"Click..."
Accompanied by the faint sound of the door opening, Luo Zhen opened the guest room door and stepped inside.
The moment he entered, everyone in the room turned their eyes toward Luo Zhen.
"Yao..."
Kojo sat on the edge of the bed, looking somewhat dispirited.
It wasn't because of the earlier attack, but because of Nagisa.
Upon closer inspection, Nagisa was lying on the bed, her breathing extremely uneven. Her face was also unnaturally pale, making her look as though she were having a nightmare. It was truly heart-wrenching.
Looking at Nagisa like this, Luo Zhen sighed.
Ever since Luo Zhen had brought her back, Nagisa had remained in this state. She had neither woken up nor recovered physically, as though she had suddenly returned to the time several years ago when she had first arrived on Kageno Island. Her condition was extremely poor.
That was only natural.
"The Number Twelve's magical power was completely absorbed by the spirit inside Nagisa. Now, that spirit has become active again, placing an even greater burden on Nagisa's body than when she first came to Kageno Island."
Luo Zhen said this helplessly.
That was the cause of everything.
Under the spirit's control, Nagisa had attacked Kojo and Victoria, broken the seal on Number Twelve, and released her. As a result, the entire northern district of Kageno Island had been frozen by the Fourth True Ancestor's Number Twelve Beast Vassal. That was the whole sequence of events.
But why had the spirit inside Nagisa done this?
"To protect itself."
Luo Zhen said this.
"After nearly three years of soul-calming and exorcism, the spirit inside Nagisa had almost been exorcised by me. It had become as weak as it could possibly be. If things continued like that, I would eventually destroy it."
To prevent