"Please don't misunderstand."
Bernadette, dressed in a goose-yellow cake dress, gave a slight curtsy and an elegant bow. Then, with a calm expression, she said softly, "I was merely interested in the person from the daytime."
"As for you, you were not within my expectations..."
Oh?
Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, looking with interest into those beautiful sapphire-like eyes.
"It seems you really are quite clever. You actually noticed the difference between me and that little... ahem, the person from the daytime!"
I have eyes...
Bernadette thought to herself.
Although the person from the daytime possessed power capable of contending with hers, that power clearly did not belong to him. Otherwise, she would not have held the absolute advantage during the early stages of the battle, only to suffer a regrettable defeat after catching sight of something that could not be looked upon directly.
But the person before her was clearly an existence from an entirely different dimension.
Whether it was his leisurely, game-like conduct tonight or his earlier act of seeing through her invisibility, both were fundamentally different from the person from the daytime.
The difference between the two was like that between a child pretending to be mature and a genuinely mature adult—a gulf spanning both strength and experience.
"But then again..."
Just as she was thinking this, a light voice suddenly sounded extremely close by.
Bernadette was startled and hurriedly looked toward the sound, only to see that the young man in the trench coat had somehow appeared beside her. He was now examining the Invisibility Hat in her hand with great interest.
...When?!
Bernadette's heart was filled with shock and confusion, but she still barely maintained a calm expression.
The young man in the trench coat shifted his gaze and began pacing around her unhurriedly, his