"Besides, the process was effortless, as if the barrier didn't exist."
Though he knew Mrs. Harper had sharp ears and eyes, Fu Qian casually shared the news in response to the Witch's surprise.
He could tell at a glance that the Witch had already taken precautions, so there was no need to worry about frightening anyone.
"The barrier doesn't exist..."
The old woman wasn't frightened, but the news seemed to have shaken the Dark Moon Pope a little.
"I still can't sense anything on my end."
Always one to take action, the Witch shook her head and reached a conclusion the moment she finished muttering to herself.
In the short time since Fu Qian had spoken, she had clearly tried to verify his claim, but hadn't sensed a thing.
"Looks like the situation really is unusual."
Fu Qian wasn't surprised by the result. He merely gave a slight nod.
"I still don't know why, but I just encountered a special person. In theory, they can only exist in the place I pass through whenever I make the return trip."
Fu Qian was fairly certain of this. On the one hand, there was the strikingly familiar silver door, and Serpent of Fate's aversion to the Warehouse.
On the other hand, the Warehouse had explicitly mentioned before that the few Higher Beings in the Nightmare Corridor could never leave it by any means.
All in all, the situation was strange, but in a sense, the experience of this mission had broken the stalemate in his previous explorations and provided an interesting new angle for what came next.
See? Taking it easy and enjoying tea didn't stop him from getting things done.
The one real disappointment was that he still hadn't gotten any meaningful information on another matter: had the scene of someone