Thirty-three. Uninvited Guest

Silent Mountains, the carriage traveled alone on a desolate trail.

As the sky grew darker, a figure peered out of the carriage, hanging an oil lamp on the compartment, then ducked back inside.

Conversations drifted from the slightly ajar carriage door.

"What does it eat?"

"Usually the same as us."

"But it didn't eat that piece of bread."

"It will eat when it's hungry."

"Are you hungry?"

"Not yet."

After a while, Lu Li emerged from the carriage, taking the reins to steer.

Lu Li looked back at the road they had come from, the last glimmer of twilight disappearing, and darkness chased up from behind the carriage.

To save time and to stay as far away as possible from the hellish visitors of the Seaside Town, they needed to travel at night to return to Ailen Peninsula.

By this time, the devil in the hospital must have known Lu Lili had left. It had not yet appeared; perhaps it decided to spare Lu Lili, or perhaps it was lurking in the shadows, waiting for its chance.