Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2316

Bone Offering Sword

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When Iluna entered Belinder Manor that evening, night had long since fallen quietly.

The maid led her to the study upstairs, and in the third-floor corridor, she unexpectedly encountered Little Unicorn taking a walk alone. The pure white little creature stared at Iluna with its deep blue eyes for quite some time, while the eighteen-year-old girl kept a cold expression. In truth, she simply did not know what expression to make and stood there staring back at it for a while.

Then the little creature trembled as it approached Iluna before shakily lowering itself at her feet.

Iluna blinked. Just as she bent down in surprise to pet it, Emilia and Angelina came looking for her:

"Little Liana, where did you go for your walk? Why aren't you back yet? Did you run into Little Mia?"

The two Young Girls who came around the corner of the corridor saw Little Unicorn lying submissively at Iluna's feet and recoiled in fright, covering their mouths together.

Iluna immediately felt that even if she jumped into Moon Bay, she would never wash herself clean of suspicion. Fortunately, the smiling maid later helped explain that she had not bullied the pure white little creature.

"I don't know why she's afraid of me either. Animals usually like me. Shade's Little Mia has never been afraid of me. Of course, that cat doesn't seem afraid of anyone, though it knows how to act timid in front of Shade at the right moments."

Iluna was still speaking to Elf Miss and Angelina as she entered the study.

Inside the study were the three Great Witches and Illustrious Miss, while the Witch Apprentices and Siris were nowhere to be seen. Though Iluna had never met the black-haired, Blue Eyes girl, one look at her figure and then her

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