If fate is altered, can it still be called fate?
And if fate is altered, will there be a correction?
If Sophia hadn't burst into the backstage yesterday, what would have happened next?
Would Charles and Rose have gone to the military camp?
Would Rose's future ultimately end in death?
If fate correction exists, how will it unfold?
Half-Sage Li Andy gazed at the ceiling illuminated by the morning sun, pondering various aspects of life.
The reason he was a Half-Sage was that the battle last night was too simple, and the overall consumption wasn't very large.
After all, it was normal to easily sweep through when three archenemies had an additional weakness.
Oh, right, Sophia had two.
“Alas, invincible, lonely...”
Li Andy slowly lowered his head, glancing at the golden-haired vampire sleeping soundly on him, and habitually placed his hand on her waist.
As the delicate, satin-like touch reached his brain, Li Andy’s thoughts also began to relax.
Following the rhythm of his caress, the complex clues in his mind gradually became sorted out.
The plot of “The Performer’s Mask” was a revenge play.
The targets of revenge were several key personnel of the troupe.
However, the names of these key personnel were not the names of the current four major decision-makers.
This meant that, apart from the fake Rose, all high-ranking members of the entire troupe had been replaced during these three years.
From the fragmented information in the game, it was known that Anthony and Helena had died of illness; their memorial portraits were displayed in the corridor of the hotel the troupe had bought. This was also the main basis for Li Andy’s assertion yesterday during his persuasion that their bodies were failing.
However, Charles and Moss were not mentioned at all in the game, as if these two characters simply didn't exist.
Therefore, when Li Andy heard about Sophia’s backstage encounter, he almost instinctively concluded that Moss was the masked performer.
After all, Rose’s singing seemed to have always been lip-synced by her, and she was also the person closest to Rose.
But, she looked very timid now, not at all like the avenger in the game.
Li Andy frowned slightly, recalling the scene before the avenger, who had removed the mask but had no face, plunged into the flames.
That person had clearly succeeded in their revenge, but showed no joy; only an unresolvable unwillingness and resentment filled their pupils.
Could the avenger be Charles?
But, wasn't he male?
In the game, Youxi had used the mask, but she hadn't turned into a male.
So, whether it's possible, he really didn't know...
If it changed, would there still be anything down there? If not, what would that mean...?
The more Li Andy thought, the more curious he became, and the pressure of his hand unconsciously increased.
“Ugh...”
Sophia, unable to bear the disturbance, frowned, then opened her eyes, glared angrily, and then bit him!
“Hiss—!”
The disobedient hand finally stopped.
Just then, on the desk not far away, the Witness's Pen, which had been diligently writing a short essay, suddenly changed its stroke and began writing about the activity changes of the Witnessed.
Sensing the spiritual summons, Li Andy raised an eyebrow, hugged the koala-like vampire firmly with one arm, and hurried to the desk.
“The humble little Moss was startled awake by a panicked voice.”
“The person who opened the door was the incomparably beautiful sunflower in her eyes. At this moment, the sunflower was as disheveled as a refugee, clad in loose men's clothing, her eyes full of panic and helplessness.”
“Little Moss asked with concern: ‘Sister Rose, what’s wrong?’”
“The sunflower grabbed little Moss’s shoulders and spoke incoherently: ‘Charles! Charles... he turned into me and went to the military camp for me, for a whole night! A whole night, and he still hasn't returned!’”
“Little Moss stood frozen, listening to the sunflower's weeping in shock.”
“It turned out that the troupe leader had also bought that magical item, a mask, a mask that could transform into anyone.”
“If she could possess that mask, perhaps she could...”
“If you add any more inner monologues, I’ll use you to scrub the toilet.” Li Andy frowned in displeasure.
The gray feather pen trembled, and obediently changed to an objective declarative sentence.
“The two were very helpless and wanted to find someone to go for rescue, but found that the only trustworthy person who could run errands for them outside was Charles!”
“For a moment, Rose deeply regretted her rash decision.”
Li Andy pondered for half a second, then conjured a sun and moon coin in his hand, tossed it high, and just as it was about to land on the table, he grabbed it.
He opened his palm: Sun side up.
At the same moment, Moss, the gray-skirted girl who was at a loss how to comfort Rose, accidentally shook out the agency business card from her pocket while scratching her head.
Moss stared at the business card, her pupils gradually widening. Her usual thought process was, at this moment, shifted by a mysterious force, no longer controlled by her appearance-obsessed cerebellum.
She finally noticed Sophia’s quiet comings and goings, and also noticed the hidden meaning in Li Andy’s words, as well as the falseness in his smile.
The images of the two suddenly became eerie in her mind.
“Those two know our secret!” A cold sweat broke out on Moss’s back from fright.
She hesitated for several seconds, and finally confessed everything about Sophia bursting into the backstage.
“Not a mouse?!”
Rose's eyes widened involuntarily, feeling a sense of being targeted that gave her goosebumps.
“Let’s go, we’ll go find Anthony and Helena first!”
.......
On Li Andy’s side, he nodded in satisfaction, and the coin in his hand scattered into fine dust.
“Stop sucking.”
He patted the soft peach of the koala on him,
“Change clothes, it’s time to go out and work.”
“Oh.”
Sophia, though displeased, obediently let go.
Over at the big bed, Youxi and Molly Rose in tacit understanding, their thin blankets gently slipping off.
By the time the four had tidied up and were ready to depart, Rose had already met with the other two principals in a tent on the rooftop.
But what Rose didn't expect was that Anthony and Helena had already met with the people from that agency.
“You... you’ve actually met with those people! And agreed to their demands?!”
Rose was somewhat incredulous, and that chilling feeling grew stronger.
“Then do you know, they might have been after us from the very beginning!”
“We know.”
Anthony nodded calmly, “From the moment that gentleman revealed our secret, I already knew. But it's also a fact that he can solve our problems. I don't think you need to be so afraid.”
Since he hadn't drunk yesterday and had settled all the workers' wages, he looked much more energetic.
“Yes, Rose, it doesn't matter.”
Helena, beside him, also nodded. This morning, she finally didn't have to chew on those unpalatable book pages. Her stomach had been hurting for several days, and thanks to the medicine that lady gave her, it was much better.
“For Charles’s matter, perhaps you can entrust them to help.”
“What about the price?!”
Rose’s voice became somewhat hoarse from being raised.
“You haven't been through it either! When that strange person sold us things back then, didn't he also only exaggerate the benefits?”
“Of course not.”
Just as Anthony and Helena were pondering how to persuade her, Li Andy and Youxi silently emerged from the shadows.
When did they arrive?!
Rose’s hair stood on end, and she stared warily at the two.
“No need to be nervous,”
Li Andy slowly walked into the light, and continued from his previous statement,
“I'm here to buy things, not to sell them.”
