It seems rather insincere.

Should I give her something?

He doesn't have any now, and besides, he doesn't even know what Zi You like...

I'm feeling inexplicably irritable.

"Oh, little one, you're awake?"

Suddenly, a voice interrupted Zero's thoughts.

If Zi You were there, she would have noticed that this voice was the same one she had heard when she entered the main hall earlier.

"Who are you?"

Zero shouted into the empty hall.

This elicited a soft chuckle:

"Haha, little one, you've forgotten me so quickly? Weren't you going to play games?"

"You're the one on the eighteenth floor..."

"That's right, it's me, but that's not the eighteenth floor, that's my reception room."

"Reception room?"

"Hehe, that's right. You were the one I personally received~"

"For so many years, no one has been able to pass the many checkpoints I have set up... They either died right at the entrance, or were trapped, starved, suffocated, frozen, or burned to death..."

"You're the first one to arrive at this main hall. Oh, and that little girl too."

"That little girl is no ordinary person. After you fell unconscious, she stayed with you the whole time, leading you through layers of ice to this great hall. She even found food and brought you back to life..."

"Although I don't know what she fed you on the ice rink that allowed you to survive in such extreme cold, she's definitely a capable girl. Not bad, really not bad..."

What exactly are you trying to say?

After listening for a long time, Zero finally found an opportunity to speak, as he wanted to get to the bottom of things.