“I remember,” Sonia murmured, “this is the Fate Q&A.”

“Fate Q&A?”

She nodded lightly, “This is a very rare mechanism in the Virtual Realm, and it comes in various forms. The one we encountered is the simplest ‘Paper Q&A’. If we answer correctly, we can ask any question to the Virtual Realm, and it must answer us.”

“Any question?” Asho exclaimed, “Can I ask how to become immortal and invincible in the world, and it will answer?”

“Yes!” Sonia nodded confidently, “But the quality of the Virtual Realm’s answer will depend on the number of correct answers you give. The more you answer correctly, the more detailed the Virtual Realm’s answer will be.”

“In fact, compared to the reward of ‘asking the Virtual Realm’, many Artificers actually value the Fate Q&A itself – because the questions asked in the Fate Q&A are about the Artificers’ future.”

“Future questions?”

“Yes, the questions asked here are things that the Artificers have not yet experienced. They cannot know the correct answers and can only infer the future based on the past.” Sonia looked at the paper and whispered, “It is said that anything mentioned in the Fate Q&A will inevitably become reality.”

Asho nodded, “So what is your question?”

Sonia’s pupils contracted, and she casually said, “I don’t want to tell you.”

“Why? Isn’t it easier to find the correct answer by discussing it together?”

“Oh, don’t pry into a girl’s privacy, it’s disgusting.” Sonia pretended to be disgusted.

“Do Artificers have any privacy…”

Asho muttered, looking at Sonia covering the paper, thinking she was really shy. But suddenly, he felt something was wrong.

When it came to matters of power and future, Sword Girl had never been vague. Although she occasionally had a bad temper, it couldn’t be denied that she was a good team member. She had never lagged behind in exploring the Virtual Realm, and she never hesitated when she needed to contribute.

The Fate Q&A was undoubtedly a very rare encounter. In this situation, would Sword Girl refuse to cooperate because of “shyness,” preferring to answer incorrectly rather than discuss with Asho?

It didn’t matter for others, but Sword Girl was the one who could say “You have no dreams, but you can protect mine” in front of him. Her greed even gained recognition from the game, “Resonance of Bonds: Insatiable Greed” was the best proof of her ambition.

Moreover, Asho and she were people from two different worlds, like strangers on the internet. Even if Asho knew her secrets, it wouldn’t affect her reality at all. Pretending to be innocent in front of Asho was useless.

As if a laser had pierced his head, Asho had a sudden realization, “Is your question related to me?”

Sonia’s body stiffened.

She knew that now was the best time to deny it, to refute with a humorous, disdainful, and surprised tone, and finally throw in a disgusted remark like “Stop prying into a girl’s privacy,” to dispel any doubts from the onlookers.

Just lie, just conceal, only consider her own interests, and kill any facts that were unfavorable to her in the bud.

But for some reason, she, who had always been quick-witted and agile, suddenly hesitated at this moment. It was this momentary pause that made it impossible for her to hide.

Perhaps she was influenced by the “Sincere” Sorcery Spirit…

Sighing inwardly, Sonia nodded, “Yes.”

“As expected.” Asho muttered, pondering, “It’s related to me, and you don’t want to tell me. Does it say on top—”

Sonia became nervous instantly.

“—that you’ve fallen in love with me?”

“Have you not slept for too long? Can you dream with your eyes open now?” Sonia said with a hint of annoyance, “How is that possible!”

“You deny it so firmly, it really makes people doubt… Hey hey hey, I’m answering the Fate Q&A, put down your sword, you’re disturbing me!” Asho reprimanded Sonia with a righteous tone, then looked down at his question, “If you don’t want to say, then don’t say. It’s as if I’m very curious.”

“Aren’t you curious?”

“Of course I’m curious. I wish I could trick you to turn around and snatch your question.” Asho said with a sigh, “But since you don’t want to, I can’t offend the present you for the so-called ‘fate’.”

“When what’s written above ‘fate’ is likely to come true, don’t you want to know what will happen between us in the future?”

“This question shouldn’t be asked to me, it should be asked to yourself.” Asho said, “Are you willing to share your future with me?”

Sonia hesitated for a moment, covered her mouth with the paper, and shook her head, “Not really.”

“Alright.” Asho shrugged, lowered his head to look at the question.

After a moment, he asked again, “Really don’t want to? If you don’t want to, I’ll ask again later.”

Sonia couldn’t help but chuckle, almost unable to hold back her laughter. She looked at Asho with a teasing glance, her lips slightly curled, her eyelashes trembling cutely, her eyes curved like a crescent moon, and her eyebrows filled with charm. Asho even thought she had used some beauty Sorcery Spirit.

“You’re so annoying.” She muttered, “Alright, alright, since I can’t guess the answer anyway, let’s discuss it.”

“Did you actually want to talk to me—”

“Please listen to the question! Multiple-choice question: What is the fundamental reason for the rift between Sword Girl and the Observer? 1. Sword Girl hates the Observer’s indifference. 2. The Observer believes Sword Girl is uncontrollable. 3. Unequal distribution of spoils. 4. All of the above.”

“I will have a rift with you in the future?” Asho became interested, “A rift, I’ve never heard this word in reality before. It feels like a term that only appears in stage plays.”

The most serious declaration of breaking off a relationship that Asho had heard was “I won’t play with you anymore.” Words like “rift” were generally used between two major forces. Ordinary people didn’t have the qualification to have a “rift,” it was more like “divorce.”

“Spit it out, are you trying to control me, and then resent me when you find you can’t?”

“How could that be? You should consider whether your impression of me is biased. I don’t look like some hot-blooded youth, do I? As a mature member of society, isn’t indifference a commendable traditional quality? Why would you hate my indifference?”

“So, I don’t think it’s option 1, I lean more towards 3, uneven distribution of spoils.”

“Are you implying that there’s a problem with the current system of distributing war spoils?”

“There’s no problem now, but once you escape from prison, who knows if your appetite will grow? It’s hard to say then…”

“Tch, I think you’re just being greedy and overreaching. I have to tolerate you for the sake of the bigger picture, but in the end, I can’t stand it anymore and have to part ways with you, a slacker who takes more than he gives!”

“Speak with some conscience, from the beginning till now, which battle did I not contribute the most, which one did I not have the highest output. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems you’ve revealed your true colors, you’re definitely planning to reduce my share of the spoils in the future!”

“Even if I adjust the shares, there must be a reason. I’m always fair and just, I would never do anything despicable…”

“Who just said that if they were chosen for the Blood Moon Trial, they would incite a prison riot? Who~ was~ it~?”

Although they were discussing a very serious future topic, the two of them were arguing like they were blaming each other after a game, their tone light and full of laughter, which gradually relaxed Sonia’s mood.

She was initially worried that bringing up this issue of fate would arouse suspicion and resentment, but their attitudes dispelled her worries.

Many things are like this, when you don’t think it’s a problem, it’s not a problem.

“1 is not right, 2 is not right, 3 is not right.” Sonia said irritably, “Then which one do you think is the correct option?”

“I actually think there’s no correct answer in there, if I break with you, there must be another reason.”

“What reason?”

“For example, you’re not strong enough.”

Sonia was taken aback: “What do you mean?”

“That is to say, you might not be able to keep up with my progress in the future,” Asho said, “and then I meet a stronger team member, then you naturally become useless.”

This was the most reasonable reason Asho could think of – although there was only Sword Girl as an agent now, it didn’t mean that she would be the only agent in the future. As a mobile game, isn’t it normal for the initial characters to not keep up with the late game pace? In the future, he would definitely draw stronger agents, and then Asho naturally wouldn’t include Sword Girl in the team.

Sonia was so angry that her hands and feet were cold, her shoulders trembling: “Because I’m not strong enough, so you want to abandon me?”

“It’s not really abandoning, it’s just that you might not be worthy of me by then, and you might even hold back my progress. For the sake of our future, we can only part ways temporarily, it’s better for both of us–“

“No need for the future, let’s break up now!”

“Huh?” Asho was taken aback.

Is this fate question and answer so accurate, it’s become real directly!?