The Heavenly Demon disappeared.
She suddenly wasn’t in sight; I couldn’t see where she’d gone. She had definitely been behind me just a moment ago—where did she go?
‘Again without a word.’
I frowned. I’d gone to the trouble of bringing her to keep her at my side, only for her to vanish like this.
And in a situation like this, of all times?
“Tsk.”
It was a headache, but she probably hadn’t gone far. Judging by her behavior—she always hovered around nearby.
‘The problem is she isn’t right beside me.’
Though to be honest, that wasn’t such a big problem.
‘It’s not like her being here would change anything, right?’
I’d only looked to the Heavenly Demon without thinking because of the conversation at hand. Whether she was here or not didn’t make a major difference.
So I turned my head and asked Yeongryeong,
“What does it mean that there is Wood (木) in the soul?”
“……”
At my words, a question sprouted on Yeongryeong’s face. It was the kind of look that said, how could you not know that.
“May I be so bold as to ask the Master of another world… If you mean to test this…