"I didn't remember wrong."
Timidit spoke softly. "In that dark space, I truly couldn't see the colors outside, but I could sense them."
"Sense them?"
Zhou Qing wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Timidit no longer hid anything.
Within that space, although she could not see the colors outside, she could perceive what happened in the outside world through the black sludge that existed there.
That sludge was the foundation through which Namiki's children's souls could pass judgment upon Fallen Ones and humans in the village who violated the rules of "Equivalent Exchange."
It was energy, matter, and the manifestation of the rules of "Equivalent Exchange." At the same time, it was the root of Namiki's children's souls.
Zhou Qing also recalled the scene when he had first entered the cave. The black liquid entwining Namiki's illusory soul had been connected to that stone pillar. According to Riko, there had been a stone platform in the place where Timidit had originally wasted away... Most likely, the two were connected.
To figure it out, Zhou Qing asked Riko, Timidit, and Mahaha to take him there for a look.
"Mahaha!"
Mahaha squeezed its round little body happily. After handing the wooden bucket full of Hope Worms to the Boss Lady, it placed its hand in Riko's outstretched palm.
Riko's other hand held Timidit's as well.
"Eek!"
Timidit let out a strange cry and shuddered, but her emotions gradually calmed, as though she were enjoying the peace of being accepted.
Zhou Qing did not disturb them and merely followed silently behind the three.
But Dugu Bo spoke again. "Honestly, if these Fallen Ones hadn't once been human, I really would've wanted to catch a few and take them back as pets for Yanyan."
Zhou Qing was speechless. "My grandniece isn't a