Stephanie's Memory

When they saw Sean suddenly appear and catch the falling Stephanie, everyone else finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Hermione rode her Flying Broomstick swiftly over, her voice torn blurry by the wind. "Stephanie said you might be in trouble, but then she suddenly lost consciousness and fell. Good thing you got here in time... What exactly happened?"

Sean glanced at Stephanie in his arms, her eyes tightly shut and her expression pained, and frowned. "I wasn't in danger. She may have encountered something that's difficult to describe. Come on, we need to leave first."

In the bedroom, Sean found an excuse to send everyone else away, leaving only himself and the unconscious Stephanie inside.

The Silver-haired Girl had not woken up during all this time. Her expression alternated between pain and solemnity, as though she had fallen into some terrifying danger in her dreams.

Sean had originally wondered why the silver mist had suddenly broken free from the Runes array without becoming something destructive. Now, he understood.

When he awakened it, he must have allowed the silver mist to exist for too long. Since the silver mist was connected to Sin and Lust, Stephanie, as its host, naturally sensed the disturbance.

But she did not know the true situation and thought Sean was in danger. Though she had been cautious enough, drawing closer to the silver mist had intensified Lust's innate pull.

The silver mist had broken free of its restraints and, presumably, entered Stephanie's body.

Sean tried several methods, but the Silver-haired Girl remained unconscious.

"No, Lust within Stephanie may have undergone some change I don't understand. It might cause problems with her soul itself..."

Sean's brows were tightly furrowed. As he rose to his feet, the chair behind him slid into the wall with a heavy