"But."
The "young lady" outside the door still wanted to defend herself, but Shade inside took a deep breath, braced his abdomen, and shouted loudly:
"Someone here is lost and needs help! Is there anyone else in the corridor who can help this young lady with two stars on her head?"
Even without using techniques like Dragon Roar, the young and vigorous Shade shouted loudly enough for the rooms along the nearby corridor to hear him.
The "young lady" outside changed expression again, stared at Shade for several seconds, then turned, lifted her skirt, and hurried away on her high heels.
Shade lowered the cover over the little glass window again. His eyes turned toward the blonde young lady beside Leisha, but quickly shifted away again.
"All right, everyone, go back. Little Mia and I will stand guard here for you ladies."
Thus, everyone seemed to forget the person they had just collectively "driven away" from outside, and began praising Shade and Little Mia instead.
Over the next five minutes, two more people came to knock on the door. But rather than claiming they had spent too long in the washroom, they said, "After leaving the washroom, the corridor turned into something like a labyrinth. What exactly is going on here?"
Of the two, Shade allowed the second one in. She sat with Miss Helos and could not move around freely. As for the first, it had four ears and a pair of black wings growing from its back.
"How many Doppelgangers have appeared in Yodel Palace tonight?"
Fortunately, after those four knocks, no one else appeared outside the door. Otherwise, Shade would have suspected that the plan against the House of Resurrection had been exposed and that those Doppelgangers were launching their retaliation early.
As Yodel Palace's period of