At that moment, Fang Li finally understood that Echidna truly had no regard for other people's feelings.
As long as the ultimate goal could be achieved, the process could be disregarded entirely.
So, to Echidna, as long as Fang Li could free Beatrice from the curse of the Forbidden Library, it did not matter what method he used.
Even temporary deception would be fine.
It was impossible to say whether that was good or bad.
After all, Echidna had fabricated a mission for the young spirit girl in order to keep Beatrice alive. Otherwise, Beatrice would have taken her own life long ago.
Still, Fang Li was somewhat disappointed.
"I thought that if I came here, you might do something."
Although Echidna's original intention had been to keep Beatrice alive, if this matter was not handled properly, it would indeed cause Beatrice considerable harm.
If Echidna could do something about it, perhaps it could be resolved much more easily.
But Echidna did not seem to have any such intention.
"No matter what, I am already dead. Even if you say that I am not truly dead in the strictest sense, I still have no ability to interfere with reality. It is difficult even for me to know what is happening outside. Unless I am in my tomb, I would not even know that you had come to the Sanctuary."
Echidna took a sip of tea, yet her gaze upon Fang Li once again brimmed with intense curiosity.
No, it was not merely curiosity.
Besides curiosity, Echidna's eyes held an exceedingly strong desire for possession as she looked at Fang Li.
Naturally, it did not stem from love, but from her longing for an unprecedented research subject and observation target.
"Because I exist in this manner, I can understand, you know?"