Su Yuan looked at Lisa with some doubt—so during the time Albedo wasn't around, it was Lisa who stayed by Klee's side?
Although Lisa might look lazy and laid-back on the surface, Su Yuan knew that was only an act.
At her core, Lisa was a very meticulous person...
But that made things even stranger.
If Lisa had been by Klee's side this whole time, could she really not have noticed anything unusual about her?
Afterward, as Lisa was preparing to go rest, Aether stayed behind to keep Klee company, while Su Yuan quietly followed Lisa and asked:
"Lisa, since you've been with Klee this whole time, did you notice anything unusual about her?"
He then shared with her the information he had obtained—that Klee might fall into eerie state.
After hearing Su Yuan's words, Lisa also responded in puzzlement:
"That shouldn't be the case… Klee is such a sensible child, she shouldn't be the type to disregard the bigger picture and insist on going fish-blasting…"
"Never mind, Lisa," Su Yuan said, "since Traveler and I are here now, leave this matter to us. You should go back and get some proper rest."
After parting ways with Lisa, Su Yuan returned to Aether and Klee.
At that moment, Aether was happily playing with Klee, and nothing seemed unusual at all…
"Aether, Lisa said there's nothing wrong with Klee…" Su Yuan got straight to the point.
"But I still think Klee needs to know about this."
Aether nodded, then told Klee about the possibility of her being corrupted by the eerie force.
After hearing what Aether and Su Yuan said, Klee spoke in disbelief:
"That can't be right… Ever since I learned that my condition for corruption was fish-blasting, I've never wanted to do it again…"
"Klee, of course I know you're not that kind of bad child," Su Yuan said.
"And I told you before, didn't I? There's a good chance that the conditions for eerie state aren't limited to just one…"
"That's why we suspect there might be a second condition, and we're trying to figure out what it is."
"Alright, I understand." Klee clenched her tiny fists and said firmly, "I'll stay in the Knights of Favonius headquarters and won't go anywhere else. I don't believe I'll still fall into eerie state that way!"
Su Yuan nodded.
If Klee could think that way, it couldn't be better…
After all, today might already be down to the very last rewind chance.
He had to save it for dealing with unexpected emergencies…
If they could make it through today safely and wait for the rewind counter to refresh tomorrow, that would be the best outcome…
Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, the sound of children laughing and playing came from outside:
"Klee, Klee, are you in the Knights' headquarters? Come out and play with us!"
"Ah! It's Ellof and Sylvin!" Klee said excitedly.
"They came to play with me!"
But her expression quickly turned gloomy, and she said: "No, this is a special situation. I promised I wouldn't go anywhere, so I don't accidentally fall into eerie state…"
Su Yuan was still thinking, but Aether immediately said: "Yeah, for safety's sake, Klee, you'd better not go outside to play with the other kids…"
However, right after Aether said this, an accident happened!
Klee's expression suddenly turned cold, and from her body erupted an ominous aura of eerie power…
Both Aether and Su Yuan were startled by the sudden change, blurting out in shock:
"What's going on? Why did Klee suddenly fall into eerie state???"
Immediately, the corrupted Klee hurled several bombs straight at Aether!
"Aether, look out!!!"
In a panic, Su Yuan instinctively used Anemo power to pull Aether toward him, saving him from the blast at the last second!
"Aether gasped for breath after narrowly escaping death and asked Su Yuan: "We didn't even do anything—so why did Klee still fall into eerie state?"
"From my analysis," Su Yuan said, "just now Klee wanted to go outside to play with those kids, but she quickly denied herself. Up until that moment, nothing unusual had happened…"
Su Yuan said, "But the moment you explicitly told Klee not to go play with the other kids, she immediately fell into eerie state!"
"So, Su Yuan, you mean another cause of Klee's eerie state… is not letting her go out and play?"
Aether spoke thoughtfully:
"But when we first came to the Knights of Favonius, didn't Klee also beg Jean to let her go outside and play?"
"Jean clearly refused her back then, yet Klee didn't fall into eerie state…"
"So maybe this time, the trigger for Klee's eerie state is specifically not letting her play with the other children…" Su Yuan said, frowning in thought.
However, "Klee" clearly gave Su Yuan and Aether no chance to keep discussing.
Enraged and humiliated, she hurled bombs at them wildly—many of them tainted with eerie power!
At this moment, Su Yuan and Aether barely managed to dodge the barrage, while also racking their brains on how to undo Klee's eerie state…
"If the reason for Klee's eerie state really is us stopping her from playing with the kids, then maybe if we let her play with them now, it'll undo the eerie state?" Aether asked.
"I can't be certain, but it's worth a try!" Su Yuan replied.
In his view, even if the attempt failed, as long as they figured out the trigger, they could prevent the same thing from happening again—that alone would be enough.
So Su Yuan and Aether fled toward the exit of the Knights' headquarters, praying that the Eerie "Klee" wouldn't use her eerie power to restrain them…
They were lucky.
Quickly and safely, they made it outside the Knights' headquarters, where they saw the children who had come looking for Klee.
"Hello, kids. Of course Klee wants to play with you. But when she comes, no matter what happens, you mustn't be scared, alright?" Aether said, panting heavily.
The children didn't quite understand why the Honorary Knight said this, but they laughed and replied: "Haha, Honorary Knight, why would we be afraid of Klee?"
And yet… the children never did see Klee.
Because what arrived first… was Klee's bombs.
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