Sensing the judging stares he received from the four, Valyr looked back at them as if he was being wronged. "What? Can't a guy like accidentally forget something like this from time to time?"
"That's not it." Julian shook his head in response, clarifying what their expressions actually meant. "It's just that… a piece of information like that would have definitely saved us a lot of headache if you told us from the start."
At those words, the four nodded in agreement, their senses still alert for Erika's next move.
Maintaining the same level of vigilance as them, the young man continued to look at the four with a wronged expression.
"If that's the case, then the director should've told with you three beforehand that she intentionally decided to keep Erika here even after the ritual she did," he told them, immediately causing the atmosphere surrounding the five to change.
Whoosh!