"Thump!"
When that dark red "jelly" was devoured by a spirit entity that had crossed worlds, Li Meng, who had been sleeping soundly with her head under the covers in the Jiuyou Academy girls' dormitory, suddenly sprang upright. She rolled out of bed and, without even putting on shoes, staggered groggily toward the door.
As she ran, she shouted, "Wow, a toad wants to eat swan meat! A toad wants to eat swan meat..."
At the foot of her bed, the Plush Bear that had been curled into a ball suddenly raised its head and glanced at the Little Witch. Brilliant light abruptly bloomed in its glass bead-like eyes, enveloping the entire dorm room.
That unsettling aura lurking in the shadows vanished without a trace.
The Little Witch had already run to the door and tugged at the handle for quite a while, yet she could not pull it open. Only then did her mind seem to clear somewhat.
"Eh?! Why am I here? Did I sleepwalk again?"
Li Meng still remembered how she had felt drinking those potions for sleepwalking at the School Hospital a few days ago. The moment the thought surfaced, her whole mouth seemed bitter, as though she had chewed on a coptis root.
"Pah, pah!" She turned her head and spat dryly twice, while her gaze rapidly swept around the dorm room.
Fortunately, she did not spot Jiang Yu.
That allowed the Little Witch's heart to slowly sink back from her throat into her stomach.
"Mm, I was sleeping... I've been sleeping the whole time. I don't know anything." She punched her palm and decisively reached a conclusion, then let her eyes wander as she searched for anything that might expose her tracks.
*That pot of Shadow Recording Grass can only preserve shadows. I'll just