But what frightened Bruno even more was this:
Logically, her recent scream should have quickly drawn the attention of her family and the servants.
But so far, she hadn't heard anyone talking or any movement at all.
This made her even more uneasy.
Bruno planned to escape through the window. Just as she was about to open it...
She froze the next second.
Because she had just looked up at the window.
There, sitting on the windowsill where he should have been in the hallway outside, was the boy, still holding that female doll, staring straight at her.
"Ah!!!"
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Meanwhile.
At the Sword Bearers Branch.
As Rein walked along, he quickly did some mental calculations.
"If I invest skill points in the new witchcraft 'Metal Barrier,' leveling it directly to level 2, based on previous reference, it should reduce the casting time by about 20%, from 3 seconds to 2.4 seconds."
"But 2.4 seconds is still too slow."
