Bang! The door slammed shut.
Inside the Nameless Bath Palace, Dan Heng sat in a lounge chair with a book in his hands. He looked up at Yan Huan in surprise.
"Just now... who were you talking to?"
"No one. Must've been my imagination."
Yan Huan brushed off his sleeves and asked:
"How many days has Dog Shun been missing? You can't find him anywhere in Okhma City?"
"No." Dan Heng closed his book.
"Unless someone is holding him captive, something must have happened to him outside the city."
"There are too many Earth Beasts in the Holy City. The guards at the gates can't tell Dog Shun from the others..."
"But some Earth Beasts have definitely left the city lately."
"For example... people delivering supplies to refugees at the shelter generally rely on Earth Beasts to carry them."
"Others take Earth Beasts out for a ride to clear their heads."
"So there's always a steady stream of them coming and going through the gates."
"That'll make him hard to find." Yan Huan scratched his head.
"What was that little guy doing outside? Doesn't he know how dangerous it is?"
"Maybe the refugees caught him and ate him," a female attendant said, emerging from under the table.
"..."
Yan Huan turned toward her and looked down.
She wore cat ears and a maid outfit, utterly out of place in Okhema.
The locals here, at least, mostly wore light, loose robes.
"Hm? When did you come in?" Dan Heng stood up.
He had been in the Bath Palace all this time without noticing someone hiding inside.
"Uh... haha, I accidentally fell asleep here."
The Maid gave an apologetic smile, then crawled out from under the table on all fours and quickly got to her feet.
"Um, my lords, don't underestimate what