Lillian wanted to slap herself twice.
An unknown, vast, magnificent Abode, Believers who had heard of V, being dragged inside for no apparent reason-what clearer hints could there have been?
How had she failed to connect this to that mysterious being?
Lillian feared this mysterious being so much that she always instinctively avoided thinking about him. Now look what had happened: he had come to her door in person.
Regret filled her chest, and when she instinctively looked up and met the Great Being's eyes, she shuddered again.
Before her stood only a mild-mannered, middle-aged man wearing a beaked mask and an exquisite formal suit, with a silver-inlaid cane in his hand.
His manner was genial, but from the faint white light in his eyes, Lillian could still feel that soul-shaking pressure.
She had to exert herself to boast of V's power, but the power of the man before her was clear to her at a glance.
"Do you still remember who you are?"
"Yes, I'm your... your friend's Immortal!" Lillian immediately prostrated herself.
"Then do you remember who I am?"
Lillian stiffened.
Of course she didn't remember! Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone through all this!
She dared not refuse to answer, much less lie, and could only speak tremblingly. "I... I never knew your name..."
At the time, Elliot had claimed that his friend's Esoteric Cult was recruiting, without giving his own name. She genuinely knew nothing!
But Elliot hadn't actually lied to her. Vanessa really was the one who had founded the Esoteric Cult. What did that have to do with Elliot, a member of the Nobility?
Besides, the Esoteric Cult really didn't have a name.
What, the Communion?
That was Elsa's Esoteric Cult. What did it have to do with Vanessa?
As for Elliot saying he wasn't