The misunderstanding was quickly resolved. Igula and the others did not intend to harm him, but Ash still injected some ** into his stand and listened to their explanation while doing the experiment.

"Seven days to know your destiny?"

The young butler nodded and said, "Your Blood Moon Kingdom may not have the custom of concealing. Seven days after the baby is born, we will let them pick out their favorite "fate" from a pile of items. Fate means that fate will follow this choice."

"Then based on the different items chosen, can we determine the future development direction of the baby?" Ash said: "This sounds so superstitious, not like a magician at all..."

"This is indeed just a beautiful blessing people gave to their children hundreds of years ago. After a period of time, it has become a custom and is not a ritual." An Nan said, "After all, there is a gospel list. Parents hope that their children can be on the list, so they hope that their children's talents will be revealed as soon as possible."

"That--"

"Although it is not a ritual, it does not mean that the custom is meaningless." An Nan said: "The future of society is a huge chaotic system. Compared with the miracle of 'certainty', the meaning of 'instability' will have a more profound impact. According to the investigation of the Duolan family over the years, the illusory factors such as 'prayer', 'meaning' and 'recognition' will account for a lot of points in the weaving ceremony."

"These 'wishes' that cannot take effect immediately will be heard by the Gospel. Life does not have miracles every second, but every second is meaningful."

"Besides." The eldest lady shrugged: "Others have orders to obey, so there is no reason why you shouldn't, right?"

Well, it's like writing nonsense like "My strengths are that I am helpful, united with colleagues, and have strong social skills. My weakness is that I work too seriously, which may affect my work" in your resume. Although it is highly likely that no one will believe it, if you write it and others don't, you might be admitted because of it.

Ash understood, but still didn't understand: "But isn't this custom for babies who are seven days old? Forget about Liz, do I look that young?"

"We are indeed just seven days old." The necromancer examined a silver scalpel, "Or rather, we have just been in this world for seven days."

“Is this even possible?!”

Ash was stunned. After changing the map, even the age cooldown was refreshed?

"The Gospels have been around for more than a thousand years, maybe longer," Annan said. "In the time scale of the Gospels, it doesn't make much difference whether you are 25 years and seven days old or one year and seven days old."

"Yes." Igula said, "And there are people in the world who are 25 years old but their minds are still as good as a newborn. The Gospel will definitely not discriminate against you, Ash."

Ash punched the already somewhat dazed Stand and glanced at the various torture instruments on the table: "So after we choose, we may be able to enter the first future list today?"

"How is that possible?" An Nan shook his head. "No one can know what the first list is in advance. Even I have to use the first list to infer the subsequent lists. Letting you hold a seven-day destiny-knowing ceremony is just a gamble on your luck. Maybe you will happen to be in love with the Gospel?"

"It makes it seem like we're on a blind date with the Gospels..." Ash picked up a clear glass needle: "But why are there so many... um, torture instruments?"

"As a firm, isn't it normal to have so many torture instruments?" An Nan shrugged. "If you don't want to choose a torture instrument, don't choose one. Just pick what you like. By the way, don't be too utilitarian. After all, you don't know what the first list will contain. Only by choosing the items you like can your voice be loud enough for the Gospel to hear."

"Also, when you choose an item, it's best to give it some good wishes. Usually this step is done by parents, such as 'this child chose a dagger that will never be discovered when killing someone.' This is a further reinforcement of the wish and is also a very meaningful step."

"And according to the intelligence gathered by the Duolan Family, some rewards in the Weaving Festival will be customized according to your destiny. If you wish for your destiny, it may affect the reward for you on the list."

Ash suddenly realized something: "Wait, why did you ask me to choose between handcuffs, mace, and **?"

"Because it feels like it would suit you very well," the three said in unison.

"Isn't this considered a personal attack?" Ash said to the necromancer, "Harvey, you are sensible and know not to mess around with them..."

Then he saw Harvey holding a whip.

"Harvey, I didn't expect you to have this interest—"

"How is that possible? A whip is useful to living people. I am not interested in living people. I just think that the whip is very suitable for you because——"

"Stop, I'm not interested in your stereotyped impression of me." Ash looked at the workers: "So what destiny did you choose?"

Liz held up a small mirror: "A small magic mirror that always reflects the most beautiful state of the holder!"

"Really?!" Ash pretended to take it and looked at it: "No, I still look like this, it's just an ordinary mirror."

Igula said: "It's just a guess, it may not be correct. What if the ordinary thing is not the mirror, but you?"

"Damn dad, give it back to me now!" Liz was very angry. She kicked Ash in the knee and snatched the mirror back when he bent over.

"This is what I chose." Igula shook the pen in his hand: "No matter what I write, it will firmly catch the reader's attention."

"Huh?" Ash blinked.

"Why do you look so surprised?"

"I thought you wanted a pen that makes everything you write come true, a pen that makes everything you write believable..."

Igula shook his finger. “For a social engineer like me, the most important thing is not to distort reality or to gain other people’s trust, but attention. As long as I can take away your attention, I can control your fate.”

Ash looked at Harvey, and the necromancer took out a sewing set that looked like a set of sewing needles and thread - God knows why there would be such a thing in the Gospel Kingdom. According to the productivity of the Gospel, let alone mending clothes, shouldn't ordinary people here wear one set of clothes every day and throw them away without even washing them?

"I chose——"

"Stop, I didn't ask you." Ash crossed his arms to indicate no, "I don't want to hear about the special use of sewing needles."

"This isn't a Needle—"

"Then I don't want to hear it even more."

There is no doubt that An Nan and Ban Ji did not need to be chosen, as it was chosen when they were born.

Ash glanced over the items on the table and shook his head.

"Can I choose something else?"

"What else?"

Ash went back to the bedroom, then came out wearing a dark red windbreaker and a mask: "I don't like any of the ones on the table. I want to choose these two as my followers."

He pointed at the dark red windbreaker: "This is a coat that can protect against all kinds of damage..."

An Nan reminded him, "Don't be so utilitarian. Do you think you are playing a game? Would your parents make a wish like this?"

Ash recalled his parents' train of thought and said seriously, "This is a scary windbreaker that will stop people from bullying me."

An Nan wanted to say something, but Igula patted him on the shoulder.

The trickster pointed at himself, Harvey and Ash, and Annan immediately understood what he meant - yes, they were all orphans from the Blood Moon Kingdom, and they had no idea what parental love was.

When you feel like blaming someone, consider that they may not have parents.

With this thought in mind, An Nan looked at Yaxiu with eyes full of tolerance.

Ash pointed at the mask and said, "Is this a mask that... um... will make everyone like me?"

"The functions don't quite match, do they?" Harvey said, "Although you do look better after covering your face, the mask has nothing to do with the charm function."

Harvey's words always leave Ash confused. For example, if the sentence "You look better when you cover your face" was said by Igula, Liz or even Annan, it would definitely be a personal attack. But when Harvey said it, Ash couldn't judge whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

But what he said made sense. Ash thought for a moment and said, "Then this is a mask that will make me full of mystery."

"Why does Dad have two followers?!" Liz was dissatisfied: "I want two too!"

"But if you choose two, the power of the wish may be diluted." An Nan said, "And the Gospel may be selective and only reward one true follower."

Liz thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I still want the magic mirror."

"We've all chosen, so when will the first list come out?" Ash asked, "It's almost breakfast time now, could Gospel be taking a leave of absence?"

"No," An Nan shrugged, "but it won't be on time either. If it was on time, the first future list would have been released at midnight last night."

"Then why——"

"Because today isn't over yet."

The housekeeper, Banji, raised his hand and motioned for everyone to look at him: "How should I tell you... If the Weaving Festival is a job, then the creator of the Gospel will wait until the last minute to submit it."

"These are all our guesses," An Nan said. "When it comes to knitting the future, the closer we get to the future by one second, the higher the knitting accuracy. So even though the Knitting Festival will release the first list on the 10th, the list knitted at 00:00:00 is definitely not as accurate as the list knitted at 23:59:59."

"In the history of knitting festivals, most of the lists were released at the last minute of the day. Only 25% of the lists were released at midnight, and 10% were released at random times of the day. It is hard to tell the pattern."

"So I didn't ask you to wait until midnight last night, because in the past dozen or so Weaving Festivals, the first list was always released at the last minute." An Nan flicked her earrings: "But you all have to wait until 12 o'clock tonight, and you can go back to your room after you have read the first future list."

Yaxiu asked, "Can't we watch it tomorrow morning? Do we have to catch up with the updates?"

"No." An Nan shook his head. "Although it's unlikely, if you're too lucky, or too unlucky... something might go wrong. But it's unlikely that something will go wrong on the first list. Our goal is the second list in ten days."

Wait till 12 o'clock...

The starting time for Ash's team to explore the virtual realm is 11 o'clock, so it seems a waste to ask for leave at 12 o'clock, but he cannot not ask.

So after breakfast, Ash hurried back to the bedroom, called out the Gospel, opened the game page, and saw if there was any way to delay the team's assembly time.

"Virtual Realm Exploration" - "Team Composition", Ash looked carefully and discovered a detail - every time Ash chose "Start Action", secondary options such as "Depart Now" and "Discuss Later" would pop up.

Previously, Ash thought that "Reconsider" meant cancel, but when he pressed it this time, he found that "Reconsider" would pop up "Adjust Action Time" and "Change Team Composition".

Choosing "Adjust Operation Time", Ash discovered that he could change the operation time from 11pm to 12:30pm, but he needed the consent of the operators.

"Viewers suggested: tonight's virtual world exploration time will be extended by 90 minutes."

…

At the same time, Liz also returned to the room and said to the small magic mirror she had just obtained: "Call the viewer! Call the viewer! Can we delay the virtual realm exploration tonight by one hour? Viewer, please help tell Sword Princess."

"No!" Liz shook her head, and Diya negotiated: "Can we do it 90 minutes later? We are going to watch the gospel charts tonight, and it may take more than ten minutes."

…

After a brief silence, both Ash and Diya got the answers they wanted -

"Sword Lady agrees, Witch agrees"

"Since you beg so humbly, I will graciously grant your request."

…

In another country, Sonia, who had just woken up and was taking care of her skin, looked at the letter on the table with a subtle expression.

"Dear Sword Princess"

"The Great Seer has fulfilled his promise. You will not need to train tomorrow and will have a whole day of entertainment and rest."

"But as a price, your training time tonight will be extended by 90 minutes, and your virtual realm exploration time will also be extended by 90 minutes."

"...I usually only train for two hours..."

The head of the Claw Club really wanted to be happy, but her IQ didn't allow it: "What is this? An adjustment for the day off? What's the difference between this and not having a day off!"