Ethan hadn't been lying when he said it wouldn't take long. The moment he began composing *The Lunyu Parody*, the entire work was completed within a single day.
This dual-natured manuscript—serving as both *The Analects of Confucius* and its irreverent counterpart—left Elena, its first reader, simultaneously delighted and grinding her teeth in frustration.
She adored how the orthodox interpretations provided crystal-clear teachings, perfect for educational primers.
What made her itch to throttle Ethan were the twisted parodies. As a devout disciple of the Confucian Order, seeing her ancestor's sacred words distorted like this sparked visceral outrage.
But Elena had mastered Ethan's method of role immersion. When she reread it through commoners' eyes,
she discovered the parody version
