Chen Lun discovered that it was still the very moment he had left, with almost no change at all, as though the several hours he had spent in Wonderland had been only an instant in the outside world.
Mr. Pot was still bawling, Drink was on the ground clutching his head and shouting, and Akbin knelt in silence, just like Mr. Bottle beside him.
Some distance away, Mr. Bayers stood quietly in place, like a statue.
Chen Lun knew they had most likely suffered an attack from Howard, some sort of power that affected emotions and plunged them into extreme sorrow.
"Here, drink some potion."
Chen Lun took out a bottle of Spirit-Calming Potion and, trying it as a last resort, gently tapped open the lid on top of Mr. Pot's head and poured it in.
Mr. Pot shuddered and stopped crying.
The potion could speed up the recovery of sanity. It seemed to have some effect, and the sorrow in Mr. Pot's heart slowly subsided.
"Silver Flask! Are you all right?! That man just now..."
Mr. Pot choked out the words, seemingly only just catching his breath.
Seeing Chen Lun reappear, he anxiously questioned him.
"I'm fine. Help wake the others first."
Chen Lun took out several more bottles of Spirit-Calming Potion and handed them to Mr. Pot.
Mr. Pot nodded in agreement and took the potions over to administer them to the others.
Chen Lun walked toward Mr. Bayers.
"Mr. Bayers, are you all right?"
He called out the question.
The Black Knight slowly raised his head and spoke in a low, hoarse voice:
"Who are you?"
Chen Lun froze.
He knew Mr. Bayers might have lost his memory again.
Clang!
The Black Knight raised the black sword in his hand and suddenly slashed at Chen Lun.
"Youlan!"