Looking at Victoria, who seemed to have suddenly gone blank, Elliot could not help feeling a little bewildered.
Was it really that effective?
This was his first time trying to speak in riddles. Was it actually that useful?
Looking at Victoria standing there in a daze, Elliot decided to break the deadlock. Getting back to the Courtyard was what mattered. "Ahem, let's first..."
"Victoria! Are you there? Something's happened!"
The sudden shout stopped him short.
He turned to look and discovered that the voice had come from a mirror-Dorothea's mirror.
Vanessa thoughtfully went over to pick up the mirror and brought it before Elliot.
Dorothea froze when she saw Elsa, then seemed to understand something, her expression immediately turning respectful.
"What happened?"
"Well, it's not really anything major, but it should be a problem for Victoria..." Dorothea's tone grew hesitant.
Victoria had also come to her senses, her expression puzzled. "What is it? Did the Library collapse?"
"It's not quite that much trouble." Dorothea paused. "Your dog ran away."
Victoria: "???"
Victoria: "You mean Xixi?"
"Yes, it rushed out through the Rift and went into the sea!"
Victoria's face immediately filled with confusion. "Then why didn't you stop it?"
"Who could possibly stop it?"
Dorothea spoke as though it were only natural.
It was not as though she had not tried. She had even mobilized quite a few believers, but none of them could catch it.
Even Allen, with his [Flash Blade], had been unable to touch a single hair on it before. Naturally, Dorothea's attempt to catch it had failed too.
Anyone it did not acknowledge could not touch it at all!
As for the people it did acknowledge...
Vanessa, Maeve, Elliot, and Victoria.
They were all in the Sea of the Moon. As it happened, not one of