"You said you knew..."
After hearing Xu Ji's Father, Han Su didn't answer right away. After a long while, he asked quietly, "What do you know?"
He didn't seem surprised. After being kidnapped back to the Ancient Castle again and again, then escaping back to the present, Han Su had grown accustomed to this shattered life.
But he didn't feel like a ghost adrift outside the world. Instead, he often felt as if he were living in a giant spiderweb, with a pair of eyes always watching him from somewhere at the far end of its interwoven strands.
Xu Ji's Father was one such presence, watching him from the shadows.
Perhaps he meant no harm, and was even a member of the Black Rose Organization who felt some goodwill toward him, but that still put pressure on Han Su.
Faced with the question, Xu Ji's Father let out a quiet sigh. "I need to sort out my thoughts."
The two of them fell silent as the car carried them to the Seaside Club south of Azure Harbor, where they entered a quiet room.
Xu Ji's Father instructed the club staff to bring in a complicated anti-surveillance device. Han Su had someone bring him a glass of water, which he set beside him. They sat facing each other, and only then did Xu Ji's Father look at Han Su, his expression full of restraint.
"I know that in one possibility... or perhaps in a parallel world, my child, Xu Ji, was also kidnapped by the Ancient Castle."
"I once saw how desperate and tormented I was in the world where he was kidnapped. But I have to admit, the world where he was kidnapped is the one that makes the most sense. By contrast, in this world..."
"...we've been far too