Seeing this, Ruger leisurely turned and walked toward his Old Recliner, fixing himself some freshly brewed fruit tea along the way. This time, he added something bitter. Wizard Mona probably needed it.
"I was marveling at it back in the Vango Family's Library," Ruger said, glancing at Mona as she sat down. "Just what you'd expect of a Prophecy Wizard. Your very first premonition was so accurate. The Demon Wizard really was eating people."
Ruger's words made Mona turn even paler. Only after a sip of the Head-Splitting Bitter Mixed Fruit Tea did some life return to her face.
"I started trying things after that first time," Mona said, cradling her cup and leaning against the back of her chair. "Every time I meditated or went to sleep, I entered the oddity. I stayed by the lake, chatted with that fish before sleeping, and even asked it to watch over me. But none of it worked. Even inside the oddity, I couldn't escape him. Even staying awake did no good. Of the two later times I saw my teacher, one was the instant I finished meditating. In that dazed moment, my teacher was already walking toward me."
It did sound frightening, especially when combined with the news of the death Ruger had brought.
Ruger thought for a moment, then shared his tentative deductions and his theory about the whole affair.
Mona listened very closely.
In fact, anyone who knew of that Four-Ring Wizard's death and assumed the Demon Wizard had killed him could have arrived at these deductions.
And this was only one possible explanation.
Mona glanced at Ruger with a smile again.
"It seems I really was right to come here. Not only did I obtain an oddity, but I also received news like this. If not for you,