Circe and Atalanta Get Caught in the Trap [Fifth Update]

Circe actually wanted to go into the city to take a look. How could that be allowed?

The Pink Plague did not distinguish between friend and foe. Although Circe was a mage and would not be as helpless as the Greek heroes if she encountered it, she could still fall victim to it if caught off guard.

If Circe got dragged into this because of such an absurd reason, Ye Ting knew he would regret it for the rest of his life.

"Um... maybe we should forget it," Ye Ting, guilty as he was, advised Circe. "We can just wait a little longer. They'll come back when it's time for them to come back."

"But I can't take it anymore," Circe said irritably. "We've already been here for six days. They're wasting our time."

Suddenly, she looked at Ye Ting suspiciously. "You don't happen to know something, do you? Otherwise, why won't you let me go take a look?"

This little girl was pretty sharp.

How could Ye Ting possibly admit it now?

"What could I know?" Ye Ting put on a baffled expression. "I just think it's best to let things take their course. They're all adults, so they should be able to keep themselves under control... If you insist on going to look, then go. I'm not stopping you."

At worst, I'll secretly follow you. Then I won't have to worry about anything happening.

Seeing that Ye Ting had agreed to her request, Circe still regarded him with some suspicion, but her expression eased somewhat as she turned to Atalanta.

"Well, Tami, want to come with me?"

"Don't call me Tami." Atalanta frowned at Circe's nickname, but she still nodded. "All right, let's go together."

Ye Ting found that answer especially strange.

Since when had these two become