"What's wrong?"
Seeing Lu Xiu lower her head and remain silent for a long while, Ellen seemed to sense something. A trace of curiosity flashed through her eyes as she gently shook Lu Xiu's hand.
"Nothing."
Lu Xiu was still looking at the system window, but she instinctively picked up the conversation. "I was just suddenly thinking... You were all alone in The Witch's House before. How did you endure it? It must have been hard, right?"
The words had barely left her mouth.
Before Lu Xiu regretted them.
No, wait!
She had already completed the clearance mission and received the system rewards, so why was she still blurting things out without thinking?!
Habit!
It had to be habit!
Habit really was a terrifying thing.
Sure enough, upon hearing that concern, the suspicion in Ellen's eyes instantly vanished. She said shyly, "Actually, it was alright..."
Viola spoke up again then. "What hardship did she have..."
Lu Xiu immediately turned her head. "Viola too. Since you had to become a demon hunter, you probably didn't have time to make friends either, right? You've had it hard."
Viola paused at that, immediately looking away from Lu Xiu. "...Mm."
"..."
Lu Xiu came back to her senses again, looking utterly dead inside.
Instinctively... instinctively... It really was instinctive!
"Is that your territory?"
At that moment.
Perhaps because Lu Xiu was staring at her so intently—though Lu Xiu was actually just dead inside—Viola became a little embarrassed and changed the subject, suddenly looking toward the exit.
"Territory?"
Lu Xiu asked in surprise, "What territory?"
"The world on the other side of the passage."
Viola explained, "That small area. I sensed it just now—the assimilation energy there, which had originally been frenzied and disorderly, suddenly became extremely docile. And it feels exactly like your aura."