"..."
"..."
A brief, ghostly silence fell.
Everyone froze for a moment.
Zuo Zuo immediately sat up with a ヽ(￣▽￣)ﾉ expression, raised a finger with a (≧∀≦)♪ smile, and said:
"Blockhead, you're such a joker! Were you trying really hard to lighten the mood or something? Honestly, hahaha! You're so naughty, Blockhead!"
Little Darling relaxed as well, while Sir Awen shook his head with a helpless, wry smile.
Clearly.
For someone as unpredictable as Lynn, it was entirely possible that he would make such an outrageous joke even at a time like this.
Seeing the mood around him about to turn cheerful, Lynn panicked. Looking at the little girl laughing in front of him with her hands on her hips, he grabbed her shoulders and shook her back and forth, exclaiming:
"What are you laughing at?! What are you laughing at?! Everything I said is true!"
"..."
"..."
The smile froze on Zuo Zuo's face.
Once again, a brief, deathly silence fell.
"What?!"
All three finally cried out in shock.
A dozen or so minutes later.
Zuo Zuo and Little Darling sat there with vacant eyes, while Sir Awen was equally stiff. After hearing Lynn recount what had happened, none of them could utter a word.
Lynn sat cross-legged, eyes closed and fists clenched beneath his folded arms, maintaining a solemn posture as he said:
"I wasn't lying to you, and I wasn't trying to lighten the mood. At least, according to the memories in my head, during the time I lost my sanity, I really did do some extremely absurd things with the Mother Tree of Desire. You can fill in the details yourselves. I'm not going to tell you."
Zuo Zuo stared blankly at Lynn, her head turning with stiff little clicks, and said:
"So you're saying