Professor Sylph froze for a moment, then turned toward Lily, only to find her tilting her head back and whistling at the ceiling.
The atmosphere in the reception room gradually became strange.
After a long while, Professor Kazel took the initiative and said, "Actually, I still have a Gate Crystal for the 120th floor."
"All right, Kazel, I'm not blaming you." Professor Sylph sighed. "In fact, the reason the Abyss organization has any order at all nowadays is probably because that leader is holding things together. I'm not saying the leader of the Abyss must be the Golden Mermaid. Just tell me—what is the Golden Mermaid like? Is she easy to approach? Can she be communicated with? Once it has a sense of self, it is no longer a monster. Resorting to force is, after all, the worst possible option."
A sense of foreboding immediately rose within Professor Sylph. "You didn't... do anything especially excessive, did you?"
Seeing how awkward the atmosphere had become, Professor Jones tapped the table and said, "All right, Sarah. What they wanted were the Golden Mermaid's tears. Making a monster cry isn't easy; they had to use some methods."
I kept writing until I'd used up two leave requests, but I finally got through it! Damn it (〃>_<).
No more writer's block! o(0)o!
Professor Sylph remained silent for a while, tacitly accepting Professor Jones's explanation.
Monsters had no independent consciousness and lacked a sense of self. Making them shed tears naturally was nearly impossible.
Kazel and the others had not known at the time that monsters might develop consciousness, so they had most likely resorted to some extraordinary measures.
After giving it some thought, she decided to let the matter pass.
But after a brief hesitation, Professor Kazel took the initiative to say, "From what