He Xi had no idea what was going on.
Seeing where Zoya had appeared, he instinctively assumed that the elf girl was playing some kind of hide-and-seek game with Bruce.
After all, although Zoya was usually quiet, she would occasionally show a girlishly mischievous side when she was with Bruce.
To ease the somewhat strange atmosphere—and to explain why he had suddenly "disconnected" and stopped replying yesterday—He Xi took the initiative to speak. "Um... Zoya, about yesterday's spell."
Zoya's pink pointed ears twitched slightly.
"That spell is called [Shared Eye]. It lets you see through the other person's eyes."
Feeling somewhat guilty, He Xi continued, "But my mana might already have been quite depleted, so as soon as the spell connected successfully, my mind went blank. Then I fell asleep."
Although that explanation sounded a little far-fetched, it was still much better than saying, I saw something I shouldn't have.
The room fell silent for several seconds.
"So... do we need to try again?"
Zoya's soft voice came from the corner.
He Xi froze for a moment.
He did not know whether she had believed that ridiculous explanation, but judging from her reaction, she was not angry. At least, not yet?
Still, to be safe, it would be better to move past this awkward topic as soon as possible.
"Uh, let's try again another time."
"There's something important I want to discuss with you. I want to confirm again whether you're still willing to go to that Dungeon with me."
Zoya was still facing away from him. She nodded lightly. "I've almost finished clearing up all the scattered commissions I accepted before. I also won't be taking on any time-consuming commissions recently."
"That's good." He Xi sighed in relief. "There's one more thing—the Sea Elf mage who's traveling with me."