**——!**
When the distinct knocking sound echoed clearly, both Felt and Rom-sama almost simultaneously widened their eyes, their hearts tightening.
"Who is it?" Felt's complexion turned cloudy and uncertain as she spoke softly, "Could it be the commissioner?"
Mentioning this figure, Felt's voice carried a hint of regret.
Because Felt was deceived by this so-called commissioner into stealing the insignia, she was drawn into an unimaginable whirlpool.
From Fang Li's words, it could be inferred that the other party obviously wanted to prevent the holder of the insignia from participating in the Royal Selection, so they made Felt the scapegoat.
Moreover, to avoid exposing the mastermind behind it, the other party might also silence them by killing Felt, or even killing everyone in the slums who had seen her.
In other words, Felt was not only being used but also at risk of being killed by the other party at any moment.
With this thought in mind, Felt couldn't help but bite her lip.
Of course, Felt's heart was filled with fear.
There was nothing she could do. Now that Felt was a captive, even if someone wanted to kill her, she feared she couldn't escape.
Therefore, Felt couldn't help but glance at the Giant Race elder next to her, silently making a decision.
"At least let Rom-sama escape..."
However, as if mocking Felt's determination, Fang Li, sitting at the bar, casually said such a line.
"Big guy, why don't you go and open the door."
With that said, Fang Li took a fruit knife from the bar and, as if throwing away rubbish, threw the knife in Rom-sama's direction.
The sharp fruit knife immediately sliced through the air, grazing Rom-sama's side and embedding itself into the floor.
"Crack..."
In the faint sound of breaking, the ropes binding Rom-sama's body snapped.
Only then did Rom-sama come to his senses, silently standing up and walking slowly towards the door.
"Rom-sama!" Felt suddenly shouted, "Don't go!"
Unfortunately, Rom-sama completely ignored Felt's shout, walking straight to the door and then extending his hand, decisively opening it.
"Hu—!"
The cold wind blew in from outside the door, lifting Rom-sama's tattered clothes and also the hair of the person outside.
A set of extremely smooth and eye-catching, snow-like ice-like long hair.
Silver long hair.
Seeing that silver long hair, Rom-sama was directly stunned.
Not to mention Rom-sama, even Felt was stunned.
Only Fang Li couldn't help but be amazed.
"It can't be..."
As if confirming Fang Li's imagination.
The next second, as Rom-sama stepped back, the person outside the door also walked in.
Wearing a simple yet luxurious white robe with a conspicuous yet exceptionally beautiful silver long hair and an icy but gentle and holy aura with a beautiful yet pitifully helpless face.
Such a young girl walked in from outside the door, her gaze sweeping across the entire Stolen Goods Warehouse.
Soon, she smoothly spotted Felt, bound and sitting on the ground.
Only then did the girl finally stop her movements, gazing directly at Felt and speaking softly.
"It's good to see you here."
As these words echoed, a gray cat also leaped out from the girl's hair, frolicking as if laughing.
"I never expected you to hide here. It's hard to imagine that this is the hiding place of someone with the Divine Protection of Wind."
The newcomer was none other than Emilia and Pack.
"Spirit..." Rom-sama looked at Pack in surprise, then turned to Emilia and said in astonishment, "Are you a Spirit Warlock?"
"Yes." Emilia, although unfamiliar with Rom-sama, replied honestly with her kind personality, "I did indeed form a contract with Pack."
With that said Emilia stepped past Rom-sama, seemingly not worried at all about encountering an ambush or an attack, or perhaps not even considering such despicable things could happen, and walked straight into the Stolen Goods Warehouse.
Just like when they were in the alley in the previous loop.
At that time, Felt didn't pay much attention to Emilia's demeanor.
Because, at that time, Felt didn't know Emilia's true identity.
Now, Felt finally understood.
The person holding the Dragon Seal insignia is the Dragon Miko, chosen by the dragon as the heir to the throne.
In other words, the pure and holy girl in front of them was one of the five Royal Selection candidates.
Understanding Emilia's true identity and seeing her enter with such a dignified attitude, Felt's mood completely changed.
At that moment, Felt somewhat bravely said, "It's quite surprising that you found this place. This kind of slum isn't a place where people like you would come, right?"
"I haven't been here before." Emilia seemed unaware that her identity had been revealed, speaking earnestly, "But, what was stolen from you is very important to me. I must retrieve it."
"Th-The insignia isn't here!" Felt hastily said, "That guy over there took it!"
"Eh?" Emilia was slightly taken aback.
It was only at this moment that Emilia as if just noticing, cast her gaze towards Fang Li, who was sitting at the bar.
Coincidentally, their eyes met.
Looking at Fang Li sitting at the bar, Emilia tilted her head somewhat uncertainly.
Because Emilia felt that the way Fang Li looked at her was somewhat strange. However, before Emilia could dispel her doubts, Pack flew to her ear and whispered softly.
"Be careful, Lia. That's no ordinary person. I could hardly sense his aura earlier..."
That was also why Emilia hadn't noticed Fang Li before.
However, at this point, Emilia couldn't retreat.
"Sorry." Emilia, as if earnestly requesting, said to Fang Li, "Could you please give me the insignia in your hand? It belongs to me."
Due to the effect of Returns by Death (Shinimodori), the period of time when Fang Li encountered Emilia had been rewound.
So, in Emilia's eyes, Fang Li was indeed a stranger.
To earnestly request something from a stranger who could very well be a thief accomplice, it must be said that Emilia's kind-hearted personality was at work.
At least, in Pack's view, the other party was not someone who would easily return the item.
However, the two were destined to be surprised.
Fang Li's response was very straightforward.
"Sure."
With that said, Fang Li tossed the insignia to Emilia.
Emilia instinctively reached out and caught the insignia.
But she herself was stunned.
"He really returned it?"
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