After hearing the riddle, Alex felt extremely happy because he knew the answer, but as he was about to answer, he stopped, feeling that the riddle was too easy and simple compared to the previous two riddles.
'The Logical answer to the riddle is an (Echo) as an echo doesn't have a mouth to speak, doesn't have ears to hear, and could answer by repeating the sound,' Alex thought, reevaluating his answer.
Alex quickly looked toward the sand cloak and saw he still had more than half his total time left, and then he looked toward the librarian, who had a kind smile on his face, which revealed no information.
Alex knew about the Librarian trial's reputation well and understood that each riddle the librarian presented would be more complex and harder than the last, which was true for the first two riddles.
But the third and final riddle was extremely simple and easily filled with clues, which didn't sit well with Alex as he felt there should be more to the riddle than met the eyes.
