Hearing Xia Ye Ying Huo's words, Lona remained expressionless, but tilted her head slightly.
Xia Ye Ying Huo instinctively felt as though she had sent a "?".
"Ah, hahaha... It's nothing. Please forget what I said earlier!"
Wiping away her sweat, the Half-Elf girl spoke awkwardly, then hurriedly changed the subject.
"Um, do you know how to solve this house's strange properties? It's a... uh, magical effect called Dream Erosion."
"..."
Paying no attention to Xia Ye Ying Huo's foolish cuteness, the doll-like little girl's expression did not change. She merely gazed quietly at her, maintaining a strange atmosphere of silence.
"..."
The Half-Elf girl had no choice but to keep up her expression as she awkwardly stared back at Lona.
Just as Xia Ye Ying Huo felt her smiling face was about to stiffen, the girl by the window finally spoke softly.
"Too late..."
Beneath the hollow pale-purple moonlight, the petite black-haired girl in a black dress looked at her again. Her pitch-black eyes, devoid of any reflection, stared at the girl as she mercilessly delivered a critical condition notice.
"You... can no longer leave..."
"Can't leave? Why?!"
Xia Ye Ying Huo was shocked.
"Um, haven't you been sitting here because you were supposed to give me a solution and quest hints?"
"..."
"Could it be... you can't leave this place either, for the same reason as me?"
"..."
By the moonlit window, the little girl with black hair and black eyes silently watched her without saying a word.
Seeing Lona's reaction, the Half-Elf girl seemed to suddenly understand something. She collapsed onto the long sofa beside the fireplace and withdrew into herself.
"Sorry... I should've guessed earlier. If that wasn't the case, how could you have been sitting there the whole time..."
"Ah! I knew it! They could