Chapter 463: I Can Take Care of You All Too
Banjeet came out after washing his hands and saw that Ashe and Lise were already eating. He poured everyone a cup of tea, sat down, and said, “I was just attacked by Ashe.”
“What?!” Ashe, who was eating a sandwich, was stunned.
“Oops!” Lise sprayed orange juice onto Ashe’s face. “Dad, how could you—I’d rather you find a stepmom—wait, are you and Aunt Bukin—”
Ashe chopped Lise on the head, interrupting her endless imagination. He wiped his face with a napkin, turned and asked, “You were attacked by that, uh, ‘Gospel Ashe’?”
Banjeet nodded and briefly described what he had just encountered: “… Although it was an illusion, according to my state of mind, if Annan really died, I would definitely assassinate the Empress to avenge her. Therefore, being second on the Assassination Ranking is not entirely made up; it could very well be my future.”
“Helephes and Roger probably died the same way. First, they were trapped by a spirit riot and couldn’t resist, and then they were pulled into an illusion based on the Future Ranking. Once they realized this truly was their future and something they would do, ‘Gospel Ashe’ appeared to kill them, making their ranking invalid.”
Ashe asked, “But when we came in, we didn’t find anything. How did ‘Gospel Ashe’ leave?”
“I suspect ‘Gospel Ashe’ isn’t a person but a Miracle or something similar. It’ll automatically find us Echoers and pull us into an illusion when no one is around.”
“How can you kill someone in an illusion?” Ashe still didn’t quite understand. “Besides, Roger jumped off a building in front of us, and Helephes was lying on the square fountain—they both walked there themselves!”