Chapter 1353: The Fallen Guest Empire (10)
"They're still alive. It seems they weren't possessed just now—they were directly replaced."
No wonder Lady Raven had handpicked Esther as a special Awakened One. After her earlier discovery, Esther had once again shown an impressive capacity to accept the truth, calmly sharing another observation—and even a theory.
Of course, this once again rattled the two full members.
They were still alive, and completely unharmed—just unconscious. Considering the heavy blow they had just suffered, it did seem more reasonable that they'd been temporarily replaced in some incomprehensible way.
But if the "nightmare" really could do that so casually, all the caution they'd shown earlier seemed even more ridiculous.
"We should go. You don't want to wait for those three to wake up and have a chat, do you?"
In the end, Esther's words still received no response. Mariana managed to compose herself and turned to Fu Qian.
"I'm fine with that. But are you sure you still want to travel with me?"
Fu Qian was quite easygoing about it, and even took the time to remind them.
The reminder had clearly come at the right time.
If they accepted the conclusion they'd reached earlier—that they didn't matter to the nightmare at all—then surely there was no reason to keep traveling with this source of trouble.
Mariana's thoughts raced.
But if they really did that, it would be too much like denying themselves... It would mean fully accepting his claim that their so-called awakening was a joke, along with everything she'd just told Esther...
In fact, out of the corner of her eye, she could already see the wry look on Esther's face.
"Mr. Gorimshaw, would you like to stay here?"
After exchanging a glance with Ben and seeing the same conflicted look