Unreasonable and Hypocritical
Secrets were fascinating vortexes.
Every Operator, without exception, had thought Ash was a mysterious, unfathomable bad man when they first met him.
After all, Ash possessed inscrutable trump cards, was suspected to be the resurrection of an ancient soul, and had an intimate, hopelessly tangled relationship with the Four Pillar Gods. He was practically... the deluxe collector's edition of the Phantom Prophet!
In the early days after being dragged into the team, the Sword Maiden, Witch, and Silver Lamp all felt a certain expectation that they had stepped onto a crooked path. They always felt as if they had joined an evil organization hidden beneath the mundane world. The Watcher leading them to grow stronger was only an early investment, preparation for overthrowing the world in the future. When they were exposed before the eyes of the world, they would sound the horn of war, seize control of nations, destroy the pillars of the world, slaughter armies, clash with Divine Lords, and reach for supreme power...
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed they had already done everything an evil organization was supposed to do.
However, as their relationship grew closer, the mystique around Ash was completely stripped away. They realized with absolute clarity that this guy Ash... really was an evil bad man!
What made him evil was that he had not recruited them into the team for power, but for... them!
Although Ash would definitely dare to swear now that he had not had any impure thoughts at the beginning, and if one really wanted to be strict about it, aside from the Sword Maiden, who truly had grown intimate with him in the Void Realm, the Witch and Silver Lamp had actually only raised their Bonds with him for reasons in reality. As for Vishy,