Chapter 250: Harveys New Companion

Chapter 250: Harveys New Companion

“Really, an online friend you met in the game?”

“What else? I don’t have any other way to meet people besides through the game. It’s not like I could be socializing with other women in the Virtual Realm, right?”

Can you not consider that you’re lying to the face of the second-ranked Genius Con Artist on the ‘Two Wings Mind Ranking Azura Sub-Ranking’? Your eyes instinctively shift right, avoiding eye contact, fidgeting with your fingers unconsciously, and most importantly, your infant-level facial expression management totally gives you away!

But the woman isn’t the point. The point is that Ashe is still able to make contact with the outside world right under my nose... No wonder he doesn’t seem to care about the Contract with Annan. It seems he has some cards yet to be revealed.

That’s to be expected, after all, he is a Cult Leader on the same level as Eternal Calamity.

And Eternal Calamity is capable of directly confronting the Tri-wings Sorcerers of the Sanctuary. Ashe couldn’t possibly be that useless – useless is tolerable, but naive too?

Igor has been pondering how Ashe got to the position of Cult Leader in the first place. Maybe this is the answer.

He used to think that without him, Ashe and Harvey might have become Banjeet’s successors, glowing and heating for Annan for a lifetime; or perhaps Ashe would be forced to become a doting father, tending to Lise for life...

But now, it seems he might have been too full of himself...

“Hey.”

Ashe notices Igor zoning out and snaps his fingers, “Didn’t take a shower? Why do you look so out of it this morning?”

Igor blinks, “A shower?”

“Don’t you shower every morning? You just came out of the Audio-visual Room, so you must have been watching videos since leaving the Virtual Realm last night, right? Remember to keep it in moderation, Bewitcher.” Ashe wags his finger seriously, indicating that such behavior won’t do.

“You knew?”

“I’ve looked for you in the Prison several times in the morning, and each time I could smell the shampoo. My nose isn’t broken,” Ashe said with crossed arms. “Well, everyone has their own morning routine. I have to let out a big yawn to wake up, even if I’m not sleepy... By the way, since we have a pool and a steam bath here, how about we go for a soak later?”

Igor glanced at him, surprised, and swept his fringe behind his ear with his left hand, “I’ve already showered... Huh, you’re only trying to bond with me now?”

Ashe, not embarrassed at having his motive exposed, retorted, “What else can I do? Pee with you?”

“Even middle-schoolers don’t make friends like you do,” Igor shook his head. “Because I haven’t met you in person, I can only tell you the more common ways to soothe. If I use this method, I can generally calm women under the age of 20. But in your case...”

“I can do it too!”

“You can’t.”

“I can!”

“Your looks don’t guarantee such a high success rate.”

“Uncle Harvey got a 1:1 scale horror doll. Dare to enter his room, and I guarantee you won’t want to go to the Restroom alone at night,” Ashe said.

“I’m not afraid of dolls!”

“Really... are you sure?”

“Waaah!”

On one side, Ashe scared Lise with his uncanny ability to make ghastly faces, and on the other, Igor was somewhat taken aback, “You took Harvey on a mission last night? What kind of mission?”

“You’ll find out when it’s your turn,” Annan replied, taking the coffee from Banjeet with a smile. “Isn’t it nice to keep a little mystery between us?”

So, last night Harvey was taken by Annan for a secret talk?

Igor’s first thought was that Annan was attempting to break their ranks by winning them over one by one, but he sensed it wasn’t that simple. Annan was like an unfathomably deep pool of water; one might only intend to drink from the surface, yet a careless move could drag one into its depths, drowning them.

Maybe it would be a good idea to ask Harvey later... But even that might be part of a scheme, especially if there was something Harvey wasn’t keen on sharing. Igor’s inquiry could easily create a rift.

While Annan leisurely sipped her coffee, Igor was lost in thought, and sensing the odd atmosphere, Ashe turned to Lise, “Did you really like that hover car earlier? Why keep staring at the balcony?”

“I’m waiting.”

“Waiting for what?”

“Here it comes!”

A drone carrying cargo passed through the balcony and into the living room, deposited its load, and buzzed away. Ashe had an epiphany, “You’ve been shopping on the Curtain, haven’t you?”

“Yes!”

“What did you buy?”

“Something pretty, fun, interesting, cute, beautiful, and glowing...”

“What kind of item packs all these features at once?”

“I didn’t buy just one thing.”

Buzz—

A hair-raising drone of multiple drones filled the air as they swarmed in. They looked to see a fleet of drones, each carrying goods, staging a surprise assault on the living room!