----The reason definitely lay with that Half-demon girl.
Beatrice's words did surprise Fang Li.
"How could you be so certain the reason lay with Emilia?"
Although a Contract Spirit's condition was closely tied to that of its contracted Spirit Sorcerer, a problem with the Contract Spirit did not necessarily mean the cause lay with the Spirit Sorcerer.
Take Puck, for example. He himself was flawed; merely existing consumed a great deal of energy, so he resided within a Crystal Stone at night and could only come out during the day.
That flaw had not emerged because of his contract with Emilia.
So Fang Li was somewhat surprised that Beatrice could be so decisive about it.
Beatrice's explanation, however, seemed rather perfunctory.
"My brother is so obsessed with that Half-demon girl, yet he has not appeared for so long. If the reason does not lie with that Half-demon girl, then what else could it be?"
That explanation really was a little too far-fetched.
Perhaps Puck was acting against his will?
But if something had made him unable to act of his own accord for no reason, then perhaps the Spirit Sorcerer really was the problem.
"Is that so?" Fang Li stroked his chin and spoke as though talking to himself. "Even you do not know the reason?"
"Betty does not know everything." Beatrice sounded somewhat irritated. "Betty has already told you everything she knows. You should be grateful."
That was indeed true.
The Great Spirit of the Forbidden Library had never gone so far out of her way to solve someone else's troubles.
To those who knew of Beatrice's existence, this Great Spirit had always been proud, aloof, and mysterious. Even delivering a meal required spending hours searching for the Opportunity Gate, and without Beatrice's permission, finding the Forbidden Library was