Wine Cup had barely stepped through the door glowing with warm light when she saw a blond youth studying her with astonished eyes.
This must be Kaia.
Wine Cup first gave Mud Duke and Na a slight nod, then turned to Kaia. "I was able to wake up this time thanks to sir's wine."
Wine Cup solemnly thanked Kaia.
Kaia had been somewhat puzzled at first. Only when Wine Cup drew near and he caught that faint yet familiar scent of alcohol on her did he finally confirm it.
She really had awakened because of his wine.
Ordinary people drank themselves unconscious, yet this strange Cuphead had sobered up through drink?
Kaia felt a little moved. Sure enough, his teacher had been right. There were too many races in the Instrument World; as long as one could imagine it, nothing one encountered would be strange.
Thinking of his teacher, Kaia's gaze dimmed slightly.
After lowering his brows and head for a moment, Kaia softly replied, "...I don't usually drink much either. If it could help you, then it had some value after all."
After a two-second pause, Kaia's voice suddenly rose. "Come to think of it, since your companion has already awakened, why don't we discuss the purification ritual?"
"If you don't purify yourselves soon, it'll be too late once the marks appear."
As he spoke, Kaia walked beneath a wall lamp and proudly knocked on the wall of mixed wood and stone.
With his rhythmic tapping, glowing green Patterns began spreading across the wall. In the end, they formed a pentagram ritual array.
At every "point" of the star stood an elemental image representing life: morning dew on leaves, fiercely burning candle flames, branches putting forth shoots and buds, statues made of clay, and cicada-molt wings gleaming with metallic