Honkai, But the Spirit Simulator

Clio returned from her thoughts with a gentle smile, only to discover that Pardo, who had just been beside her, was gone.

"Miss Pardo!?"

Clio raised her voice and called out.

"Please don't run around! This place is full of traps! It's dangerous!"

There was no response in the empty corridor.

"Ah... damn it, how did she vanish in the blink of an eye? Even if what I was saying was boring, she shouldn't have just run off... Even Nata could patiently listen until the end."

Clio was not particularly worried about Pardo's safety. Pardo was, after all, a pet with a BOSS template. How could her own traps possibly kill a BOSS instantly?

If she had stepped on a trap, she should be crying for help by now.

She had probably run off somewhere else.

"Sigh, forget it. Back to work. This treasure chest... Wait, where's my treasure chest?" Clio had just bent down to move the chest somewhere suitable when she realized her trap chest was gone.

Ah... wait a second...

Clio finally realized something and could not help rubbing her forehead.

That unlucky kid... She did not take the chest, did she?

Didn't I say it? That chest is a trap! A trap! Is something like that even worth collecting?

No.

The next moment, Clio rejected her own guess.

Although Pardo was lively and restless, she was not the kind of person who could not control her hands.

Or rather, no matter what, Pardo would not forcefully steal something that large right under her nose.

Hmm... this somehow seemed to be getting more and more ridiculous.

Clio was, after all, something of a wise woman, and she had spent long enough adapting to ridiculous environments that an equally ridiculous possibility surfaced in her mind.

Maybe... while