When he heard the name "Shi En," Uriel froze for half a second before abruptly turning around.
His Adam's apple bobbed for a long while before he finally forced out a hoarse, nearly distorted question. "Shi En? The Shi En you mean... is that Shi En?"
Luigi's eyes were filled with pure innocence. "Which Shi En do you mean?"
Only then did Uriel belatedly realize that Luigi was merely someone from the dream and had no idea about those rotten memories buried deep within his heart.
His lips moved as though he wanted to say something, but in the end, he gave up on explaining and merely said softly, "Tell me about this Shi En."
Luigi shrugged. "I don't know. A group of Forty Thieves mentioned his name. I don't know anything else."
After a pause, Luigi urged him, "Do you want to go take a look? This is a dream anyway. Even if you die, it won't affect anything."
Forty Thieves? Then that should... be him!
Uriel was dazed for a moment before softly saying, "This is a dream... so is Shi En fake too?"
Luigi said, "Not necessarily. Shi En's situation might be the same as yours."
"The same as mine?" Uriel repeated. Then, as though he had suddenly realized something, his pupils contracted... If he was the same as me, did that mean he was still conscious? That he could speak and communicate?
If that was true... could he ask him where Ligota had gone?
After Shi En took Ligota away that day, where had she gone?
Had he killed her? Or had something else happened?
Countless questions surged and collided in his heart, but within the dream, Uriel's thoughts were always half a beat slower than they were in reality, and his reactions were somewhat sluggish