Uchiha Hikaru still felt that this dark environment gave him an unfamiliar sensation, but he was unwilling to talk too much with the Second Prince beside him.
He felt that even if he told the Second Prince all of his thoughts, the Second Prince would not be able to offer much help. It would be better to slowly feel his way through it alone.
The passage before him seemed like a dream Uchiha Hikaru could see but never reach. He kept wanting to explore it, yet it gave him the same feeling as the abyss he had seen before, making him hesitate to move forward.
"Come on, Uchiha Hikaru. Why are you the one standing there dumbly now?" The Second Prince waved at him. He had already walked ahead, and the light from where he stood now seemed to be far behind him.
"I feel like this place resembles the underground of the Imperial Palace. I don't know why it was built this way." He shook his head. Perhaps he had not given it much thought, and he did not understand it very deeply either.
"Is that really so? How come I never noticed it before?" After taking a look, the Second Prince still did not feel that way. He had lived in the Imperial Palace since childhood, so he naturally could not readily believe what Uchiha Hikaru said.
It was often the easiest things to overlook that led them to think this way. In any case, Uchiha Hikaru looked exactly as he had at the beginning.
"Forget it. I'll keep moving forward. No matter what dangers lie ahead, I believe this stone will be enough to withstand them." At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru nodded toward the front and muttered softly.
When they continued onward, it still seemed like a