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They didn’t have to wait long before a crisp, clear voice rang out. “What? Someone’s here again?”
‘Again’? Su Yi and Wang Chonglu instantly realized that someone had already come to see the Timekeeper.
The tightly shut door opened with a creak.
Immediately afterward, that crisp voice said, “Dear guests, please wait in the courtyard.”
They heard the voice, but they couldn’t see the speaker.
Wang Chonglu said in a voice rife with meaning, “Little fellow, do you know which person we just spoke to?”
Su Yi looked at him as if he were an idiot. “That was a bird.”
He then walked right into the courtyard.
Wang Chonglu, meanwhile, felt a bit awkward and embarrassed.
This was the residence of the Timekeeper. Even in the City of Eternal Night, few knew of this place.
He’d hoped to show off his superior knowledge. Who’d have thought Su Yi would already know all that? Now it was awkward!
Don’t tell me this kid’s been here before? Wang Chonglu entered the courtyard still confused.
Four orange-red lamps hung from the courtyard’s four corners, and there was a line of three houses built of black stone.
A massive, ancient tree...



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