That's how it should be.

Without this fundamental premise, I have no intention of listening to any further explanations she may offer.

Hikari, on the other hand, kept glancing at our expressions, seemingly trying to decide whether she should interrupt or say something to ease the tension.

"Secondly, regarding what exactly I did..." She paused, then suddenly asked me, "Master of the Box Garden, do you remember that two months ago I wrote to you saying that it was necessary to exchange information with you as soon as possible?"

Two months ago?

I turned back to confirm with Hikari and Annie, and then vaguely remembered that it must have been shortly after we left the legendary secluded place, before we were about to turn around and head to the [Dragon Graveyard].

"We did receive the text message."

Hikari nodded in affirmation: "And it was also written above that it was something like, 'Because there are things to discuss face-to-face, it's best to come back as soon as possible.'"

I opened my mouth, but in the end I could only awkwardly close it and turn my head to avoid the gaze coming from the other side.

Okay, damn it, I completely forgot about it.

Thinking about it carefully, I realize that since returning to the Little Garden, apart from the day I came back, I have hardly met Yao. On the few occasions we did meet, there were always other people present, and we never had a one-on-one exchange of information like before.

Firstly, many other things occupied most of my daily mental bandwidth; secondly, after several difficult battles in a row, my brain relaxed for a while, temporarily putting those unimportant things aside, to the point that I almost completely forgot about them; as for the third...

I glanced at the knight who quickly finished his apple and was now playing with the core between his two fingers.

Perhaps I was too shocked by the sudden resurrection of that lousy rabbit, so much so that I couldn't think of anything else for a moment.

Of course, there's also the fact that things have been so calm lately that I've become completely complacent.

Not only has information about the World Tree stalled, but the Starry Sky Cult, which we have been tracking all along, seems to have been completely wiped out, with no information coming in at all.

In any case, the conclusion is that this was indeed my problem.

"But what is the connection between this and your actions?"

Once again, Yao spoke, dropping a bombshell message into the room, which was already somewhat crowded due to the large number of people packed in.