Everyone was startled.
When had that thing appeared there?
Especially Ru Yuwei and Yu Baiyi.
They had seen that faceless girl in a white dress.
When they saw the girl who seemed to be dancing gracefully in the center of the music box, they recognized her as that girl in the white dress.
They moved in perfect unison, backing up several steps. If there had not been a wall behind them, they would have retreated several hundred meters.
As Yu Baiyi backed away, he did not forget to pull Yu Zihan along, even though she knew nothing.
"What's wrong?"
"How did that music box get here?"
"Right, Yuwei, why are you here?"
To be honest, if Ru Yuwei had not been her good friend, it would still have been quite frightening for someone to suddenly appear in her home.
Well.
Even knowing her made it frightening.
Yu Zihan's head throbbed. She stared at the music box, feeling as though she had forgotten something.
Tap, tap, tap.
A cane struck the floor, producing an unhurried yet highly rhythmic sound.
But it made everyone's hearts tighten.
The Duke appeared in the living room once again.
The moment Yu Zihan saw him, her scalp tingled, and she immediately remembered everything.
It was not that she had suddenly discovered her brother and Yuwei in the living room after the lights went out.
Rather, the instant that darkness descended, she had already been swallowed by it.
Her consciousness and memories had slowly faded away within that darkness.
If she had not suddenly emerged from it—
She would likely have died in that darkness without ever knowing.
The Duke picked up the music box.
"A Malignant Curse-grade Anomaly Artifact. It was tainted by a trace of a person's obsession, mixed together with human resentment and fixation."