Although he had spotted someone hiding, Sifa did not want to invite complications. He quickly withdrew his gaze from the clock tower to avoid being noticed.
Time ticked by, and the Crimson Moon in the night sky gradually shifted westward.
After wandering around the Bell of Order for a while without finding anything, Katarina suddenly turned her gaze toward a building's glass window.
Sifa immediately saw the window darken, as though countless things and layers upon layers of space lay hidden within.
He knew Katarina was about to leave.
Sure enough, the Demoness's figure soon appeared near the window, then slipped inside.
Sifa followed her.
The moment he entered the Mirror World, Sifa heard a woman's piercing scream.
The scream was filled with extreme terror and intense disbelief.
Sifa stopped immediately. Instead of continuing forward, he backed away.
He withdrew from the Mirror World.
Just as he left the Mirror World, Sifa saw a figure appear in its depths.
It was a young man wearing a black robe patterned with red, his hood casually pulled over his head, revealing a soft-featured face devoid of color.
His skin was generally brown, suggesting he was from the Southern Continent.
A slightly blurred, illusory figure was slipping into the space between his brows. It was the White Saintess, Katarina, her expression blank, with traces of terror still lingering on her face.
At that moment, the Southern Continent man seemed to notice Sifa and glanced casually at him. Then a bloody gash suddenly split open on his left cheek.
"Heh."
A faint chuckle came from the gash.
Having already left the Mirror World, Sifa did not hear the chuckle, but he saw the gash on the man's cheek and immediately knew who he was.
It was the Red Angel evil spirit, who had been