At that point, the royal guards and the bodyguard of Prince Liam arrived and checked up on him before they finally followed after Rowena.
However, Rowena outpaced them as she traveled across the streets of Verona which were packed with people. It was a difficult place to rush through, but she took it as a shortcut until she finally arrived at the Wishing Mermaid Lagoon.
Compared to when Rowena and Liam visited it before the sunset, the waters of the lagoon took on a far more haunting quality as the moon reflected its light and cascaded across the waters.
There was no doubt that the water was unbelievably cold, Rowena's cheeks were already frosty as she leaped from Hades and then dove into the waters.
Rowena expected nothing but darkness to welcome her, and yet when she opened her eyes—she found that there was a luminescent glow of the corals several feet below her alongside seaweed and other plants.
