Tobiichi Origami's Turn

"Okay."

As Li Ke spoke, a burst of light appeared in the middle of the palace.

Esdeath and Origami Tobiichi appeared there, both looking bewildered. Li Ke held nothing back and told them everything about the place.

"I see... That's wonderful."

Origami let out a breath of relief. Though this was only a way station, where time passed at the same rate as in her own world, at least the organization she belonged to would no longer confiscate anything she brought back.

If she didn't still need to visit her parents' graves and seek revenge, Origami felt she would settle here and never return to her world.

After all, Li Ke knew she had once liked someone else. She didn't want him thinking she might go back and fall for that person again.

Esdeath's reaction, however, was more direct.

"Then can I invite people from my world here?"

Esdeath stared intently at Li Ke as she asked.

The instant she finished speaking, an orb of light appeared before her. Esdeath raised an eyebrow.

"I can? Li Ke, aren't you underestimating me?"

Esdeath glanced at the "reward points" available to her, and her mouth twitched. Li Ke had a hundred times as many as she did.

She could see his balance because of what Li Ke had said earlier.

"I won't use your points. I'm the woman who's going to surpass you!"

She smiled, then looked at the orb with a mocking curl of her lips.

"And I won't put my power in someone else's hands. Knowledge is one thing, but anything involving my body? No, thanks."

Esdeath didn't know about Li Ke's relationship with the consciousness of the 7 Days to Die world, nor did she care. Wariness came naturally to her.

The world consciousness didn't mind. Li Ke felt