After listening to Angel's account, Sanders recalled Sparrow Sparrow's record book as well.
On closer comparison, Natasha's back really did resemble the woman in the record book: the same long dress, the same lean and tall proportions, and the same long, curly golden hair.
If Natasha were holding the hand of a little girl in a goose-yellow dress right now, the resemblance could be called absolute.
"They do look somewhat alike." Sanders' thoughts came through the Mind Tether. "It would actually be very simple to find out whether she was the person who took Sparrow Sparrow away."
Sanders made no movement, yet with his steps, an incomparably obscure energy flowed directly from beneath his feet into the ground—
Halfway along, Natasha suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet turn soft and yielding.
Looking down, she discovered that the soil in the cavern had somehow become damp. Each time she stepped on it, her foot sank in slightly.
"Did someone spill water here? It seems I'll need to notify the servants to clean it up." Natasha muttered to herself. She paid it no mind and continued onward.
But Angel and Sanders silently watched that patch of damp earth.
More precisely, the footprints on it.
"With a simple water spell, doesn't the answer come out?" Sanders said blandly.
At the bottom of the deep well in the graveyard, there had been a row of distinct women's footprints. Those prints extended all the way to the outside of Sparrow Sparrow's illusion.
According to Sparrow Sparrow's record book, only three people could have appeared there: Gloria, the faceless black shadow, and the woman who took Sparrow Sparrow away.
Gloria could be ruled out first. Given Gloria's strength, it was impossible for her to casually leak information concerning herself. Even if the original owner of