But regardless of where this Aliyah had come from, Claudia harbored an absurd, indistinct wish. She even hoped that her father, Professor Xie Jiatu, would walk out through the passage in that enormous Stone Door.
Even if it was only the version of him from half a year ago.
Claudia was startled by the thought herself. Yet Otto and Aliyah suddenly turning into sand, followed by Otto and Aliyah emerging from the door once more, were things that all the knowledge she had acquired over the past twenty years could not explain.
"I... I want to go in and take a look!" Claudia, who had still been hesitating a moment ago and had even begun considering retreat, looked solemnly at Boss Luo. "I have a feeling... that we might really be able to find the truth inside."
"Not afraid?"
Claudia nodded, then shook her head. "I am... but I want to know the truth even more."
Boss Luo bent down and picked up the backpack containing the Magic Lamp. It was Mr. Otto's backpack... Mr. Otto who had turned into sand.
Luo Qiu suddenly handed the backpack to Claudia.
"What is this...?" Claudia opened it and took a look, only to find the battered Oil Lamp she had given away earlier inside. She was somewhat puzzled... She had no idea what this new classmate's action meant.
The Boss blinked. "Perhaps when you encounter danger, you really can summon a spirit."
"You..." Claudia rolled her eyes at him in exasperation. She had probably rolled her eyes more times in the past two days than she had in the previous twenty years combined.
Still, she silently slung the backpack over her shoulders. Although the explanation was absurd, for some reason, the longer she spent with Luo, the more she found herself believing