No, he doesn't

“No, I don’t think so.

It’s normal for me to have these earrings.”

As soon as Lucas uttered the sentence, Annabeth pulled back her hand.

"Of course. I... knew that."

There was a slight frown on her forehead.

Annabeth was confused, but not because she actually noticed that something was wrong with what Lucas just said.

Of course, it was normal for Lucas to keep the Normality earrings for himself.

What puzzled her was something very opposite.

'Why did I ask him to return the earrings just before...?'

The more she thought about it, the less it made sense.

'If it were always normal, then I wouldn't have asked Lucas in the first place.

Which means, at the time when I asked him to return the earrings, it was not normal for him to have them...!'

A chill went down Annabeth's spine.

She haven't yet figured out what powers the earrings possessed.

It was simply an artifact she had found in the attic of Camp Half-Blood that she brought home for further examination... but now, she had a fleeting suspicion of what the earrings were capable of.

'I have to do something...!'

Annabeth still tried to squeeze out a solution.

Even after realizing her perception was fabricated, she couldn't escape from it.

No matter how much she tried to redirect her thoughts, the fact that it was normal for Lucas to own the Normality Earrings stuck to her head.

'In that case... the best I can do is make sure he doesn't **** its powers...!'

If a mortal with reality-warping powers were let loose in the regular world, it would be more than a catastrophe.

Best-case scenario, the gods will notice something was wrong and smite Lucas from the earth.

On the flip side, if the Earrings were strong enough even to influence the gods themselves... then it would be a matter of time until the entire world, both magical or not, was twisted under Lucas's view.

"...so, do you have any other questions?"

Annabeth asked as calmly as she could.

For what's worth, she was a great actor.

She had acted her way out of many conundrums before.

However, unfortunately for her, Lucas wasn't as short-sighted as she had hoped.

His eyes glinted with a mixture of excitement and greed, which was never a good combination.

"You know, I think I do.

Can I visit wherever your camp is? The place where all of the other demigods stay."