"!"
The instant she saw the pitch-black sailing ship, the red-haired, golden-eyed phantom went on alert.
She reacted immediately.
Her eyes lit up, as though molten gold were churning within them, and her mouth opened and closed as if she were sending some kind of message.
What is she doing... Is she trying to notify her main body?
Above the Gray Fog, Audrey speculated nervously.
What [Greed] had left on her was probably only an avatar, but it might have a connection to her main body. If she managed to transmit information about this place, the situation could worsen further. The higher-ups of the Psychology Alchemists might even learn of Audrey's relationship with Mr. Fool...
However, Audrey soon saw the phantom's movements abruptly freeze. Her lips moved, but no sound came out. Audrey did not know what Mr. [Temperance] had done, but she was certain he had interrupted her.
The red-haired phantom glanced at the approaching black ship, smiled, then turned and leaped into the air.
Outside the Hall estate, a soldier guarding the grounds suddenly felt drowsy. His eyelids drooped involuntarily, and he fell asleep.
"Dream Traversal!"
Seeing that her message to her main body had failed to go through, the red-haired phantom immediately adopted another measure, attempting to escape by jumping between dreams. Her figure leaped into the void and vanished.
Whoosh!
The next instant, the space inside the bedroom underwent a strange distortion. Still in her leaping posture, she landed back on the floor.
"..."
A complicated expression appeared on the phantom's face. She had struggled to flee, only to return to where she had started. With the starting point and destination distorted into one, no amount of struggle could free her from this cage constructed with an angel's power.
The scene was absurd, yet carried a