Eli then recalled the incident earlier, starting from the evil mist's appearance to them being wolfed down by a monster of a plant.
Since she's still alive, it probably wanted to just send them there, but then again, it's a summoned creature who's behind this. She's definitely there for a purpose. With that, she begrudgingly concluded that this entire situation was indeed a kidnapping.
Her eyes then widened in surprise upon remembering that she wasn't the only one who'd been abducted.
"Cosette?! Where are you?! Ms. Cosette...!"
There was no response. She tried searching around for a while longer but only to find nothing.
Eli was now panicking, thinking she really screwed up this time. Even though it's all unexpected, she should've prepared for something like this beforehand. Now that it's here, she just had to involve an innocent student, albeit unintentionally.
