Anno held her teacup in both hands, silent.
"This is the whole truth." Aurora spoke softly. She had told Anno everything about Tianlan Continent, Kolo, and the Frost Elves.
After asking a few questions at the beginning, Anno had not spoken again.
Aurora did not urge her.
She had been inexplicably brought to another world and had never given up searching for a path home, persisting for a hundred years—even after forgetting her homeland.
The obsessions of mortals were always moving.
Aurora recalled certain things, and her gaze grew slightly distant.
Anno looked down at the tea in her cup. Petals drifted up and down in the pale pink liquid, giving off threads of sweet, delicate fragrance.
So her hometown was on Tianlan Continent?
The world where those outsiders lived.
Did that mean she was an outsider too?
At that thought, a faint smile rippled through Anno's eyes. Perhaps the boss had sought her out in the first place because he had long since noticed this.
Sky Dome Temple...
Was that her home?
But she remembered none of it.
Anno unconsciously tightened her grip on the cup. Beyond the initial delight of learning about her homeland, her heart had filled with countless tangled thoughts.
She did not know what she was thinking.
Returning home had always been her wish, yet now that she truly faced it, Anno found herself somewhat... lost.
In essence, she no longer belonged to Tianlan Continent. She belonged to Kolo.
A hundred years was a fairly long time even for an elf.
Could she... really return?
"Are you hesitating?"
Aurora's voice pulled Anno's wandering thoughts back to reality.
Anno looked into those emerald-green eyes watching her. Her lips moved a few times before she finally lowered her head, her voice tiny. "I... don't know."
She did