Chapter 2573: The Old Marquis: Can There Be Such Magic? It

Looking at the scene before him, Su Han's lips twitched slightly.

Then he extended his palm and snapped his fingers lightly.

A terrifying energy surge erupted, the jetting flames froze, then slowly retracted, as if time reversed.

The castle soon returned to its original state.

In the next breath, Su Han used instantaneous teleportation and appeared beside Zhao Linger.

Zhao Linger was now like a cat with all its fur standing on end.

She stared tightly at Gaya, her teeth chattering.

"Don't be afraid!"

Su Han's voice was calm as his hand landed on Zhao Linger's shoulder.

Zhao Linger's body tensed instantly, then relaxed only after hearing Su Han's words.

She turned around, silently flinging herself into Su Han's arms and hugged him tightly.

Patting Zhao Linger's back, Su Han stared at Gaya.

Gaya's body stiffened; at this moment, she felt the same fear that Sadako had felt… a premonition of imminent annihilation.

"... Master! And Young Lady Zhao Linger."

Ram quickly arrived, while Lei Mu followed behind her.

Both clearly knew what had happened through Kenbunshoku Haki.

They exchanged a glance, then walked forward with bitter smiles, bowing slightly to Zhao Linger and Su Han.

"Master, sorry! We've caused you trouble."

"And Young Lady Zhao Linger… I'm sorry…! Earlier, while training Gaya and Sadako, we saw how obedient they were."

"So we didn't take it seriously—we just let them go call you for meals… We never expected it would frighten you so badly…"

After a long while, Zhao Linger finally came back to her senses.

She turned around, looked at Ram and Lei Mu, her expression shifting several times, then finally deflated like a punctured balloon.

She couldn't possibly be angry at Ram or Lei Mu.

After all, as maids, they had always taken good care of her.

And… this incident wasn't their fault.

"... I think! You two have a misunderstanding about what's not scary…"

Su Han stared blankly at Ram and Lei Mu, "Sadako came to call me too! But she used a horror movie method… crawling out of the TV!"

"If it were an ordinary person… they might've fainted on the spot!"

Ram: "..."

Lei Mu: "..."

They both twitched their lips—finally understanding why Zhao Linger had been so terrified… even resorting to a spiritual energy attack.

"... I'll be more careful from now on!"

Lei Muleimu solemnly pledged, "I absolutely won't let those two ghosts disturb your lives again."

"... Actually, no need to be this serious!"

Su Han scratched his cheek, then suddenly remembered something, a smile tugging at his lips: "Using ghosts to scare people is fine, but you should warn others in the castle ahead of time… give them psychological preparation—don't let them randomly launch attacks."

"I think… having ghosts do this could be a good way to train their mental resilience and crisis awareness!"

Thinking it over, Su Han added, "But just scare them—don't let those ghosts actually attack."

"If it's your suggestion!"

Ram nodded thoughtfully, indicating she'd noted it down.

As for Zhao Linger… hearing Su Han say such ghostly phenomena would happen again, her entire face turned green.

"... Linger,"

Su Han gave Zhao Linger a weary glance; through Kenbunshoku Haki, he sensed her inner fear and sighed, "Have you never entered a supernatural-type instance world before?"

Zhao Linger nodded honestly, "The most terrifying world I've entered… was… an early one: the Biohazard world."

"... Alright."