Vanessa yawned and opened her eyes groggily.
"Good morning, Miss Victoria. What a beautiful day."
She looked at Victoria as she greeted her.
Victoria was sitting in an armchair. At those words, she slowly turned her head and stared at Vanessa, her face expressionless.
"Wh-what's wrong? Why are your eyes so red?" Vanessa shrank back a little under her stare. "Didn't sleep well?"
Victoria: "..."
Victoria: "Why are you still here?"
Vanessa froze.
"Didn't your friend have something important going on? Go find her."
Only then did Vanessa vaguely recall what had happened in the middle of the night.
She had been so sleepy yesterday that she hadn't been fully conscious. Since the Great Being was controlling her anyway, she had simply emptied her mind and let the Great Being take over.
Like someone being dragged along in their sleep, she had groggily fallen asleep again.
"Well..." Vanessa's mind raced as she tried to remember exactly what the two of them had said last night, but unfortunately, she couldn't recall it clearly no matter how hard she tried.
It seemed she could only try to bluff her way through.
"Victoria, you're my friend too. I think you're more important." Vanessa's expression was utterly sincere.
Victoria paused, then slowly raised the book in her hands, hiding most of her face and leaving only her eyes exposed. "Don't think you can fool me. You've been invited to the Overflowing Garden. You must think my Library is nothing special." At that, she grew a little angry again and snapped viciously, "Go find your friend, then. Don't come back!"
Vanessa's heart sank.
She definitely couldn't go to the Overflowing Garden anymore. She had nearly sacrificed the bookshop, and its owner was probably still hunting her.
If Victoria kicked her out too, wouldn't she have