"Firstborn's gone missing?"
Lin En only received the news on the third day.
When he resumed his identity as Lin Ke and returned to the Cathedral, there had already been no word from Firstborn for two full days. At first, he assumed Firstborn was using the information obtained from the Void Consortium to further investigate the Crimson Secret Cult's arrangements in reality, or venturing deeper into the Spirit Realm to investigate clues concerning Hana Ye's father.
His brow furrowed.
But when Firstborn still failed to appear, he finally tried contacting him through the Impression Crystal Firstborn had given him, only to find that he could not get through at all.
"But that shouldn't be possible."
When they had parted the day before yesterday, Firstborn had seemed perfectly fine and in excellent spirits. How could he have suddenly vanished after only a day or so?
It would have been one thing if he simply hadn't informed him under his identity as Lin Ke, but when he contacted him as Lin Yin, he received no response either. That was rather telling.
"So you're saying you haven't seen him in reality while I've been away either?"
Lin En's eyes flickered as he questioned Jiu.
Dressed in a Golden Robe, Jiu sat in the Cathedral drinking tea, her expression calm and her tone utterly flat.
"No."
"He was gone all day yesterday. I did hear something about him from the Spirit Realm the day before yesterday. Apparently, he was having a wild time with some woman there, but he dropped off the face of the earth afterward. If you ask me, he's probably dead."
Lin En frowned deeply.
"He didn't leave a message?"
Jiu gave a cold laugh and folded her arms across her chest.
"No, but you really shouldn't be asking me, should