In the bathroom, Shien chatted with Roxie for over an hour, only stopping when their skin was practically about to wrinkle off from soaking.
Although Roxie still looked a little reluctant to part, there was nothing they could do. Being apart meant being apart, and both of them had things to do. They could not keep talking forever.
More importantly, Shien did not want someone barging in and asking, "Just how long are you planning to hog the bathroom?"
Therefore, Shien still cut off the magic power. The screen, deprived of magical support, began to dim, and the ripples in the air gradually vanished. In the end, they condensed into a bead that fell into Shien's palm.
"Could this be the legendary phone call that goes on forever?"
Looking at the Magic Item in his hand, Shien chuckled.
"Yeah, I did something incredibly normie. Hope I don't get burned at the stake for it."
Feeling thoroughly satisfied, Shien put the bead away, climbed out of the water, dried himself off, got dressed, draped a towel around himself, and walked out of the bathroom while drying his hair.
However, when Shien left the bathroom and entered the living room, he ran into someone.
"Emerald?"
Shien called her name in confusion.
Emerald was standing on the open-air balcony in the living room, gazing at the scenery outside. Her profile, as it entered Shien's view, looked rather listless.
It was not her usual sleepy expression, but one that looked as though she hated something and was enduring something.
Shien looked outside suspiciously, but all he could see was an utterly unappealing wall.
After all, the buildings in Cosmos were currently completely disorderly. What lay outside was not some beautiful view, but towers of layered, crooked buildings and walls of buildings that blocked off