Little Pig came back.
Its mood seemed rather low.
I asked what had happened. It looked at me and said, "I was wrong. I thought they'd all be reluctant to see me leave, but they couldn't wait for me to leave sooner."
It looked even more dejected.
It had always believed it held an important place in its friends' hearts, but this time it realized they had never taken it seriously at all.
"The reason you didn't want to destroy this maze was because of those friends of yours, wasn't it?"
Little Pig did not deny it.
"Do you still consider them friends now?" I asked.
It thought for a moment, then nodded. "Of course. Even if they don't care about me, they're still my friends. They've kept me company all these years. Otherwise, I'd have died of boredom long ago."
I smiled. It truly had a kind heart.
"Have you considered that once you leave with us, you might no longer be who you are now? Do you know what you originally were?"
"I know, but I don't care."
After saying that, it led us through the last wall.
We saw Ying Gou and Xu Qiuyan. The two of them were tied to a stone pillar, and the pillar's appearance here was just as abrupt.
Little Pig was the first to cry out in surprise. "Huh!"
Clearly, it could not figure out how this had happened either.
"We're no longer inside the maze," it said.
"What? Have we already left the maze?" I asked. I looked around. It still seemed like we were inside the maze, yet something was indeed different.
"This can fool you, but it can't fool me. After all, I'm the king of the maze!"
As we spoke, we had already reached the stone pillar. Ying