Chapter 197: Party Time – Growth, Preparation for the Next Room (1)
“…pay close attention to what I’m about to say—do not miss a single word.” As soon as I heard the Owl’s words, a tension so strong that it felt suffocating gripped me.
I focused all my attention on it.
“Firstly, what happened this time exceeds the limits of Wisdom. In the next Cursed Room, I won’t be able to give you any Advice. The penalty starts today. Secondly, the penalty applied to a room is determined the moment you enter it for the first time. Choose your room carefully. Thirdly–”
“…”
The Owl stopped speaking after, “Thirdly.”
Its beak moved a few more times in front of me, but no sound reached my ears.
If it were a person, I might have been able to guess by reading its lips, but even a master of lip reading couldn’t decipher the movement of a beak.
With the Owl silent, I looked around.
We were in a plain, white room.