Although he'd said earlier that he hadn't expected the knight to arrive so soon, the Witch seemed to have already planned some moves. The moment she faced Fu Qian, she knew what she wanted to do.
"Actually, after noticing some changes, I'd been meaning to take a look."
As she explained, the Witch reverted to her old ways, leaning lazily to one side in her seat, looking very much like she was having a bout of procrastination.
"Since you're here, I can save myself some effort. Want to guess where we're going?"
As she spoke, even her wings folded away, radiating an unmistakable sense of ease.
Where...
"A nightmare?"
Fu Qian gave her question a moment's thought before answering.
"Oh? What makes you think that?"
The Witch asked back, clearly amused.
"You said you'd been wandering around out there for years. If something special had been left somewhere, you'd probably have found it by now."
Fu Qian shook his head.
"So, in the apocalypse outside, there doesn't seem to be much left worth exploring, apart from that gentleman you can visit when it's convenient.
"On the other hand, the star laws that suddenly reappeared this time, along with the nightmares they unearthed, are pretty interesting. If I were you, I'd find some time to go in and look around, see which ones have anything interesting."
After quickly laying out his reasoning, Fu Qian made no effort to hide his opinion.
"Yes, it seems the unreal world is actually more interesting."
The Witch smiled with growing satisfaction, approving of Fu Qian's guess as she spoke.
"But one detail isn't quite right. It's not one nightmare, but several."
Oh?
The way the Witch stressed that sounded a little strange.
But she was in such high spirits today that she kept him