Damn it... After returning to the house, Evangeline simply could not shake the terrifying image of that girl she had seen in Jiu Ming's dream. She had a faint feeling that the girl was not some so-called dream creature at all. But if that was not the case, then why had she appeared in Jiu Ming's dream...?
Really, why had she been unable to hear what they were saying back then? Wiping the cold sweat from her brow, Evangeline was certain that the girl who had appeared then had absolutely intended to kill her. That person resembled Jiu Ming far too much—apart from her gender!
As for reading lips, she had even less confidence in that. Evangeline had long noticed something: whenever Jiu Ming spoke to her, the shape of his lips clearly was not Japanese, yet she could understand him anyway!
Some kind of translation magic? But didn't that guy not even know magic? As for the power Jiu Ming had displayed, it was more like some bizarre psychic ability. ≥, "Forget it. I should deal with my own problem first." Rubbing her long hair, Evangeline wrapped the blanket over her head. "To break the barrier, draining that scallion-headed brat dry of blood should be enough. He is that person's descendant, after all... But since he's that person's descendant, he inherited that person's traits too... Hm. I need to plan this properly."
The next day, Jiu Ming rubbed his somewhat sore neck and opened his eyes again. Not just his neck—even his eyes felt swollen and aching. What a nostalgic feeling. After thinking for a moment, he opened a gap beside himself.
Gaps could be used as storage space... Besides ordinary gap passages, it was also possible to open a special gap by anchoring it to an object. The