The next day, early morning.
In the inn's dining hall, Fang Li, Sylvia, Shana, and Wilhelmina were eating.
There was absolutely no conversation between the four, making the atmosphere even heavier than yesterday.
In such an atmosphere, only the clinking of utensils echoed through the air, unusually clear.
After a while, Wilhelmina was the first to finish her meal.
"...Meal concluded, de arimasu."
"Excuse me."
After those brief words, Wilhelmina and Tiamat left the table.
Not long after, Shana finished eating as well.
"I'm going back to my room first."
"Sorry."
Shana and Alastor each left behind a sentence before departing the dining hall.
The heavy atmosphere gradually disappeared, as though those two had taken it away with them.
Only Fang Li and Sylvia remained, continuing their meal.
Though they were supposedly continuing their meal, Sylvia merely spoke to Fang Li with a helpless expression.
"Did you do something excessive to Miss Carmel?"
Apparently, what had happened last night could be hidden from others, but not from Sylvia.
After all, Fang Li and Sylvia were linked by a contract. If one of them left the inn, the other could not possibly fail to notice, much less when Fang Li and Sylvia had originally been sharing a room.
Of course, Sylvia only knew that Fang Li had left the inn and noticed that Wilhelmina had followed after him. She did not know what exactly had happened between them.
Yet this world-class songstress had roughly guessed the truth based on how well she knew Fang Li.
In response, Fang Li's expression did not change. He continued placing food into his bowl as he spoke nonchalantly.
"Didn't you also say something to Shana that left her so listless?"
Wilhelmina's mood was in a slump, even approaching despondency. Others might not have noticed, but