Lucky billion players, you've never seen one before / I can accumulate my own luck

Every time I feel happy and joyful, I feel sorry for the people who are still suffering, and I can't waste my time on useless entertainment.

I always feel like I'm carrying a heavy mountain on my back.

I always feel so depressed...

Because they are the hope for the 019 partition.

They were born to change the fate of this cruel and tragic world.

To achieve this goal, she constantly suppressed her emotions and stifled her own interests, focusing all her energy and her entire life on this.

In the end... was it all a lie?

The kind father is a lie.

The kind teacher is a fake.

My 16 years of life were a lie, a series of stage plays designed and orchestrated...

The two people closest to her both harbored extreme malice towards her.

She loathed the distant Dickens, yet he saved her at the last moment.

What is left of her that is real?

Everything is fake!

Were her friends, the happiness she experienced... also arranged by the teacher?

To make her suffer even more after the deaths of her companions?

At that moment, Cassandra felt that nothing else mattered.

Since everything is fake anyway, why bother about how much you've actually lost?

She never had it!

In this state of self-isolation, a beam of intense light forcefully tore through the darkness that enveloped her and shone upon her.

Van Helsing, this guy is domineering, brutal, rude, ruthless, and lecherous... but he's willing to risk entering dangerous worlds of guilt to shatter the heavy burden she carries and forcibly piece her back together from her fragmented world...

For the first time in a long time, she felt an overwhelming surge of emotion.

This feeling of being moved gradually overwhelmed her self-blame and regret for the past, as well as her breakdown after being betrayed by her father and teacher.

There are still people in this world who are willing to be kind to her.

Although he was domineering, rough, impolite, and full of lies... his motives might not be pure; he might have been after her looks and body, and was particularly lustful... but all his efforts were genuine.

Her life, filled with deception and scheming, finally came to an end when she was almost 17.

Someone gave her her first ray of sunshine.

"Thank you," Cassandra couldn't help but murmur aloud.

In the next instant, Fan Xiao had teleported back to her side.

"Thanks……"

She quickly and instinctively composed herself and said those words to herself.

At that moment, Van Shaw was holding someone in his hand—it was Charles.

Charles, still awake and howling, represents the last crisis in this world.

If we kill him, the door to Cassandra's "superego" will surely open.

"Oh, you're crying now?" Fan Xiao clicked his tongue. "Calling you a piece of trash is no exaggeration. Your mental fortitude is so poor?"

"..."

Cassandra turned her head and quickly wiped away the tears on her face.

When she turned back, her expression had hardened: "I've remembered everything."

“Oh? It seems my guess was right, and my efforts weren’t in vain,” Fan Xiao said. “This means your ‘self’ has completely returned.”

"Self-return?" Cassandra asked.

Fan Xiao then recounted his speculations about the id, ego, and superego.

After listening, Cassandra said thoughtfully, "So, as long as we kill Charles, we can go to my 'superego' and then leave this place?"

"Yes."

Fan Xiao nodded, then said sarcastically, "However... your 'good teacher' is probably waiting for us to arrive in your 'superego' realm. Are you sure you want to go?"

“She… is no longer my teacher.” Cassandra said coldly, “Everything is fake! I was just an experimental subject, she was a researcher, she wanted to take everything from me, and I was going to fight back… Our relationship is that simple.”

"Heh... Anyone can talk big," Fan Xiao said dismissively.

With a casual toss, he threw the sealed Charles in front of Cassandra.

He then said, "With Charles dead, we have no way out."

"Now that you are 'complete' in your 'self', you should be able to connect with your own mind and use your abilities, right?"

"I'm giving you the choice; you decide whether or not to kill this guy."

"..."

Cassandra carefully observed Van Shaw for a few moments.

Was Van Helsing... trying to be considerate of her feelings?

This move was clearly intended to give her enough time to consider.

Perhaps Van Helsing's image of being impolite was all an act.

After all, he loves to lie...

But what is the purpose?

Cassandra paused for a few seconds, then said, "State your conditions."

"Conditions?" Fan Xiao asked curiously, "What conditions?"

"You've done so much for me, you can't possibly ask for nothing in return, can you?"

Cassandra looked wary.

“Oh…yes, there are indeed demands. How could I possibly work for free?” Fan Xiao looked his junior sister up and down, licked his lips and said, “For your age, you’re quite well-developed…but I’m not interested in minors. When you turn 20, you can repay me with your body.”

By the time the junior sister turns 20, the two of them will probably be in different places.

Agreements and such are just empty words.

"You bastard...! You're always thinking about filthy things!"

Cassandra frowned and said, "But there's something you're wrong about. Here, women are considered adults at 16, not 20."

"……Then what?"

Fan Xiao sensed that something was wrong.

He looked his junior sister up and down a few times—he had been pretending to look her up before, but now he was really looking her up.

Cassandra maintained her icy expression and said in a cold tone, "Although I loathe this kind of thing, a deal is a deal. My body... you can do whatever you want with it after we leave the instance! I'm an adult now."

Fan Xiao: "..."

Are you trying to trick me?

A hint of suspicion flashed in Fan Xiao's eyes.

"Oh, I was just kidding, why did you take it seriously?"

Fan Xiao replied without changing his expression, "You are the teacher's third student. Although I... well, although my desires are much higher than the average person's, I won't harm my own people. Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow."

"I just saw you looked so down, so I was just making a joke to lighten the mood."

"My request is actually very simple: you come back with me and meet our senior sister. She should be able to take you to the teacher. That way, my mission will be complete."

"..."

Cassandra's gaze seemed to have cooled somewhat.

She replied in a cold tone, "At least you did something decent! I... thank you!"

"Hey... don't let my appearance fool you, I'm a very loyal person. I'll just banter with you a bit." Fan Xiao said seriously, "I have a girlfriend, so I have to keep myself pure."

"Is it……"

Cassandra stared at Van Shaw for a few seconds and asked, "A lecherous guy like you... has a girlfriend?"

“Yes,” Fan Xiao nodded, “My girlfriend and I have a very good relationship, it’s unbreakable.”

"..."

After a moment of silence, Cassandra said, "I agree to go with you."

"So agreeable?" Fan Xiao asked in surprise.

Cassandra turned her head and looked in the direction of the manor where she had lived since childhood.

Scenes flashed through my mind, then vanished like bubbles.

fake.

It's all fake...

She stared for a long while before turning her gaze away and murmuring, "I... have nowhere to go back to."

"Home is where the heart finds peace; when home is out of reach, it is the ends of the earth."

Fan Xiao, adept at reading the atmosphere, stopped his insults and spoke in a more human tone: "If you feel lost, step out of Zone 019 and go see the world."

He gazed into the distance, seemingly speaking from the heart: "After D-level, players gain freedom and the right to choose their own lives. We shouldn't be confined to one region. The game world is vast, and I want to see many places."

“I’ll go take a look too,” Cassandra suddenly said.

"..."

Fan Xiao didn't respond, and instead got down to business, saying, "Have you figured out how to handle things with your teacher?"

“She is no longer my teacher,” Cassandra replied. “The final reckoning… I will do it myself.”

"Is that so..." Fan Xiao smiled and said, "I actually really want to get my revenge, but here... considering that you're about to become my junior sister, I'll just give it to you."

"Um……"

Cassandra responded slightly.

Looking down at Charles lying on the ground, she was about to take action when she suddenly remembered something.

She looked at Fan Xiao and asked, "I don't know your name yet. What's your real name?"

"Fan Xiao." Fan Xiao replied, "I'm not lying to you this time, that's really my name. Fan is my surname, and Xiao is my given name."

“Fan Xiao…”

Cassandra murmured the name, then said, "Cassandra Sen... that's the name Shash Sen gave me, and I don't want to use it anymore. Since I'm going to a new place, I... want to take a new name and say goodbye to the past completely."

"The fact that you've thought of this shows you've let go of the past and moved on, which is a good thing." Fan Xiao nodded and asked, "What new name are you planning to choose?"

Cassandra didn't reply, she just stared straight at him.

"...Wait a minute," Fan Xiao said suspiciously, "You want me to get it for you? That...isn't that inappropriate?"

He cautioned, "I have a girlfriend, and I'm just giving other girls names... If my girlfriend finds out, she'll definitely be angry. That's not good."

"..."

Cassandra's gaze gradually grew heavy and oppressive.

Like a kitten about to attack.

Fan Xiao felt somewhat uncomfortable under their gaze.

"...By the way, what exactly is your psychic power again?" He could only say, "You suddenly want me to retrieve it, and I don't know how. Just use your psychic power, okay?"

"The Silver Garden".

Cassandra revealed the name of the psionic power.

Then, without reservation, she explained all the functions and effects of her psychic powers.

These include things like fake time, reduced lifespans that overwrite reality, and hair turning white... and so on.