"Emilia."
Under the gazes of the girls, Fang Li knocked on the door and called out to the person inside.
"If you can hear my voice, answer me."
With that, Fang Li waited quietly.
Ryuzu, Rem, and Ram also waited in silence. Not one of them spoke.
Yet their waiting was in vain.
Even at Fang Li's call, Emilia seemed to have no intention of responding, and silence descended upon the group.
"Emilia?"
Fang Li frowned and knocked on the door several more times.
Even so, Emilia showed no intention of responding.
"Looks like it won't work."
Ram was the one who reached that conclusion.
"If even Lord Fang Li's words have no effect, then it won't matter who comes."
That was exactly it.
If even Fang Li's call could not make Emilia respond, then perhaps no one in this world could make Emilia open the door.
Puck's departure had dealt Emilia that great a blow.
Or perhaps...
"...Has she become so heartbroken that she can't even hear anyone's voice?"
Rem's murmur filled the scene with a sorrowful atmosphere.
Fang Li fell silent as well, lowering the hand he had raised to knock.
Seeing that, Ryuzu offered a helpless suggestion.
"Should we force our way in?"
It was the only option left.
But Fang Li shook his head.
"It's better not to. If she can't even hear my voice, then if we force our way inside, there's no telling how extreme Emilia's reaction might be."
That was what concerned Fang Li.
Otherwise, given Fang Li's personality, he would have already barged in without a second thought.
"Then what should we do now?" Ram looked at Fang Li and asked, "Are we just going to leave Lady Emilia alone like this?"
"We definitely can't just leave her alone." Fang Li looked