Li had not noticed at all that he had actually started figuring out how to defeat Catherine...
And what about after Tsukuyomi? Li immediately began wondering whether he should do something to Catherine...
Then Li vigorously shook his head, throwing those messy thoughts out of his mind. What was wrong with him? Why had he been thinking about this stuff all the time lately?
Li soon brought the group to Ankhseram's room. But the moment they arrived, he felt that something was wrong. Ankhseram was lying on her side atop that enormous chair, her pale little feet indecently propped against the backrest. Her half-open eyes had no focus whatsoever. One look was enough to tell that she had not woken up at all.
Li immediately recalled what Buma had told him about the rumors circulating among the Twelve Round Table councilors—when visiting Ankhseram, the best-case scenario was catching her after she woke up, while the worst-case scenario was finding her awake, but not naturally awakened...
And right now, Ankhseram was indeed awake. But no matter how he looked at it, she seemed to have been called awake. And she was dozing off...
That was right. People in that state got angry easily, and Ankhseram was an existence far beyond anyone in this world. If Ankhseram so much as lifted a finger, Li was probably the only one who could withstand it.
Ankhseram was currently caught somewhere between asleep and awake. Her eyelids were slowly drooping shut, but then she suddenly twitched her nose and snapped her eyes open. At a glance, she spotted Li. "Eh, isn't this my dear Li? What brings you to see me today?"
Seeing Ankhseram like this, Li finally let out a breath of relief. This girl was awake at last.
When Ankhseram swept her gaze