstract, quirky mind, providing Anna with lousy suggestions, encouraging her to inherit the Duke of Lionheart position just below him in succession order, and issue a letter of understanding through the Kingdom.

Once the "victim's family" expresses understanding, the Director would forcefully defer the punishment of him through the Director of Taurus until the Aquarius Director's conspiracy gets unveiled, after which he would return from the bureau, and Anna, holding the narrowly escaped Leon, would cry with joy... the rest is unclear.

...

This is truly...

Having looked at six future scenarios in rapid succession, viewed five of them as the protagonist but with experiences and developments markedly distinct, Leon felt mixed emotions.

Despite these futures differing vastly from what he knows of his situation, given his understanding of his own character, he indeed holds a high probability, if faced with those situations, of genuinely choosing according to the leaf memories.

So although these memories diverge completely from reality and their visual quality is extraordinarily blurry, they are extremely real to him, as if there truly exists a version of him that made different choices down divergent paths.

Especially these six distinct futures each... Hmm? Wait!

Recalling specific instructions about the "Memory Residual Leaf" he previously saw, Leon couldn't help but frown.

"Why are there only six leaves? Shouldn't there be seven?"

No... your ability is too annoying! You even dug out this kind of information?

After hearing Leon's inquiry, the Red-haired Director's back instinctively twitched slightly, then she calmly lied with a straight face:

"The last leaf belongs to Feiliya. You brought her back from Crolock Kingdom and became neighbors with her, as your relationship gradually warmed, two lonely hearts grew closer, and later..."

"..."

Like heck I believe you!

In frustration, he clicked his tongue, sneering at the Director obviously talking nonsense, Leon insisted on reaching out:

"So where's the leaf? Let me see that seventh leaf."

"At the time, Director Pisces was heavily injured by me, and the seventh leaf wasn't finished recording before fainting, so..."

"Lies!"

"Alright, actually I broke the last leaf, you... hey? You're pulling out the wine to... don't pour my wine on the floor! You... fine, I'll return the leaf to you, okay?"