Faint light seeped in through the gap in the tent flap. It was slow and gentle, but the tent flap was indeed being pulled open bit by bit!
Ash and Sonia panicked instantly. No matter who came in, Sonia's plan to sneak a bite would be completely ruined.
Never mind maintaining the team's harmonious atmosphere—the main point was that Sonia had her pride too!
She had only just put on the front of a Swordsman who had severed love with the blade of wisdom in front of everyone, coaxing them into believing she had made up her mind to keep her distance from Ash. Then that very night, she slipped straight into Ash's tent... If she were discovered, Sonia didn't even dare imagine how they would tease her!
And if she were discovered, her current "technical advantage" would definitely vanish into thin air. The wonderful life she had imagined, secretly meeting Ash while keeping the others in the dark, would be over before it even began!
So she absolutely could not be discovered!
Once Sonia made up her mind, she slipped into the wardrobe in the tent without the slightest hesitation or sound. Though there was no light, she naturally knew the layout of Ash's tent by heart. The only place someone could hide was the wardrobe piled full of clothes.
"Hurry up and send them away, then we'll keep celebrating your birthday," she said quickly in a lowered voice.
Before Ash could do anything, Sonia had already hidden in the wardrobe. By then, the tent flap had been pulled open into a narrow little gap. Logically, no one should have been able to pass through an opening that size, but Ash clearly saw a black shadow invading inside, and then the zipper of the tent flap was swiftly pulled