Xia You followed Maya out of the banquet hall, and the two headed deeper into the Temple of the Sea.
By this point in the banquet, the sky outside had already darkened, and the candles in the corridors had been lit once more.
The warm, dim candlelight illuminated the stone slabs beneath their feet, and the familiar sound of swirling water once again reached Xia You's ears.
Along the way, he wanted to ask more about the Inheritance Ceremony, but Maya seemed to have some reservations and refused to reveal a thing, making it all very mysterious.
Forget it...
Since Maya was unwilling to say more, Xia You could not be bothered to ask anything else.
After all, whatever kind of ceremony it was, he trusted that Maya would not harm him.
In truth, Xia You had also been privately pondering a question from time to time: why had he undergone a different change from everyone else after receiving the blessing of the Soul of the Sea?
But never mind Xia You himself-even Maya had no idea what to make of that peculiar change.
Sometimes, he even wondered, Could this have something to do with the fact that I'm from another world?
After all, aside from that, he really could not think of anything that set him apart from other people.
And so, both remained rather quiet, each occupied with their own thoughts.
When they finally arrived outside a room, Xia You looked up at the door, only to discover, to his surprise, that this was Maya's bedroom!
Huh?!
Didn't she say this was the Inheritance Ceremony? Why had they come here?
Were they going to hold it in her room?
Or was there some item she needed to pick up first?
With those questions in mind, he followed Maya