12.58 Mon, May
When the Family Reads the Fake Heiress‘ Mind
Chapter 188 Her Codename
“Alright, enough small talk, Let’s get down to business.”
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The short–haired girl seated at the center of the room spoke up, slicing through the subtle tension with a calm but firm tone.
At her words, the others immediately dropped their casual expressions. Their gazes sharpened with a shift toward seriousness.
“Wait, hold on-” the short–haired girl suddenly paused like she’d remembered something. She turned to Jean with a small smile. “This is your first time joining us. You should introduce your codename.”
Codename?
Jean’s eyes widened slightly, caught off guard. Her mind started racing.
So everyone in this organization used codenames instead of real names…
Which made sense — if even their faces were fake, of course their names would be too.
In that case, Ludwig really is the odd one out. Not only did he show his real face, but he also used his real name. Classic overconfident chaos gremlin.
But now the real issue-
She had no idea what the host’s codename was.
Did she even have one?
Just as she sank into this moment of silent panic, Ludwig stepped in again.
“She doesn’t have a codename,” he said blandly.
The room blinked in surprise.
“This kid…” one of the masked men said with a light chuckle. “Now I’m seriously curious how she even got in here.”
The words were casual, but the undertone wasn’t.
Jean squeezed her fingers under the table.
Yeah, me too, buddy. I’d love to know how the host got into Abyssal Choir in the first place.
Too bad that part of the memory was missing. She had nothing to go on.
A member with an unclear background, who needed protection, and didn’t even have a codename?
She knew exactly what they were thinking. To them, she must’ve seemed like a walking red flag – mysterious, untrustworthy, and very out of place.
Jean lifted her eyes and swept her gaze calmly across the group. “I can choose one now,”
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Chapter 188 Her Codename
male nor female.
She didn’t want to risk revealing her true voice.
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Ludwig’s lips curled ever so slightly, and the short–haired girl gave her an approving nod. “That’s a good idea. It’ll make communication easier going forward.”
Jean agreed.
In a group like this, going around without a codename would definitely be inconvenient.
With that in mind, she decided to come up with one on the spot.
But what should she pick?
Jean furrowed her brows, turning it over in her head several times, until finally, she made a decision.
She looked toward the others and said firmly, “I’ll go by Ghost.”
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She’d thought of the haunted house and the female ghost who led them in impulse.
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– and picked the name on
As soon as the word left her mouth, she could feel the room go quiet.
Then Ludwig nodded in approval, a faint flicker of amusement dancing in his eyes. “Nice. Has a good vibe.”
One of the others chuckled aloud. “Ghost, huh? Haven’t heard a codename that straightforward in a long
time.”
“Ghost it is,” the short–haired girl added, her eyes glinting with something deeper. “Welcome, Ghost. I go by Moon.”
That had to be her codename in the organization.
Jean looked straight into Moon’s calm, heavy gaze and gave her a polite nod in return.
And just like that, the other members started introducing their own codenames to Jean.
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IVICIT, Vidy
