Knight Asylum

"sorry."

"How did you get the resources?" Qiao was a little surprised.

Red didn't answer, just rubbed his fingers together.

So that’s it, is it the power of money?

……

In the corridor that was sometimes dark and sometimes scarlet, a young man in a green suit walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back, humming an unknown song.

"You seem to be in a good mood, Olutega."

The young man paused, raised his head, and turned around with a humble and hypocritical smile. A scarlet light illuminated Igarashi Kazuki, who was standing at the other end of the aisle, wearing a black suit and without a mask.

"Ah, isn't this the eldest son of the Keefe family? Your presence here really makes our humble home more glorious."

"You, why did you use the seal without permission? I told you, it's not time to refine the seal yet."

"That's where you misunderstood. I just wanted to share the worries for the young master."

Olutega covered his chest with his right hand and bowed slightly.

"It's hard to fulfill the family's mission and inherit the family's dream, isn't it?"

Chapter 618: Tears Are Coming From Above and Below

Expected garbage.

This is what Red felt after watching the three-hour and 45-minute finale of the Orphinoth horror series.

Fear comes from the unknown, and the fear in thriller movies comes from suspicion of something.

I think artificial intelligence will rebel and want to rule over humans.

I feel like there's a psychopathic murderer hiding in the darkness under the bed.

Feels like the doll is possessed by an evil spirit.

and many more.

The excitement of the Orphino horror series comes from humans' lack of understanding of Orphino, and the unknown position of Orphino as to whether he is a monster or a human being.

Now, the Zhinao Group, which represents the will of all of Orphino, has announced that it will contribute resurrection surgery to all mankind. In terms of charity, it has been crazy about it and has completely stood on the side of mankind.

In this case, even if the directors who were shooting the Orphino thriller still had a lot of ideas to come up with, they would not dare to shoot it.

A work that is shot with great effort can only be watched to the end if you have to grit your teeth.

I happened to put on earplugs and fell asleep on the sofa in the middle of the night.

"What? I thought it was going to be something horrible," Mari Sonoda, who was wearing pajamas, complained while hugging her knees on the sofa.

Although she had never seen the thriller in the Orphino series, she had heard of the title of the best thriller, so she had never seen it.

When Red said he wanted to watch the last film in the series, Mari Sonoda went online to check it out.

I can only say that it has received rave reviews. The running time has exceeded the previous two and a half hours and reached a rather terrifying number of three hours and forty-five minutes. The star line-up is unprecedentedly large, with various characters returning.

All the actors are promoting this final film all over the world, and I heard that the main cast will even come to [S·L] to promote it tomorrow.

Amid such a massive publicity spree, the popularity of this final work has naturally grown higher and higher, and the director even claimed that no matter whether or not people have seen his previous works, they will be so scared that they will not be able to sleep at night.

Even Sonoda Mari was frightened by the massive publicity and was prepared not to go to the bathroom alone at night.

After all, this is the Zhinao Group, and Ophiino is everywhere.

After watching it, she only had one comment.

That's it?

That's it?

This is considered the best of horror movies. Don’t underestimate horror movies!

If she spent nearly four hours watching this horror movie, she would definitely not be able to sleep at night.

"How about taking a look at our previous works?" Red blinked, picked up the remote control and pressed a button, then said casually.

Because Qiao and I had watched them all night before, all the works in the Orpheus horror series were on the playlist.

Mari Sonoda tilted her head and thought for a while, then crossed her arms over her chest and nodded confidently.

"Okay."

Anyway, it's still early and she doesn't have anything to do tomorrow, so there's no harm in staying up all night.

Of course the most important thing is...

The final film in this thriller looks just so-so, and most of the previous ones are just so-so, not that good.

Three hours later.

"Red, do you want to go to the bathroom?" Mari Sonoda kept her hands around her knees, expressionless. The light from the movie shone on her face, sometimes dim, sometimes pale.

"Hmm? Not at all. You want to go to the bathroom? Go ahead if you want. Turn left outside the door. It'll be there in about three or four minutes."

As he spoke, Red raised his hand and pointed to the door of the office in the distance.

So far!!!

Mari Sonoda's expression was a little stiff.

Taking the atmosphere into consideration, the place for watching the movie was chosen to be the president's office. When the heavy curtains were drawn, the president's office, which originally had excellent light transmittance, became dim in an instant. Although it was not to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you, it was not far off. The only source of light was the big screen that was playing a thriller.

"I, I'm just asking," Sonoda Mari smiled a little, and turned her eyes to one side. "I don't feel like going to the bathroom at all. By the way, it's already this late, shouldn't I go to bed? Ah~ I'm so sleepy, I feel like I can't even open my eyes."

"truth--"

"What, what's wrong!"

Because Red was sitting in front of her, Mari Sonoda couldn't see Red's expression. The flickering light from a horror movie shone on Red's body, making it look extremely strange.

Mari Sonoda subconsciously retracted her legs.

"Your heart is beating so fast, you won't be able to fall asleep even if you lie down on the bed now," Red picked up the remote control and turned his head with a bright smile, "You don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway, so you might as well finish catching up on this series."

Sonoda Mari swallowed hard.

There is absolutely no...option to refuse!

"You're really exaggerating. You can actually hear my heartbeat," Sonoda Mari said stubbornly, "You really care about me. I'm almost moved to tears."

"Your heartbeat is not the only sound I can hear," Red turned his head and returned his gaze to the movie, "It won't be the tears that will be shed in a while. I advise you not to gamble."

Mari Sonoda was stunned at first and didn't understand what Red was saying, but the soreness in her lower abdomen made her react. Her face turned red immediately, and she walked forward in frustration, grabbed Red's shoulders and shook him back and forth vigorously.

"You bastard! You bastard! Is this what you use your super hearing for!?"

"Stop shaking it, stop shaking it. If you keep shaking it, it will really come out." Red held up his finger. "I'm referring to my brains, not anything else."

Sonoda Mari's face turned even redder.

Half out of shame and half because of what Red said, she really felt like she was about to burst into tears.

"I, I want to go to the bathroom..."

Mari Sonoda stammered and turned her face away, her voice so soft that only a mosquito could hear it.

"So you wanted to go to the bathroom. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Reid laughed and raised his hand to pat Sonoda Mari. The subtle force made Sonoda Mari nervously clamp her legs together immediately.

"Go ahead, I'll give you a timeout."

"Um, can you, come with me?" Sonoda Mari lowered her head.

"Scared?"

"No way--" Knowing that she could no longer hide the truth from Red, Mari Sonoda gave up and raised her fist to hit Red on the waist, then she groaned, holding her stomach and squatted down little by little.

It’s hard to say whether the tears below have flowed out, but the tears above have already flowed out because I have reached the limit in various senses.

"Okay, okay—"

Red raised his hand and patted his forehead, paused the movie, bent down, took Mari Sonoda's arm, and walked towards the door that seemed extremely far away in the darkness.

Looking at Red's back as he walked in the darkness, Mari Sonoda subconsciously relaxed her body and leaned towards Red's arm.

Chapter 619: Too Hell

"Red, are you outside the door?"

"How else did you get here?"

"Sorry, that's it, could you please make some noise, I'm a little nervous."

"Eh--"

"Please, can you please stop making such a disgusted sound! I have already given up a lot of things that are very important to a girl!"

"I'm leaving."

"Don't, don't, don't go!"

Perhaps because she really thought Red would leave, Sonoda Mari actually pushed the door open with her pajamas pulled up, stuck her head out, and saw Red was still there. She first breathed a sigh of relief, then blushed and shrank back.

"Well, anyway, I'm sorry—"

I don’t know if it’s because there’s a door between us, or because I almost died socially in front of Red, but many things don’t matter to me anymore.

Mari Sonoda suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

"What do you mean sorry?" Red was a little surprised. If Sonoda Mari meant that she needed his protection again, then he should be the one to say sorry.

After all, there is an 80% chance that Sonoda Mari was attacked because some people believed she was the Daughter of Origin, but it is also possible... it is not 80%.

Thinking of this, Red felt a headache.

According to Sengoku Ryoma, the World Tree Foundation will find a way to bring the Golden Fruit to the market within two months. According to the description of the murals found in the Helheim Forest, the relationship between the Daughter of Origin and the owner of the Golden Fruit is equivalent to that between Adam and Eve.

If Sonoda Mari is also the Daughter of Origin, that means...

"That means I'm going to trouble you again," Sonoda Mari scratched her face, "although I don't know why I was targeted this time."

"..."

"Hey - why are you suddenly silent? Did I say something weird?"

Because Red didn't respond for a long time, Sonoda Mari asked anxiously.

"No, it's nothing, don't worry about it. Maybe you're being targeted because of me," Reid put one hand on his waist.

"Huh? Why do you think so?"

Reid pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I think you should solve your current crisis first. I always feel that giving reasons in this situation will be very hellish and will probably break something important in your heart."

"Eh?!"

Mari Sonoda was almost there, but when Red told her that it was hell and something important would be broken, she became nervous again.

If you are nervous, you won’t be able to get out.

"What is it!? Tell me now!"

"So I'll tell you when you're done. If I tell you in your current state, it'll make me look like a devil," Reid crossed his arms and shook his head helplessly.

"Then can't you just talk about it after it's over? No, no, no! I care too much about it now!" Sonoda Mari's face was red, tears were in the corners of her eyes, she clamped her legs tightly together, and her hands were wrapped in front of her body, constantly pulling at the clothes on her arms.

She didn't know whether she wanted to hold it in or release it.

She wasn't sure whether what Red was going to say would be very hellish, or whether it would cause something inside her to break. But if she continued like this, something important inside her would definitely break under the impact of this forbidden feeling.

"Didn't you ask?"

"Hey - it's my fault! So please, tell me quickly!"

Red was stunned, not expecting Sonoda Mari to be so excited. After thinking for a while, he crossed his arms and nodded, "I see. You do have the right to know about this. Do you know about the recently popular game "Outlander"?"

"I know! What's the matter? Please just tell me the result, please!"

"Well, actually the ultimate goal of the game is something called the Golden Fruit. It is an important thing that determines the fate of the world. Naturally, many people will try to snatch such an important thing."

"Is it like this again? So? What does this have to do with me? I don't play the Outlander game! Haven't we gotten to the most important part yet?"

"The owner of the Golden Fruit has a partner named the Daughter of Origin. They will be the Adam and Eve of the new world." Reid scratched his face. "Although it sounds a bit narcissistic to say this, I am one of the candidates for the Golden Fruit."

"As long as the Daughter of Origin of the Golden Fruit Candidate is eliminated, a future in which the Candidate will not win can be avoided. Many people are working towards this goal."