Chapter 400: The Dripping Night (9)
Where did she go off to?
I stopped in the hallway and looked around. A maid who had been preemptively waiting in the hall bowed her head and courteously raised her right arm. Her right hand was pointing in a specific direction.
“My thanks.”
I thanked her before following the directed path. There was a different maid standing a fair distance away. Similarly to the last, she also bowed and raised her arm in a certain direction. Like that, I encountered about fifteen maids who were waiting in the hall.
It felt like I was jumping stepping stones as I ran down the hall, following the wordless guidance of the maids.
After turning left, right, and then back to the left, I eventually reached a dead-end. It was a dark area with no lighting fixtures around. The faint moonlight seeped through the window.
“……”
In this secluded place, Paimon was crouched against the wall.
Her face was buried in her knees and her shoulders were trembling slightly. She was crying.