"I'd originally thought we could meet up with Iluna and the others first. But it seems we can't get out of the hall now, so we'll proceed according to the plan."
Shade drew the Butterfly Summoning Flute. As the flute's melody sounded, phantoms of Red Butterflies appeared around him. Grace and Helen did not appear directly, however. One of the Red Butterflies landed on Shade's shoulder, followed by the girls' voices:
"Sir, Leisha and Dorothy have already joined up with us. We need five minutes to fully open the passage."
That was far less time than Shade had expected. Breaking into the House of False Men on Snow Mountain had taken much longer. But considering that the Skin Object Hall also possessed temporal irregularities, it was not certain how long it would take them to get in.
Yet things were even better than Shade had expected. As the building's main body shook violently amid surging elements, the space before Shade and Wei Ge suddenly shattered. Then a white figure burst from The Rift in space and crashed straight into Shade's arms:
"I'm here to help!"
Before colliding with Shade, Ellie had changed from her Unicorn form into human form. The spatial rift jointly opened by Grace, Dorothy, and the others closed behind her.
The appearance of the Little Unicorn seemed to instantly sweep away all the gloom Wei Ge had accumulated in this disgusting place. Watching the White-haired Girl cling to Shade, she unconsciously smiled, as though she were witnessing the most wonderful sight in the world.
"When we made the plan, I thought that even Ellie wouldn't be able to get in directly. This is even better than the best-case scenario we anticipated. It seems the Skin Object Hall truly can't compare to the House of False Men. Back