Revelation

"Was it really a mere coincidence?"

Adis and Haru looked at each other as realization was finally sinking in.

"So, it was Pier all along?" Haru breathed out sadly, feeling nauseous again at the sickening reality. "And he's in cahoots with the Blood Hounds? But... I still don't understand. In the original timeline, that clan was annihilated. If I didn't accidentally go back in the past, then they wouldn't exist again, right?"

After a while of being quiet, Adis finally gave out his conclusion. "In the original timeline, when the Blood Hounds were murdered, I went to investigate the corpses before I execute my judgment. I saw the clan's patriarch's body were in pieces and his right eyeball was missing. I didn't know then that it was a seer's orb."

Aquarius tapped his chin with his fan. "I'm sure Pier has the eye in his hands. He's planning to rewrite the history. I bet he will make it so that sister-in-law will end up to him in the past, and..."