Lin Qiye, wearing a white lab coat, had just stepped out of the corridor when a figure approached him head-on.
Nyx, dressed in a Star-Gauze Skirt, was slowly making her way over. Even with a ball of black yarn and knitting needles in her arms, she could not conceal the noble aura that radiated from her very bones. When she saw Lin Qiye, a gentle smile appeared on her lips.
"Good morning, Mother." Lin Qiye greeted her with a smile.
"Good morning. I was looking for you, Danaus."
"Did something happen?" Lin Qiye froze.
"Come with me. You'll find out soon enough." Nyx smiled gently and led Lin Qiye toward the other end of the corridor.
Lin Qiye, who had been planning to go underground and interrogate the Seer of Secrets, hesitated for a moment before following her. The two climbed the stairs and headed straight into Nyx's ward.
Nyx entered the room, set the knitting needles in her hands on the table, then spread out the ball of black yarn and gave it a shake beneath the sunlight.
Only then did Lin Qiye see what the ball of yarn truly was.
It was a black knitted overcoat.
For a long time now, Nyx had mostly stopped talking to all those bottles and jars, and she no longer sat alone in her rocking chair in a daze. Around last year, a ball of black yarn had appeared in her hands...
Every day, she would sit in the courtyard, basking in the sun as she knitted.
Like a leisurely noblewoman.
At first, Lin Qiye had thought she was merely finding something to pass the time. But when this overcoat appeared before him, he stood there in a daze.
"This... is for me?" Seeing the familiar size, Lin Qiye looked up at