Silvanus could now confirm that the girl in front of him could understand human speech, but she could not speak it.
He gently patted her head. She kept swaying and rubbing her head against his hand, making continuous purring sounds.
"Can you let go of first?" Silvanus suddenly asked.
The girl imdiately lifted her head to look at him. Silvanus sohow understood the aning behind her gaze and quickly assured her, "I’m not going anywhere."
Only then did she release him, though her tail still remained tightly wrapped around one of his legs.
Silvanus carefully sat down.
The girl instantly rolled onto her back, curling her arms and legs while swaying her belly in front of him. Her behavior resembled an animal far more than a human, even though her appearance was clearly human. It was truly strange...
With another silent sigh, Silvanus said softly, "You can lie down and sleep or just sit still, but don’t do that."
Vivian felt as if lightning had struck her.
Did Silvanus really dislike her now? Was it because she currently had no fur?
Yes, she also thought she looked ugly like this, but she never expected Silvanus to dislike her this much.
Vivian covered her face and started crying.
Silvanus really didn’t understand. Where had he hurt her this ti?
In the end, he could only pat her head and say gently, "Don’t cry."
Vivian blinked. She secretly thought that once things returned to normal tomorrow, Silvanus would surely love her again.
With that thought, she rubbed her head against his knee, then directly rested her head on Silvanus’s lap. Happily rolling back and forth for a mont, she finally closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Silvanus was speechless. This girl clearly had no sense of caution at all. He couldn’t help but yawn as well.
He wasn’t sure how much ti had passed in the outside world. Alden had said that ti flowed differently between the inheritance space and the outside, but Silvanus still had no idea how significant that difference was.
The girl’s breathing slowly beca steady.
Silvanus blinked a few tis and eventually let his head drop, falling asleep without realizing it. Before drifting off, he didn’t forget to create a barrier of light in case danger approached.
The next morning, Silvanus slowly opened his eyes. What greeted him was the glow of the barrier he had ford. He looked around, only to see that the strange girl was nowhere to be found, as if everything from the night before had been nothing more than a dream.
Silvanus looked around the Relics of the Hobbit once more. His gaze lowered to the ground—the place that had led him into that hidden land. In the end, he simply whispered, "Goodbye."
Then he turned around and left.
That girl... she had probably returned to her family.
And he would continue on his own path.
Outside, the hunters had already packed their things to leave, even though the sky had yet to fully brighten.
The main reason was that Sylus had suddenly discovered Mira’s condition worsening to an alarming degree. She was not only coughing up blood, but strange wounds had also appeared all over her body.
There was clearly no intruder here, which made it all the more suspicious.
No matter what, Mira was a Saintess. If anything happened to her while exploring with them—even if it wasn’t their fault—it would still be extrely difficult for the team’s reputation.
So they could only prepare to leave the fog as quickly as possible.
But at that mont, a loud sound suddenly echoed from the entrance of the Relics of the Hobbit.
Everyone froze for a mont, instantly becoming alert. Could the Sentinels be awakening again? But they hadn’t heard any chanical sounds.
The scar-faced man frowned and stepped forward to investigate.
At the sa ti, the underground gate suddenly burst open, and a figure shot out from within.
The scar-faced man narrowed his eyes, his fist instantly ignited with fla.
But before he could strike, Silvanus’s familiar voice sounded: "It’s !"
The scar-faced man stopped. "You’re still alive!" Then he added, "That’s good."
Silvanus hadn’t expected the ti difference between the two spaces to be so significant. He had probably spent several years inside the inheritance space, yet out here, not even two days had passed...
Sylus was urgently focused on Mira’s worsening condition and had no ti to check on Silvanus. As for Nana, she crossed her arms, walked up, and smirked at him, ready to mock him—only for Silvanus to jump down, grab both her arms, and look at her with genuine joy.
"You really are fine! How’s Mira? Is she alright?"
Nana frowned. Silvanus was foolish. He had obviously been abandoned, yet he was still worried about soone else.
But from Silvanus’s perspective, he was the one who had abandoned Nana and Mira. He had failed to find a way out for them.
Nana shook Silvanus’s hands off, glaring at him in irritation before muttering, "Idiot." Then she raised her voice, "I told you not to touch !"
Silvanus withdrew his hands and nodded. "Sorry." Then he returned to the group, preparing to leave the mist-covered land.
Seeing how calm and unbothered he looked only made Nana angrier.
Did Silvanus not get angry? Did he feel nothing when being mocked?
No—perhaps he did. But he didn’t take her seriously, because she ant nothing to him. So her abandoning him or ridiculing him couldn’t affect him at all.
How infuriating...
anwhile, underground, a small fox was proudly strutting forward. In its mouth, it carried a massive worm—yes, a worm—with folded segnts along its sides and bright, colorful patterns.
The worm was much larger than the fox, dragged ssily along the ground, yet that didn’t affect the little fox’s elegant steps at all.
Its eyes sparkled with joy and anticipation as it imagined Silvanus’s reaction upon seeing this delicious, nutritious breakfast.
But everything before it was empty.
Empty! Vivian could hardly believe her eyes. She panicked, leapt into the air, dropped the giant worm onto the ground, and began frantically hopping around the spot where Silvanus had slept. Her paws scratched at the ground nonstop, and she let out high-pitched squeaks.
Just then, the sound of digging suddenly echoed nearby. Vivian froze and turned around—only to see a hole opening further away. The giant worm had vanished entirely.
Vivian puffed up in fury and jumped toward the hole, but it snapped shut before she reached it.
Her eyes widened. She blinked, then couldn’t stop herself from crying. Silvanus was gone, and even the breakfast was gone. Was there anyone in the world more miserable than her?
She sniffled and finally had no choice but to accept the horrible truth—Silvanus had abandoned her. She quickly sprinted off, following the faint remaining traces of Silvanus’s scent.
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