"How disobedient! I never intended for this to happen! But now, it seems you must be completely under my control!" the person said, and the entire memory fragment began to distort, coming to an abrupt halt, and Elma returned to the original staircase.
"I want Long Yi to stay here," Elma told Zulal.
"Master Elma! This is highly improper! We all know the power of Long Yi; he is determined to enter the middle plane. Wouldn't it be better to just give him the key and exchange it for some power and knowledge?" Zulal said hastily.
"No, this is not up for discussion. It's decided, no one is to tell Long Yi that I have the key," Elma said.
Long Yi couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Clearly, Elma had always treated him as a friend before that segment of branched memory, but after that voice, everything changed. That part of the memory was distorted, perhaps due to being too deeply hidden, so it was impossible to discern who was behind it.
Could it be Solis?
