When Fang Li returned to Ryuzu's house and entered Emilia's bedroom, Emilia seemed to still be resting.
Looking at the Half-Elf girl sleeping soundly while hugging her blanket, Fang Li's gaze softened slightly, yet he spoke these words.
"Fine. Letting Emilia know what comes next might have quite an impact on her..."
With that thought in mind, Fang Li did not wake Emilia.
However, he walked to the bedside and reached out toward Emilia.
In the end, what Fang Li touched was the Crystal Stone hanging before Emilia's chest.
"You can hear my voice, can't you, Puck?"
Fang Li's words were met by silence echoing through the room.
Yet the very next second, something strange happened.
"Bzzt..."
Along with a sensation like an electric shock, heat flowed from the Crystal Stone.
Immediately afterward, a leisurely voice with a hint of playfulness rang directly in Fang Li's mind.
"Not bad, Fang Li. I didn't think you'd notice my presence."
It was unmistakably Puck's voice.
The Contract Spirit Emilia had searched for over a long period of time, the one whose absence had driven her into extreme unease, was now speaking within Fang Li's mind.
Feeling the warmth coming from the Crystal Stone, Fang Li spoke without much surprise.
"So you really didn't disappear. You'd been inside the Crystal Stone all along."
That was why Emilia had never been able to find Puck.
Because she could not summon Puck, Emilia had always believed Puck was not inside the Crystal Stone.
In truth, it was a blind spot.
Puck had always been within the Crystal Stone and had never left Emilia's side.
"After all, you're someone who would definitely die if you left your daughter. I never believed you would disappear of your own accord."
Fang Li stated this with certainty.
"And if