Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1396

Chapter 1396: Coincidence

As multiple figures stepped out from the portal, Anorah’s eyes flickered. She began to analyze.

’Five of them. All resistance members.’

She saw their forms even before the bright light dimmed. No impostors. All genuine.

When the radiance finally faded and the chamber’s eyes settled on them, Anorah suddenly raised her hands and began clapping. There was a brief pause before others joined, until the hall erupted in a wave of cheers.

She stepped forward.

"Welcome back, High Synod Mathias," she said, her voice carrying across the room. "You’ve achieved something truly great."

Mathias bowed deeply, his demeanor humble. "It was nothing, Saint. I only performed my duty."

"That you did," Anorah replied with a faint smile, though her piercing eyes expressed just how bullshit this situation was.

"And you performed it splendidly."

He bowed once more, but Anorah’s gaze was already shifting toward the newly rescued.

They looked drained. Their clothes were torn and their faces weary and pale. Sadness flashed through her eyes. She addressed them.

"You’ve endured much to stand here again. You are safe now, and what you need most is rest. Take comfort in knowing your struggle was not in vain."

She glanced toward One, and when their gazes met, countless words passed silently between them.

"See to it that their needs are met," she instructed.

One inclined his head. "Let’s go," he said gently, leading the survivors away.

As they left, Anorah’s expression shifted. The sadness evaporated from her face, replaced with a sharper, piercing intensity. She turned toward Mathias, her stare weighing on him.

"Why don’t we take this elsewhere," she said. "Perhaps you might enlighten me as to how you accomplished this great task."

"...of course, Saint."

...

Anorah walked briskly through the grand halls of her Sanctum, One trailing behind her.

"What’s on your mind?" One asked.

Anorah didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she increased her pace.

"There’s something wrong," she finally said.

"We know this already." One shook his head. "But what?"

When Anorah didn’t answer, he decided to change his question.

"What did you find out from Mathias?"

As the memories of her meeting with Mathias flowed through her mind, her frown only grew.

"He was telling the truth."

"So it’s a coincidence."

Anorah narrowed her eyes. She didn’t like that word. In the world of gods and stars, the word coincidence shouldn’t exist. Everything occurred for a reason.

Still, the meeting left Anorah confused. She was coming from her meeting with Mathias, where he had narrated all that occurred to her. In everything he said, Anorah hadn’t sensed even a shred of a lie.

He had received a sudden tip from one of his planted people, and he had acted quickly to save the captured resistance members. There was no plot involved, no hidden motive. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

But was this truly a coincidence?

’He’s not like that,’ Anorah thought, recalling everything she knew about Mathias. Though they sometimes butted heads during meetings, she knew Mathias wasn’t the type that would betray the resistance.

"It’s not... I can feel something’s wrong. I just can’t place it."

One nodded approvingly. "I can see your father’s lessons haven’t gone to waste. Can you remember his teaching about coincidence?"

Anorah’s eyes sharpened as she searched her memories. Just like her, One, being her father’s closest aide, had also been his student. Well, in a more philosophical sense. Only she had learned Logoth.

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