Lightning tore through the torrential rain outside the window, illuminating everyone's faces in the bedroom as brightly as day.
"Meow~"
The Little Black Cat on the sofa stretched again and slowly opened its bleary eyes.
For some reason, it thought dawn had come.
It looked up.
Someone had turned on the room's lights.
Cat Boss raised its little head in a daze and sleepily looked around.
It lazily blinked, originally intending to turn off the lights and go back to sleep.
BOOM!!
When Cat Boss finally saw the scene before it, its fur instantly stood on end. It sprang off the sofa with a "whoosh."
Several familiar yet strange figures were facing each other stiffly in the room.
The worst part was—
In its half-awake state, it had heard someone call Hughberlian's name.
It didn't seem to be imagining things.
Looking closely at the figure at the foot of the bed, her figure was exactly the same as Hughberlian's.
And the distinctive Scorpion Tail Dagger at her feet was also Hughberlian's family heirloom.
Cat Boss immediately felt that everything was over. It retreated again and again, flattened itself against the wall like a cat pancake, then stood up and stared at this horrifying accident.
Impossible...
Hughberlian couldn't possibly be here.
Cat Boss kept wondering whether this was a nightmare.
Time in the bedroom seemed to freeze because of the confrontation, while the torrential rain outside continued to rage.
"..."
No one dared to speak.
Every flash of lightning cast bright blue-white radiance into the room.
All their faces were alternately washed in that violent light and the dim illumination that followed.
Then the thunder rumbled like an enraged giant beast. The windows and door shook violently, and the sound echoed through the spacious master bedroom.
The storm swept through the