"The faraway return home."
Jiang Yu stroked Zhu Si's head, her expression somewhat complicated as she said softly, "You really have been far from home... for a very long time. Welcome home."
Zhu Si looked up, made a face, and said with a grin, "But I hadn't even caught my breath after getting home before I slipped off with you all into another pitch-black world. I wonder which is farther from home, this place or the Illusory Dream Realm."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly snapped her fingers and corrected herself. "Um... although I don't breathe anymore."
Another bad joke.
Zheng Qing found it difficult to come up with an appropriate expression for this optimistic Little Witch.
He could only mutter as he continued analyzing the prophecy. "'The threads of fate intertwine, all beings return to their places, the Starry Sky returns to the Starry Sky... enemies face one another, blood spreads everywhere.' It should refer to this battle breaking out in the Black Prison, involving wizards, demons, Outer Gods..."
"Perhaps some Dark Wizards as well."
Thinking of how the letters from home had mentioned the Dark Council becoming increasingly active recently, Jiang Yu immediately added, "They usually hide more deeply than rats, but if Puji Island truly falls into chaos, they'll be among the first to crawl out and cause trouble."
"Yes, the Dark Wizards too."
Zheng Qing nodded. He thought of the Giant Hand with six fingers that he had faced in the Sandbox Small World during last year's winter hunt. That had been a Dark Wizard.
Mentioning Dark Wizards inevitably made him think of the owner of Wander Bar in Beta Town. That tall, gaunt old wizard was rumored to be a Dark Wizard. There were also Fat Rui and the Rat Immortal; the rat