"Nikolai?"
A shocked voice filled with confusion leaked from Lunaria seemed to have lost her focus and became flustered.
'How did he get here without alerting me... even with all my abilities and experience?'
Her eyes widened when she saw his skin and hair.
"Tell me, Lunaria."
Nikolai's clothes looked torn and damaged from his transformation, and the burns from the cursed silver remained, but his wounds and other injuries started fading. Lunaria's eyes widened upon seeing him, and her arm trembled. She tried to grip it tight with her other arm to stop the tremors, but it failed.
"H-How are you here?"
Nikolai felt there was something wrong with her voice; she sounded like she couldn't believe he was here, and her voice contained a mix of fear, sadness, happiness, and regret.
"I just walked through the garden."
"Don't joke around with me, the plan was...!" She gasped. Covering her mouth. In complete shock.
"What exactly was the plan?"
