Audrey was in her room, dressed in a beautiful gown and pretending to read the book in her hands.
In truth, her mind was nowhere near the book.
"It's almost time. I wonder how Mr. Fool will bring me over without them noticing."
The more Audrey thought about it, the more nervous she grew. She was terrified of being exposed and having to flee to the ends of the earth (she had read too many storybooks). Then her parents would lose their most adorable daughter.
Suddenly, the familiar, illusory Crimson Light surged out like a tide and enveloped her.
"Just like before?" Audrey wondered. But then she noticed something: she had not immediately arrived at the gathering, and she could still observe her surroundings.
Wrapped in the Crimson Light, she could actually see the Beyonder guards who had been watching her room from outside!
Yet they turned a blind eye to their current Different condition, as though they could not see it at all.
No, they were not moving at all. They did not even blink, and Audrey could not hear their heartbeats!
At that moment, Audrey discovered that her eyesight was better than ever. She could even see tiny insects in the garden of her family's grand villa.
Those insects seemed frozen too, suspended in midair without the slightest reaction!
What was going on?
Deep confusion welled up in Audrey's heart. Then her vision blurred, and she found herself somewhere else.
Out at sea, Alger was even more nervous than Audrey. He was a genuine, qualified Beyonder.
"It's time," Alger murmured. Suddenly, Red Light flared all around him, and the same thing that had happened to Audrey took place.
Everything here seemed to have stopped, and the sight struck him even harder than it had struck Audrey.
For the