Iver hid the gun, put on clothes identical to those from the previous floor, and stepped out the door, only to see the couple from Room 204 arguing again.
They were still in that same bizarre posture—the woman had one foot inside the room, one hand holding the doorknob from outside, and her body twisted outward.
Having learned from his previous experience, Iver paid special attention to her center of gravity this time... and found that it rested on the foot that was outside the room.
There were two possibilities when someone stood in a doorway. Either they wanted to enter, or they wanted to leave.
And this woman clearly wanted to leave.
Yet the last time she saw Iver, she had immediately gone inside. Not only that, but after entering, she had made no sound at all... Apart from her, even the "husband" inside had remained silent.
Why was that?
He could find out now.
"...If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up..."
The woman was halfway through speaking when she raised her head and saw Agni approaching without a sound.
"Agni" faced her, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly as he smiled in his usual manner.
Although he had never looked in a mirror, Agni's face seemed far less friendly than Iver's own. The smile should have been exactly the same, yet the woman shuddered in fright.
She immediately stopped speaking, smoothly drew back her right foot just before it took another half-step forward, and prepared to return to the room.
There was genuine fear and wariness in the woman's eyes.
But just then, Agni took half a step forward and wedged his foot against the door before it could close.
The fear on the woman's face deepened. She instinctively tried to shut the door